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  • Author:
    Vysotsky

    20.00 $
  • Author:
    Kalinichenko

    The vast majority of opening guides are written for adult readers. This book is also devoted to the theory but it is junior. The structure of the book is simple and attractive: openings are examined using examples from actual games, each of which is presented in the form of a lesson with its own name. Several such lessons form an opening theme, and the examination of each theme concludes with exercises. In each opening, attention is drawn to its characteristic tactical and strategic ideas of combinations for independent solution strictly corresponds to the opening theme. Written in clear and easy language, the book is furnished with a large number of diagrams. Colored explanatory arrows on the diagrams and the selection of individual pages with a colored background make the book easier to understand. Regular work solve two problems: deepen the student's knowledge and develop his tactical vision, thus improving his skill and results.

    28.80 $
  • 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:
    Getmanchuk

    16.67 $
  • Author:
    Gelfand

    The 2012 World Vice-Champion continues his story, begun in the best-selling books Positional Decision Making in Chess. ("Book of the Year" according to the English Chess Federation), "Dynamic Decision Making in Chess" and "Technical Decision Making in Chess." The new book discusses ways to make decisions in positions without minor pieces. The reader will get acquainted with rook and queen endings, as well as with what Romanovsky called the "fourth stage", that is, the late middlegame / early endgame, where only heavy pieces remain on the board. «Gelfand is very good– and very honest – explains what decisions he was able to calculate and what he had to make on the basis of general reasoning, and how he did it. This resulted in a book of the type that I love. A chess player of any strength can find a lot of useful things here. (Grandmaster Matthew Sadler, reviewer of novelties in chess literature in the magazine "New in Chess"). For a wide range of chess lovers.

    22.41 $
  • Author:
    Chandler

    27.33 $
  • Author:
    Galkin

    The book by grandmaster and experienced coach Alexander Galkin is dedicated to the strongest piece on the chessboard – to the queen. Using the example of episodes from games of modern grandmasters (the vast majority of games date back to 2020-2023) and his own grandmaster practice, the author tries to generalize, and in some places even clarify the methodology for understanding and playing queen endings, as well as other types of endgames with the presence of queens ) On the desk. The book presents various ratios of material – “queen against queen”, “queen and minor piece against queen and minor piece”, “queen and rook against queen and rook”, “queen against two rooks”, “queen against rook and pawns”, “ queen against a rook and a minor piece”, “two queens against two queens” – practically the entire spectrum of encountered endgames of this type. The material is structured in such a way that the reader can get maximum benefit from studying the examples of queen endings and its other derivatives offered by the author. 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 $
  • 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:
    Kalinichenko

    This new book by the many-times world champion Anatoly Karpov and the author of more than fifty books, grandmaster Nikolay Kalinichenko, is devoted to one of the most complicated and strategically deep openings & mdash; the Queen's Gambit Declined. Using games played by the strongest grandmasters, it describes the interesting ideas which have appeared in the main development systems of this opening. Along with games from recent years, the book presents the most important encounters from the chess heritage. And of course, it includes games by Anatoly Karpov himself & mdash; a great expert on the Queen's Gambit, who generously shares with the reading his unique understanding of the concepts involved. The book is aimed at strong players, but it will also be of interest to a wide range of chess enthusiasts.

    36.00 $
  • 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 $
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    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.

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    16.58 $

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    743 games, comments

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    11.38 $

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    333 parties of a brilliant American with notes in the Informator style, many have not previously been published in Russia. Comments on the games are given in modern notation. The book is intended for all chess lovers: from beginners to professionals. It will serve as a valuable tool for students of chess and general education schools in mastering the secrets of the chess game.

  • book

    17.27 $

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    Revised and supplemented edition! Correspondence world champion games. The winner of the XII World Correspondence Championship talks about his chess career and comments on the best games in detail. Amazing depth and brightness of thought!

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    14.89 $

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    The winner of the 12th World Correspondence Championship talks about his chess career and in the most detailed way comments on the best games. The author considers methods of preparation, as well as sports, psychological, ethical and other aspects of the struggle.

  • book

    10.37 $

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    A book about the great Russian chess player with new, previously unknown, documents and facts.

  • book

    41.67 $

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    Second, revised edition. We bring to your attention the biography of the first Russian world chess champion, a man of surprisingly bright and at the same time tragic fate of Alexander Alekhin Alekhin (1892-1946). Written on a strictly documentary basis, with the involvement of new, previously unknown sources discovered by the author in the archives of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Voronezh, the book traces the life of the genius chess player throughout its entire length - from birth in Moscow to the mysterious death in a hotel in a small Portuguese town Estoril.

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    Lovingly designed collection dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the victory. Biographies, essays, parties, memories.

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    20.69 $

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    This already legendary, brilliant book with Russian chess fans waited impatiently for everything world. Alexei Shirov, repeated challenger for the title of champion world and one of the brightest and most distinct grandmasters modernity, in detail and captivatingly comments on its The best parties, saturated with tactical fireworks and extraordinary moves. The author also talks about the practice of using the system Botvinnik, and the selected endings, allotted to a separate chapter, are educational in nature. "This boy already thinks better than me," he said. his young student Michael Tal. "Thanks to his combative fury, Shirov can to be one of Tal's direct heirs ... ", writes in the preface to the book the famous English grand master J.Spilman. For a wide range of chess fans.

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    20.69 $

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    Before you - the continuation of the legendary book, which was eagerly awaited by Russian-speaking chess fans around the world. Alexei Shirov, the repeated contender for the title of world champion and one of the brightest and most distinct grandmasters of our time, in detail and captivatingly comments on his best games, saturated with tactical fireworks and extraordinary moves. & laquo; This boy already thinks better than me & raquo ;, & mdash; said about his young student Michael Tal. "Thanks to his combative fury, Shirov can be considered one of Tal's direct heirs ... & raquo ;, writes the famous grand master J.Spilman. In comparison with the English edition, the book is supplemented by the parties of recent years. For a wide range of chess fans.

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    60.00 $

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    The best games with detailed commentary

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    32.76 $

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    English grandmaster Nigel Short (born June 1, 1965) – one of the most successful chess players in the world in the 80-90s of the XX century. And even when he was already over 50, he was in the top 100. A three-time champion of England, a participant in 12 World Chess Olympiads as part of his country's national team, he reached the peak of his career in 1993 when he won the right to fight Garry Kasparov in a match for the world title. Nigel Short – Member of the Order of the British Empire, FIDE Vice President (since 2018). Each tournament victory is unique, especially when it is achieved against the strongest players of its time, and the winner's performance approaches or even exceeds the magic mark of 2800. In this unique book, Grandmaster Nigel Short talks about eight international competitions in which he won first place, leaving behind G. Kasparov, A. Karpov, V. Korchnoi, M. Tal, B. Gelfand, J. Timman, L. Polugaevsky, L. Portisch and many others. The comments on the games are deep and instructive, the author narrates about the vicissitudes of the struggle and various funny episodes with subtle English humor, thanks to which the book is read in one breath. "Victory March" – for those who want to win at chess!