A Set of Two Chess Books: Author: Sergey Ivashchenko Title: Manual of Chess Combinations, Vols. 1a, 1b Publisher: Moscow, Russian Chess House, 2016 Binding: Hardcover Language: English, German, Russian, SpanishISBN: 978-5-94693-533-3ISBN: 978-5-94693-411-4 112 + 144 pagesVol 1: The book is a new edition of a bestseller by an experienced coach Sergey Ivashchenko. Over 200,000 copies of his books were sold in the Soviet Union in the late 1980's! This book is intended for beginners, both children and adults. The themes are: Mate in one, Mate in two, Win a queen, Win a rook, Win a piece, etc. The book designed for chess players with ELO 900-1200 points. Includes more than 700 tactical problems classified according to themes and difficulty. Vol 2: The themes are: Win a piece, Draw, etc. The book designed for chess players with ELO 1200-1500 points. Includes more than 600 tactical problems classified according to themes and difficulty.

Chess Book: Author: Nikolai Kalinichenko Title: Kings gambitBook series: Chess UniversityLanguage: EnglishBinding: HardcoverPublisher: Moscow, Russian Chess House, 2009 347 pages Abstract This book by Nikolai Kalinichenko, an International Grandmaster in correspondence play, gives a systematic analysis of the King's Gambit using more than 300 annotated games, classic and modern, providing the reader with a sound knowledge of all the standard variations, together with their typical strategic and tactical ideas.

Two Chess Books: Book 1: Author: Nikolai KalinichenkoAn Aggresive Opening Repertoire for the Club PlayerLanguage: EnglishPublisher: Moscow, Russian Chess House, 2007230 pagesAbstract. Nikolai Kalinichenko, an international grandmaster in correspondence play and the author of some 40 chess titles, presents here a complete and up-to-date opening repertoire. It is intended for players of a attacking style, or for use when the competitive situation demands an aggressive approach. The repertoire is based on 1 e4 as White, and the Sicilian Dragon and Leningrad Dutch as Black. Suggestions are also offered against all the opponent's main alternatives. Also available is the companion volume A Positional Opening Repertoire for the Club Player, offering a range of openings which are closely linked, but which are less forcefull in character.Book 2: Author: Nikolai KalinichenkoA Positional Opening Repertoire for the Club PlayerBinding: HardcoverLanguage: EnglishPublisher: Moscow, Russian Chess House, 2007240 pagesAbstract. Nikolai Kalinichenko, an international granmaster in correspondence play and the author of some 40 chess titles, presents here a complete and up-to-date opening repertoire. It is intended for players of positional style, or for use when the competitive situation demands a solid approach. The repertoire is based on 1 e4 as White, and the Classical Sicilian and King's Indian Defence as Black. Also available is the companion volume An Aggressive Opening Repertoire for the Club Player, offering a range of openings which are closely linked, but which are less forcefull in character.

Author: Nikolay KalinichenkoTitle: Chess Openings for JuniorsTranslator: Ken NeatPublished: Russian Chess House, Moscow 2019Binding: HardcoverLanguage: EnglishPages: 448The vast majority of opening guidesare written for adult readers. Thisbook is also devoted to the theoryof the opening, but it is aimed at juniors.The structure of the book issimple and attractive: openings areexamined using examples from actualgames, each of which is presentedin the form of a lesson with its ownname. Several such lessons form anopening theme, and the examinationof each theme concludes with exercises.In each opening, attention isdrawn to its characteristic tacticaland strategic ideas, and the selectionof combinations for independentsolution strictly corresponds to theopening theme. Written in clear andeasy language, the book is furnishedwith a large number of diagrams. Colouredexplanatory arrows on the diagramsand the selection of individualpages with a coloured backgroundmake the book easier to understand.Regular work with this book will simultaneouslysolve two problems:deepen the student’s knowledge anddevelop his tactical vision, thus improvinghis skill and results.

Chess Minibook:  Author: Alexander Kalinin Title: Vladimir Kramnik. Great Chess Combinations Publisher: Moscow, Russian Chess House, 2011 Binding: Hardcover Format: Pocket book, 80 * 90 * 12 mm Language: English, Russian 200 pagesThis book is a collection of the best combinations played by Vladimir Kramnik in chronological order. Each exercise features a number of points - 1 to 4 - given for solving it, depending on the exercises's difficulty. This allows trainers and teachers to use this book both for self training and in lessons for their students.

Author: Alexander KalininTitle: Modern Practice. The French DefencePublisher: Russian Chess House, Moscow, 2003Language: English, German, Russian, SpanishPages: 262Binding: HardcoverThe next book of the series is devoted to the French defense-a very reliable, "fireproof" beginning, a favorite weapon of many leading players in the world. The book introduces the reader to the current state of the theory in all major areas of this debut, typical techniques and plans of the game in the emerging middlegame. A few of given here approximate the parties refers to the period before 90-th year. It is made of methodological considerations, as these parties have been a milestone in the development of the appropriate debut of the system and without them the statement would be incomplete. The book uses the now standard symbolic language, but the reader can easily determine what typical plans, techniques and combinations he needs to pay special attention. All such cases are marked by a special sign " TM " - a typical method. The book ends with a selection of typical positions of combinational and positional character for an independent solution.

1. A. Karpov. The Ninth vertical 1979, 320 p.   2. G. K. Kasparov. Two matches. Match and rematch for the world championship. 1987, 256 p.   3. Yu. L. Averbakh, M. E. Taimanov. World championship match Karpov - Kasparov 1986, 240 p.   4. Garry Kasparov. Unlimited duel. 1989. 192 p.   6 cm-height   21, 5 cm-length

Author(s): A. KarpovPublished by Russian Chess HouseYear of issue: 2020Language: EnglishSize: BigPages: 136Binding: HardbackCoated paper. Color illustration.Chess is a Royal game that will be taught to you by the chess king - multiple world champion Anatoly Karpov. You will learn about the mores and habits of the figures, learn how to attack vigorously and defend coolly. You will learn a lot of tricks and traps that can be set to careless opponents and, just as importantly, learn how to avoid them yourself. As you travel through the pages of this book, you will be prepared for your first chess battle with the help of a great chess player - against your mom or dad, friend or computer, on the Internet or in a competition. The book will allow your child to easily learn the rules of the game, help him win not only in chess, but also in life. After all, chess develops perseverance, logical thinking and memory, and teaches you to use time efficiently. According to this textbook, teachers, coaches or parents with even minimal chess training will be able to teach children the basics of the wise game. The book is colorfully designed and will be a great gift to anyone who wants to learn the ancient and wise game.

Author: A. KarpovTitle: My Sister KaissaPublished: Russian Chess House, Moscow 2014Language: RussianBinding: HardbackPages: 318The book of multiple world chess champion is a book of memories. Sharp not only chess, but also everyday situations, collisions of characters, portraits of great chess players are written really with skill of the writer. About remarkable athletes, about their human merits and shortcomings, addictions and eccentricities readers of this book learn.

ANATOLY KARPOV. 3 VOLUMES:1. CLIMBING THE CHESS OLYMPUS2. THE BATTLE FOR THE CHESS OLYMPUS3. A VIEW FROM OLYMPUSA luxurious gift edition, only a few copies of which I have and which was never put on open sale. Coated paper, lots of large, beautiful color and black-and-white illustrations.This gift edition is dedicated to the famous Soviet and Russian chess player, multiple world champion Anatoly Karpov. The book was the first publication about the legendary grandmaster in more than 30 years.The plot of the books follows the chronology of Anatoly Karpov's life path. Starting with the story about the family and the hometown of Zlatoust, the first chess lessons given by his father, the narrative passes through a series of tournaments. The culminating matches are the matches for the title of world champion. More than a thousand pages contain a large number of games played by Karpov in different years. Therefore, the book is not only a biographical work, but also a unique guide for both beginners and experienced chess players.The three-volume collection contains about one and a half thousand photographs and documents related to the events of that time. The book also pays attention to the social activities of Anatoly Karpov, his current work on the development of the chess movement."This book would not have been possible without the family archive, which my mother started collecting from the first publication when I was seven years old. At first, the authors and I thought that we would fit into two volumes, but there was so much material that we decided to release the third one. It is a little smaller, but life goes on!", - said Anatoly Karpov, presenting the book.It was not put on open sale.Very large format (23.5*33.5 cm). Weight 5 kg 500 g.The set includes a branded gift bag.

Chess Book:  Authors: Anatoly Karpov (editor in chief), A.Kalinin, S.Guliev, B.Annakov, V.Zimin, V.Barsky  Title: Chess Combinations. World Champions. 2 vols. Steinitz-Petrosian. Spassky-AnandBinding: HardcoverFormat: Increased(24x17 cm) Language: Russian, English Publisher: Moscow, Russian Chess House, 2011 400 + 272 pages Volume 1: 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. Volume 2: 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.

Chess Book:  Author: Anatoly Karpov  Title: My 300 Best GamesLanguage: English, German, Spanish, Russian Binding: HardcoverFormat: Increased Publisher: Moscow, Russian Chess House, 1997 276 pagesAbstract. 300 games commented by A.Karpov, 23 selected commented combinations and 24 selected commented endings.Author's preface: "I have played a huge amount of tournament and match games during my long chess career, roughly 2,500 altogether. From those games, I have selected only three hundred for this book, - the games I consider my best and most instructive ones. My goal was to represent my most valuable creative achievements of the thirty years that have passed, from 1966 till 1996. The selection was subordinated to the following three criteria: strong opponent, tense fight, and instructive value. Therefore this collection of games can be treated also as a modern chess instruction book, because the games were played mainly in the strongest events of the last thirty years. Under such a strict selection procedure, many interesting and instructive games as well as simply beautiful fragments would have inevitably been missing in this book, if the games had been included into it only entirely. Therefore, the final chapter contains a number of my best combinations and finals which are essential for achieving the abovementioned goal; without them, this work would have been incomplete. I still play a lot and still achieve tournament successes, so it would be premature to accept this book as my final account. I sincerely hope to play a number of good games in upcoming events and to raise my own account of tournament triumphs (I have over 140 of them recently - more than any player in chess history). However, so many chessfriends had expressed their desire to have this book right now that I decided to prepare this sort of an intermediate report on my 30 years in chess. Let reading this work bring you pleasure and improve your understanding of chess inner logic, depth and beauty."