Before you one of the best books in the history of chess. In a rich career the author has victories over all (!) world champions from Botvinnik to Karpov. Bent Larsen is one of the most successful tournament players of the 20th century. Uncompromising style and non-standard thinking made a great Dane is extremely popular among chess players around the world. Him successes were such that Robert Fisher agreed to give him the first board in the legendary match of the USSR, spoiling the World team. Bent Larsen was also a successful chess writer and journalist. It is not surprising that the first book on which chess today world champion Magnus Carlsen, was written by the strongest Scandinavian player before Magnus. In this book one of the brightest representatives of the chess West details his 122 best games. Larsen's comments are always are instructive, on business, often with humor. Also included are never published in Russian, the memoirs of the "Big Bent" about his meetings with the 11th world champion Robert Fisher. "One of the brightest players of the 20th century," - wrote about Larsen Harry Kasparov. "Of the many chess masters I've met, Bent is the most original ", - noted Anatoly Karpov. For a wide range of chess fans.

Biography of Bobby Fischer, written by his most authoritative biographer, for decades watching the enchanting rise and deafening fall of chess genius. Based on the family archives of the Fischer family, recently declassified FBI documents and Bobby's own e-mails, this unique book describes the whole life-odyssey of the chess champion from Brooklyn, beginning with his poor childhood and ending with portraits on the covers of the Times, Life magazines "And" Newsweek "- with the recognition of his" the most famous person in the world "... to stunned all hermitry. This is the most complete, documented and objective biography of Bobby Fisher from a man who knew him personally and well from childhood to death. The book that became a bestseller in the US.

The memory of the sixth world champion. Memories of relatives, friends, friends ...

For the first time, readers are invited to a collection of defeats for all 14 world champions - from V. Steinits to V. Kramnik. The defeats of great chess players are always a sensation. They are no less instructive than their victories. After all, in order to win the world champion, the opponent tries to show all his abilities, acts on the limit of opportunities and sometimes this gain becomes the brightest page of his biography.

& nbsp; The new book of the famous chess master and writer (author of more than 150 books) Evgeny Gik presents 265 best games of all chess kings - from Steinitz, Lasker, Alekhine and Capablanca to Kasparov, Kramnik, Anand and Karlsen. Among them are laureate parties, winning miniatures, combinations with the queen's sacrifice, decisive matches from fights for the crown and others. The reader will also find here more than 100 amazing stories about world champions and about 150 rare photographs. Photo by Boris Dolmatovsky, Eugene Geek, Dagobert Colmeyer from the author’s archive. 2nd edition.

& nbsp; 10th world champion Boris Spassky is one of the greatest chess players in history. Epic & quot; Match of the Century & quot; between Boris Spassky and the legendary Robert Fisher (1972) gave rise to a world chess boom. Spassky is a universal style chess player who has won a large number of excellent victories. In his book, the grandmaster and experienced trainer Zenon Franco explores Spassky’s chess style in detail using his best games. Book format & quot; Progress in progress & quot; - An ideal platform for learning chess. In & quot; reference & quot; points of each game are offered the reader test questions, which helps both the practical study of the key techniques of a chess game and the reliable assimilation of acquired knowledge. The questions (and the author’s answers) are aimed at ensuring that the reader is actively involved in the learning process and at the same time can track the growth of his chess strength. & nbsp;

The outstanding grandmaster of modern times Levon Aronian has for many years kept the second line in the world rating list with ELO more than 2800! Let's try to follow along with the author, the famous grandmaster, the way from the first children's victories of Levon to today's peaks. Having studied the detailed and qualitatively commented in the book of the party, you will necessarily go to a new level of understanding chess, learn many new ideas and strengthen your game.

The release of this book is timed to the 70th anniversary of the birth of the remarkable grandmaster Yuri Razuvaev (1945–2012). This is a collection consisting of three chapters: memoirs of contemporaries, including world champions, selected Razuvaev’s games with commentaries by leading grandmasters, his articles in the field of chess theory and school education, as well as interviews. You will not find such a constellation of names in any other book!

Before you is the “book of life” of an outstanding grandmaster, a participant in the tournament of applicants for the world championship, the champion of the USSR. Collected in the first part of the 64 party with detailed author comments have considerable educational value. Averbach is not only a well-known debut theorist, but also an acknowledged master of the game in technical positions and the world's best expert in the endgame: he is the author of the classic work “Chess Endings”, translated into many languages. The second part of the book consists of memories, unique in their own way. In Soviet times, only the initiates knew the background of many of the most important decisions in chess. Perhaps the most informed of them was Yuri Averbakh, who for more than three decades was a member of the elite of the Soviet and international chess federations. In addition, over the years, he helped Botvinnik, Smyslov, Petrosyan, and Tahl. Revelations of such a person are truly priceless!

The current world champion Vichy Anand is the only one in history who won the highest title in competitions with three different formats: the knockout system (2000), the round-robin tournament (2007) and the match (2008). For two decades, the Indian magician has become part of the grandmaster elite, and his bright, original parties filled with original ideas arouse the admiration of millions of chess fans. Collection of the best parties Anand with his own profound and witty comments by right became a bestseller in the West, and, finally, it becomes available to the Russian reader!

Among the "celestials" - world champions - Tigran Petrosyan occupies a special place: it was he who managed to close the 15-year- the new era of Mikhail Botvinnik. The stability of force is striking. play Petrosian throughout his career - he thrice played matches for the world championship (and in the applicant's cycles of non- changed for three decades!), four times was the champion of the USSR, 9 times - the Olympic champion ... Tigran Vartanovich is rightly considered to be the most difficult an impoverished player in the history of chess, flawlessly owned technique of warning of threats of the contender already in an embryo. In the proposed book about 2/3 of the parties commented on the Petrosyan himself, and the rest - mostly known grandmasters. Many fights are educational character. Therefore, chess players who want to increase their sports level, it is very important to study the work of the 9th world champion, who created a lot of positional and combinational masterpieces. The book passed computer testing "by Kasparov." For a wide range of chess fans.

The work of Vladimir Kramnik is a separate big chapter. in the annals of world chess. Universality of talent allowed him for a long career to create a lot of masterpieces, revealing the different facets of the struggle behind the chessboard. International grand master and experienced coach Sarhan Gu- ly subjected the party of the 14th world champion to a comprehensive ana- Liza, taking into account both the earlier comments of Kramnik himself and other researchers, and the achievements of modern com- the computer method. Being a creative portrait of one of the the most outstanding chess players of our day, the book also co- keeps information and recommendations of educational nature. For a wide range of chess fans.