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  • Author:
    Kasparov

    41.67 $
  • Reprint of a large badge (4 cm x 3.5 cm) dedicated to the failed match between Karpov and Fischer in 1975. The original was issued in an edition of  in several signal specimens (only specimens from the collection of A. Karpov and the Central House of Art Museum are known). 

    17.24 $
  • 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:
    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:
    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:
    Bologan

    The Caro-Kann defense is one of the most popular modern openings, which is firmly included in the repertoire of most elite chess players. The author of the book, a well-known grandmaster and theorist, offers a full repertoire for black in response to 1.e4, explains in detail the main strategic ideas of each option and gives the exact order of moves, offers a number of novelties in current schemes. In each chapter, alternative plans for black are considered, so that the reader can make a choice according to his taste, and it was more difficult for the opponent to prepare. Much attention in the monograph is paid to correspondence games in which players use all the achievements of modern technology. All analyses during the work on the manuscript are checked on powerful computers. Carefully selected positions for the solution will help the reader to consolidate the acquired knowledge. The 2nd edition supplements the section with the 10 most interesting current parties. The book is addressed to chess players of any level – from amateurs to professionals.  

    21.67 $
  • Author:
    Bogdanovich

    50.00 $
  • 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 $
  • Author:
    Bologan

    The 2nd edition, revised and supplemented, of the popular monograph, which is dedicated to one of the most combat modern debuts – the Old Indian defense. The author meticulously builds the entire defensive line of black (including on the territory of "adjacent" openings, such as the English beginning or the London system), explains standard plans and tactical techniques, offers a number of novelties in current schemes. Carefully selected positions for the solution will help the reader to consolidate the acquired knowledge. The book is addressed to chess players of any level, since the laws of Old Indian are the same for both amateurs and super grandmasters.

    21.67 $
  • 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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CHESS OF THE XX CENTURY

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    41.46 $

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    Production of the USSR, 1970s. Develop observation, ingenuity, logical thinking. The set includes a cardboard board for playing 32x32cm, 5 cards with the image of red and black figures, a map-scheme of the arrangement of figures on the board. Spare cards. Abstract in Russian. PHOTO PHOTO

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    24.83 $

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    Antique mini chess with folding board. 18cmx9cm. Height - 3cm. Missing figures: 4 horses, 1st white and 3 black pawns. On a black pawn there is a chip. Photo1 Photo2

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    19.34 $

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    Road chess, made in the USSR. On the box there is an image of the emblem of the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, as well as a sign of quality. The height of the king is 3 cm. There are not enough 2 pawns (white and black). PHOTO PHOTO

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    Foldable chess board of the USSR. Lacquered wood with minor flaws. A black ornament is applied at the corners. Inside it is trimmed with green cloth. Dimensions - 52x52 cm.

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    Wooden chess set - USSR. The figures and the board are made of wood. King height - 80 mm. The size of the board is 300x300 mm. Chess excellent condition, Board - Satisf.

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    Soviet chess. The set includes figures and a large chessboard. Everything is made of wood. King height - 95 mm. The size of the board is 550x500 mm. PHOTO PHOTO PHOTO

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    Chess is magnetic. The set includes a set of plastic figures as well as a board-case (material - artificial leather). The height of the king is 5.2 cm. PHOTO PHOTO PHOTO

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    The height of the king is 10 cm, the diameter of the base is 2.3 cm.

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    There are a couple of defects - see photo. The capsule is 19.5 X 13.3 cm, the height of the king is 9.5 cm, the diameter of the base is 3.5 cm.

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    Dimensions of the board - 14.8 X 14.8 cm, height of the king - 3.3 cm, the diameter of the base is 1.4 cm. Defects - 6 figures do not have magnets.

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    The height of the king is 8 cm. The height of the pawn is 5.5 cm. Luxurious antique gold-plated and silvered figures in wooden lacquered finish. Wooden board in leather trim. The size of the board is 43х43.It has an insignificant defect on the field. PHOTO PHOTO PHOTO PHOTO PHOTOS - a flaw in the board

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    board carved lacquered 59x59cm, king height 11.5 cm, playing field 43x43cm, a small crack on the playing field