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  • Author:
    Karoii

    50.00 $
  • Author:
    Franco

    The book by grandmaster and experienced chess coach Zenon Franco includes 36 instructive attacking games and is divided into four chapters - the king in the center, one-sided castling, opposite-sided castling, and attack-defense-counterattack. Before each game, the opponents are introduced, and a brief description of the events that took place in it is given. Based on the results of the struggle in the game, lessons that are useful to learn from what has been read are listed in a concise form. The book is not overloaded with variations, the emphasis is on detailed explanations in the "move by move" format, which creates an ideal platform for studying chess. At the "support" points of each game, the reader is offered test questions, which helps both the practical study of key chess techniques and the reliable assimilation of the acquired knowledge. Questions and answers involve the reader in the learning process and help him track the growth of his chess strength. For a wide range of chess fans.

    19.00 $
  • Author:
    Kalinichenko

    The vast majority of opening guides are written for adult readers. This book is also devoted to the theory but it is junior. The structure of the book is simple and attractive: openings are examined using examples from actual games, each of which is presented in the form of a lesson with its own name. Several such lessons form an opening theme, and the examination of each theme concludes with exercises. In each opening, attention is drawn to its characteristic tactical and strategic ideas of combinations for independent solution strictly corresponds to the opening theme. Written in clear and easy language, the book is furnished with a large number of diagrams. Colored explanatory arrows on the diagrams and the selection of individual pages with a colored background make the book easier to understand. Regular work solve two problems: deepen the student's knowledge and develop his tactical vision, thus improving his skill and results.

    28.80 $
  • The size of the board when folded is 46x23x5 cm. The size of the board when unfolded is 35x35 cm. Cage size is 4.6x4.6 cm  The height of the king is 10 cm. The diameter of the base is 3 cm. Pawn height 5.5 cm. Base diameter 2.8 cm. Weight 1380 g. ART 123 Manufacturer Poland

    183.15 $
  • Author:
    Bologan

    The 2nd edition, revised and supplemented, of the popular monograph, which is dedicated to one of the most combat modern debuts – the Old Indian defense. The author meticulously builds the entire defensive line of black (including on the territory of "adjacent" openings, such as the English beginning or the London system), explains standard plans and tactical techniques, offers a number of novelties in current schemes. Carefully selected positions for the solution will help the reader to consolidate the acquired knowledge. The book is addressed to chess players of any level, since the laws of Old Indian are the same for both amateurs and super grandmasters.

    21.67 $
  • Magnetic road chess: folding board-case made of artificial leather, tablet-figures with a convex image. Wallet size 19x22 cm. The playing field is 15.5 x 15.5 cm. Cell 2x2 cm.

    51.72 $
  • Author:
    Kapengut

    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.

    43.33 $
  • Author:
    Bogdanovich

    50.00 $
  • Author:
    Ezhov

    Grandmaster Carlos Torre – like a chess comet; his genius flashed dazzlingly and quickly went out in the chess firmament! He – the author of the most famous “mill” in the history of chess, the 2nd world champion Emanuel Lasker fell into its merciless millstones. The authors spoke about the life and work of the Mexican genius (the book contains 25 commentated games by K. Torre). Torre’s book “How a Chess Player is Formed” is presented, an essay by international master Yaroslav Prizant about Torre’s attack in modern practice. In the section "Play like Torre" – 36 instructive examples from his practice to solve. Finally, there is an interview with Carlos Torre, conducted by Gabriel Velasco in 1977. Working with the book will give readers not only aesthetic pleasure, but will also help improve their skills.

    18.33 $
  • Author:
    Blokh

    The answer book of an international grandmaster and an experienced coach (among whose students is A. Grischuk) Bloch's Maxim contains over 1200 combinations from practical games and specially compiled examples. All tasks are characterized by intense struggle, in which the goal is achieved by single moves. The book is intended for both young and adult amateurs, and for masters. The arrangement of examples by topic allows you to use the book not only as a task book, but also as a textbook. Of particular interest are over two hundred specially compiled by the author overstressed positions in which white wins the only way during the course of white, and black wins during the course of black. These examples, as well as over 50 fragments from the parties of the author and his students, are published for the first time.

    21.67 $
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Debut theory

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    Small Encyclopedia of Chess Debuts (2 edition) is a shortened version of the Encyclopedia of Chess Debuts. It included all major debut versions, considered in 5 volumes of the full edition. All debuts, all indices are illuminated. Man does not live by chess alone! 

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    20.15 $

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    A new book by multiple world champion A. Karpov and grandmaster, the author of more than 40 books N. Kalinichenko is dedicated to one of the most vivid and interesting versions of the Spanish Party. A major contribution to the theory of the Open version was made by M. Euwe, M. Botvinnik, V. Smyslov, P. Keres, B. Larsen, V. Korchnoi and many others. Today, he firmly enters the repertoire of V. Anand, M. Karlsen, V. Ivanchuk, etc. An outstanding contribution to the development of the version was made by Anatoly Karpov, who won a number of brilliant victories in the matches for the world championship. Table of contents Excerpt

  • book

    40.00 $

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    In this volume, the St. Petersburg grandmaster Alexander Khalifman talks about ideas and methods for obtaining the debut edge in Indian defense, in a modern scheme called "Anti-Grunfeld and the classical system of Old Indian defense." It is calculated on chess players of any qualification - from beginner to grandmaster.

  • book

    5.53 $

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    The book of the famous theoretician, international grandmaster A. Suetin, contains general information about the principles of debut playing and recommendations for studying the debut theory. Compared with the previous edition, the book has been substantially revised and supplemented with examples from modern practice. It is addressed to a wide circle of chess fans.

  • book

    27.64 $

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    Attention of the reader is offered scrupulous analysis of one of the most popular and sharp versions of Sicilian defense - the "Dragon variant".

  • book

    15.20 $

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    Details about the theory of the most fashionable debut. Everything is new, which is well forgotten!

  • book

    11.17 $

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    At the very beginning of our acquaintance with chess, we realize how much depends on the first moves. Already at the early stage of the game, both players have a huge number of opportunities - the head is spinning! How not to get off the path of an inexperienced chess player, how not to run aground on leaving the native harbor, what beacons to keep the course? All these and many other questions are answered by the book that you hold in your hands. Your companions - the multiple world champion Anatoly Karpov and the grandmaster, the author of more than 40 books, Nikolai Kalinichenko - will always point the right way. For children of middle and senior school age.

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    System 1.e4 c5 2.Kf3 Kc6 3.d4 cd4 4.Kd4 Kf6 5.Kc3 e5 - encyclopedia of the Yugoslav Informant. \ Lasker Sveshnikov Sicilian Defense

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    13.13 $

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    The debut repertoire is built according to many factors, among which one can distinguish the chess player's style (combinational or positional), his character, his propensity to play certain positions, his experience, his tournament position, etc. This book is addressed primarily to chess players who like to attack or are forced to play acutely in accordance with their tournament position.

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    23.03 $

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    The famous grandmaster and theorist talks about the popular 3.e5 system in the French defense, where he is the largest specialist (he used it in tournament practice more than 230 times and scored about 70% of points!). The first edition of this book met with a benevolent reception from a wide circle of chess lovers, and was translated into four foreign languages. Especially for the new edition E.Sveshnikov thoroughly revised, corrected and supplemented the material. Everyone who carefully works through the book, the author promises to raise the level of the game in this system by about 200 points Elo, i.e. two digits! Many of his theoretically important parties E.Sveshnikov managed to "hide" from official databases, and in this book they are published for the first time. And the encyclopedic tables given at the end of the book, reflecting the current state of the variant theory, are of undoubted interest for masters and even grand masters. According to Anatoly Karpov, this is "a real textbook, original in design and beautiful in execution. He will teach you not only how to play a specific version of the French defense, but also help to master many of the typical strategic techniques of middlegame, which for most fans is even more important. " Table of contents Excerpt