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  • Author:
    Galkin

    The book by grandmaster and experienced coach Alexander Galkin is  the final link in a series of publications by the author, directed  to study the classical endgame using examples of modern games   grandmasters. This time the subject of the study – light piece endgames. Clarification of the methodology for working on this stage of the game, as well as the main features and methods of playing such endings. Examples  taken from the practice of modern grandmasters and dated back to 2020-2023. The author offers the reader the most recent and unique information. The material is structured in such a way that the reader can get the maximum  benefit from studying the examples offered by the author  queen endings and its  other derivatives. The book is aimed at advanced chess players, is useful for coaches and can be recommended to a wide range of chess fans

    18.33 $
  • The height of the king is 95 mm, the diameter of the base of the king is 42 mm. Currently used in tournaments of the Central House of Chess Players. The kit is sold without a board.

    60.00 $
  • Author:
    Tal

    21.67 $
  • Author:
    Bologan

    «The idea of continuing the autobiographical book “Steps” has been in the air almost since the moment it was written. Despite the bullet point at the end of the book in the form of a victory over Magnus Carlsen, my chess career continued for another full 14 years, and the subsequent stormy socio-political career is only gaining momentum.” (V. Bologan).  The book contains 75 games commented in detail and a number of fragments. A frank story about the life and professional path, about cooperation with the leading grandmasters and coaches of the world (among them - A. Karpov, G. Kasparov, Yu. Polgar, Zhu Chen, R. Ponomarev, A. Shirov, A. Morozevich, A. Onischuk, A. Ryazantsev, E. Inarkiev, M. Al-Mudakhka, M. Dvoretsky, M. Podgaets, V. Chebanenko, Z. Lanka and others), about political activities in the Parliament of Moldova and about work in FIDE are complemented by numerous photographs.   For a wide range of chess lovers.

    36.67 $
  • Author:
    Bologan

    The 2nd edition, revised and supplemented, of the popular monograph, which is dedicated to one of the most combat modern debuts – the Old Indian defense. The author meticulously builds the entire defensive line of black (including on the territory of "adjacent" openings, such as the English beginning or the London system), explains standard plans and tactical techniques, offers a number of novelties in current schemes. Carefully selected positions for the solution will help the reader to consolidate the acquired knowledge. The book is addressed to chess players of any level, since the laws of Old Indian are the same for both amateurs and super grandmasters.

    21.67 $
  • Author:
    Golenishchev

    Like other titles in the Training Program for Chess Players series, this volume is both an excellent textbook for independent study and a powerful training aid for chess coaches. In the view of many experts, no better work of this kind has ever been written. coach and Master of Sport. Golenishchev's programs are still considered. critically important and are successfully employed in chess schools. His teaching methods remain popular in Russia and around the world. Supervised by Editor-in-Chief and former Karpov, this new edition of Golenishchev's classic work is updated to include important games from the recent high-level chess competitions, reflecting modern approaches to the game. OPENING Fragment 1 OPENING Fragment 2

    30.00 $
  • Author:
    Galkin

    The book by grandmaster and experienced coach Alexander Galkin is dedicated to the strongest piece on the chessboard – to the queen. Using the example of episodes from games of modern grandmasters (the vast majority of games date back to 2020-2023) and his own grandmaster practice, the author tries to generalize, and in some places even clarify the methodology for understanding and playing queen endings, as well as other types of endgames with the presence of queens ) On the desk. The book presents various ratios of material – “queen against queen”, “queen and minor piece against queen and minor piece”, “queen and rook against queen and rook”, “queen against two rooks”, “queen against rook and pawns”, “ queen against a rook and a minor piece”, “two queens against two queens” – practically the entire spectrum of encountered endgames of this type. The material is structured in such a way that the reader can get maximum benefit from studying the examples of queen endings and its other derivatives offered by the author. The book is aimed at advanced chess players, is useful for coaches and can be recommended to a wide range of chess fans.

    18.33 $
  • Author:
    Gelfand

    The 2012 World Vice-Champion continues his story, begun in the best-selling books Positional Decision Making in Chess. ("Book of the Year" according to the English Chess Federation), "Dynamic Decision Making in Chess" and "Technical Decision Making in Chess." The new book discusses ways to make decisions in positions without minor pieces. The reader will get acquainted with rook and queen endings, as well as with what Romanovsky called the "fourth stage", that is, the late middlegame / early endgame, where only heavy pieces remain on the board. «Gelfand is very good– and very honest – explains what decisions he was able to calculate and what he had to make on the basis of general reasoning, and how he did it. This resulted in a book of the type that I love. A chess player of any strength can find a lot of useful things here. (Grandmaster Matthew Sadler, reviewer of novelties in chess literature in the magazine "New in Chess"). For a wide range of chess lovers.

    22.41 $
  • Author:
    Vysotsky

    20.00 $
  • Author:
    Eive

    The corpus of this textbook includes two significant works by the world chess champion, scientist and prominent teacher Max Euwe — "Self‑help chess game", created in collaboration with G. Den-Hertog, and "Chess Lessons". The first work is designed for beginners, the second for more experienced chess players. The book is a real chess tutorial in the true sense of the word. This is expressed not only in the appropriate distribution of the material and the method of presentation, designed to awaken the initiative of the student, but also in numerous practical exercises offered to the reader after explaining each new concept or technique.The textbook primarily attracts the methodology of presentation of the material, the principles of which will be useful for coaches and teachers of chess sections and circles. For a wide range of chess fans.

    25.00 $
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Chess textbook 1991-2023

  • book

    24.83 $

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    & quot; Chess textbook in practice & quot; It is intended for chess trainers and chess players who want to increase the class of the game by independently solving more than 700 positions from the games of grandmasters and masters and sketches on strategy, tactics and technique of various stages of the chess game. In the & quot; Solutions & Batch Extensions & quot; answers to tasks are given. The book covers all aspects of chess art: debuts, combinations, attack on the king, middlegame strategy (eight chapters), all kinds of endgames. As an appendix, examples are given of the creativity of world champions in the form of tasks for solving and extracting from the articles of A. Nimcović "How I Became Grandmaster" and "Tournament Game Technique".

  • book

    The self-instruction manual is published in three volumes and contains a total of 1132 positions for solution, including 852 games of grandmasters and masters and 280 studies (with answers and explanations). & quot; Modern chess tutorial & quot; Designed for chess players - sportsmen who want to improve their game by expanding their knowledge in the field of strategy, tactics and technology at various stages of the chess game, as well as for chess trainers. 1, 3 volume - excellent condition. Volume 2 - satisfactory condition, traces of water.

  • book

    53.33 $

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    Book & quot; Chess textbook in etudes & quot; intended for young chess players-dischargers who want to improve their skills, coaches and heads of chess clubs, as well as all chess lovers. Of the more than 60 thousand chess etudes known in the world, for the first volume of the book, three hundred and four were selected - instructive for practicing chess players. The author of the book, a chess coach of the highest category, presents etudes not as works of a special field of chess art — composition, but as training positions of medium and high complexity — for thinking about and solving and, ultimately, improving in chess art. For pedagogical purposes, the author's assignment (win or draw) is not indicated in the initial position of the sketches, but transferred to the & quot; Solutions & quot; section. The book contains nine thematic chapters - blockade, zugzwang, interaction of figures, opening and closing lines, two threats of the king, tactical strikes and combinations, gain and loss of tempo, battery game, attack on the king. Each chapter first contains detailed commented sketches with typical and important ideas on this topic for analysis by the reader, as well as a number of studies for self-solution. The answers with explanations are placed in the chapter & quot; Etude Solutions & quot ;. There is an index of authors of etudes.

  • book

    66.67 $

    RUB

    This textbook is a continuation of the book "Chess. Primary School." Contains 12 thematic chapters, which discuss the basics of chess tactics and strategy, the choice of the game plan, methods for predicting the player's future development of the game, instructive endings, grand masters duels, tasks and sketches. After theoretical positions and illustrative examples, numerous exercises (tasks for independent solution and fixation of the studied material) and answers with explanations are given. The textbook is intended for optional study of the subject "Chess" in secondary schools of general education schools, chess groups of the Palaces of children's creativity and children's and youth sports schools, and can be used by trainers and chess teachers as a teaching aid.

  • book

    66.67 $

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    Second edition! A book for the initial study of chess art - an outstanding achievement of the human mind. Explains the rules and purpose of the game, the features of chess pieces and their interaction, the different types of advantages and methods for achieving it. The book consists of 10 chapters. In most of them, after theoretical positions and illustrative games, exercises (tasks for self-decision) and answers with explanations are given. The training material relies mainly on parties - masterpieces of the world chess with adapted comments for children. For optional study of the subject "Chess" in primary schools of general schools, initial chess groups of the Palaces of children's creativity and children's and youth sports schools. The book can be used by chess teachers as a teaching tool. Printing in two colors. Block-sticking colored photos on coated paper.

  • book

    11.17 $

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    Welcome to the magical world of chess combinations! With the help of the exercises on the "radar" system, which the reader will find a book, the main components of chess player's strength are well trained & ndash; combination vision and calculation options. Yaroslav Prizant - international master and experienced coach, in 2014 he prepared the champion of Russia, Europe and the World to 8 years Ilya Makoveeva. Recognized by the Russian Chess Federation as the best children's coach of 2015. His training channel "Yar Sanych" on YouTube is one of the most popular among chess players of all ages. The book is designed for chess players to a wide audience.

  • book

    10.37 $

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    "Chess. Primer" is a very unusual book. This is a firework of brilliant ideas that the author has been developing for many years teaching chess to young and not quite young students. The author precisely feels the core of every problem that can get in the way of a beginner, and explains all the difficult places with the utmost clarity. The book "Chess. Primer" is simple enough for a child to understand. The method of presentation is clear and unobtrusive - and in some ways even truly revolutionary. Therefore, the book is recognized as a classic in the homeland of the author, it is published in all English-speaking countries.

  • book

    USA, in English, a test-tutorial for practitioners, an enlarged format. What wins chess games? More than anything else, organized and efficient thinking. But chess thinking is specialized. Even Albert Einstein was a confessed chess duffer. It's not so much how smart you are. The effects of memorizing moves, one of the most widespread attempts to improve, pale beside the results of learning. How to Think in Chess is the rare book that explains in the clear terms the techniques.

  • book

    20.69 $

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    A strong chess player needs to be, among other things, skillful tactician. An outstanding grandmaster and experienced Leo Psakhis is one of the largest specialists in this area. In this book you will find many bright attacks and exciting combinations. Detailed comments neighbors in the book of Psachus with simple, but wise prak- advice. Easy and elegant style of presentation - A pleasant bonus to the reader. All fights are grouped into from a played debut or pawn structure. In each department there are examples for self- solution, so that the reader will fully experience its involvement in the process. Lev Psakhis twice won the USSR championship before moving to Israel, where he also twice was a national champion. AT his coaching career the author has worked with many well-known players, including Garry Kasparov and the sisters Polgar.

  • book

    13.82 $

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    102 short batches of an international master with notes

  • book

    62.06 $

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    Основные понятия Гамбит является вдохновляющей руководство для тех, кто стремится обострить свою игру и бороться за победу. Эта книга предлагает идеи и понимание современной игры. Key Concepts of Gambit Play is an inspirational guide for those seeking to sharpen their game and fight for the win. By covering 14 gambits from a wide range of openings, this book offers ideas and insights into the nature of modern gambit play. Grandmaster Yuri Razuvaev was one of the best-known coaches and chess writers in the Soviet Union. He worked with a host of stars, including World Champions Anatoly Karpov, Veselin Topalov and Alexandra Kosteniuk. He died in 2012. The book is comprehensively updated by Grandmaster Jacob Aagaard, without ruining any of the charm of the original.

  • book

    24.83 $

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    Many chess players fondly recall the books of Fred Reinfeld. The publications of this author cover all aspects of chess - from debut to endgame. In addition, Reinfeld’s books tell about the life of the greatest chess masters. In the & quot; 1001 brilliant way to win chess & quot; Reinfeld embraced most of the game variations. The author has systematized material on topics - & quot; queen sacrifice & quot ;, & quot; double check & quot ;, & quot; pawn transformation & quot; and so on. & nbsp;