The block is in good condition, cover - see photo. Can you imagine that such luminaries of chess as Steinitz, Lasker, Alekhine, Capablanca, Botvinnik, Fischer, Petrosyan, Karpov lost games in 15-20 moves? Meanwhile, there were such curious cases in their creative biographies. In fact, the future world champions lost in... their debut. The famous chess master, writer and theorist J. Neustadt talks about these and other mistakes, which occur quite often in the initial stage of a chess game, in his book. The publication is intended for chess players of all levels - from amateurs to professionals.

In this book, the American grandmaster, the world champion, presents the reader with 60 of his parties. These are not always his best games (three of them are lost by Fischer), but they necessarily contain something memorable to the author. All 60 parties, commented in this book were played in the period 1957-1967 with strict observance of the tournament regulations. The parties were thoroughly and thoroughly commented on by Fischer. Each game is preceded by a small but accurate description written by Grandmaster Evans. This book gives the key to unraveling one of the main secrets of Fischer's success: his exceptional devotion to chess art, incessant creative burning. All the book as a whole allows not only to study the style of the game of the 11th world champion, but also make an impression of him as a man and a chess player. The book fully reveals this secret, and in that its intransient value.

A manual for training and self-testing combinational abilities of a chess player. 400 combinations

Readers are invited to a brilliant book of the famous Romanian grandmaster Michael Marina, which was recognized in 2005 as the best chess book in the United States. In the second volume of the two-volume book, the work of world champions T. Petrosyan, R. Fisher, A. Karpov, and the unfading V. Korchnoi is considered.

& nbsp; This book is unusual. It is addressed simultaneously to children and their parents. Its author, I.G. Sukhin, a researcher at the Institute of Theory of Education and Pedagogy of the Russian Academy of Education, is sure that chess is not only a popular game, but also an effective, effective means of children's intellectual development. The process of teaching chess promotes concentration and develops logical thinking, strengthens memory, and develops ingenuity. Therefore, it is so important to start teaching kids how to play chess at a very young age. The Parenting Tips section addressed to them will help parents in this, and children will listen with enthusiasm to tales of fascinating adventures in a chess country of well-known and beloved literary characters. & nbsp;

The book is intended for classes with young chess players (6-8 years old) young children studying chess the first year

The name of the chess writer, theorist and historian Yakov Isayevich Neishtadt (1923) is widely known in the chess world. His books have been translated into many languages, and such works as Chess to Steinitz, First World Champion, Uncrowned Champions, Siegbert Tarrasch have long become classics. His educational books are also very popular: "250 traps and combinations", "In the wake of debut catastrophes", "Chess Workshop". Along with these bestsellers and the book that you hold in your hands. The queen's victims sparkle with a multitude of faces, each of them is unique in its own way and ... typical. The panorama of the brilliant combinations presented by the author can be judged by the title of the chapters: "The target of the victim", "In the opening, middle game, endgame", "To the queen in the bargain", "Path to the target. Ideas of combinations", "Search guidelines", " Case or pattern? "," Calculation and evaluation. " Separate chapters are devoted to positional sacrifices, rescuing the party with the help of a stalemate, as well as the classic heritage.

Short set of chess debuts.

The second edition of the best-selling book by the honored coach of Russia, international grandmaster Alexander Panchenko, written on the basis of lectures delivered at sessions of the All-Russian Chess School of Grandmasters, which was led by the author. The book is a textbook on the endgame and is intended for chess players of the middle and highest categories who want to study chess graduations on their own, as well as for coaches and teachers. In addition to theoretical material, it provides numerous examples from the practice of classics and modern chess players, as well as tasks for self-determination and playing.

The author, a well-known grandmaster and theorist, is the world's best expert on system 2. c3 in the Sicilian defense. E. Sveshnikov considers this system, which he experienced in tournament practice more than 600 (!) Times over the past 40 years, “ingenious in his practicality”. All theoretically important games selected for the book were commented on in detail, and the author explains not only specific opening variations, but also typical techniques of playing the middle game and even the endgame. Many of the games mentioned have never been published, for example, matches from the closed training match Kasparov - Sveshnikov. Also provides positions for self-decision. For a wide range of chess lovers

This manual is addressed to all those who want not only to teach younger schoolchildren to play a chess game, but seeks, mainly, in the learning process to use the game to develop their cognitive abilities. This approach, called creative, is used by experienced teachers. The author’s educational kit “Creative Chess Education” was nominated by the Russian Chess Federation for the 2013 Russian Government Prize in Education. For teachers of additional education of secondary schools and chess coaches in children's and youth sports schools, children's and youth houses of creativity, as well as all interested in the development of intellectual abilities of younger schoolchildren.

If you like chess and want to improve your chess skills, then this book is for you. It is dedicated to the art of combinations and combines the functions of a textbook and a problem book, that is, it provides the foundations of not only theory, but also practice. The material in it is grouped according to traditional chess topics, which are illustrated with 1325 classical examples and are presented in the form of lessons with an explanation of a tactical device.  The book will be useful for both professional chess players and those who make the first steps in learning chess tactics.