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  • Author:
    Blokh

    The answer book of an international grandmaster and an experienced coach (among whose students is A. Grischuk) Bloch's Maxim contains over 1200 combinations from practical games and specially compiled examples. All tasks are characterized by intense struggle, in which the goal is achieved by single moves. The book is intended for both young and adult amateurs, and for masters. The arrangement of examples by topic allows you to use the book not only as a task book, but also as a textbook. Of particular interest are over two hundred specially compiled by the author overstressed positions in which white wins the only way during the course of white, and black wins during the course of black. These examples, as well as over 50 fragments from the parties of the author and his students, are published for the first time.

    21.67 $
  • 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:
    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:
    Galkin

    16.67 $
  • Author:
    Fisher

    15.00 $
  • Author:
    Tal

    21.67 $
  • Author:
    Getmanchuk

    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:
    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 size of the board when folded is 35x17.5 cm. The size of the board when unfolded is 35x35 cm. Cage size is 3x3 cm  King height 6.6 cm. Base diameter 2.2 cm. Pawn height 3.1 cm. Base diameter 2 cm. Backgammon - checker 2.1 cm. Weight 830 g. Includes backgammon chips and dice Chess board and backgammon chips can be used to play checkers Manufacturer Poland

    148.00 $
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Books 1991-2023

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    20.69 $

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    Second edition, updated and revised. The book is dedicated to one of the brightest and most intense fights for the world crown of the last decades, during which chess in our country returned to television screens and front pages of central newspapers. Grandmaster Lev Alburt and master John Crumiller not only thoroughly analyzed all the games, but also managed to present comments in a convenient and instructive manner. The 14th world champion Vladimir Kramnik provided great assistance to the authors, who explains in detail the key points of each game and also shares his thoughts on the psychology of struggle at the highest level. It is no accident that this work won the highest award of the Union of Chess Journalists of the United States. Especially for the Russian edition, the preface was written by Sergey Karjakin, who became after the match in New York almost the most popular athlete in Russia. Numerous photographs will help the reader plunge into the atmosphere of this intellectual confrontation. For a wide range of chess lovers.

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    16.55 $

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    The international tournament of 1925 in Baden-Baden brought together one of the strongest compositions in the history of chess. For Alexander Alekhine, a confident victory in this prestigious competition has become one of the peaks of his career. Many of the games played at the tournament have become classic examples of chess art. Studying the games of the winner of the tournament, as well as Rubinstein, Nimtsovic, Grunfeld, Reti, Bogolyubov, Marshall, Zemisz, Tartakover, Shpilman, Tarrasch and other participants, the reader can observe the formation of ideas that are widely used today by both leading grandmasters and players of mass discharges. Finally, the reports of Tartakover published in the collection from the site of events and today can serve as a standard of journalistic skill. The Baden-Baden Tournament Collection 1925 contains all the parts with comments from both participants and other well-known chess players.

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    The second volume is devoted to the USSR championships from 11 to 15th (1938-1947). & Nbsp; It includes 84 selected & laquo; masterpieces and dramas & raquo; and 200 archived illustrations. The third volume is devoted to the USSR championships from the 16th to the 20th (1948-1953). & nbsp; It includes 76 selected & laquo; masterpieces and dramas & raquo; and 200 archival illustrations. Circulation 500 copies. & nbsp; Volume 1 is also on sale. & nbsp; http : //www.chessm.ru/catalog/show/2550 & nbsp;

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    4.14 $

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    Size - height 21 cm, width 29.5 cm. The match was held from September 8 to September 11, 2002 in the Kremlin, the best at that time participated international grandmasters. This circumstance plus the fact that the former world champions Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov played as part of the same team for the first time in many years attracted the attention of the general world community.

  • book

    12.41 $

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    Championship booklet and championship tournament grid. Full color printing. Coated paper. Booklet Format & nbsp; and tournament grid of 21 cm x 29, 5 cm. & nbsp;

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    37.24 $

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    The last tournament triumph of the great Russian chess player Mi- Hail Ivanovich Chigorin & mdash; a brilliant victory in III All-Russia skom tournament that brought together all the color of domestic chess. Chigorin not only won the tournament, but was also the main author in the preparation of next track tournament collection. The book, published in 1904, was with love and very high quality. Officially published for its time, illustrated with photos and a separate group portrait of participants on coated paper. The success of the book contributed not only to its worthy design and a bright analytical work of Chigorin, but also a markedly increased class domestic masters. The legendary compilation of the III All-Russian tournament has long become a great orally inaccessible bibliographic rarities. Thanks to this & nbsp; reprint edition printed on a special paper with a print run of & nbsp; 500 copies, you have the opportunity to become acquainted with our invaluable chess, historical and literary heritage. & Nbsp; Fragment 1 Fragment 2 Tab

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    Colored gift book on coated paper. Released for the rematch Fisher-Spassky in 1992. There are no (torn off) philatelic blocks on a number of pages. There are traces of missing philatelic blocks. & Nbsp;

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    37.24 $

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    This tournament was created as a confrontation between the vaunted professor (Karpov) and eleven highly talented young grandmasters and proved that young people have a future! Winners Svidler, Kasparov, Kramnik,

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    37.24 $

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    This tournament was created as a confrontation between the vaunted professor (Karpov) and eleven highly talented young grandmasters and proved that young people have a future! Winners: Gelfand and Piket.

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    16.55 $

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    Photos on coated paper. Preface A. Lilienthal. The third world champion Kh. R. Capablanca in the mid-1930s experienced a second youth and played lightly and with inspiration. The Moscow tournament of 1936 brought together almost the entire color of world chess, but the brilliant Cuban was unstoppable. Like the supertournament itself, the collection of all its parties with detailed comments by its participants - Capablanca, Botvinnik, Flora, Levenfish and other grandmasters and masters rightfully occupied a prominent place in the history of chess. After all, bright ideas do not grow dull with time, and there is a lot to learn from the great masters of the last century. For a wide range of chess lovers.

  • book

    20.69 $

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    The book is dedicated to one of the brightest and most intense fights for the world crown of the last decades, during which chess in our country returned to television screens and front pages of central newspapers. Grandmaster Lev Alburt and master John Krumiller not only thoroughly analyzed all the games, but also managed to present comments in a convenient and instructive manner. The 14th world champion Vladimir Kramnik, who explains in detail the key moments of each game, and also shares his thoughts on the psychology of the struggle at the highest level, helped the authors greatly. It is not by chance that this work won the highest award of the US Chess Journalists Union. & Nbsp; Especially for the Russian edition, the foreword was written by Sergey Karjakin, who after the match in New York was perhaps the most popular athlete in Russia. Numerous photographs will help the reader to plunge into the atmosphere of this intellectual confrontation. For a wide range of chess lovers.