Alexander Alekhine won many competitions of the highest rank, and yet his two victories stand apart. The tournaments in San Remo (1930) and Bled (1931) brought together almost all the strongest grandmasters of that time, and the 4th world champion seemed to appear “out of competition”. His separation from the closest pursuers was 3.5 and 5.5 points, respectively! “He is cracking down on us, like with the yellow-and-yellow chicks,” Nimtsovich sighed, stopping the clock after another defeat from Alekhine.

This book is unusual. It is addressed to both children and their parents. The process of learning chess promotes concentration and develops logical thinking, strengthens memory, develops ingenuity. Children with enthusiasm listen to fairy tales about exciting adventures in the chess country of familiar and favorite literary characters.

The name of Frank Marshall (1877-1944) is one of the most glorious in the history of chess, and his book about himself, one of the "cult" & rdquo; in the chess literature. This book consists of two parts - in the first F. Marshall talks about his life in chess, and the second - 140 of his best games. It is safe to say that the analysis of living and witty parties (boring in the collection there!) Will give the reader real pleasure.

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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!

In the early 2000s, the world chess sky is rapidly Hikaru Nakamura's star has risen. A Japanese American Dénia was divided into “super-faces” with players of any qualification, gradually becoming the strongest among the fastest - or the fastest among the strong - a chess player. Later, success came to Nakamura in “big chess”. is he got rid of flaws like some superficiality and love to bluff, mastered the subtleties of the positional game, but kept constant militancy and charge to win when meeting with any adversary. At the end of 2015, his ELO rating reached space 2816 units. The author (grandmaster and renowned writer) explores the creative the way and the chess growth of the self-taught genius, comments in detail on 75 bright fights american. For a wide range of chess lovers.

In the proposed book the author appears as a man "wise with the experience of life, an intelligent companion, a narrator with a sense of humor and lyricism ... A series of short stories of the author forms a bright palette of events in which the main thing is the recent still living for us past, unlike the present ... "

Reissue of the classic brilliant book of the patriarch domestic chess literature of the master Ya.I. Neishtad- the one that has long become a bibliographic rarity. In the first the author's turn is interested in the struggle of ideas of great chess players of the past. Based on the rich chess material, the reader gets acquainted with creative portraits of uncrowned non- peonies of the world - Philidor, Laburdon, Staunton, Andersen, Morphy, their like-minded and adversaries. To pony- mother present, it is necessary to know the past. Certainly, pro- By reading this book, you will become better at understanding chess, sing a lot of ideas and strengthen your game. For a wide range of chess fans.

The book of Gennady Sosonko is devoted to the fate of the outstanding chess player David Ionovich Bronshtein. Bronstein's peak occurred in the middle of the last century, when he challenged Botvinnik himself and almost overpowered him, but this "almost" inflicted him a wound that never healed until the end of his life. The author has repeatedly met and talked with Bronstein, and these conversations have not only recreated the thoughts and character of one of the most original grandmasters of the past, but they also bring us back to times that are not simply found in world history. Not being a biography in the classical sense of the word, Sosonko's book, which is read in one breath, goes beyond the limits of the hero's biography, posing eternal questions, to which there is no unambiguous answer.

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.

The book is devoted to the life and work of the second world champion Emanuel Lasker, who occupied the chess throne for a record time of 27 years. Philosopher by reason and mathematician by education, Lasker became an outstanding chess professional at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries and knew no equal in tournament and match battles. He was called a king and a wizard, a sage and a hypnotist. Unique in achievements, unsolved by contemporaries, mysterious for posterity ... In his monograph the famous Russian chess historians Isaak and Vladimir Linder depart from the generally accepted stereotypes, attempting to cover the main cause of Lasker's sporting and creative longevity in a new light. You will find in the book the 100 best, detailed commented games and endings of the great chess player, as well as 50 photo-illustrations, some of which are published for the first time.

In his new large-scale project "Odessa Secrets of Alexander Alekhin", Merited Master of Sports of Ukraine in Chess, historian and archivist Sergei Tkachenko tells about the most mysterious period of life of the future chess king. For the first time, Alekhine's mysterious connection with the White movement is revealed, new details of the chess player's stay in the Odessa prison of the Cheka and his commissar work after liberation are given ... The "Odessa trail" will pursue Alekhine in the future. This is also Case No. 228, where he will be accused of receiving money from Denikin's emissaries. And the recommendation of a well-known Odessa citizen when Alekhin was admitted to work in the Comintern. And his marriage to Odessa ... The author suggests a new look at the last years of the life of the great champion, where the "Odessa trace" can also be traced. The book is designed for a wide range of chess and history lovers.