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  • A limited edition of the most famous electronic chess clock. Design & quot; under the tree & quot ;. Released for the 25th anniversary of the DGT. & Nbsp; These watches are used in all major tournaments, world championships and World Cups, World Chess Olympiads. Installation of any time controls, including Fisher and Bronstein controls (with added time). & Nbsp;

    237.50 $
  • Made in Holland. Chess computer "Centaur" easy to use. You can easily install any language. Using the touch panel  40x40 cm (cell size 48 x 48 mm) you can easily move the figures. The sensors will record strokes. The board has a capacious rechargeable internal battery. The uniqueness of the computer is that it quickly adapts to  your playing strength (from beginner to grandmaster) so that you have the right opponent. Centaur will help you analyze the game so as not to make the same mistakes and improve your chess skill. Please note, computer is not compatible to connect to your PC or online chess. The set includes USB cable and DGT electronic chess pieces . Height of the king is 86mm.  

    1174.75 $
  • 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.

    47.50 $
  • Author:
    Kapengut

    An outstanding theorist and successful coach shares his memories of communication and cooperation with Mikhail Tal, Anatoly Karpov, Isaac Boleslavsky, Elena Akhmylovskaya and other outstanding chess players. Separate large chapter – a story about many years of work with Boris Gelfand: over these years (1980-1993) the student went from a 12-year-old candidate for master to the holder of the 3rd rating in the world. Albert Kapengut – winner of 6 gold medals at the World Student Olympics, seven-time champion of Belarus, participant in the individual and team championships of the USSR among men, champion of the USSR as part of the Burevestnik team. The book includes 70 games commented in detail by the author, a careful study of which will help the reader not only better understand popular opening schemes, but also get a taste for serious analytical work. “My story is not so much about a career, although “you can’t erase words from a song,” but about memorable situations, often funny, sometimes absurd, and dotted about people I met along the way, sometimes with touches of biography, prompting readers to become interested in more complete information.” ;" (A. Kapengut). For a wide range of chess lovers.

    43.33 $
  • Author:
    Vysotsky

    20.00 $
  • Author:
    Galkin

    16.67 $
  • Author:
    Gezalyan

    International Master Tibor Karolyi and FIDE Master Tigran Gozalyan have prepared a major work (in two volumes) about the life and work of the 9th world chess champion Tigran Petrosyan (he held the title from 1963 to 1969).  Volume II (1963-1984) tells about Petrosyan's victory in the 1963 world title match over Mikhail Botvinnik, about the grandiose two-match confrontation with Boris Spassky in 1966 and 1969, about all his candidates' matches after losing the title – against Bobby Fischer, Viktor Korchnoi and other world-class opponents. All tournaments and matches of the second half of Petrosian's chess career are presented, up to his last performances in 1983. The authors subjected 175 complete games and fragments to an in-depth analysis (using modern computers). Not all of them have been deeply studied and commented on before, but even then the book provides a significantly improved analysis. Among Petrosyan’s opponents – world champions and contenders Kasparov, Karpov, Fischer, Spassky, Tal, Smyslov, Botvinnik, Korchnoi and Bronstein, as well as Timman, Larsen, Reshevsky, Belyavsky, Polugaevsky, Portisch, Romanishin and many others. Special attention is paid to his coaches – Alexey Suetin and Igor Zaitsev. 

    50.00 $
  • Author:
    Zhuravlev

    This tutorial is addressed to those who want to learn to play chess on their own and improve further. The lesson-based method of presentation, as well as numerous exercises, contribute to the consistent assimilation of the rules and laws that form the basis of the chess game. The book contains extensive educational material, which is presented to the reader in accordance with modern pedagogical principles. The purpose of this manual is to train chess players of the III category (rating up to 1800). The textbook can also be used for classes in groups - it covers the material of existing programs of the first year of study in children's and youth chess schools.

    23.33 $
  • Author:
    Tal

    21.67 $
  • 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 $
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    37.24 $

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    Bardzo ciekawa książka o jedynej zorganizowanej w Polsce Olimpiadzie szachowej. Zawiera informacje o przygotowaniach i organizacji imprezy. Kompletne, bardzo szczeg & owlet; łowe wyniki (w tym na poszczeg & ochute; lnych szachownicach). Chronologiczne om & oen; wienie kolejnych rund Olimpiady. Wyczerpująco przedstawiony dorobek poszczeg & lnych ekip biorących udział w imprezie. Całość okrasza 390 partii (część komentowanych). Na koniec autografy uczestnik & w, kopie zapis & w partii, liczne ilustracje i ryciny.

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    The story of the Great match for the FIDE World Champion Title between V. Anand and V. Topalov in Sofia 2010. The 12 Games with detailed annotations.

  • book

    29.71 $

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    A detailed review and selected parties (with detailed notes of the Olympic Games in Bulgaria 1962 in Russian.

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    International chess match R. Ponomarev (Ukraine) - V. Korchnoi (Switzerland) January 16-24, 2001 Donetsk, Business Center of the First Ukrainian International Bank. The general sponsor of the match is AO Danko.

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    14.40 $

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    Before you - a collection of games of one of the most famous tournaments in the history of chess. It played such outstanding master, as G. Pilsbury, K. Schlechter, D. Yanovsky, S. Wi- probably, Z. Tarrash and others. A brilliant victory in the tournament was won The great Russian champion Mikhail Chigorin, who won in an additional match for the first place is a rising star - Rudolf Haruzek. In this edition are all the parties tournament with notes of one of the participants, an outstanding grandmaster Giza Marotsi. In Russian, the book comes out for the first time. The publishing house re- fills the gap, meaning, if possible, to close the "blind stains "of chess history, hindering lovers of eternal game see the picture of chess life of the XIX-XX centuries in all its completeness. This book is a logical continuation of the recently published a collection of games of the international tournament in Hastings, 1895. For a wide range of chess fans.

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    27.64 $

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    (in Russian and English). Each game - with notes from both grandmasters who played it!

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    13.33 $

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    Comp. A. Matsukevich. Parties of two matches (1972 and 1992) with notes in the style of & ldquo; Informant & rdquo ;, friendly cartoons. Coated paper.

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    62.06 $

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    From the library of Grandmaster Lothar Schmid. This book is devoted to ska Mephisto tournament in Munich in 1993 is much more than it is actually impossible to say. The book is updated a lot of pictures from the event and also some comments about the tournament were printed. For each round, the players themselves annotated and analyzed at the end of the game and still find a number of unannotated games. Conclusion: If you look at the top people have commented on the game, this book is an interesting alternative. It is also very interesting, as it reflects the history of the tournament at the time.

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    83.33 $

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    The book is about the brightest period of the "Golden Age" of Soviet chess with its most productive form of holding the national championships - the highest and the first leagues in 1973-1990. All generations of our world champions, heirs of the Patriarch - the legendary Botvinnik, participated in them. Chess in the Soviet Union was a truly popular game. The names of the grandmasters were on hearing, they were followed by the whole country, and the performance for the USSR national team was a matter of honor. The book tells about the history of the last 17 championships of the USSR and includes the 93 most striking - in creative and sporting relations - parties of the country's strongest chess players. The tables of all the higher leagues are given. The authors are most directly related to the events described. Grandmaster Adrian Mikhalchishin is a member of the highest and first leagues, Oleg Stetsko worked in the Department of Chess of the USSR State Committee of Sports, coach of the USSR men's national team (1985-1989)

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    24.83 $

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    One of the biggest open tournaments in the world celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2010. This book is about the history of the tournament and is packed with interesting stories and anecdotes as well as 20 superbly annotated games by super-GM Sergei Movsesian . Also included are a wealth of photos from over the years and 58 tactical puzzles from the Pardubice tournament. & nbsp; One of the largest open tournaments in the world celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2010. This book tells us the history of the tournament and is filled with interesting stories and anecdotes, as well as 20 superbly annotated super-GM games by Sergey Movsesyan. Also included are many photographs over the years and 58 tactical puzzles, in which the games from the Pardubice tournament are presented, in which the reader can get an idea of ​​his chess rating from the results.

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    7.45 $

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    Carlsbad International Tournament of 1929 is rightly considered one of the strongest in the history of chess. In it, with the exception of world champion Alexander Alekhine and ex-champion Emanuel Lasker, all the strongest players of that time, including the world champion Vera Menchik, took part. The collection of selected parties of this tournament was written by the winner of the competition, the outstanding grandmaster, theorist and writer Aron Nimtsovich. This book was a logical continuation of his classic textbooks, relevant to this day & mdash; & laquo; My system & raquo; and & laquo; My system in practice & raquo ;. Bright, memorable characteristics of the world's leading chess players, psychological nuances of the struggle, instructive comments & mdash; all this the reader will find in this book. The previous edition in Russian appeared in 1930 and has long been a significant bibliographic rarity. For a wide range of chess lovers.