Biography and selected parties of a talented master.

Foreword by A. Karpov. In this book, the author considers the outstanding American grandmaster, world champion Robert Fisher from an unexpected angle: he is interested in how Fisher lost. It just so happened that chess masters, bringing their creativity to the court of readers, almost always tell only about victories. All of us are accustomed to see the instructive in the highest achievements, forgetting, perhaps, that defeats, by virtue of their sobering effects, teach more, although pride is much less fun. Mednis sees his task in highlighting the “moment of error” in each party and trying to explain it. Readers will see on the pages of the book not a mythical chess machine, but a Fischer man, who, like all mortals, is not alien to excitement and error, frivolity and negligence. The games of the great player Fisher, which may be especially lost to him, contain the richest chess experience and information for all of us. Recommended by highly qualified chess players, as well as in coaching. "A wonderful book, in my opinion." V. Ivanchuk (from an interview with E. Surov).

Yugoslavian grandmaster S. Gligorich - a participant in many major competitions, in which he held high places, was the champion of Yugoslavia 11 times. Gligorich is known as a chess theorist and publicist. The reader, getting acquainted with the book Gligoric, may pay attention to the mean words about yourself. To emphasize his work with a well-deserved number of exclamation marks is hampered by innate modesty. Nevertheless, moves, ideas, plans, combinations - all that we call the highest skill, as well as his devotion to his beloved art speak for themselves. The main criterion in the selection of parties, the author highlighted the presence of interesting opening ideas, so that the parties were instructive from the very beginning. The next criterion was the relative brevity of the parties. The book “I play against figures” is a kind of collection of the best games of the Yugoslav grandmaster. Complements their small autobiographical essay. The book is designed for highly qualified chess players.

The reader is waiting for this book a lot of interesting pages. The authors attempted to recreate on the basis of historical evidence a picture of the chess creativity of one of the most original grandmasters of their time, DM Yanovsky (1868-1927). Bright combination talent, fearlessness, artistry in the game earned Yanovsky great popularity. Part of the games is commented by Yanovsky himself, as well as by Em. Lasker, Tarrash, Chigorin, Marco, Capablanca, Alekhine, Tartakover and others. Designed for highly qualified chess players.

Documentary stories about two such wonderful and such unlike champions give an idea of the gigantic amplitude of chess creativity.

100 selected parties with detailed notes, as well as articles on the national chess school and on combinations, 6 studies, a table of tournament and match results.

This book is about the work of the 12th world champion, grandmaster Anatoly Karpov. It includes 55 games, carefully selected and commented on by the author. The notes to them reflect Karpov's views on chess, his creative principles. The book is intended for highly qualified chess players.

This book is about the work of the 12th world champion grandmaster Anatoly Karpov. It includes 55 parties, carefully selected and commented by the author. The notes to them reflect the views of Karpov on the chess struggle, his creative principles. The book is designed for highly qualified chess players.

Revised and enlarged edition. The best games of the author, a famous Soviet chess player, Honored Trainer of the USSR, many of which are true works of chess art.

В книге известного английского гроссмейстера и литератора Рэймонда Кина рассказывается о творчестве выдающегося шахматиста нашего столетия А.Нимцовича, оказавшего сильное влияние на дальнейшее развитие шахмат. В эту книгу включены малоизвестные партии Нимцовича, которые автору удалось разыскать в старых журналах, уже прекративших свое существование. Особый интерес вызывает раздел, где помещены партии современных гроссмейстеров и прослеживается прямая связь игры Нимцовича с игрой современных шахматистов. Рассчитана на высококвалифицированных шахматистов.

This book is written by the candidate of historical sciences IM Linder, the author of many works on the history of chess. The book is the result of his many years of research into the life and work of outstanding Russian chess players of the 19th century. By the example of the best games, the contribution of these masters to chess art is shown, the significance of their activities for the creation of a national chess school. The book includes chess creativity of the nineteenth-century Russian masters - Alexander Petrov, Karl Janisch, Sergey and Dmitry Urusovs, Emmanuel Schiffers, Vladimir Solovtsov and Andrey Hardin. Designed for a wide range of chess lovers.

Petrov Alexander Dmitrievich (1.2.1794, p. Biserovo Pskov Gubernia, 10.4.1867, Warsaw), the first Russian chess master, chess. theoretician and composer, founder of the first chess club in Russia (Petersburg Society of Chess Game Makers). The writer. State Councillor. In 1804-1840 he lived in St. Petersburg, from 1840 - in Warsaw. He played chess at the age of 7. In 1809 he won a match at one of the best peterbes. chess players A. Kopyev. For half a century he was the strongest chess player in Russia. He won in the matches of K. Janisch in the 1840s. (with a handicap), S. Urusova - 3: 1 (1853) and 13: 7 (1859), I. Shumova - 4: 2 (1862). Bright master combinational style.