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International master and bright chess writer Ilya Odessa is rightfully considered the world's largest expert on systems 1.b3 and 1 ... b6. Despite the apparent calm, these beginnings are extremely sharp, poisonous and often force the opponent to lay down their arms already in the opening ! The author’s books on these systems were previously published by our publishing house and were warmly received by chess players who wanted to learn how to quickly win and get a comprehensive debut repertoire for white and black. Recently, the author has played many new games and shot many new grandmaster scalps by stepping over the main game portal www.chess.com marks 2700 ELO points, which corresponds to the level of a strong grandmaster. In his new book I. Odessky presents the achievements of recent years that will help you smash rivals in the opening and white and black!

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.

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The book is dedicated to the work of Sergei Karyakin — one of the SIL- the youngest grandmasters of our time, Vice-world champion in 2016. Opens her biographical sketch, which tells about her- about the Russian grandmaster's path, his views on chess art. The main part of the book presents readers with 75 of the best Karjakin's parties, clearly revealing the characteristic feature of his style Gar-manichee combination of subtle understanding of the position with great sense of dynamics. Parties are grouped by training topics: attack on the king; nastu- battle in the center and on the Queen's flank; two-flank strategy; opening wins; symmetrical pawn structure in the center; positional sacrifice; defense and counterattack; endgame. The author is an international grandmaster, honored coach Of Russia. "Fascinating notes the author does not overload the computer.- mi options, and provides useful training explanations that allows you to consider the collection as a kind of a textbook on all three stages of the chess game", - writes in pre- Preface to the book by Sergey Koryakin.

In his new book, Grandmaster Zenon Franco deeply analyzes 32 `` whites '' instructive victories (including games of 2020) of world champion Magnus Carlsen. The book is not overloaded with options, emphasis & ndash; with detailed, move-by-move explanations, which form an ideal platform for learning chess. In the `` reference '' test questions are offered to the reader at points of each game, which helps both the practical study of the key techniques of the chess game, and the reliable assimilation of the acquired knowledge. Questions and answers engage the reader in the learning process and help him track the growth of his chess strength. & Nbsp; Most of the parts are taken from Carlsen's recent work. Almost all of his rivals are super-grandmasters, & ndash; ex-world champions Vishy Anand and Vladimir Kramnik, as well as Wesley So, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Alexander Grischuk, Levon Aronian, Boris Gelfand, Anish Giri, etc.

Full color printing. On coated paper. Chess & mdash; the royal game that the chess king will teach you & mdash; world champion Anatoly Karpov. You will learn about the manners and habits of the figures, learn how to attack energetically and coolly defend yourself. You will get acquainted with many tricks and traps that can be put to reckless opponents and, last but not least, learn how not to get into them yourself. Having traveled through the pages of this book, you will prepare for your first chess battle with the help of a great chess player & mdash; against mom or dad, friend or computer, on the Internet or at a competition. The book will allow your child to easily learn the rules of the game, helping him to win not only in chess, but also in life. After all, chess develops perseverance, logical thinking and memory, teaches rational use of time. According to this textbook, teachers, trainers or parents can even teach children the basics of a wise game, even with minimal chess preparation. the game.

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.