Have you ever read about what happens behind the scenes of world championship matches, what is the incredible price to get the championship crown? Chess at the highest level is full of drama, shrouded in a veil of mystery, which only a few are allowed to open. This book is a unique testimony of the struggle for the right to write your name in history. Evgeny Bareev helped Vladimir Kramnik on two matches for the title of chess king: with Garry Kasparov (London 2000) and Peter Leko (Brisaggo 2004). Ilya Levitov on the rights of a friend persuaded him to tell frankly about these fights. The book, based on personal notes made by Bareev directly during the matches, as well as on his many hours of conversation with the co-author, describes the peripeteia of intense struggle, and also gives a detailed analysis of all the games of the two matches.

Ulf Andersson is a master of analysis, extremely sensitive to the position and deeply understanding chess, who proved it also by the fact that already on the slope of a career, taking up a game of correspondence, he became a grandmaster in this particular form of chess art and headed the ICCF rating list. ; & nbsp; & nbsp; Still, the main thing is not this, but an amazing sense of magic, involuntarily arising from viewing the best games of Andersson. Their scenario is usually similar to each other: an unpretentious debut, mid-game without a special tactical battle, in which the pieces change one after another, and finally, an approximately equal endgame, where Andersson wins a couple of dozen moves ... for some reason wins, and without noticeable mistakes rivals. At first it seems that this is just an accident, then there is a suspicion that everything is not so simple, at last you feel admiration for the seemingly unpretentious, but immaculately delicate game. Positions with a minimum number of figures have always been & laquo; skate & raquo; Andersson. Someone successfully joked that being in good shape, Ulf could win even in a position where only two kings remain on the board. & nbsp;

The book tells about the history of the formation and development of the chess movement in Nikolaev, about chess players who devoted all their creative energy and put a lot of work into turning our region into one of the leading centers of chess culture in Ukraine ... & quot; Numerous photographs, commented parties, fragments, as well as composition are given. Designed for a wide range of readers.

In this book, Garry Kasparov devotes the reader to the secrets of brilliant strategic thinking, creating an advantage not only in chess, but also in everyday life. With the skill and charm of a true connoisseur, examining fascinating and instructive stories that reflect not only the most tense and decisive moments of his impressive chess career, but also the experience of great innovators and outstanding politicians and businessmen, the author explains how to achieve victory even in the most difficult situations, defeat rivals and achieve success in the most tough competition. Hardcover, Dust Cover, 352 sec., Moscow 2007

The name of chess writer, theorist and historian Jacob Isaevich Neishtadt (1923) is widely known in the chess world. His books have been translated into many languages, and such works as "Chess before Steinitz," "The First World Champion," "Uncrowned Champions," "Sigbert Tarrasch," have long become classics. This book he considers the best of all created by him. It is dedicated to the life and work of Wilhelm Steinitz, the great reformer of chess, the founder of modern strategy. A distinctive feature of this work is & mdash; detailed chess analysis. All the games of the previous edition ("The First World Champion", 1971) were re-commented, over 80 parties and party finishes were added.The determination of the turning points of the struggle, the explanation of the game plans, the modern look at the opening versions make the book an excellent guide for practical improvement.

Notes from the master of 120 selected games. Paulsen system in tournament practice of a master

ed. Tel Aviv.

О нынешнем чемпионе мира - шахматисте и человеке - рассказывает тот, кто привел его к завоеванию шахматного трона. 350 стр., качественная полиграфия, множество партий и фотографий.

The book tells about the life and work of the eleventh world chess champion Robert James Fisher (1943-2008). His childhood years are shown, the development of chess talent, becoming a master and grandmaster. It was the American Fisher who first interrupted the hegemony of Soviet champions. & Nbsp; The shocking behavior, the unpredictability of behavior, scandals and the complexity of Bobby’s character, the ups and downs of relationships with people around him, the authorities, the consequences of the Japanese captivity & raquo; - All this is discussed in detail and with comments. & nbsp;

The book of Yakov Damsky "King Boris the Tenth" fills an empty niche in the GSOM series and tells about the world champion Boris Spassky. It contains for the first time some unknown pages of the life of a great chess player. 

Among chess players who have contributed to the development of the Russian chess school, grandmaster Vladimir Alekseevich Alatortsev (1909 - 1987) occupies a prominent place. In the 30s and 40s he was one of the strongest chess players in the country, a major chess theorist. During the Great Patriotic War, he proved himself as an outstanding organizer of chess life. At the turn of the 50-60s, he was the president of the USSR Chess Federation. He is known as a scientist who for many years headed the country's first chess laboratory at the TsNIIFC. The great friendship connected V. Alatortsev with G. Vishnevskaya, M. Rostropovich, I. Rukavishnikov, P. Anokhin, N. Pavlovsky, A. Senkov and with many other famous scientists and artists and literature workers. On the life and multifaceted activities of V.A. Alatortsev in documentary and artistic form is told by Russian historians of chess and literature Vladimir and Isaac Linder. The third part of the book presents the 50 best games of Alatortsev.