Includes color illustrations. Before you are a manual that will help you to consolidate knowledge of the basic chess rules. A large number of exercises on the moves of the figures and the check will avoid the wrong moves in the game. Solving problems on the mat in 1 move, double blow and a bunch will tell you such combinations in lots, which will bring you beautiful victories! The author is Dorofeeva Anna Gennadievna, international master, European champion among girls, double champion of Moscow among women, teacher in chess. Good luck!

Автор – мастер спорта СССР, тренер ФИДЕ. Среди его учени- ков чемпион мира среди школьников до 7 лет Дерек Лим, чемпион мира до 18 лет Самвел Тер-Саакян и др. В книге раскрывается малоисследованная, но важная, яркая и очень увлекательная тема – игра королем в дебюте и миттельшпи- ле. Король может не только прятаться в убежище, но и принимать активное участие в обороне и даже совершать марш-бросок через всю доску, чтобы помочь поставить мат неприятельскому монарху! «Чувством короля» обладали все чемпионы мира. Автор особенно выделяет в их ряду В. Стейница, Т. Петросяна и А. Карпова. Совре- менные гроссмейстеры также хорошо владеют игрой королем, в чем читатель убедится, разбирая приведенные в книге партии Н. Шор- та, И. Чепаринова, Ван Хао, Я. Непомнящего и др. Включив умение играть королем в арсенал стратегических приемов, вы повысите свое мастерство и станете лучше понимать шахматы в целом. "С Тиграном Гезаляном я знаком практически с той поры, как я начал играть в шахматы. Учитывая то, что он человек очень начитанный и чуткий , для моих родителей был всегда желанным собеседником, и порой помогал советами в пору моего становления. Большинство учеников Тиграна имеют очень важные особенности - они хорошо эрудированны и бесстрашны. Один из моих секундантов и друзей гроссмейстер Самвел Тер-Саакян имеет все эти положительные качества как игрок и человек , так как является учеником Гезаляна. Тема которую поднимает автор, впервые была введена в практику первым чемпионом мира по шахматам Вильгельмом Стейницем. Абсолютно новаторская идея, особенно в век, когда игроки жертвовали комплекты фигур ради того, чтобы вытащить короля на прогулку, была принята с прохладцей. Как это так - король может сам себя защитить?! Потребовалось много времени, чтоб игроки начали использовать короля без опаски, но и до сих пор порой можно увидеть гроссмейстеров которые боятся оставлять короля в центре. Данная книга в деталях освещает эту редкую тему, и надеюсь, что любой читатель найдет в ней для себя много нового о нашей любимой игре." Левон АРОНЯН, гроссмейстер.

The famous Danish grandmaster and theorist Lars Bo Khan- sen offers to get acquainted with the greatest shah- matists - from the Romantic era to our days, - including Magnus Carlsen. The author tells about chess kings and the main contenders for this title as the most outstanding expressors of ideas that determined the development of chess thought in their era. The study of classical samples at such an angle vision allows us to recognize the underlying motives and principles of the game and in extremely complicated for the last decade struggle of modern grandmasters. Like approach will help the reader to significantly improve the strategic understanding and raising the level of their game. For a wide range of chess fans.

This textbook covers all the elements of a chess game and is actually a complete course for preparing chess players up to and including the 1st grade. It contains the most interesting theoretical findings, the brightest combinations and the best games of the strongest chess players of different playing styles, which allowed the author to reveal additional facets of chess in the educational material. Tasks for independent work will help in consolidating all the above topics. The textbook is written primarily with the expectation of the possibility of self-study, although it should be a great helper for a children's trainer. The book is written in a lively, figurative language and will be fascinating for all readers.

Fourth Edition! This textbook covers all the elements of a chess game and is actually a complete course for preparing chess players up to and including the 1st grade. It contains the most interesting theoretical findings, the brightest combinations and the best games of the strongest chess players of different playing styles, which allowed the author to reveal additional facets of chess in the educational material. Tasks for independent work will help in consolidating all the above topics. The textbook is written primarily with the expectation of the possibility of self-study, although it should be a great helper for a children's trainer. The book is written in a lively, figurative language and will be fascinating for all readers.

Positional sacrifices, improvement of the position of the figures, protection of difficult positions, prevention, construction and destruction of fortresses - this is something that every amateur and even a professional needs to improve their tournament results and raise the rating. All this you will find in the textbook of the world champion among young men, American grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky, who turned out to be not only a chess prodigy, but also an excellent born writer who can clearly and distinctly explain to the reader the essence of positional chess. To read such a book is both interesting and instructive. The preface of the two-time champion of the USSR Lev Psakhs.

A guide for chess lovers of all ages. Its pocket format will allow the reader to improve his skills both on a long journey and during leisure hours. This book presents: chess rules, popular debuts, examples in the middle game and endgame, illustrated with beautiful diagrams, a dictionary of chess terms.

A chess master, experienced trainer and psychologist worked for seven years on a book that has a clear practical focus. On numerous examples, logically and simply explain the key concepts in their relationship. At the end of the 1st volume are placed detailed graphical diagrams, giving a presentation of additional visibility. The manuscript was carefully read by A. Morozevich. The book is perfectly published.

The author of this book is an experienced chess master and teacher, a specialist in logic and psychology. His `Young chess player's book` was recognized as the best one at the All-Union competition, published in 1966 and reissued in 1994 in Moscow. In the same year his popular book `Gift to a Young Chess Player` was published. The new book was conceived as an exposition based on the work of the strongest chess players of the past and present, the modern understanding of the middlegame (the middle of the game), the most important stage of the chess game, but went far beyond this topic. It deals with the chess game as a whole, and therefore with its other stages; the psychological nuances of the chess struggle, the role of the human factor in it; advice is given on how to study theory and how to apply this knowledge to the game.

The author of this book is an experienced chess master and teacher, a specialist in logic and psychology. His `Young chess player's book` was recognized as the best one at the All-Union competition, published in 1966 and reissued in 1994 in Moscow. In the same year his popular book `Gift to a Young Chess Player` was published. The book is of interest both for chess players and coaches of high qualification, and for amateurs, to whom it can serve as a textbook. The theory questions are presented in it concisely and simply, there are exercises and parties for independent analysis, visual diagrams, indexes of strategic and tactical ideas, partners and debuts.

For a long time grandmaster Vyacheslav Ehingorn was one him from the legislators of the world debut chess fashion. AT During his career, he demonstrated many ideas, and some of the continuations that he has introduced, and now The main lines, as, for example, the system Lb1 in defense of Grünfeld. In this original textbook, the author reveals secrets debut preparation, tells how to find a no- Winky, it would seem, from scratch, and explains how the reader can do the same. Among the topics he raised, such fascinating and important, as experiments in the debut, violated the equilibrium, strategic planning, universal debut positions ... Separately, you can note the magnificent The language in which the book is written, easy to read, with well-defined aphorisms

The textbook of the most experienced trainer and master Nikolai Yakovlev is devoted to the most important element of chess technique, meeting in each game. You will learn how to properly use open lines in various stages: debut, middlegame and endgame. The book is intended for chess players, beginning with the third level, interested in improving skills.