The book of the famous chess journalist and coach, the master Victor Henkin, represents the experience of serious systematization of matte positions. Numerous, well-chosen examples, show typical methods of attacking the king, they are taught to find a combination in the most seemingly innocuous positions. Written in a living, figurative language, the book is designed for the widest circles of chess lovers and can serve as a teaching aid for school-age children.

Capital work tells about the life and work of the outstanding French chess player and musician Francois Andre Danican Filidor, the founder of modern chess theory and one of the creators of the comic opera. The materials included in the publication are of both historical and great practical interest. In particular, the famous textbook by Philidor & laquo; Analysis of the Chess Game & raquo;, the attention to which has not been weakening for several centuries, is for the first time fully published in Russian. The book also contains all the surviving parties of the great master, most of which are re-commented. Fans of historical and adventure literature will be attracted by an excerpt from the novel by V. Henkin Odyssey of a chess machine, vividly recreating the atmosphere of the chess life of France and England in the second half of the 18th century. For a wide range of chess lovers.

The classic textbook of the chess master and well-known journalist V.L. Henkin, renamed "1000 Matte Combinations" in the new century, comes out under its original name and again - with the Preface of Michael Tal, with the kind permission of the daughter of the eighth world champion Jeanne Tal. For the new edition, all positions were computer-tested; in general, they with honor passed the test of "time and machine", although some illustrative options were adjusted. Well-chosen examples show typical methods of attacking the king, they are taught to find combinations in the most innocuous positions. All the standard schemes of attack were seriously systematized. The book written in a living language is designed for the widest layers of chess fans. It can serve as a teaching aid for school-age children, but it will also be of interest to adults.

The plot of this book & ndash; not just a romantic fiction of the author, but also an attempt at a historical study of one of the most delightful hoaxes of the Enlightenment, so rich in all sorts of inventions. 250 years ago, the outstanding inventor Wolfgang von Kempelen designed a mechanical chess player, the great-great-grandfather of modern chess computers. The Kempelen submachine gun toured extensively throughout Europe from Vienna to Paris and London, beating up nobles and even crowned heads - ndash; Frederick the Great and Napoleon. Attempts to penetrate the automaton’s secret have been made repeatedly, often by the most insidious methods that endangered the life of Kempelen and his companions ...
Viktor L. Henkin (1923-2010), a chess master, a journalist and a writer, worked on a novel for about a quarter of a century, trying to recreate as precisely as possible the atmosphere of a distant 18th century. Striving for perfection, he rewrote many times and rewrote ready-made chapters and did not manage to finish his novel. The work was completed by his wife, Tatyana Gubarkova, with whom Victor Khenkin always shared his creative ideas, and discussed in detail the plot lines. For lovers of history, chess and adventure literature.

Предлагаем Вашему вниманию три книги о выдающихся мастерах шахматного искусства. У нас вы можете приобрести комплект из трех книг по цене двух. 1. Капитальный труд рассказывает о жизни и творчестве выдающегося французского шахматиста и музыканта Франсуа Андре Даникана Филидора, основоположника современной теории шахмат и одного из создателей комической оперы. Вошедшие в издание материалы представляют как исторический, так и большой практический интерес. В частности, знаменитый учебник Филидора «Анализ шахматной игры», внимание к которому не ослабевает уже несколько столетий, впервые полностью публикуется на русском языке. Также в книге собраны все сохранившиеся до наших дней партии великого мастера, большая часть которых заново прокомментирована. Любителей историко-приключенческой литературы привлечет отрывок из романа В. Хенкина Одиссея шахматного автомата, ярко воссоздающий атмосферу шахматной жизни Франции и Англии второй половины XVIII века. Для широкого круга любителей шахмат. 2. Новая книга шахматного мастера и литератора Анатолия Мацукевича посвящена творчеству замечательного чехословацкого гроссмейстера Рихарда Рети (1889-1929), новатора и художника древней игры, одного из тех, кто оказывал главное влияние на развитие шахмат в первой трети двадцатого столетия. Идеи Рихарда Рети современны и в наши дни. 3. Книга о жизни, становлении и творчестве великого сына эстонского народа, выдающегося шахматиста П. Кереса. Интересен фон - шахматная жизнь независимой Эстонии до 1940 г. и Европы до начала Второй мировой войны и во время ее. Интересны творческие характеристики других выдающихся шахматистов, партнеров Кереса - Алехина, Капабланки, Решевского, Файна, Эйве. Особый интерес вызывает сопоставление творчества молодых тогда еще П. Кереса и М. Ботвинника. Приводятся партии с комментариями П.Кереса Для широкого круга читателей.

The classic textbook, which was published back in 1979, still remains relevant and in demand. At the beginning of the XXI century, it was renamed "1000 matte combinations", but now it is published under its original name, and again with a foreword by the eighth world champion Mikhail Tal – with the kind permission of his daughter Jeanne Tal.

All positions have passed a thorough computer check. Well-chosen examples demonstrate typical techniques of attacking the king, teach you to find combinations in the most innocuous at first glance positions. All standard attack schemes have undergone serious systematization.

The book, written in vivid figurative language, is designed for the widest layers of chess lovers. It will be interesting for both school-age children and adults.

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