The “Chess School” is the name of this popular television program in due time to many. Its presenters responded to numerous requests and wrote this book. It is a course of lectures on the theory of the game, intended for chess players who want to improve their qualifications in the book of three main sections: “History and Theory of Debut” (M. M. Yudovich), “Combination and positional game” (A. A. Kotov), ​​“Theory and practice of endgrass” (Yu. L. Averbakh). A large place in this textbook is occupied by exercises for independent work, developing and consolidating knowledge gained by readers. At the end of the book there are answers to tasks and a brief dictionary of the chess player.

The original textbook on the endgame, executed in the format and in the style of the Yugoslav "Informator". The most vivid, interesting and instructive windows of Fisher's window are given at the beginning without comment, and the details are examined in the most detailed way.

Readers are invited to a brilliant book of the famous Romanian grandmaster Michael Marina, which was recognized in 2005 as the best chess book in the United States. The first volume of the two-volume book is devoted to the works of A. Rubinshtein, A. Alekhin, M. Botvinnik and M. Tal.

2nd revised and updated edition.

Berlin, German, and jacket.

The book is devoted to the life, creativity and sporting way of the brilliant Cuban chess player, world champion 1921 - 1927, X.- R. Capablanca. The book gives a detailed biography of Capablanca, which uses the memories of contemporaries and rivals of the Cuban grandmaster and opinions about his work of the greatest connoisseurs, first of all - Alexander Alekhine. Then follow the 64 elected parties of Capablanca. In the comments to them, analyzes were used of both Capablanca himself and his partners and critics. The author of the book tried to preserve the spirit and color of the chess world of the first quarter of the century, in which the passionate rivalry of the three world champions Lasker, Capablanca and Alekhine unfolded, which ended with the victory of the creative and sports facilities of the Russian chess school, which were brilliantly developed in the achievements of Soviet chess players.

The book of the outstanding grandmaster and remarkable chess writer A.Kotov, dedicated to the most important principles of the strategy, first appears in Russian. It so happened that before that it was known only to the German reader, and interest is unquestionable and will be useful both for beginning chess players and for those who are not new to chess. The presentation is based on the parties of outstanding masters - Capablanca, Alekhine, Karpov, etc. The book is not overloaded with options, there are exactly as many as necessary for understanding what is happening on the board. If you want to improve the level of your game, competently and quickly assess the situation, systematize positional understanding, then the proposed book will help you in this.

Here is a self-help guide to the game of chess, which will be useful not only for beginners, but also for beginners. Its author, a well-known master writer, offers beginners to make an exciting journey into the chess world. You have to go from familiarization with the rules of the game to the ability to use typical techniques and make beautiful combinations. All the topics are illustrated with carefully thought-out examples. At the end of each chapter, you will find several exercises that will help you understand if the lesson has been learned well. At one time, the book was approved by Mikhail Tal himself, who wrote a preface to it. Have a good trip!

This technique is designed to conduct lessons on chess in the lower grades of secondary schools during the first year of study. On the basis of this methodology, any teacher, even having no experience in teaching chess, will be able to organize classes during the school year. This methodology was successfully tested during chess lessons in ten schools of the North-Eastern District of Moscow in 2008 as part of the program "Spiritual Development of Personality through Teaching Chess in Primary Classes of Secondary Schools of Moscow". When using this technique in schools, it is recommended that each student should have the following teaching materials: a textbook for younger schoolchildren "Carvin in the Chess Forest", tt 1.2 and a "Chess Notebook" for this two-volume book.