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.

Volume I (November 1937 - December 1938) contains documents from the Archives of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs: records of conversations between Hitler, Ribbentrop and other representatives of the German government with foreign politicians, reports of German diplomatic representatives abroad, etc. < /p>

Volume 2 (January - August 1939) is the archive of the German ambassador to Moscow, Tokyo and London, Herbert von Dirksen. It consists of copies of official documents stamped for Mr. Ambassador, official and personal letters.
 
Published according to the second edition of M., Politizdat., 1981, prepared for printing by the Historical and Diplomatic Department of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs. For historical accuracy, the publisher has retained the preface to the second edition.
 
The study of published unique (at one time - top secret) documents will help to understand the true reasons for the start of the most terrible war in history and feel the almost physically inevitable catastrophe.

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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.

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The book aimed at players of club level is devoted to the Sicilian Defence, the most popular modern opening, taking a closer look at its main lines. It contains complete games from tournaments of the 20th century last decade, combining recent achievements in theory with classic examples of middlegame strategy. The compact symbolic language plus a number of exercises on strategy and tactics for self-testing. A volume of the Self-Tutor series, this is the book to be used in several ways: as a reference book on opening theory, as a source for systematic study, and a useful tool for broadenibg one’s chess horizons.

This original chess textbook is designed to develop the reader's strategic skills and, thus, increase his understanding of chess. The purpose of this book is to expand the chess "lexicon", to increase the number of standard strategic means of fighting, to make the player's thinking more productive. The collection consists of positions, in each of which the reader should choose a continuation, relying not so much on calculating options as on assessing the situation. The deepening of positional understanding is given in parallel with the development of art combining and the ability to take into account all the tactical features of the position. For a wide range of chess fans.

The problem of an isolated pawn, noted one of the outstanding chess researchers A. Nimtsovic, belongs to the cardinal problems of the positional game. In the proposed book, famous grandmasters, four-time USSR champion A.Belyavsky, a member of the famous coaching team A. Karpov during his epochal matches with G.Kasparov A.Mihalchishin and experienced trainer master O.Stetsko systematized the methods of fighting in positions with an isolated pawn from the exit from the opening to the deep endgame.

International master VM Vysotsky and master of sports in drafts, drafts and chess AP Gorin, analyzed and clarified in this work more than 480 theoretical options.

International Grandmaster Ivan Sokolov is a champion of Yugoslavia, a two-time champion of the Netherlands, having in his credit victories over G.Kasparov, V.Kramnik, V.Anand. This book is devoted to one of the most important questions of improving the chess player & mdash; the study of typical positions and methods of playing in the middlegame. This problem has for the first time been subjected to such thorough and profound research in the chess literature. Detailed analyzes of chess games by top-level players with clear explanations will allow players wishing to improve their results to sharply increase in the middlegame. You will be able to understand which positions are right for you in style, to acquire the & laquo; practical & raquo; understanding debuts and learn the right approaches to the main problems of the middle of the game, such as & ndash; space, dynamics, initiative. Foreword by international grandmaster Michael Adams. For a wide range of chess fans.

The book is devoted, perhaps, to the most interesting and popular debut - the Old Indian defense. It is built on the parties of Grandmaster E.Gufeld, who is recognized as the largest specialist of the elephant on g7, and also on the works of such admirers of the "old Indian" as G.Kasparov, V.Ivanchuk, B.Gelfand, A.Shirov, R.Ponomarev, T. Radzhabov ... Essentially new ideas are proposed, and discussion options are analyzed. The book is completed by a section dedicated to one of the brightest fans of this debut today - top grandmaster H. Nakamura

A strong chess player needs to be, among other things, skillful tactician. An outstanding grandmaster and experienced Leo Psakhis is one of the largest specialists in this area. In this book you will find many bright attacks and exciting combinations. Detailed comments neighbors in the book of Psachus with simple, but wise prak- advice. Easy and elegant style of presentation - A pleasant bonus to the reader. All fights are grouped into from a played debut or pawn structure. In each department there are examples for self- solution, so that the reader will fully experience its involvement in the process. Lev Psakhis twice won the USSR championship before moving to Israel, where he also twice was a national champion. AT his coaching career the author has worked with many well-known players, including Garry Kasparov and the sisters Polgar.

One of the best books in the history of chess literature is first published in Russian.  Almost any book in English, which touches upon questions of attack in chess, does not do without mentioning or even citing this masterpiece. Both professionals and amateurs especially note the excellent organization of the material and the exhaustive depth of disclosure of the stated topics. Someone even forced this book to completely change the view of chess: purely positional players, who did not know how to attack at all, turned into convinced adherents of the attacking style.  Let the merits of this book become your merits in the game.  For a wide range of chess fans.

Authors & mdash; the famous Spanish grand master Alfonso Romero and the experienced master and trainer Amador Gonzalez de la Nava offer the reader a fascinating workshop on chess strategy. In each of the 90 tests, there are several possible game plans for the forthcoming middlegame. Prochtudirovan examples, you greatly enhance the strength of your game, learning to find the right plans in typical positions. All examples are taken from closed sources and mainly from the parties of virtuosos of the strategic game. Foreword of former world champion Veselin Topalov.

We hope that the reader appreciated the first volume of the chess strategy workshop of Spanish authors & ndash; Gros- smeister Alfonso Romero and master and coach Amador Gonzales de la Nava, dedicated to closed debuts. Now before you is the second volume, covering open and half-open debuts. In each of the 64 tests, there are several possible game plans for the forthcoming middlegame. Prochtudivavav examples, you greatly enhance the strength of your game, learning to find the right plans in typical positions. All the examples are taken mainly from the games of great masters of the strategic game.

The book is a kind of textbook in which the author, a well-known grandmaster, in a test form offers to answer questions related to assessing the position and calculating options. The results are summed up after each game. And it does not matter if you earned a few points - ahead is the next task, at the end of which it may turn out that you are the second Shirov or Korchnoi!