The pawn height is 4.5 cm, the king is 9.7 cm. King diameter 3, 7 cm. With a metal weighting agent . The weight of the set is 1 kg. Super stable on the board. The bases of the figures are covered with green cloth. Two spare queens! Color - black and white.

International master and bright chess writer Ilya Odessa is rightfully considered the world's largest expert on systems 1.b3 and 1 ... b6. Despite the apparent calm, these beginnings are extremely sharp, poisonous and often force the opponent to lay down their arms already in the opening ! The author’s books on these systems were previously published by our publishing house and were warmly received by chess players who wanted to learn how to quickly win and get a comprehensive debut repertoire for white and black. Recently, the author has played many new games and shot many new grandmaster scalps by stepping over the main game portal www.chess.com marks 2700 ELO points, which corresponds to the level of a strong grandmaster. In his new book I. Odessky presents the achievements of recent years that will help you smash rivals in the opening and white and black!

In the book of Professor N.Vaizman, N.P. for the first time in the popular science form, the problems of medical and psychological control in chess sport are substantiated. Describes altered states of consciousness leading to the loss of the seemingly won position and game, as well as other paradoxes of the chess game. Disadaptation and neurotic reactions of chess players, vascular disorders, as professional pathology of persons of mental labor are recorded. Electrophysiological studies of the brain during the game, the effects of doping and hypnosis in chess are considered. Psychiatric and psychotherapeutic recommendations are given. Other chess issues from medical-psychological positions are also discussed. The book will be interesting not only to qualified chess players, coaches, judges, teachers of chess at school, organizers of competitions, sports doctors and psychologists, but also parents of children involved in chess sports, as well as a wide range of chess fans. Fragment 1 Fragment 2

In this book, two essentially different completely different editions of the famous Chess Tutorial game are combined under one binder in one book. & raquo; They were written by an outstanding grandmaster and chess writer, world vice-champion David Ionovich Bronstein, according to which the second edition of the "self-help" & raquo; & mdash; it’s just the second part. Instead of a dry academic language, the author offers himself in the meeting to the reader and in a lively manner talks about how the strongest players of the world play, how they seek to get that or another favorite position & mdash; after all, in chess, first of all, they are not looking for the best move, but a way to achieve a favorable position. If you follow the advice of a wise mentor, then you will greatly increase the strength of your game. The self-instruction manual is designed for a wide circle of readers familiar with the Shah game, but many useful things will come from the book and experienced Shah matists and coaches.

The height of the king is 7.7 cm.

In this book, dedicated to the work of Jose Raul Capablanca, examples are arranged in chronological order. All charts are labeled & mdash; with a number from 1 to 4. This classification allows you to use the book as an & nbsp; assistant for trainers and educators in the classroom with your students, as well as for independent training. So, for the chess players of the initial categories, we recommend resolving the positions marked "1 la" first, and then, perhaps, try their hand at resolving the positions marked "2 la" Snippet 1 Fragment 2

The author of the book, international master Maxim Chetverik, addresses an important aspect of chess theory regarding positional play. In the majority of works devoted to positional play, strategic elements are considered separately, while strategic plans (and, especially, confrontation of plans) are disassembled much less often. The works of the classics in this area are not outdated, but a modern view of the problem is useful, taking into account the connection between the middlegame and the actual theory of principles. There are 75 examples in the book, in each of which at least one partner bears the title of grandmaster. All games are played in the 21st century. Initially, strategic plans are considered against the backdrop of enemy defensive actions, then the active opposition of the parties as part of the positional game is studied. .For a wide range of chess lovers.

World champion Magnus Carlsen is the undoubted leader of modern chess. Unlike most of the strongest grandmasters of the 21st century, the Norwegian goes its own way, relying not on the “slaughter” & raquo; computer preparation of the debut repertoire, and the ability to play the original positions of the mittfiel and fight in the endgame to the last "patron". Being an adherent of the positional style, M. Carlsen has a remarkable combinative imagination and feels the dynamic resources of the struggle perfectly.30 M. Carlsen's games included in this book will give the readers considerable aesthetic pleasure and will be an excellent school of modern chess. divided into thematic sections, each of which is provided with a brief introduction.

The gift album is dedicated to the works of the Soviet artist Galina Satonina (1905-2000). A student of vivid representatives of the Kazan avant-garde & raquo; in the person of K. Chebotarev - A. Platunov, she found her innovative way in painting and original performing technique. And life in chess prompted many champions of the Kazan and Tatarstan chess main theme in the work of Satonina: "Chess is a realistic fairy tale". The illustrated edition presents the most significant works of the artist from the collection "Russian Chess House", whose talent is widely known both in our country and abroad. Designed for fans of painting and chess.

Champion of the World Chess Olympiad, two-time champion of Ukraine, grandmaster Andrei Volokitin and honored coach of Ukraine, who educated 13 grandmasters, international master Vladimir Grabinsky prove that the greatest reserve in the improvement of a chess player is laid in development own thinking. Perfectly selected material, exclusively fresh examples (all of them are taken from the games played not earlier than 2000) will bring a lot of pleasure and benefit to any qualified player or coach. Instead of repeating banal truths, the authors will surprise the reader with a scattering of original finds. This book, published in five languages, has received rave reviews from many grandmasters. The work contains examples from the practice of international grandmaster A. Volokitin, in which even the author, one of the strongest grandmasters of Ukraine, was not always able to find the optimal solution. Typically, this the key moments of the parties, in which the right decision does not lie on the surface, and this is where the practical workshop differs favorably from other books of a similar orientation. After reading this book, you will undoubtedly significantly increase the strength of your game. This book is a revised and revised edition of the previously published book "Tutorial for geeks & raquo; Fragment1 Fragment2 Fragment3 snippet4 Content