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  • 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.

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  • 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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    Galkin

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  • Author:
    Fisher

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  • 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:
    Gezalyan

    International Master Tibor Karolyi and FIDE Master Tigran Gozalyan have prepared a major work (in two volumes) about the life and work of the 9th world chess champion Tigran Petrosyan (he held the title from 1963 to 1969).  Volume II (1963-1984) tells about Petrosyan's victory in the 1963 world title match over Mikhail Botvinnik, about the grandiose two-match confrontation with Boris Spassky in 1966 and 1969, about all his candidates' matches after losing the title – against Bobby Fischer, Viktor Korchnoi and other world-class opponents. All tournaments and matches of the second half of Petrosian's chess career are presented, up to his last performances in 1983. The authors subjected 175 complete games and fragments to an in-depth analysis (using modern computers). Not all of them have been deeply studied and commented on before, but even then the book provides a significantly improved analysis. Among Petrosyan’s opponents – world champions and contenders Kasparov, Karpov, Fischer, Spassky, Tal, Smyslov, Botvinnik, Korchnoi and Bronstein, as well as Timman, Larsen, Reshevsky, Belyavsky, Polugaevsky, Portisch, Romanishin and many others. Special attention is paid to his coaches – Alexey Suetin and Igor Zaitsev. 

    50.00 $
  • Author:
    Kalinichenko

    The vast majority of opening guides are written for adult readers. This book is also devoted to the theory but it is junior. The structure of the book is simple and attractive: openings are examined using examples from actual games, each of which is presented in the form of a lesson with its own name. Several such lessons form an opening theme, and the examination of each theme concludes with exercises. In each opening, attention is drawn to its characteristic tactical and strategic ideas of combinations for independent solution strictly corresponds to the opening theme. Written in clear and easy language, the book is furnished with a large number of diagrams. Colored explanatory arrows on the diagrams and the selection of individual pages with a colored background make the book easier to understand. Regular work solve two problems: deepen the student's knowledge and develop his tactical vision, thus improving his skill and results.

    28.80 $
  • Author:
    Barsky

    18.97 $
  • Author:
    Ezhov

    Grandmaster Carlos Torre – like a chess comet; his genius flashed dazzlingly and quickly went out in the chess firmament! He – the author of the most famous “mill” in the history of chess, the 2nd world champion Emanuel Lasker fell into its merciless millstones. The authors spoke about the life and work of the Mexican genius (the book contains 25 commentated games by K. Torre). Torre’s book “How a Chess Player is Formed” is presented, an essay by international master Yaroslav Prizant about Torre’s attack in modern practice. In the section "Play like Torre" – 36 instructive examples from his practice to solve. Finally, there is an interview with Carlos Torre, conducted by Gabriel Velasco in 1977. Working with the book will give readers not only aesthetic pleasure, but will also help improve their skills.

    18.33 $
  • Author:
    Blokh

    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.

    21.67 $
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    Bulgarian chess magazine «Chess thought». Annual sets 1981, 1982, 1985, 1986. Language: Bulgarian  Quality lederine binding. Gold embossing. Monthly magazine, the organ of the Bulgarian Chess Federation; published in Sofia since 1947 (publisher of the Bulletin "Naroden sport"). In 1947-1982, the editor — in-chief was A. Malchev, since 1983-P. Petkov. With a circulation of over 6 thousand copies (1984). It publishes the best games of Bulgarian and foreign chess players, problem articles about chess life in the Republic, materials on chess theory, correspondence games, methodological articles and notes on the development of chess among young people. He pays great attention to the coverage of chess life abroad, including in the USSR. Regularly publishes materials about major competitions in the USSR, articles by Soviet authors. Prints original problems and studies, reviews of chess books.. Арт полка ebay верх

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    Translate from 6th german edition. 550 pagesДюфрень Ж., Чигорин М. - Руководство к изучению шахматной игры. Перевод с немецкого. 1896. 550 с. Арт ЕК15

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    Artistic wooden chess set of the USSR. The figures have unusual shapes and paintings. King height: 8 cm King diameter: 2.5 Board size: 53x37cm Art Ebay shelf

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    Complete yearly set of issues of the Literary and Scientific application of the “Niva” magazine 1905. Chess section in each issue Published: S.-Petersburg 1905 Language: Russian Pages: Issue 1 -728            Issue 2 – 632            Issue 3- 686Арт: нешахматная полка eBay

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    Secret court memoiresCourt of St.-PetersburgMemoires of Catherine II and the Court of St. Petersburg during her reign and that of Paul I, by one of her courtiersPrinted for "Еру Groller Society", London353 pages

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    Published: Tbilisi 1995 Authors: T. Giorgadze Binding: Hardcover Language: georgian Condition: very good 1. 320 pages 2. 362 pages 3. 392 pages Size: 15 x 20,5 cm   Tengiz Giorgadze - National Master of Chess, Chevalier of the Order of Honor, International Arbiter. He is the author of over 50 books on the history and theory of chess. The most significant of them is the three-volume Chronicle of Georgian Chess, the creation of which the author devoted many years to, having done a great job collecting bit by bit in libraries, archives, museums, private collections, facts that shed light on the history of the oldest game in Georgia.EK34

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    The book is signed by : Pogosyants, Smislov, O. Rubtsova, Kushnir and others. Author Gizhitsky Jerzy Type of publication Second-hand edition Publishing Sport I Turystyka Year of manufacture 1964 Number of pages 360 Safety Good Cover type Hard cover Package weight, 1500g   The author in the form of essays with rich literary and illustrated material tells the reader about the role of chess in the culture and civilization of mankind. Foreword By David Bronstein. The Polish translation was made by Nadezhda Lancut and Sophia Wilhelm.   105+30 EK-50

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    Works of the Russian Liberation Army Archives. Volume 3Author: Andrew G. Aldan, Colonel Of The General StaffTitle: Army of the damnedDescription: Memoirs of the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Russian Liberation ArmyPublished by The Russian Liberation Army Archives, New York, 1969128 pagesLanguage: Russian Memories of the Colonel of the General Staff Andrey Georgievich Aldan were written in American captivity in 1945-1946 It is a tragic description of the situation of Russians in captivity by the Americans, full of deep thoughts and subtle observations of the officer of the General staff, possessed an exceptional memory. Труды архива русской освободительной армииТом 3А.Г.Алдан, Ген. Штаба полковникАрмия обреченныхНью-Йорк, 1969 Воспоминания полковника Генерального Штаба Андрея Георгиевича Алдана были написаны в американском плену в 1945-1946 гг. Это трагическое описание положения власовцев в плену у американцев, полное глубоких раздумий и тонких наблюдений офицера генерального штаба, обладавшего исключительной памятью.

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    19 Portraits in Metal Frames of the World Chess Champions Size: approx. 29x23 cm 1. Steinits 2. Lasker 3. Capablanca 4. Alekhin 5. Euwe 6. Botvinnik 7. Smyslov 8. Tal 9. Petrosyan 10. Spassky 11. Fisher 12. Karpov 13. Kasrarov   1. Menchik 2. Rudenko 3. Bykova 4. Rubtsova 5. Gaprindashvili 6. Chiburdanidze

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    Alexander Roshal’s certificate «Master of Sport of the USSR»Dimensions: 13 * 9,5 cm (closed) Alexander Borisovich Roshal (1936 – 2007) was a Soviet chess master and journalist, the co-founder and editor-in-chief of the magazine «64» PK6

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    Antique Dutch Chess Magazine «Tijdschrift van den Nederlandschen Schaakbond». 40 individual issues.№№5, 12, 1933№№1-10, 1934№№3,7,8,9,10,11,12, 1935№№4,5,7, 1936№№2,3,4,5,10,11, 1937№№3,5,6,9, 1938№№1,2,4, 1939№12, 1940№№1,2,4,5, 1941 Language: Dutch   Арт Ек5

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    Antique Russian chess book: Author: V. Nenarokov Course of debuts Published:  Moscow 1928 Binding: Hard Language: Russian 272 pages Condition: Print the chess club.   Signed by V. Nenarokov for Y. Rokhlin: “ For dear friend Yakov Gerasimovich Rokhlin from the author” There is signature of Y. Rokhlin on the title page also. Yakov Gerasimovich Rokhlin (January 27, 1903, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire-1996, Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet chess player and figure of the Soviet chess movement, master of the USSR 1929, honored coach of the USSR (1962), master of sports of the USSR (1929 and 1967), international master of the icchf (1967), international referee (1956). Gostrener of the RSFSR sports Committee (1946-1958), Chairman of the all-Union chess trade Union (1964). Candidate of pedagogical Sciences, associate Professor. Chess writer. Vladimir Ivanovich Nenarokov (January 4, 1880 – December 13, 1953) was a Russian chess master and theoretician. Born in Moscow,[1] he was one of the strongest masters in his home town around 1900.[2]   In 1899, he tied for 6-7th in Moscow (1st Russian Championship, Mikhail Chigorin won). In 1900 he won the first Moscow City Championship. In 1901, he took 5th in Moscow (2nd RUS-ch, Chigorin won). In 1905, he drew a match with Savielly Tartakower (+2 –2 =0); won against Fyodor Duz-Khotimirsky (+5 –3 =1) in 1907, and won against the sixteen-year-old Alexander Alekhine (+3 –0 =0) in 1908.[3] Nenarokov won the Moscow Championship again in 1908.   In 1916, he took 2nd, behind Alekhine, in Moscow. He also took 2nd, behind Alekhine, and ahead of Abram Rabinovich, at Moscow 1918 (Triangular).[4]   He took 3rd at the 3rd Moscow championships in 1921 (Grigoriev won); tied for 3rd-5th at Petrograd 1923 (2nd USSR Championship, Peter Romanovsky won); tied for 6-8th at Moscow 1924 (3rd USSR-ch, Efim Bogoljubov won); took 18th at Leningrad 1925 (4th USSR-ch, Bogoljubov won); took 7th at Moscow 1927 (5th USSR-ch, Fedor Bogatyrchuk and Romanovsky won); took 2nd, behind Boris Verlinsky, at the 9th Moscow championships in 1928; took 6th at Odessa 1929 (6th USSR-ch, Quartel Final); won at Tiflis (Tbilisi) 1929; took 3rd at Tiflis 1930 (Vsevolod Rauzer won), and tied for 3rd-4th at Tiflis 1930 (Goglidze won).[5]   Nenarokov was awarded the International Master title in 1950.EK28