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  • Author:
    Fine

    In the vast ocean of chess literature there are relatively few books about the endgame, and only a few of them can be considered true chess classics. And the most outstanding among the classics — Reuben Fine's book "Basic Chess Endings". Reuben Fine (1914−1993) was for a long time one of the best chess players in the world. As an author, Fine showed himself to be an excellent analyst who understood the full depth and peculiarities of the endgame. Having studied various types of standard positions, Fine established useful rules for practical play and proved himself to be an experienced teacher who, using skillfully chosen examples, was able to teach the reader all the necessary lessons and introduce him to the basic ideas of the endgame. Many generations of chess players in different countries of the world keep copies of “Basic Chess Endings”. For example, Mikhail Botvinnik considered Fine's work the most worthy of all that had ever been written on endgame theory.

    35.00 $
  • Author:
    Karpov

    New, significantly enlarged edition of the famous book - 75 games. Anatoly Karpov is the greatest expert on Caro-Kann defense. He scored many bright victories in it, playing both white and black. In this paper, the multiple world champion talks about the most important and interesting discoveries made in the Caro-Kann defense. Many examples from modern practice are given.

    17.24 $
  • 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

    16.67 $
  • Author:
    Fisher

    15.00 $
  • Author:
    Tal

    21.67 $
  • Author:
    Vysotsky

    20.00 $
  • Author:
    Gipslis

    This collection of wonderful combinations is based on the famous magazine “Chess” published in the USSR. The editorial office was located in Riga, its members included strong Latvian chess players, and the editor-in-chief of the publication for many years was the eighth world champion Mikhail Tal, who always took an active part in the development of the magazine. Perhaps the most popular section among readers has always been “Find the best continuation without moving the pieces.” A fresh dozen of the most beautiful and instructive combinations, mainly from current tournaments, were published on the back cover, and the solutions were given in the next issue. The combinations were selected by the editorial team very carefully, because the magazine's circulation was more than 60,000 copies and was distributed in more than 50 countries! This edition includes combinations published in the mentioned section from 1980 to 1990. By solving these combinations, you are sure to improve your tactical skills and significantly strengthen your game.

    40.00 $
  • Author:
    Golenishchev

    Like other titles in the Training Program for Chess Players series, this volume is both an excellent textbook for independent study and a powerful training aid for chess coaches. In the view of many experts, no better work of this kind has ever been written. coach and Master of Sport. Golenishchev's programs are still considered. critically important and are successfully employed in chess schools. His teaching methods remain popular in Russia and around the world. Supervised by Editor-in-Chief and former Karpov, this new edition of Golenishchev's classic work is updated to include important games from the recent high-level chess competitions, reflecting modern approaches to the game. OPENING Fragment 1 OPENING Fragment 2

    30.00 $
  • Author:
    Kalinichenko

    This new book by the many-times world champion Anatoly Karpov and the author of more than fifty books, grandmaster Nikolay Kalinichenko, is devoted to one of the most complicated and strategically deep openings & mdash; the Queen's Gambit Declined. Using games played by the strongest grandmasters, it describes the interesting ideas which have appeared in the main development systems of this opening. Along with games from recent years, the book presents the most important encounters from the chess heritage. And of course, it includes games by Anatoly Karpov himself & mdash; a great expert on the Queen's Gambit, who generously shares with the reading his unique understanding of the concepts involved. The book is aimed at strong players, but it will also be of interest to a wide range of chess enthusiasts.

    36.00 $
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  • book

    29.70 $

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    The price include postage and packing. This book is a collection of practically all the combinations and instructive tactical operations from the games of the 6 world champions from Boris Spassky to Vishvanatan Anand. The volume II contains 926 chess combinations to solve. Each combination has its difficulty rating. The correct answers are given in the end of the book. In each chapter, devoted to one of the champions, the examples are arranged in chronological order. All the diagrams are give an additional mark – a number from 1 to 4. This classification allows the book to be used as an aid, both for trainers and teachers in lessons with their pupils, and for independent training.

  • book

    29.70 $

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    The price include postage and packing. This book is a collection of practically all the combinations and instructive tactical operations from the games of the 9 world champions from Wilhelm Steinitz to Tigran Petrosian. The volume I contains 1455 chess combinations by 9 World Champions - to solve. Each combination has its difficulty rating. The correct answers are given in the end of the book. In each chapter, devoted to one of the champions, the examples are arranged in chronological order. All the diagrams are give an additional mark – a number from 1 to 4. This classification allows the book to be used as an aid, both for trainers and teachers in lessons with their pupils, and for independent training.

  • book

    27.60 $

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    The price include postage and packing. Aaron Nimzowitsch, one of the greatest chess researchers, called the problem of the isolani – his term for the isolated d-pawn – «one of the cardinal problems in the whole theory of positional play». In the present book, on the basis of numerous practical examples, the author explain the methods of attack and defence in positions with an isolated d-pawn, from just after the opening to deep into the endgame. Grandmaster Alexander Beliavsky is best known as a four-times winner of the USSR Championship, grandmaster Adrian Mikhalchishin was a member of Karpov’s training team during his epic matches with Kasparov, and national master Oleg Stetsko is a highly experienced trainer and writer.

  • book

    36.00 $

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    The price include postage and packing. Collection of the awarded games in chess tournaments and matches from 1876 till 1995. The idea of beauty in chess is closely connected with our understanding of chess as a wide sphere of human culture and art. Not only for brilliant strokes or bright combinational ideas we are impressed by formidable games played by outstanding masters: depth of logic in positional play, refined technique of exploiting an advantage, lelgant implementation of strategical ideas are no less attractive. A point of a chess combination attracts both an ordinary amateur and an experienced profy. The eventual possibility of sacrificial combinations is what makes ches so impressive. The major part of these 1640 games are annotated by ourselves. Garry Kasparov: «This book will undoubtedly find a special place among fundamental works on chess esthetics and beauty. It contains a great amount of awarded games – plenty of material for studies in all aspects of chess. The principle of the selection is very democratic – together with grandmaster games, there are many nice examples of play originating from games by amateurs. The enormous effort in systematization and analysis of games made by the authors deserves all respect and gratitude».

  • book

    30.00 $

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    The price includes postage. This volume of the anthology contains a number of collected and annotated games taken out of all the matches for the world chess championship between 1886 and 1937. This book covers the period of Steinitz, Lasker, Capablanca, Alekhine and Euwe as the world title holders. Apart from being an encyclopedia, this work also bears considerable instuctive value, since at all times people learned primarily from the games of the champions.

  • book

    20.40 $

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    The price include postage and packing. The fourth title in the series «Teach Yourself Chess Openings, Modern Practice» is devoted to the rare and unusual opening 1 ... Nc6 in reply to either of White’s first moves – 1.e4 or 1..d4. The sequence 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5. 3.e5, leading to French-type positions, occurred back in the games of Arom Nimzowitsch and received the name of the Nimzowitsch Defence. Modern praxis has significantly extended the horizons of the 1…Nc6 opening, and it ca now lead to interesting strategic situations, the pawn structures of which are typical of the most varied opening systems: French Defence, Scandinavian Defence, Ruy Lopez, Scotch Game, Pirc-Ufimtsev Defence, King’s Indian Defence, English Opening, Queen’s Indian Defence and Nimzo-Indian Defence! Of the great masters form the past who made contributions to the development of the 1…Nc6 opening, we should mention in particular Aron Nimzowitsch and Efim Bogoljubow, and of modern players – grandmasters Bent Larsen and Anthon Miles. In our times, when the theory of the opening stages is rapidly developing, the 1…Nc6 opening may prove to be a successful find for players seeking new and unusual paths from the very first moves.

  • book

    72.00 $

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    The price include postage and packing. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov: «This three-volume anthology contains the collected and annotated games of all the matches for the world chess championship between 1886 and 1998. In the overwhelming majority of cases, these matches were battles between genuine chess giants. In 1947 the organization of the world championships, including qualifying competitions, was taken on by the International Chess Federation (FIDE). This strengthened both the prestige of the title itself, and also the prestige of FIDE, which competently arranged these events for half a century. Among the games presented in this work are a number of genuine masterpieces, the study of which will afford great pleasure to lovers of the game. It can be confidently stated that this publication gives the most vivid impression of the state of chess skill and chess knowledge at various stages in the history of our game throughout the last hundred years. Such material cannot age and cannot be consigned to oblivion»

  • book

    30.00 $

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    The price include postage and packing. This volume of the anthology contains a number of collected and annotated games taken out of all the matches for the world chess championship between 1948 and 1972. The book covers the period of Botvinnik, Smyslov, Tal, Petrosian, Spassky and Fischer as the world title holders. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov: «Among the games presented in this work are a number of genuine masterpieces, the study of which will afford great pleasure to lovers of the game. It can be confidently stated that this publication gives the most vivid impression of the state of chess skill and chess knowledge at various stages in the history of our game throughout the last hundred years».

  • book

    30.00 $

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    The price include postage and packing. This volume of the anthology contains a number of collected and annotated games taken out of all the matches for the world chess championship between 1978 and 1998. The book covers the period of Karpov and Kasparov as the world title holders. Anatoly Karpov: «The third volume of this work contains games form several matches in which I have participated. I can say that every such match is a tough experience demanding a great expenditure of mental and physical effort. For the champion to be victorious, his purely chess skill, knowledge and memory are not always sufficient – these qualities are also possessed by his opponent, who has defeated his rivals in a succession of qualifying competitions. But even so, it is more often the existing champion who wins… This is why, until very recently, there had been very few of them – only thirteen. Now the chess world is witnessing the birth of a new system for conducting the world championship, in which it would seem that the element of luck will play a significant role. This has been explained by the increasing tempo of life, and by the need to make chess a more attractive spectacle for those who do not understand the deep meaning of chess moves. It will be a pity if future champions do not become genuine idols for those who value our wonderful game, to whom this absorbing book is addressed»

  • book

    24.00 $

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    This book is a reprinted edition of the one, published in Riga, in 1938. The year of publishing is approximately 1992. The book is absolutely new but the quality of printing is not sharp.  Kemeri 1937 was a chess tournament held in the resort town Ķemeri, Latvia, at the Gulf of Riga from 16 June to 8 July 1937. There were three co-winners: Samuel Reshevsky, Salo Flohr and Vladimir Petrovs. Petrovs was one of the world's leading chess players in the late 1930s (e.g., the 8th Chess Olympiad at Buenos Aires 1939), but due to the political tragedies that befell the Baltic states in World War II, he became a victim of the Soviet oppression and perished in Kotlas (Russia) gulag in 1943. Alekhine and Keres tied for 4th through 5th. Endre Steiner from Hungary captured sole 6th with six points, followed by Saviely Tartakower Ruben Fine for 7th and 8th respectively.  

  • book

    10.92 $

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    The price includes postage. Written by an experienced coach, International Grandmaster of the ICCF, the book contains a large amount of systematized and revised information about chess openings. It can be used as a handbook on openings theory for numerous amateurs and at the same time. Theoretical novelties proposed in every chapter. The book is designed for common schools as well as for special chess groups; it can be also used for self-teaching. In both cases, a certain initial chess knowledge.

  • book

    25.00 $

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    The answer book of an international grandmaster and an experienced coach (among whose students is A. Grischuk) Bloch's Maxim contains over 1200 combinations from practical games and specially compiled examples. All tasks are characterized by intense struggle, in which the goal is achieved by single moves. The book is intended for both young and adult amateurs, and for masters. The arrangement of examples by topic allows you to use the book not only as a task book, but also as a textbook. Of particular interest are over two hundred specially compiled by the author overstressed positions in which white wins the only way during the course of white, and black wins during the course of black. These examples, as well as over 50 fragments from the parties of the author and his students, are published for the first time.