The book of coaches of the Vilnius Children's Sports School of the Olympic Reserve by master E. Bujinsky and master, honored coach of the Lithuanian SSR J. Schaus is a textbook for senior drafts players. The authors of the games taken from the world championships, the USSR Championships, explain the essence of certain positions that have theoretical significance and the specifics of their construction. In some cases, analyzes are given to prominent modern masters, such as world champions Schegolev, Gant-Varg, Cebrands, and Wirsma. For highly skilled checkers.

(арт - изд.полка) The book of the master of sports of the USSR, the repeated winner of all-union competitions is the grant for beginning fans of drafts. It describes the rules and methods of playing on 64- and 100-cell boards, gives a number of instructive parts and fragments, as well as a significant number of independent exercises for further improvement.

The author of the book introduces the reader to the fascinating world of Russian checkers, tells the secrets of the game, explaining in detail the strategically and tactically important techniques. There are instructive examples from the work of outstanding masters.

Rare edition. There is no front cover, the loss of the title page part.

Iser Iosifovich Kuperman (April 21, 1922, Khabno ― March 6, 2006, Boston) ― Soviet and American draughts player (Russian and international draughts), international grandmaster (1958), draughts theorist. One of the largest draughts players of the XX century. Multiple USSR champion in Russian and international draughts, European champion in international draughts, seven-time world champion in international draughts. Honored Master of Sports of the USSR (1960); deprived of the title in 1978 during emigration to Israel. In 1940 he received the title of Master of Sports. He made his debut at the USSR championships in Russian draughts in 1945 and immediately won a landslide victory, and in subsequent years defended his title several times. After the introduction of competitions in international, stocklet draughts in the USSR, Kuperman undertook a thorough study of the literature devoted to them, and at the first USSR championship on the big board in 1954 he took first place. In 1958, having won the candidates tournament, Kuperman got the right to a match for the world championship with the reigning Canadian champion Marcel Deslauriers, and beat him, winning four victories with two defeats and 14 draws, thus becoming the first Soviet world champion in this discipline. By the end of the year, Kuperman was already an international grandmaster. Cooperman became the world champion, winning matches in 1959, 1961, 1965 and 1967. Two more times the title was awarded to him without a game: in 1963 and 1974, the World Championship matches did not take place (later the International Draughts Federation declared Senegalese Baba Si the world champion for 1963, while Kuperman was not deprived of the title). In 1978, Kuperman emigrated to Israel, and then to the United States, where he successfully competed in tournaments until old age. He won the American Pool Checkers Association Championship seven times (1984-1990), thus becoming the most titled master of this game, and the US International Draughts Championship eight times.

Vladimir Pesotsky is the first representative of Omsk who became a master of sports in Russian draughts (1978). Multiple champion of Omsk and Omsk region. Winner of the VF-26 tournament (1989), 2nd place in the VPF-14 (1990), winner of the "V. Litvinovich Super Cup" (SKL-2, 1994), tournament in memory of A. Ovodova (TPO-2, 1995).

  I know Yury Chertok, Master of Sports of the USSR, from joint performances in all-Union and international competitions, where we were friends outside the checkers board and competitors in tournaments.    The author, acting on the golden principle "from easy to difficult", teaches checkers fans the basics of the game. The examples are chosen with taste: along with the classic ones known in the book, there are many new original ones, or those familiar only to a limited circle of checkers players.    The reader is gradually, unobtrusively carried away into the world of checkers, revealing and showing the beauty of the game, its subtleties, charms.    Giving the basics of tactics, the author suggests positions for independent decision, explaining the elements of the position, showing the pros and cons of drafts formations using concrete, convincing examples.    It seems that the debut in a new field will bring fans unforgettable moments of meeting with the beautiful and will bring new fans of the folk game to the world of checkers.

Methodical manual on draughts. The manual covers various aspects of the theory and practice of one of the popular intellectual martial arts. Multiple champion of St. Petersburg, first of all - in the blitz game, Alexander Savenok shares with readers his 35—year experience of performing in full-time and correspondence competitions of various ranks.

International Master V.M. Vysotsky, SLSHI Grandmaster, Master of Sports S.E. Katstov and SLSHI Grandmaster A.N. Savin analyzed and clarified more than 500 theoretical variants in this work. Special Editor: V. Naumik, Master of Sports, Volkovysk. For coaches and draughts players of the 1st category and above.