The work of the famous chess master and writer is a compact textbook that introduces the reader to the basic terms and concepts of the chess game and allows you to master its basic elements in a short time. The book is written in a simple fascinating form: 36 entertaining lessons with tasks, analyzes, tips, answers and comments, with 150 diagrams and illustrations contribute to the rapid absorption of the material.

The book contains 100 examples for an independent solution in the style of Keres, a brief biography of an outstanding chess player, as well as a statistical list of the best performances of an athlete.

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.

Allowance for beginners (children and adults) and experienced players. The book covers debut, middlegame, as well as methods of teaching chess. At the end of each chapter is a workshop for independent work. The latest achievements of the outstanding masters of our time - Kasparov, Kramnik, Khalifman, Kasymzhanov, Anand, Ponomarev, Polgar, Leko are presented. The evolution of chess thought during the XIX-XXI centuries is shown, historical references about the masters of the past and the present, creative portraits of prominent modern chess players are given.

Stories about combinations, compositions, as well as people who created them.

This book contains workshops on the middlegame (strategy and calculation) and the endgame. 744 training positions are given in almost all the most important sections of the middle of the game and endings. It is recommended to first try to find a solution to the problem. This can help thematic index and tips. They will indicate the right direction of the search. It is important not only to propose a move, but to understand (express for yourself!) The plan, plan, way of playing of both sides. This way you train the search for a move (your chess IQ). A study of the whole example as a whole will increase the understanding of the position, and therefore the game. If you seriously approach such an extensive (744 examples) educational material, you will certainly increase the strength of the game. Enrich your knowledge, improve them - this is your future potential in a chess game for many years! As time passes, go back to what has been covered - this will only strengthen your knowledge and move you forward. The book is intended for chess lovers, dischargers and coaches.

In an accessible and entertaining form, the book sets out the basic rules of the game of chess; it tells how the pieces go, what check and checkmate is, how and why it is necessary to record a chess game and much more; The ways of matting a lonely king with two rooks, a queen, a rook, and light pieces are considered in detail. After a detailed description of each topic, the lesson gives tasks for independent work. The third section of the book is fully devoted to the exercises on the subject “Mate in 1 move”. This ensures control and consolidation of the knowledge gained. The textbook is equipped with a large number of diagrams, contains funny verse couplets and fabulous parables on a chess theme? The book will help you quickly learn how to play chess. Designed for young chess players, but may be useful for adults. According to this textbook, teachers, coaches or parents, even with minimal chess preparation, will be able to teach children the basics of a wise game.

The author with numerous examples considers the most typical cases of the interaction of heavy figures.

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.

Reprint of the English edition

The study of some chess topics causes the child undisguised boredom and yawning. For example, if you want to quickly torture your ward, then the best way is to start explaining to them in a lesson how a pawn is drawn. But let's try to turn the lesson into a competition. Whoever guesses more moves is the champion! I think that any trainer will be able to increase interest in playing chess with his students.

In this capital work, various types of queen endings are explored. Depending on the number and location of the pawns involved in the fight, the material of the book includes both elementary training positions and complex endings, sketches. The book can be used as a training tool for playing endings, as well as a guide when analyzing pending games and playing by correspondence. In general, the book is intended for qualified chess players from the second category and above.