Dmitry Donskoy is the chief chess photographer in the USSR. Staff photographer Brezhnev, Yeltsin and ... Karpova! Note: the book is not chess, but there are chess photographs. Coated paper. Color illustrations.

Genna Sosonko (Gennady Borisovich Sosonko, 1943) & mdash; international native grandmaster, two-time champion of Holland. Emigre- rampart from the Soviet Union in 1972 and since then lives in Amsterdam. Winner and winner of many international tournaments. Being renowned journalist and commentator, last quarter century devotes to literary work. According to the 13th world champion Garry Kasparov, today Genna Sosonko & mdash; & laquo; undisputed writing chess player number one & raquo ;. In his new book, which includes 32 pages of unique photos on coated paper, the author talks about secrets success in chess, about state leaders of the past and the present- who was somehow involved in the ancient game, and about the chosen ones Caissa & mdash; Capablanca, Alekhine, Fisher, Karpov and Kasparov. For a wide range of chess lovers. Snippet 1 Fragment 2

The brochure includes unusual charts, tic-tac-toe, sea battle, typesetter, anagrams, palindromes, Othello or reversi. All games are provided with illustrations and detailed descriptions.

A detailed history of computer chess: the world championships among supercomputers and microcomputers, numerous games between grandmasters and computers. The Kasparov games against the strongest programs are commented in detail, incl. both matches with deep blue. Achievements of computers in the analysis, terminations, etc.

& nbsp; A significant part is devoted to puzzles on a chessboard. Logical and just funny, with numbers and matches, with words and on a chessboard - in one word, entertaining, for adults and children-schoolchildren, fascinating and really interesting games, puzzles and puzzles for all fans to break their heads at their leisure collected in this amazing book. Thanks to her, you will learn to easily find answers to the most tricky questions, and at the same time be able to expand your horizons and spend time not only with pleasure, but also with benefit for the mind. & nbsp;

The plot of this book & ndash; not just a romantic fiction of the author, but also an attempt at a historical study of one of the most delightful hoaxes of the Enlightenment, so rich in all sorts of inventions. 250 years ago, the outstanding inventor Wolfgang von Kempelen designed a mechanical chess player, the great-great-grandfather of modern chess computers. The Kempelen submachine gun toured extensively throughout Europe from Vienna to Paris and London, beating up nobles and even crowned heads - ndash; Frederick the Great and Napoleon. Attempts to penetrate the automaton’s secret have been made repeatedly, often by the most insidious methods that endangered the life of Kempelen and his companions ... Viktor L. Henkin (1923-2010), a chess master, a journalist and a writer, worked on a novel for about a quarter of a century, trying to recreate as precisely as possible the atmosphere of a distant 18th century. Striving for perfection, he rewrote many times and rewrote ready-made chapters and did not manage to finish his novel. The work was completed by his wife, Tatyana Gubarkova, with whom Victor Khenkin always shared his creative ideas, and discussed in detail the plot lines. For lovers of history, chess and adventure literature.

The book you hold in your hands & mdash; & laquo; Deferred batch & raquo; & mdash; somewhat unusual detective, written by a chess player, accustomed calculate long options both at the board and in life. Action it begins on the Caucasian Mineral Waters, and the inhabitants of this In the region, some of the author’s hints can be understood, recognizing features or actions familiar faces. In this story are intertwined and confused mutual relations of the oligarch, his assistant, two journalists, general militia, actress, archeologist, who have to solve riddles suddenly faded diamond rush, participate in the filming of the movie about Lev Isavra, the future emperor of Byzantium, who lived in the eighth century in the North Caucasus six years & hellip; Fragment 1 Fragment 2

Colored photos on coated paper. The Olympics in Sochi made the topic of the Olympics especially important for the Russians. What is this event, what is its history and why has it become so prestigious and significant? This book is written in a popular form, it contains many important facts, dates and numbers. without which in the sports edition can not do. Still, to a large extent, these are interesting stories about the development of sports competitions, about Olympic records and champions, about happy breakthroughs and bitter defeats and much more. Color photos on coated paper.

Preface by Garry Kasparov. Color illustrations on coated paper. What is the future of computer-era chess? Fading and gradual departure from the stage or progress and a new flowering? Answers to these and many other questions are given by an unusual book by grandmaster L. Yudasin, in which it is not only about the history and development of chess, but also about the mystery of the human mind, about the mysterious multiply connected world of culture, about the fate of humanity. The many-sided & quot; Millennial Myth of Chess & quot; - a kind of encyclopedia with the help of millions of games and spiritual phenomenon, integrated into the course of human progress.

Color illustrations. What a winning strategy came up with a great financier Mikhail Kasyanov? What shape does the summer cottage of Gennady Zyuganov have? How did Berezovsky, Makashov and Khinshtein manage to cross the river, stay alive and get, for example, to the minister? How many billions of each of the seven oligarchs? How much was the check drawn by `Chara` bank and how much did the reviewer` MK` cheat? Eugene GIK - member of the Writers' Union, Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics, columnist for the newspaper "Moskovsky Komsomolets".

The book discusses various types of math problems and puzzles related to chess, about the routes of figures, their arrangements and permutations, about cutting and covering a chessboard. We study games on unusual boards according to unusual rules and with unusual figures. Author of the book E.Ya. Geek is a mathematician, chess master, permanent host of the & laquo; Chess Page & raquo; of the magazine & laquo; Kvant & raquo ;. The book is intended for students, teachers of mathematics and heads of mathematical circles, as well as for all fans of mathematical puzzles and chess problems. Preface. Mathematics Chess Board. Attila's horse. The task of the progress of the horse. Queen-sentry. The task of the gauss about eight queens. Rectilinear rook. Thin routes of the king. Elephant - billiard ball. Independence and domination. Sly permutations. Mathematical records. The power of figures. On unusual boards. Cylindrical chess. Hexagonal chess. Fairy chess.