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  • Author:
    Blokh

    In front of you – the famous book by the most experienced coach (among the students is Alexander Grischuk), international grandmaster and bestselling chess author Maxim Bloch. The publication contains almost 1,500 combinations from practical games and specially composed positions. All tasks are characterized by intense struggle, in which the goal is achieved with only one move. The arrangement of examples by topic and the highlighting of the main diagrams on the first pages of the chapters allow the book to be used not only as a problem book, but also as a textbook for advanced training. Numerical assessment of the difficulty level of each task allows testing the strength of chess players' play, and also helps coaches select suitable examples for practice. Of particular interest are over two hundred super-tense positions specially compiled by the author, in which when White moves, White wins the only way, and when Black moves – black. Many examples are published for the first time. You'll be sure to step up your game by solving these instructive combinations. For a wide range of chess fans and specialists.

    23.33 $
  • Author:
    Kasparov

    41.67 $
  • Author:
    Bologan

    «The idea of continuing the autobiographical book “Steps” has been in the air almost since the moment it was written. Despite the bullet point at the end of the book in the form of a victory over Magnus Carlsen, my chess career continued for another full 14 years, and the subsequent stormy socio-political career is only gaining momentum.” (V. Bologan).  The book contains 75 games commented in detail and a number of fragments. A frank story about the life and professional path, about cooperation with the leading grandmasters and coaches of the world (among them - A. Karpov, G. Kasparov, Yu. Polgar, Zhu Chen, R. Ponomarev, A. Shirov, A. Morozevich, A. Onischuk, A. Ryazantsev, E. Inarkiev, M. Al-Mudakhka, M. Dvoretsky, M. Podgaets, V. Chebanenko, Z. Lanka and others), about political activities in the Parliament of Moldova and about work in FIDE are complemented by numerous photographs.   For a wide range of chess lovers.

    36.67 $
  • 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:
    Getmanchuk

    16.67 $
  • 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

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  • 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 $
  • 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 $
  • 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 $
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    Author: J.H.Bauer Title: Schach-lexikon Published: Leipzig, 1893 Language: German 82 pages Handwritten walnut ink marks Арт Ек15

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    World Chess Championship Commemorative Token (medal)Reykjavik, Island, 1972/Material: copperLimited edition of 2300 copies. 

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    Portable Chess Computer «Mephisto from Saitek». Model «Travel Chess» Keys: 14LCD Display: Viewing area 18 x 9 mmSound: Piezo-electric buzzerBatteries: 2 x AAA/AM4/R03 (not included)Power Consumption: 10 mW maximumChess Board Size: 73 x 73 mmComputer Size: 176 x 100 x 34 mmManufacturer: Saitek Packing box worn in storage in the warehouse

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    Yefim Geller vs Vladimir Liberzon   The 34th USSR chess championship was held from December 28, 1966 to February 2, 1967 in Tbilisi. The championship was at the same time a zone fide tournament. L. Stein and E. Geller, as well as A. Gipslis and V. Korchnoy, who have the best coefficient than M. Taimanov, won the right to participate in the interzonal tournament (in the additional match tournament all three scored 2 points).   Scoresheet of Liberzon.Art PK5

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    Condition: Good Board Length: 40 cm King Height: 85 mm King Diameter: 40 mm Pawn Height: 48 mm Pawn Diameter: 30 mm Art: Ebay shelf

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    Leonid Stein – Ratmir Holmov. Score sheet of Stein   Soviet chess score sheet from the 37th Chess Championship wich was held in Moscow September 6 – October 12 1969. Tigran Petrosyan won an additional match for the title of champion (Moscow, January 19-29, 1970).   The championship was also a fide zonal tournament. Polugaevsky, Geller, Smyslov and Taimanov won the right to participate in the interzonal tournament. The latter in the final round effectively won his "party of life" from LutikovАрт ПК 2

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    Author: John Barron.Title: KGB Segodnya (KGB today)First Russian editionPublisher: «Time and We», New York, 1984.Language: Russian432 pagesVery good condition. In 1965 the famous American journalist of the monthly "Reader's Digest" John Barron was the head of the research collection of materials about the activities of the Soviet Committee of State Security. The As a result of this research came the book, which became a bestseller in the USA and Western Europe. Джон БаронКГБ сегодняНью-Йорк – Иерусалим – ПарижИздательство «Время и мы», 1984Отличное состояние В 1965 году известный американский журналист ежемесячника "Ридерс Дайджест" Джон Баррон возглавлял исследовательскую работу по сбору материалов о деятельности советского комитета государственной безопасности. Исследование завершилось изданием этой книги, которая стала бестселлером в Сша и Западной Европе.

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    Photo Album in English: A.A. Vaskin. Moscow. 2021   Text - A.A. Vaskin Photography - A.P. Zarubin Translator - E.E. Dombayan Published: Moscow 2021 Editor: Eterna Language: English Format: Encyclopedic format Pages: 480 Binding: Hard, dust jacket Date: 2021   This book is rather a portrait of Moscow, a rapidly changing city preserving, however, its originality and uniqueness. Here, one can find both history of the capital and its present life. While  working on this book we went to  the ancient Kremlin where grad Moskov (Moscow city) was given birth, to the old  town temples, and to Red Square. We visited  Moscow Univercity, the oldest in Russia, in Mohovaya street, and did not forget to call in its  modern building at Sparrow Hills. We listened to the music at the Conservatory, spent a night in  the Bolshoi Theatre, and visited the Tretyakov Art Gallery.  We could not resist walking along Zaryadye Park, Moscow  boulevards and Arbat streets both old and new, and, of course, Nikolskaya street well-known after the 2018 World Cup to football fans of the planet as the  "most football" Moscow street! Our city is impressing, surprising and inspiring for absolutely everyone. If you visit Moscow at least once you would wish to come again.art polka ebay verh

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    Bogolyubov D. - International Chess Tournament in Moscow, 1925. Vol 1 and Vol 2 Introductory article hierarchy, Krilenko, Grigoriev, Romanovsky.   After the arrest and repression N.V.Krylenko all his books and articles were removed from libraries and destroyed. Most of his books have been taken out of the preface, here it has been preserved. Rarity. Leningrad, 1927. Binding: Hard Pages: 130EK29

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    ISBN: Publisher: H.G.S. Publishers. 1994Author: I. LinderLanguage: EnglishPages: 288Binding: hardcover + supercover + cardboard caseFor 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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     The book describes correspondence chess and G.K. Sanakoev’s rise to the top of the correspondence chess world. Grigory Sanakoev (born in 1935),  the World Correspondence Chess Champion autographed the book for Professor Sergey Korolyov (1937-2007), International Correspondence Chess Master. Plus, the book contains Sanakoev’s 4-page letter, sent from France, to Korolyov. 1000 copies printed. Box C

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    Wrist watch from the President of FIDE (Kirsan Ilyumzhinov): "Kirsan" Stainless steel, waterproof, genuine leather watchbandnever was used, new