The book contains educational materials for young chess players of the first and second years of training (7-12 years), collected, processed and checked by the author for a period of many years of work as a coach. The study of the book, the solution and analysis of the training examples will contribute to the development of chess talents. The book will also be useful for coaches and heads of chess circles.

Positional sacrifices, improvement of the position of the figures, protection of difficult positions, prevention, construction and destruction of fortresses - this is something that every amateur and even a professional needs to improve their tournament results and raise the rating. All this you will find in the textbook of the world champion among young men, American grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky, who turned out to be not only a chess prodigy, but also an excellent born writer who can clearly and distinctly explain to the reader the essence of positional chess. To read such a book is both interesting and instructive. The preface of the two-time champion of the USSR Lev Psakhs.

Amani Avni, chess master, writer and psychologist for profession, explores how chess players find important ideas, make key decisions. For this purpose, he interviewed famous grandmasters, such as B. Gelfand, L. Psakhis, I. Smirin and others, who at the time of reading the book will be yours mentors. During the conversations, high-level chess players comment on their most interesting games (or fragments), quite frankly recalling what factors influenced the them during the game, what ideas came to mind, doing rather unexpected confessions, and then answer questions author, opening the veil of key decisions. A. Avni examines the thinking of the grandmaster first of all from a practical point of view: how does a chess player think, why he makes those or other moves on which they are based. Important findings and practical advice of the author will help you significantly increase the strength of your game. For a wide range of chess fans.

This tutorial has been compiled by a team of experienced artisans and trainers. Its task is & ndash; help to develop a chessplayer combination vision through systematic training in solving and analyzing typical combinations. With the help of the manual, a chess player can not only improve his combinatorial skills, but also independently establish the degree of his combinatory skill. Recommended for use in chess schools, as well as for individual work on improving skills.

The book combines two educational and analytical work: "Zugzwang" and "The advantage of two elephants." Zugzwang is one of the most interesting tricks found in a chess game. Chess journalist L. Verkhovsky has collected and systematized a large number of vivid examples demonstrating the role of zugzwang in chess struggle. The ratio of material forces in a chess game plays an important role, especially in the final stage of the struggle. Grandmaster A. Kochnev and master N. Yakovlev acquaint readers with numerous examples in which the advantage of two elephants turned out to be decisive.

The book can be interesting for both beginner and experienced chess player. In the book of this series, matte pictures, typical combinations, some prominent national chess schools, the author’s methods of teaching chess are studied.

The author selected and presented in the book an extensive literary and chess material from a personal collection that has been collected for many years. The book is the first edition of the original workshop, in which, unlike other chess books, fragments of literary works in which there is a chess theme are organically combined, and a large number of specially prepared tasks for the training. It is addressed to a wide circle of readers who want to learn how to play chess and achieve the level of skill of a first-class chess player. The book will benefit the parents of young chess players and chess coaches. Of particular interest is for those readers who, along with chess, are fond of fiction.

Frankly, I began to read this book with skepticism. And in vain! The further, the more you fall under the charm of the author’s ironic personality. Soft, not humorous humor, ease of thought and style, juicy chess examples with unexpected endings. All this could already be appreciated by the readers of & quot; 64 & quot ;, where several stories that have been included in this collection have been tested.   Most of it is given to the marvelous "landscape gardening" park. chess, filled with the clash of blitz, bikes and brandy. But flashes and leading figures of varying degrees of adulthood. & quot; It was enough for me to cross the street, go to the next school and, catching the little Boria Spassky on the break, strictly ask: "Well, how does Zack teach you there?" & quot; & quot; Here is a meeting with Vitya Korchnoi in besieged Leningrad, and a cruel defeat by the modest pioneer Vova Kramnik, and a surreal simultaneous game session in Spanish Plinares, in which the author beautifully blew Barry Klimovich Bazarov himself ... Truth and fiction, reality and mystification are to separate one from another sometimes as difficult as the vodka from tomato juice in a famous cocktail. But is it worth separating? Drink in small sips at night, and no bad dreams you will not dream!

Chess is one of the most popular board games created by man a half thousand years ago. The next volume of the popular children's looping "I Know the World" tells about the centuries-old history of chess, famous grandmasters - world champions, and, of course, about the secrets of the game itself, the basics of its theory and practice, the origins of extraordinary attractiveness and beauty. The book is intended for all who are interested in this ancient and wise game. Gift Edition. Color print