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  • Author:
    Getmanchuk

    16.67 $
  • Author:
    Galkin

    16.67 $
  • Author:
    Gipslis

    This collection of wonderful combinations is based on the famous magazine “Chess” published in the USSR. The editorial office was located in Riga, its members included strong Latvian chess players, and the editor-in-chief of the publication for many years was the eighth world champion Mikhail Tal, who always took an active part in the development of the magazine. Perhaps the most popular section among readers has always been “Find the best continuation without moving the pieces.” A fresh dozen of the most beautiful and instructive combinations, mainly from current tournaments, were published on the back cover, and the solutions were given in the next issue. The combinations were selected by the editorial team very carefully, because the magazine's circulation was more than 60,000 copies and was distributed in more than 50 countries! This edition includes combinations published in the mentioned section from 1980 to 1990. By solving these combinations, you are sure to improve your tactical skills and significantly strengthen your game.

    40.00 $
  • Chess was invented in the 5th century AD in India and spread throughout the world. The uniqueness of this game is that it still covers the minds of everyone - from young to old! Chess combines elements of science and sports. They develop logic, perseverance, attentiveness, analytical thinking and memory.  Checkers is a fun, dynamic and relatively simple game. Every country in the world has it. It is comparatively easier to find a partner here than in chess. Backgammon – one of the oldest known board games. It is known that it came to us from the East. First, you need to master the basic techniques, so that later you can boldly apply various tricks during the game.  Cage length: 4.5 cm. King height: 8.8cm King base diameter: 2.8 cm The length and width of the field when unfolded: 44 X 44 cm. Material: wood Country of origin: China.

    84.48 $
  • 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:
    Eive

    The corpus of this textbook includes two significant works by the world chess champion, scientist and prominent teacher Max Euwe — "Self‑help chess game", created in collaboration with G. Den-Hertog, and "Chess Lessons". The first work is designed for beginners, the second for more experienced chess players. The book is a real chess tutorial in the true sense of the word. This is expressed not only in the appropriate distribution of the material and the method of presentation, designed to awaken the initiative of the student, but also in numerous practical exercises offered to the reader after explaining each new concept or technique.The textbook primarily attracts the methodology of presentation of the material, the principles of which will be useful for coaches and teachers of chess sections and circles. For a wide range of chess fans.

    25.00 $
  • Author:
    Vysotsky

    20.00 $
  • 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:
    Ezhov

    Grandmaster Carlos Torre – like a chess comet; his genius flashed dazzlingly and quickly went out in the chess firmament! He – the author of the most famous “mill” in the history of chess, the 2nd world champion Emanuel Lasker fell into its merciless millstones. The authors spoke about the life and work of the Mexican genius (the book contains 25 commentated games by K. Torre). Torre’s book “How a Chess Player is Formed” is presented, an essay by international master Yaroslav Prizant about Torre’s attack in modern practice. In the section "Play like Torre" – 36 instructive examples from his practice to solve. Finally, there is an interview with Carlos Torre, conducted by Gabriel Velasco in 1977. Working with the book will give readers not only aesthetic pleasure, but will also help improve their skills.

    18.33 $
  • Author:
    Karpov

    New, significantly enlarged edition of the famous book - 75 games. Anatoly Karpov is the greatest expert on Caro-Kann defense. He scored many bright victories in it, playing both white and black. In this paper, the multiple world champion talks about the most important and interesting discoveries made in the Caro-Kann defense. Many examples from modern practice are given.

    17.24 $
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Books 1991-2023

  • book

    Four-volume work devoted to the full study of the creativity of the eighth world champion. In total, in four volumes - over 2700 (!!) Tal parties, i.e. absolutely all the serious games played, all of them commented, in the Informator style. Many well-known chess players took part in the work, incl. Kramnik, Khalifman, Sveshnikov and others.

  • book

    6.22 $

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    Collection of all works of "world champion among etudists" (according to S. Tartakover). Compositions with detailed notes. Reprint edition. The quality of printing is higher than that of the original! The original (Riga 1990).

  • book

    11.75 $

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    The creative heritage of AA Alekhin has and continues to exert a tremendous influence on the formation of many outstanding chess players. In his book, published almost 75 years ago, the fourth world champion with all objectivity and self-criticism tells about the hard way to the chess Olympus, the peak of which was the victory over XR Capablanca in the match for the world championship. In the second part of the book are collected articles, letters and parties of both Alekhine himself and his contemporaries relating to the same period. For a wide range of chess players.

  • book

    The book contains all 734 parties of A.Rubinstein. The Intershah system. Some parties for the first time contain annotations, some - updated annotations. Introductory articles of such famous grandmasters as Boris Gelfand and Yuri Razuvaev. Part of the games with comments by Gelfand, Khalifman, Chekhov, and others.

  • book

    16.55 $

    RUB

    The book is an interesting autobiographical material about a hundred of the best chess players of the XX century. Stories about the masters of chess sport are arranged in chronological order ...

  • book

    17.27 $

    RUB

    You have an exciting story about the legendary chess battle in Reykjavik (1972) between Soviet champion Boris Spassky and American challenger Bobby Fischer, the epic confrontation of the Cold War era and the most famous chess match of the twentieth century. Relying on previously unknown documents and personal conversations with the main actors of those events, the authors - famous British journalists John Aydinau and David Edmonds - managed to create a real thriller on the chess theme!

  • book

    14.48 $

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    For Viktor Korchnoi, the main "villain" of modern chess, play and life are inseparable from each other. Behind the board and outside it is a famous chess player, a long-term challenger for the crown does not recognize compromises and always remains sincere in his assessments of both chess options and people. The reader is given a unique opportunity to look into the home laboratory of an outstanding grandmaster-analyst, as well as to find out what he was thinking, in the power of which bright ideas or errors he was in the game. "My 55 Black Wins" is the second part of the two-volume edition of the elected parties of V. Korchnoi. The book is adverted to a wide circle of chess fans.

  • book

    51.72 $

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    Five-volume Garry Kasparov has no analogues in chess literature. The 13th world champion reflects on the fate and creative work of the twelve previous champions and their rivals, about a half-century struggle for the world championship. Exploring the famous parties under the microscope of powerful computer programs, the author changes many previous estimates and, in essence, sums up the development of chess in the 20th century. The fourth volume is dedicated to the world champion Fischer, as well as to other outstanding chess players of the West - Reshevsky, Najdorf and Larsen.

  • book

    10.37 $

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    Practically for the first time in Russian it is told about the most talented chess players, meteors flashed on the rich chess sky. They did not manage to take part in the struggle for the world chess crown, but left their bright trace in the ancient and wise game. It is designed for the widest circles of chess fans.

  • book

    12.41 $

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    On the back: Tournament and match wins, matches for the world championship, sports titles.  Chess Chess

  • book

    Creativity of the youngest grandmaster of the world; gift format, photo

  • book

    In this book are collected the best games of 70 outstanding chess players of the world. Each game is accompanied by a biographical sketch of the grandmaster and his portrait. Unlike the third in this edition, the sections "Champions of the World", "Pretenders for the Chess Crown", "On the approaches to Olympus" are expanded. In addition, biographical sketches are supplemented by a number of new information. It is designed for a wide circle of chess fans.