The Astrel publishing house continues to release a new series - Encyclopedia of Chess Olympus, dedicated to the life and work of all world chess champions from Steinitz to Kramnik. The authors are famous Russian writers and historians of chess Isaac and Vladimir Lindera. Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhin (1892–1946) is the 4th world chess champion (1927–35, 1937–1946). Among the greatest chess players of all time, Alexander Alekhin is distinguished by the scale of his creative heritage and the aesthetic appeal of the game. From 1908 to the last years of his life, he participated in 94 tournaments, in 64 of them came out the winner and in 12 occupied second places. He played 26 matches (including 5 in the world championship) and was the only chess champion in history who died undefeated. Alekhin influenced the chess life of dozens of countries and peoples due to his vivid performances in tournaments, matches, touring tours, as well as literary works.

In the 8th volume of the series, the St. Petersburg grandmaster Alexander Khalifman talks about the methods of playing white against the most popular debut in modern tournament practice - the Sicilian defense. The author analyzes both a number of rare black answers on the second and third moves, and the actual Paulins system today. It is calculated on chess players of any qualification - from beginner to grandmaster.

The defense of Alekhine, a brave debut that defies all the classical rules of the game at the beginning of a chess game, has evolved over time into a flexible system that allows blacks to either agree to "extreme" options, or to move to three horizontal lines. This is a debut for the gaming positions. Choosing it, Black sets himself, the task of winning, not only to fight for a draw. From playing, both white and black, Alyokhin's protection is demanded by specific knowledge, books, devoted to this protection. This edition, consisting of 16 parts and 87 chapters, examines, among others, the lines of protection, the practice of which is dated exclusively to the twenty-first century. Thanks to modern technology and in-depth analysis, estimates of many previously known variants have also been changed. The book is written in a living literary language and will be useful as chess players with a high Elo ratio, and for fans. Increased format

The textbook consists of 32 lessons of 45 minutes each. The new chess textbook by grandmaster Nikolai Kalinichenko and coach Kirill Kuznetsov is designed for both self-study and for teaching chess in groups. Based on it, you can conduct a school chess course. The material is presented in simple language, understandable even to elementary school students. At the end of the first year of training, students will learn how to consciously move pieces on the board, attack and defend, calculate the consequences of their actions, put simple mats.

In this book, grandmaster Denis Yevseyev proposes a new way of fighting the French defense: 3. Kd2, followed by placing the pieces according to the Kgf3, Cd3, c3, 0-0 scheme for ANY order of black moves, which sooner or later leads to exchanges in the center and the formation of white isolated pawns. Therefore, the third part of the book is entirely devoted to the study of middle spiel positions with an “insulator” arising on the considered branches of the French defense. Almost the only way to deviate from the game with an “isolator” is the Rubinstein variant (3 ... dхe4), which is thoroughly analyzed in the first part of the book /

An additional queen is included! The height of the pawn is 4.2 cm The diameter of the base is 2.7 cm The height of the king is 8.9 cm The diameter of the base of the king is 3.4 cm The box size is 25x13.5x10 cm ART WG-WP35H

The book is based on selected materials published in the magazine & laquo; 64 & ndash; Chess Review & raquo; in 2018. Vladimir Kramnik, Vishy Anand, Boris Gelfand, Sergey Karjakin, Ding Liren, Anish Giri, Jan Nepomnyashchiy, Nikita Vitiugov, Dmitry Andreikin, Radoslav Voytashek, Maxim Matlakov, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Daniil Dubov and other top grandmasters comment on their best games. The collection includes reviews of the most significant competitions: Carlsen World Championship matches & ndash; Caruana and Tan Zhongyi & ndash; Ju Wenjun, Women's World Knockout Championships in Khanty-Mansiysk, traditional tournaments in Wijk aan Zee, Shamkir, Poikovsky, Stavanger, Moscow, London, etc. The photographs were used by A. Balakhontseva, V. Barsky, E. Vasyenyak, B. Dolmatovsky, M. Emelyanova, A. Karlovich, D. Kryakvin, E. Kublashvili, S. Nikoladze, L. Otes, V. Papin, V Potkina, K. Rogers, G. Suleidis, O. Fuller. For a wide range of chess lovers. & nbsp;

How to learn to play well Sicilian defense? You can take the debut directories, try to select and remember the options you want. But the sense of such a study debut will be little. The brilliant textbook of a talented grandmaster and coach Yuri Yakovich will teach you how to navigate the wilds of the most complex Sicilian middle game. The first Russian-language edition of this book, which has become a world chess bestseller, contains many interesting, never-before-published debut ideas, analyzes and finds. The textbook is intended for a wide range of qualified chess players and coaches.

The fifth book begins the presentation of the second cycle of a comprehensive training program. In form, this is a task book containing over 1150 training positions in all sections of tactics. A chess workshop consists of three cycles of difficulty with 252 positions at each stage. The book is intended for chess lovers, sportsmen and trainers.

This is a single-player puzzle game based on the rules of chess. It's okay if you've never played classical chess. "Chess for one" This is a great opportunity to gain playing skills and feel confident in your abilities! This game can be classified as a "chess problem", which means that it uses the rules of chess with some modifications. ART P10

An outstanding theorist and successful coach shares his memories of communication and cooperation with Mikhail Tal, Anatoly Karpov, Isaac Boleslavsky, Elena Akhmylovskaya and other outstanding chess players. Separate large chapter – a story about many years of work with Boris Gelfand: over these years (1980-1993) the student went from a 12-year-old candidate for master to the holder of the 3rd rating in the world. Albert Kapengut – winner of 6 gold medals at the World Student Olympics, seven-time champion of Belarus, participant in the individual and team championships of the USSR among men, champion of the USSR as part of the Burevestnik team. The book includes 70 games commented in detail by the author, a careful study of which will help the reader not only better understand popular opening schemes, but also get a taste for serious analytical work. “My story is not so much about a career, although “you can’t erase words from a song,” but about memorable situations, often funny, sometimes absurd, and dotted about people I met along the way, sometimes with touches of biography, prompting readers to become interested in more complete information.” ;" (A. Kapengut). For a wide range of chess lovers.

  The winners of the XII USSR Championship were invited to participate in the 1941 match tournament: I. Bondarevsky, A. Lilienthal, V. Smyslov, P. Keres, I. Boleslavsky and M. Botvinnik. After the participants of the match tournament became known, the tournament program was also determined. Everyone had to play four games with each other — in fact, a small match. Thus, the match tournament consisted of four rounds. Mikhail Moiseevich said that this book is the best thing he has done in the field of chess analysis. Meanwhile, it was created in the most difficult conditions: during the war, during the evacuation. The chess player's family of 6 people lived in the room, and every day, coming home from work, he worked on a table made up of suitcases, believing that in this way he retains his analytical power for future achievements. M.M. often said that real science according to "Parkinson's Law" is done in a barn, and as soon as it appears The doorman in livery at the front door, science ends. Apparently, this also applies to literary and chess work. Another episode related to the book dates back to 1970. A.A.Bykhovsky (at that time the senior coach of the USSR youth national team) led Alexander Belyavsky to Botvinnik. Then M. M. said that Belyavsky was shown to him too late. What do you mean it's late, you asked him again? "17 years is too late, the chess player has already been formed," Mikhail Moiseevich replied. The young man liked it, and Botvinnik gave him this book for careful study. A few months later, she was returned with the words: "I wanted to find at least one error in the analysis, but I didn't find it!"

Party, biography, photos, statistics. Mikhail Tal, the eighth world chess champion. A short, fragile youth with big black eyes, a phenomenal memory and unique intuition proved to the chess world that 2x2 = 5 (!). A genius of attacks and combinations, he always acted in accordance with S. Tartakower's postulate - “sacrifice in order not to become a victim!”. For Tal, chess matter in battles is nothing, beauty is everything! He melted the "chess Antarctica", took millions of fans into voluntary chess captivity. In the life of Tal, there was no everyday life, the game of chess for him has always been a holiday. Truly the gigantic strength of the spirit again and again prevailed over the hardships of the flesh. He did not think about the future, giving joy to his contemporaries, and his descendants left his creativity - an imperishable bible of chess combinations.

Honored Master of Sports, International Grand Master of the ICCHF, Honored Trainer of Russia Gennady Nesis talks about the creative path of the FIDE World Champion Alexander Khalifman. Of particular interest is that the fruitful collaboration between the author and the hero has been going on for 17 years, marked by many successes of Alexander Khalifman. The author also shares with readers his thoughts on the role of the coach in the process of preparing players, comments on games illustrating the creative biography of the world champion. The book will undoubtedly be useful and interesting to a wide range of chess lovers.

Second, revised edition. We bring to your attention the biography of the first Russian world chess champion, a man of surprisingly bright and at the same time tragic fate of Alexander Alekhin Alekhin (1892-1946). Written on a strictly documentary basis, with the involvement of new, previously unknown sources discovered by the author in the archives of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Voronezh, the book traces the life of the genius chess player throughout its entire length - from birth in Moscow to the mysterious death in a hotel in a small Portuguese town Estoril.

Dmitry Plisetskiy's comment: - In the new edition of the 1st volume of the book by Garry Kasparov & quot; My great predecessors & quot; a number of historical facts were clarified and comments on all (!) 148 parties were thoroughly revised. Many previous estimates have changed in the games of Andersen, Morphy, Steinitz, Chigorin, Tarrash, Lasker, Capablanca, Alekhine ... For example, in such famous games as the 7th game of the match Lasker - Steinitz (1894) or Pilsbury - Lasker (Petersburg 1896) , and indeed in all key parties of the match Capablanca - Alekhine (Buenos Aires 1927). Garry Kasparov’s five volumes & laquo; My great predecessors & raquo; has no analogues in chess literature: the 13th world champion talks about the fate and work of the twelve previous champions and their rivals, about a century and a half struggle for world championship. Exploring the famous games under the microscope of powerful computer programs, the author changes many previous estimates and, in essence, summarizes the development of chess in the 20th century. The first volume is about & laquo; uncrowned kings & raquo; past and the first four official world champions & mdash; Steinitz, Lasker, Capablanca and Alekhine. Here is the second edition, radically supplemented and revised. 48 pages of artwork on coated paper. & nbsp;

January 29 - February 7, 2016. Dimensions & nbsp; 42 * 59 cm.

Dimensions: 70 * 50 cm

This book is unparalleled. It is written by a man who does not need to be introduced to the chess world. The current grandmaster Gennady Anatolievich Timoshchenko has collected the most effective and popular opening repertoires. The book is written easily, so it is accessible even to beginners. Clear combinations and understandable tactics will come in handy for you in more than one game and will help you more widely understand the fascinating world of chess. Hardcover, 240 pp., Moscow 2009

The Great book on the original language This book is essentially a teaching machine. The way a teaching machine works is: It asks you a question. If you give the right answer, it goes on to the next question. If you give the wrong answer, it tells you why the answer is wrong and tells you to go back and try again. This is called "programmed learning". The real authors were experts and authorities in the field of programmed learning. Bobby Fischer lent his name to the project. Stuart Margulies is a chess master and also a recognized authority on programmed learning. He is a widely published author of more than 40 books, all in the field of programmed learning, especially in learning how to read. For example, one of his books is "Critical reading for proficiency 1 : introductory level". Donn Mosenfelder is not a known or recognized chess player, but he was the owner of the company that developed and designed this book. He has written more than 25 books, almost all on basic reading, writing and math.

Formerly, this book was the only available endgame base job. More tutorial than handbook; over 500 pages!

A dense vinyl case-book with a field, flat plastic figures. Pr-in the Czech Republic. The cost is indicated when you buy in Moscow. Check the shipping cost when ordering.

Printed in Yugoslavia.

In one of his radio interviews, Bobby Fischer said: “This set is the best I have ever played on. It is amazing.” Extra queens in the set Weighted pieces Material - plastic King height - 9.6 cm King base diameter - 4 cm Pawn height - 4.8 cm Pawn base diameter - 2.8 cm

materials~wood, acrylic metallic paint, varnish, felt, feathers Height of the king - 6.5 cm Diameter of the base of the king - 2.3 cm Pawn height - 4.9 cm Pawn base diameter - 2.4 cm Board size - 30x15x4.5 cm Cage size - 3.5 cm ART P10

The book of the honored coach of Russia, international grandmaster Alexander Panchenko, written on the basis of lectures given at sessions of the All-Russian chess school of grandmasters, which was led by the author. The book is a textbook on the endgame and is intended for chess players of the middle and highest categories who want to study chess graduations on their own, as well as for coaches and teachers. In addition to theoretical material, it provides numerous examples from the practice of classics and modern chess players, as well as tasks for self-determination and playing.

В книге собраны все партии трех матчей на мировое первенство выдающихся шахматистов XX века. Комментарии к большинству партий принадлежат М.М. Ботвиннику. Остальные прокомментированы В.В. Смысловым и другими известными шахматистами. Особую ценность представляют две записные книжки Ботвинника, прежде не опубликованные. Для широкого круга читателей.

In the book of the famous chess grandmaster, literary and chess historian Yu. Averbakh, many pages from the history of Russian chess are discovered, unknown to the masses of chess fans. They show the hard moments of the life of famous grandmasters, who were hidden behind the outer shine and prosperity (cities and countries, prizes and awards), orders and glory. For a wide range of readers.