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A well-known Israeli coach, who brought up a number of grand masters and masters, collected and systematized numerous examples from classical and modern games, covering all aspects of chess strategy. The main purpose of the book is to convey the reader's understanding of the positional game and the feeling that will enable him to feel the most important problems of each position. This will help him to successfully solve strategic problems that arise literally on every move. Each chapter of the textbook focuses the reader's attention on one or several basic elements of the game, knowledge and understanding of which can dramatically improve the personal results and capabilities of each chess player.

One of the best textbooks of world chess literature, which contains major works of an outstanding grandmaster: "My system", "My system in practice", "Chess blockade", "How I became a grandmaster", "Towards a history of the chess revolution 1911 - 1914, "My system, plus the newly acquired optimism", as well as the article "Technique of a tournament game." The book will contribute to the improvement of both beginners and qualified players.

A very unconventional manual on the theory and practice of chess.

Printed in Yugoslavia.

The main advantage of the proposed book and its fundamental difference from others is the thematics of middlegame techniques. Their total number is close to fifty. The techniques are illustrated with qualitatively selected examples. In its original form, the book was published a long time ago - in 2001. Its current edition, which has built up "text meat", with a large number of new modern examples and doubled the volume, with full justification claims to be the title of "Textbook". The help of modern computer programs allowed to penetrate deeper into the secrets of positions, discover additional ideas and practically eliminate analytical errors. A book is intended for chess players from the third level up to the level of the international master, if not higher.

The second book of the series organically combines theoretical information about chess with a large number of tasks for training. The book contains 1600 diagrams, of which more than 1400 for self-solution. The book is intended for chess players with an initial and intermediate level of the game.

Based on I.Rabinovich's classic work "Endgame". An active chess player-practice does not have enough time for deep study of the endgame, but every qualified chess player must know a certain set of positions. This task is the responsibility of this book. It can be divided into two parts. In the first - theoretical - simple endings are considered, in which the final estimate, the methods for achieving a win or draw are already known. In the second part of the book the reader learns the methods of realizing the advantages in the endgame, the main techniques.

The world's first textbook of chess strategy and tactics, entirely built on games with computers! The basis of this `textbook of the XXI century` is 75 deeply commented parties, played by the hero of the book with the strongest computers in 1990-97. But not only with the electronic `goliaths` the great David had to fight in his life. This dramatic confrontation between the creative person and the system is also discussed for the first time. So under one cover two books are hidden, as it were: an unusual chess textbook and a book of memoirs of an outstanding grandmaster.

Facsimile copy of the Russian edition of 1929. Classic!

According to this universal textbook, which has withstood more than one edition, many outstanding chess players comprehended the basics of the game. And it is not surprising: he belongs to the pen of Emanuel Lasker, one of the greatest world champions in the history of chess! The book is extremely multifaceted. Here and the initial information about the chess game, and the doctrine of debuts, and special chapters on the combination, positional struggle, the problems of chess aesthetics. Practical value is attached to the book by the final department of parties specially selected and commented on by the author.