The book contains 1000 selected popular chess etudes, & nbsp; characterized by easy construction, ingenious and effective solution, excellent form. The author of the collection, the 14-time world champion in chess composition, an international grandmaster, not only leads the decisions, but also tells about the history, theory, themes of the modern chess composition, famous compilers of the past and present. The book is also a kind of reshebnik (answers & mdash; at the end of the book!), With which you will improve your tactical vision and hone the technique of calculating options. For a wide range of chess lovers. Fragment 1 Fragment 2

Author of the book & mdash; outstanding German grandmaster, contender for world title and chess writer. The book presents two collection including chess games with detailed comments authors played at tournaments in Ostend (1907) and St. Petersburg (1914). The strongest chess players of those years & mdash; everyone was a champion their country. Among the participants: Z. Tarrash, K. Schlechter, D. Yanovsky, A. Rubinstein, M. Chigorin and many others Hence the name & mdash; & laquo; Tournaments than- peonies & raquo ;. Particular importance is attached to these chess lists. world champion E. Lasker and two future champions & mdash; H.R. Capablanca and A. Alekhine. For a wide range of chess lovers.

The book is based on selected materials published in the magazine & laquo; 64 & ndash; Chess Review & raquo; in 2019. Vladimir Kramnik, Alexander Grischuk, Yan Nepomnyashchy, Sergey Karjakin, Dean Liren, Van Hao, Anish Giri, Teymur Rajabov, Nikita Vitiugov, Kirill Alekseenko, Alexander Goryachkin, Alexander Kostenyuk, Daniil Dubov and other top grandmasters comment on their best games. The collection includes reviews of the most significant competitions: the World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk, the FIDE Grand Prix stage, the tournament of applicants, the team world and European championships, traditional tournaments in Wijk aan Zee, Shamkir, Poikovsky, Stavanger, London, etc. < / p> For a wide range of chess lovers. Photos of V. Barsky, B. Dolmatovsky, M. Emelyanova, A. Karlovich, E. Kublashvili, K. Merkuryev, L. Otes, V. Potkin, K. Rogers were used

Why is our modern textbook absolutely necessary for a young chess player ?! He is cognitive: gives knowledge on half-open debuts. Together we will follow the development of each debut from the moment of its appearance to the present day. Famous masters of the past, great champions, and modern computer programs will help us with this. He is entertaining and athletic. Each TEST game will turn into an interesting competition for you ... even with real chess champions! And also each lesson can be turned into a fascinating contest: who will score more points in the game in question. After each chapter - a selection of the most interesting games played by this debut. The textbook contains many fascinating stories about the life and chess battles of the great grandmasters. The Sicilian defense is not considered in the textbook, as a separate book will be devoted to this multifaceted debut. & nbsp;

International master and bright chess writer Ilya Odessa is rightfully considered the world's largest expert on systems 1.b3 and 1 ... b6. Despite the apparent calm, these beginnings are extremely sharp, poisonous and often force the opponent to lay down their arms already in the opening ! The author’s books on these systems were previously published by our publishing house and were warmly received by chess players who wanted to learn how to quickly win and get a comprehensive debut repertoire for white and black. Recently, the author has played many new games and shot many new grandmaster scalps by stepping over the main game portal www.chess.com marks 2700 ELO points, which corresponds to the level of a strong grandmaster. In his new book I. Odessky presents the achievements of recent years that will help you smash rivals in the opening and white and black!

Dmitry Plisetskiy's comment: - In the new edition of the 1st volume of the book by Garry Kasparov & quot; My great predecessors & quot; a number of historical facts were clarified and comments on all (!) 148 parties were thoroughly revised. Many previous estimates have changed in the games of Andersen, Morphy, Steinitz, Chigorin, Tarrash, Lasker, Capablanca, Alekhine ... For example, in such famous games as the 7th game of the match Lasker - Steinitz (1894) or Pilsbury - Lasker (Petersburg 1896) , and indeed in all key parties of the match Capablanca - Alekhine (Buenos Aires 1927). Garry Kasparov’s five volumes & laquo; My great predecessors & raquo; has no analogues in chess literature: the 13th world champion talks about the fate and work of the twelve previous champions and their rivals, about a century and a half struggle for world championship. Exploring the famous games under the microscope of powerful computer programs, the author changes many previous estimates and, in essence, summarizes the development of chess in the 20th century. The first volume is about & laquo; uncrowned kings & raquo; past and the first four official world champions & mdash; Steinitz, Lasker, Capablanca and Alekhine. Here is the second edition, radically supplemented and revised. 48 pages of artwork on coated paper. & nbsp;

& nbsp; The new book of the famous chess master and writer (author of more than 150 books) Evgeny Gik presents 265 best games of all chess kings - from Steinitz, Lasker, Alekhine and Capablanca to Kasparov, Kramnik, Anand and Karlsen. Among them are laureate parties, winning miniatures, combinations with the queen's sacrifice, decisive matches from fights for the crown and others. The reader will also find here more than 100 amazing stories about world champions and about 150 rare photographs. Photo by Boris Dolmatovsky, Eugene Geek, Dagobert Colmeyer from the author’s archive. 2nd edition.

Yochanan Afek & ndash; an international master in a practical game, which has titles in almost all areas of chess, including the title of grandmaster in composition. During his long and successful career, Afek has been a compiler and solver, player and organizer, as well as an arbiter and coach. The decision of etudes has long and firmly established itself as a very effective method of improvement in chess. In the book & laquo; Learn to win beautifully & raquo; one of the greatest etudes in the world Johanan Afek shares his best works. Stoke your imagination, gain a deeper understanding of chess geometry and develop a more subtle sense of the potential of pieces, trying to find ideas in hundreds of sketches and combinations in this book. Or just admire the awesome chess ideas and moves! From the foreword of Grandmaster Emil Sutovsky: & laquo; The book you are holding in your hands is full of energy; it is fresh and written with great love and passion for the game. Yochanan loves to share his knowledge and is happy to invite us to his magical world & raquo ;. For a wide range of chess lovers.