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  • 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 $
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    Galkin

    The book by grandmaster and experienced coach Alexander Galkin is  the final link in a series of publications by the author, directed  to study the classical endgame using examples of modern games   grandmasters. This time the subject of the study – light piece endgames. Clarification of the methodology for working on this stage of the game, as well as the main features and methods of playing such endings. Examples  taken from the practice of modern grandmasters and dated back to 2020-2023. The author offers the reader the most recent and unique information. The material is structured in such a way that the reader can get the maximum  benefit from studying the examples offered by the author  queen endings and its  other derivatives. The book is aimed at advanced chess players, is useful for coaches and can be recommended to a wide range of chess fans

    18.33 $
  • Author:
    Barsky

    18.97 $
  • Author:
    Vysotsky

    20.00 $
  • Author:
    Galkin

    The book by grandmaster and experienced coach Alexander Galkin is dedicated to the strongest piece on the chessboard – to the queen. Using the example of episodes from games of modern grandmasters (the vast majority of games date back to 2020-2023) and his own grandmaster practice, the author tries to generalize, and in some places even clarify the methodology for understanding and playing queen endings, as well as other types of endgames with the presence of queens ) On the desk. The book presents various ratios of material – “queen against queen”, “queen and minor piece against queen and minor piece”, “queen and rook against queen and rook”, “queen against two rooks”, “queen against rook and pawns”, “ queen against a rook and a minor piece”, “two queens against two queens” – practically the entire spectrum of encountered endgames of this type. The material is structured in such a way that the reader can get maximum benefit from studying the examples of queen endings and its other derivatives offered by the author. The book is aimed at advanced chess players, is useful for coaches and can be recommended to a wide range of chess fans.

    18.33 $
  • Author:
    Chernyshov

    The authors continue to study typical opening and middlegame positions. Royal Fortress No. 2 has pawns on squares f7, g6, h7 (or f2, g3, h2), and they are usually joined by another defender – bishop on g7 (g2). This formation is called fianchetto, it is found in many popular openings, such as the Catalan Opening, King's Indian Defense, Grunfeld Defense and a number of others.  The authors analyze in detail the techniques of attack, defense and counterattack. Most examples – from the creativity of modern chess players (for example, a separate chapter is dedicated to the strongest Russian grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi); they are complemented by parts that have become a classical heritage. The book contains about 300 positions for independent solution, so it is not only a textbook, but also a solid problem book. Grandmaster Konstantin Chernyshov, head of the Interregional Grandmaster School in Kostroma, and his daughter International Master Natalya Kareva – experienced coaches, whose students include grandmasters and masters, champions of Russia and Europe among juniors.  The book is addressed to young chess players and their mentors. 

    20.00 $
  • Author:
    Karoii

    50.00 $
  • 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 $
  • 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 $
  • Chess was invented in the 5th century AD in India and spread throughout the world. The uniqueness of this game is that it still covers the minds of everyone - from young to old! Chess combines elements of science and sports. They develop logic, perseverance, attentiveness, analytical thinking and memory.  Checkers is a fun, dynamic and relatively simple game. Every country in the world has it. It is comparatively easier to find a partner here than in chess. Backgammon – one of the oldest known board games. It is known that it came to us from the East. First, you need to master the basic techniques, so that later you can boldly apply various tricks during the game.  Cage length: 4.5 cm. King height: 8.8cm King base diameter: 2.8 cm The length and width of the field when unfolded: 44 X 44 cm. Material: wood Country of origin: China.

    84.48 $
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    Russian book:Author: Sholem AleichemWandering StarsPublished:  Moscow, 2021Binding: HardLanguage: Russian Pages : 600Condition: brand new Art MN "Wandering stars" (yiddishללאָנדזשענדע שטערן — blondzhende stern) is a Yiddish novel, one of the most famous works in this genre by the classic of world literature, the Jewish writer Sholom Aleichem. "Wandering stars" writer completed his trilogy, in the first novels of which - " Stempenyu "(1888) and "Yosele-Nightingale" (1889) — the characters were folk performers — "wedding musician" and Cantor. In the third novel, the author described the dramatic fate of love and separation of young people, an actor and singer from the Bessarabian town of Golenesti, who devoted their lives to self-realization on the stage. The novel was first published in the Warsaw periodical in 1909-1911. 

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    Russian Bread Handmade Chess Set: «Jailhouse. Police vs Prisoners»The board is NOT INCLUDED!Material: BreadKing height: approx. 110 mmPawn 60 mmChess piece base diameter: approx. 26 mmCountry of Manufacture: Russian Federation

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    Complete year set of issues of the Russian chess magazine: 64 - Chess Viewer. 201312 issuesPublished: "64"Pages: 1152Binding: SoftbackLanguage: RussianFormat: IncreasedCoated paper!"64 - Chess review" is a mass illustrated sports and methodical magazine of the USSR state sports Committee. Published 10.1.1980 2 times a month (his predecessor "64"). Circulation 74 thousand copies. (1987). Editor - in-chief-A. Karpov (since 1980). Among the members of the editorial Board are leading chess players and figures of the chess movement of the country.Continued the tradition of "64": All the best that was achieved by the weekly "64", we will try to preserve and develop. But a fundamentally new path that we deliberately chose is the path of maximum unity of the magazine and you, dear readers (A. Karpov).He publishes games with comments of leading Soviet and foreign chess players, articles on the theory and history of chess, interviews, materials on composition, covers various Soviet and international competitions, prints literary works devoted to chess, crosswords, quizzes, humorous materials - "the Commonwealth of muses", "the World of Hobbies", "Cafe "Triple check", on the "65th field" and more. The theme of the magazine is largely determined by its readers: the materials of "Correspondence flying", the Central turn "On the Soviet country" (a kind of newspaper in the magazine) are entirely based on the materials of the reader's mail; the heading "Portrait gallery" represents the Champions and active chess players-social activists. The most popular sections are: "Laboratory of creativity", "World of debut ideas", "Workshop", "Their names - in the history of chess", "Round table", where problematic issues are discussed from different points of view. At large competitions "64 - Chess review" is presented by special correspondents-chess players (often winners of competitions) who tell about results of competitions in the section "Tournament for tournament". In the section "Composition" are published competitions of drawing up and solving problems and studies, as well as tasks "Five minutes on the chart." Among the authors of the journal - M. Botvinnik, M. Chiburdanidze, M. tal, Y. elvest, V. Salov, A. Belyavsky, L. Polugaevsky, E. Gufeld, S. Makarychev, N. Alexandria, and also M. Filip (Czechoslovakia), A. Adorian (Hungary), A. Matanovich (Yugoslavia), I. Timman (Netherlands), R. Keane (England) and others.The magazine is the initiator of seminars for editors of chess departments of Newspapers, organizes competitions for mass competitions, for the best drawing and photography, for the best mass matches of chess teams "64 X 64". Sets special prizes for the best creative achievements for the participants of major competitions. Maintains links with chess editions of socialist countries: exchanges experience in the category "Crossroads of friendship", together with "Shakhovsky informant" arranges a competition "Elo on aesthetics" (readers vote to determine the 10 best games of the year, which are compared with the estimates of the authoritative jury). Other foreign materials are printed in the section "international panorama".

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    Complete year set of issues of the Russian chess magazine: 64 - Chess Viewer. 201612 issuesPublished: "64"Pages: 1152Binding: SoftbackLanguage: RussianFormat: IncreasedCoated paper!"64 - Chess review" is a mass illustrated sports and methodical magazine of the USSR state sports Committee. Published 10.1.1980 2 times a month (his predecessor "64"). Circulation 74 thousand copies. (1987). Editor - in-chief-A. Karpov (since 1980). Among the members of the editorial Board are leading chess players and figures of the chess movement of the country.Continued the tradition of "64": All the best that was achieved by the weekly "64", we will try to preserve and develop. But a fundamentally new path that we deliberately chose is the path of maximum unity of the magazine and you, dear readers (A. Karpov).He publishes games with comments of leading Soviet and foreign chess players, articles on the theory and history of chess, interviews, materials on composition, covers various Soviet and international competitions, prints literary works devoted to chess, crosswords, quizzes, humorous materials - "the Commonwealth of muses", "the World of Hobbies", "Cafe "Triple check", on the "65th field" and more. The theme of the magazine is largely determined by its readers: the materials of "Correspondence flying", the Central turn "On the Soviet country" (a kind of newspaper in the magazine) are entirely based on the materials of the reader's mail; the heading "Portrait gallery" represents the Champions and active chess players-social activists. The most popular sections are: "Laboratory of creativity", "World of debut ideas", "Workshop", "Their names - in the history of chess", "Round table", where problematic issues are discussed from different points of view. At large competitions "64 - Chess review" is presented by special correspondents-chess players (often winners of competitions) who tell about results of competitions in the section "Tournament for tournament". In the section "Composition" are published competitions of drawing up and solving problems and studies, as well as tasks "Five minutes on the chart." Among the authors of the journal - M. Botvinnik, M. Chiburdanidze, M. tal, Y. elvest, V. Salov, A. Belyavsky, L. Polugaevsky, E. Gufeld, S. Makarychev, N. Alexandria, and also M. Filip (Czechoslovakia), A. Adorian (Hungary), A. Matanovich (Yugoslavia), I. Timman (Netherlands), R. Keane (England) and others.The magazine is the initiator of seminars for editors of chess departments of Newspapers, organizes competitions for mass competitions, for the best drawing and photography, for the best mass matches of chess teams "64 X 64". Sets special prizes for the best creative achievements for the participants of major competitions. Maintains links with chess editions of socialist countries: exchanges experience in the category "Crossroads of friendship", together with "Shakhovsky informant" arranges a competition "Elo on aesthetics" (readers vote to determine the 10 best games of the year, which are compared with the estimates of the authoritative jury). Other foreign materials are printed in the section "international panorama".

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    Publisher: Russian Chess HouseLanguage: RussianFormat: RegularPages: 560Binding: HardcoverDate: 2020Description:The legendary "Problems and etudes" is the world's first periodical devoted entirely to chess composition (1927-1930). In total, 8 collections were released, which have become a great bibliographic rarity today. In this edition, all of them are combined into one book. These are not only first-class chess compositions and wonderful articles by leading masters of the past that have not lost their relevance today. This is also a fascinating excursion into the history of the USSR in the late 20s of the XX century. Alas, the publication was destined for a short life – in 1930, one of its initiators, the famous chess composer L. B. Zalkind was arrested and convicted in the case of the Union Bureau of the Menshevik party. The time of mass terror had not yet come, and printed publications were already disappearing from the bookshelves of the socialist state. Under the General editorship of the world champion in composition Oleg Pervakov. For a wide range of fans of chess and chess composition.

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    Russian Checkers / Backgammon Set «Falconry»Material: woodSize Closed: approx. 400 x 200 x 35 mmSize Open: approx. 400 x 400 x 17 mmChecker height: 8 mmChecker diameter: 18 mmCountry of Manufacture: Russian Federation ?????-????? «????????? ?????»????????: ????????????? ? ????????? ????: 500 x 250 x 35 ????????? ? ??????????? ????: 500 x 500 x 17 ???????? ?????: 8 ????????? ?????: 18 ????????-?????????????: ??????

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    Russian Checkers / Backgammon Set «Frigate»Material: woodSize Closed: approx. 500 x 250 x 35 mmSize Open: approx. 500 x 500 x 17 mmChecker height: 9 mmChecker diameter: 28 mmCountry of Manufacture: Russian Federation ?????-????? «??????»????????: ????????????? ? ????????? ????: 500 x 250 x 35 mm??????? ? ??????????? ????: 500 x 500 x 17 mm?????? ?????: 9 ????????? ?????: 28 ????????-?????????????: ??????

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    Russian Checkers / Backgammon Set «Russian Flag»Material: woodSize Closed: approx. 400 x 200 x 35 mmSize Open: approx. 400 x 400 x 17 mmChecker height: 8 mmChecker diameter: 18 mmCountry of Manufacture: Russian Federation Российский флаг»Материал: деревоРазмеры в сложенном виде: 500 x 250 x 35 ммРазмеры в разложенном виде: 500 x 500 x 17 ммВысота шашки: 8 ммДиаметр шашки: 18 ммСтрана-производитель: Россия

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    Russian Checkers / Backgammon Set «Wolf and Eagle»Material: woodSize Closed: approx. 500 x 250 x 35 mmSize Open: approx. 500 x 500 x 17 mmChecker height: 9 mmChecker diameter: 28 mmCountry of Manufacture: Russian Federation

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    Russian Checkers / Backgammon Set «Lion»Material: woodBoard Size Closed: approx. 500 x 250 x 35 mmBoard Size Open: approx. 500 x 500 x 17 mmChecker height: 9 mmChecker diameter: 28 mmCountry of Manufacture: Russian Federation