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  • Author:
    Kalinichenko

  • The height of the king is 95 mm, the diameter of the base of the king is 42 mm. Currently used in tournaments of the Central House of Chess Players. The kit is sold without a board.

    60.00 $
  • Made in Holland. Chess computer "Centaur" easy to use. You can easily install any language. Using the touch panel  40x40 cm (cell size 48 x 48 mm) you can easily move the figures. The sensors will record strokes. The board has a capacious rechargeable internal battery. The uniqueness of the computer is that it quickly adapts to  your playing strength (from beginner to grandmaster) so that you have the right opponent. Centaur will help you analyze the game so as not to make the same mistakes and improve your chess skill. Please note, computer is not compatible to connect to your PC or online chess. The set includes USB cable and DGT electronic chess pieces . Height of the king is 86mm.  

    1333.30 $
  • 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:
    Kasparov

    41.67 $
  • Author:
    Franco

    In his new book, grandmaster Zenon Franco deeply analyzes the 69 instructive victories of the 11th world champion Robert Fischer. The book is not overloaded with options, the emphasis – with detailed explanations in a move-by-move style, creating an ideal platform for learning chess. In the "reference" At points in each game, the reader is offered test questions, which helps both the practical study of key techniques of the chess game and the reliable assimilation of acquired knowledge. Questions and answers engage the reader in the learning process and help him track his growth in chess strength. The appendix provides a critical analysis of the unsatisfactory translation of Robert Fisher's famous book “My 60 Memorable Games.”

    23.33 $
  • Author:
    Zhuravlev

    This tutorial is addressed to those who want to learn to play chess on their own and improve further. The lesson-based method of presentation, as well as numerous exercises, contribute to the consistent assimilation of the rules and laws that form the basis of the chess game. The book contains extensive educational material, which is presented to the reader in accordance with modern pedagogical principles. The purpose of this manual is to train chess players of the III category (rating up to 1800). The textbook can also be used for classes in groups - it covers the material of existing programs of the first year of study in children's and youth chess schools.

    23.33 $
  • Author:
    Vysotsky

    20.00 $
  • Magnetic road chess: folding board-case made of artificial leather, tablet-figures with a convex image. Wallet size 19x22 cm. The playing field is 15.5 x 15.5 cm. Cell 2x2 cm.

    51.72 $
  • 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 $
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Books 1991-2023

  • book

    8.29 $

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    More than 400 authentic stories, jokes, incidents and anecdotes related to chess. Cases from the life of outstanding chess players, as well as artists, politicians, writers and scientists.

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    13.82 $

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    Funny stories about chess and chess players, about the kings of the chess world and famous people. 

  • book

    31.09 $

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    This is a real ode to chess aesthetics - the most beautiful games played in the last 150 years. There are essays about all chess pieces, about the centuries-old evolution of views on the ideal of beauty in chess. At the request of the author, the world's outstanding chess players expressed their opinion on the issues raised.

  • book

    4.14 $

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    The legendary characters of Conandoil, Zoshchenko, Al. Tolstoy, Lagin, Ilf and Petrov, Bulgakov, Babel, O. Henry ... Funny stories with illustrations in the form of chess tasks, jokes.

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    5.76 $

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    This book is a collection of essays on chess topics related to literature, theater, etc. You will see a gallery of world-famous names from writers, actors, scientists (Erich-Maria Remarque, Marlene Dietrich, Francois Rabelais, Vladimir Nabokov, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Alan Turing and many others) to literary characters (Harry Potter, Alice from the Country miracles).

  • book

    8.28 $

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    International ICCF master, laureate of the magazine `64 - Chess Review`, author of the book` Alekhin: My wrestling` in the new book continues to expose the falsity of the Soviet chess press. The book was written on the eve of the match between N. Short and J. Timman, therefore their work is represented by 150 best games. In the chapter `Analyzes, news, parties` given interesting material for lovers of the theory. There is a typographical marriage - four unreported reversals. No pages: 34,35,38,39,42,43,46,47

  • book

    51.72 $

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    The book tells about the relationship of music and chess - the two facets of a great human culture; about the fascination of chess with musicians and the playing of music by chess players from many countries of the world.

  • book

    49.66 $

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    The Soviet system would not be as meaningless as it really was if it had not provided such a "profitable" sport and recreation for itself as chess, not only by the Chess Federation, not only by the department in the USSR Sports Committee, but also close custody of the "armed detachment of the Communist Party" - the KGB. Due to the secret nature of the work of the KGB, his work with respect to the leading Soviet chess players is described little and, most importantly, one-sidedly, mainly, chess players, who had displeasure in their professional life faced with the "care" of the KGB. Now we have a unique opportunity to get acquainted with the work of the KGB "on the chess front" from inside this organization. The book with the eloquent title "The KGB plays chess" was written by several authors: V.K.Popov, a former employee of the KGB of the USSR; SOUTH. Felshtinsky - Doctor of Historical Sciences, author of journalistic publications; B.F. Gulko - international grandmaster, professional chess player, champion of the USSR in 1977; VL Korchny is the four-time champion of the Soviet Union in chess, the two-time winner of interzonal tournaments, the five-time champion of Europe.

  • book

    20.72 $

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    Chess is one of the most popular board games created by man a half thousand years ago. The next volume of the popular children's encyclopedia ʻI know the world` tells about the centuries-old history of chess, famous grandmasters - world champions, and, of course, about the secrets of the game itself, the basics of its theory and practice, the origins of extraordinary attractiveness and beauty. The book is intended for all who are interested in this ancient and wise game.

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    15.33 $

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    (The story of an expat with elements of fiction). From the life of Russian emigre chess players in the United States.

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    9.67 $

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    Imagine life without the Internet is becoming increasingly difficult, there are various ways to use it by chess players. The new century has defined a new form of absentee chess. The traditional game “through letters” was replaced by e-mail and online games. This type of chess eliminates the disadvantages of traditional correspondence and has many advantages. The book is addressed to all chess lovers, and its goal is to contribute to the spread of the game in Russia through the World Wide Web.