BOOKS IN ENGLISH
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108.00 $
The price includes postage. For the sake of one and a half thousand years, from the time of the emergence of chess, up to now, people have been trying to render the true charm of this wise game through the pieces of chess they are made of, displaying outstanding talent, fantasy and resourcefulness . The miniature chessmen have always been of the works of art, no matter what material they were made of (ivory or silver, mother-of-pearl or porcelain), and whether they reflected people's life at different times or were of abstact character. > The author of the album is a well-known Russian historian. I.M. Linder who describes the stages of evolution of figurative and abstract chess pieces from medieval to modem forms. This description is based on a thorough study of private collections and museum pieces. The richness of the art of chess pieces is shown in its entirety, including such archaeological finds as the ancient chess pieces from Afrasiab (seventh to eighth centuries, Uzbekistan), unique porcelain, ivory and metal sets of all times and lands. The album, containing 250 black-and-white and color illustrations, is a good gift to chess collectors and all lovers of this ancient game.
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1000 tasks and examples for junior chess players Author:
Kostrov 17.50 $ -
Handmade wooden chess 45.00 $
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Chess tactics for future champions Author:
Polgar 37.50 $ -
French defense. Repertoire for blacks. Author:
Vitiugov 50.00 $ -
Chigorin International Chess Tournament 25.00 $
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Old Indian Protection. From the Averbakh system to the Petrosyan system Author:
Polugaevsky 25.00 $ -
Author:
Fisher 15.00 $ -
Wooden travel chess with a non-folding board 72.50 $
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My Great Predecessors Vol. 3: From Petrosyan to Spassky (Also available with colorless traces of moisture for half price) Author:
Kasparov 33.11 $ -
Attack and defense strategy Author:
Slavin 25.00 $