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  • Author:
    Fine

    In the vast ocean of chess literature there are relatively few books about the endgame, and only a few of them can be considered true chess classics. And the most outstanding among the classics — Reuben Fine's book "Basic Chess Endings". Reuben Fine (1914−1993) was for a long time one of the best chess players in the world. As an author, Fine showed himself to be an excellent analyst who understood the full depth and peculiarities of the endgame. Having studied various types of standard positions, Fine established useful rules for practical play and proved himself to be an experienced teacher who, using skillfully chosen examples, was able to teach the reader all the necessary lessons and introduce him to the basic ideas of the endgame. Many generations of chess players in different countries of the world keep copies of “Basic Chess Endings”. For example, Mikhail Botvinnik considered Fine's work the most worthy of all that had ever been written on endgame theory.

    35.00 $
  • 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 $
  • The size of the board when folded is 35x17.5 cm. The size of the board when unfolded is 35x35 cm. Cage size is 3x3 cm  King height 6.6 cm. Base diameter 2.2 cm. Pawn height 3.1 cm. Base diameter 2 cm. Backgammon - checker 2.1 cm. Weight 830 g. Includes backgammon chips and dice Chess board and backgammon chips can be used to play checkers Manufacturer Poland

    148.00 $
  • 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 $
  • Author:
    Franco

    In his new book, grandmaster Zenon Franco deeply analyzes the 69 instructive victories of the 11th world champion Robert Fischer. The book is not overloaded with options, the emphasis – with detailed explanations in a move-by-move style, creating an ideal platform for learning chess. In the "reference" At points in each game, the reader is offered test questions, which helps both the practical study of key techniques of the chess game and the reliable assimilation of acquired knowledge. Questions and answers engage the reader in the learning process and help him track his growth in chess strength. The appendix provides a critical analysis of the unsatisfactory translation of Robert Fisher's famous book “My 60 Memorable Games.”

    23.33 $
  • Author:
    Eive

    The corpus of this textbook includes two significant works by the world chess champion, scientist and prominent teacher Max Euwe — "Self‑help chess game", created in collaboration with G. Den-Hertog, and "Chess Lessons". The first work is designed for beginners, the second for more experienced chess players. The book is a real chess tutorial in the true sense of the word. This is expressed not only in the appropriate distribution of the material and the method of presentation, designed to awaken the initiative of the student, but also in numerous practical exercises offered to the reader after explaining each new concept or technique.The textbook primarily attracts the methodology of presentation of the material, the principles of which will be useful for coaches and teachers of chess sections and circles. For a wide range of chess fans.

    25.00 $
  • Author:
    Bologan

    «The idea of continuing the autobiographical book “Steps” has been in the air almost since the moment it was written. Despite the bullet point at the end of the book in the form of a victory over Magnus Carlsen, my chess career continued for another full 14 years, and the subsequent stormy socio-political career is only gaining momentum.” (V. Bologan).  The book contains 75 games commented in detail and a number of fragments. A frank story about the life and professional path, about cooperation with the leading grandmasters and coaches of the world (among them - A. Karpov, G. Kasparov, Yu. Polgar, Zhu Chen, R. Ponomarev, A. Shirov, A. Morozevich, A. Onischuk, A. Ryazantsev, E. Inarkiev, M. Al-Mudakhka, M. Dvoretsky, M. Podgaets, V. Chebanenko, Z. Lanka and others), about political activities in the Parliament of Moldova and about work in FIDE are complemented by numerous photographs.   For a wide range of chess lovers.

    36.67 $
  • The height of the king is 95 mm, the diameter of the base of the king is 42 mm. Currently used in tournaments of the Central House of Chess Players. The kit is sold without a board.

    47.50 $
  • Author:
    Galkin

    The book by grandmaster and experienced coach Alexander Galkin is  the final link in a series of publications by the author, directed  to study the classical endgame using examples of modern games   grandmasters. This time the subject of the study – light piece endgames. Clarification of the methodology for working on this stage of the game, as well as the main features and methods of playing such endings. Examples  taken from the practice of modern grandmasters and dated back to 2020-2023. The author offers the reader the most recent and unique information. The material is structured in such a way that the reader can get the maximum  benefit from studying the examples offered by the author  queen endings and its  other derivatives. The book is aimed at advanced chess players, is useful for coaches and can be recommended to a wide range of chess fans

    18.33 $
  • Author:
    Karoii

    50.00 $
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Tournaments and matches

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    100.00 $

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    Interzonala Schackturneringen Saltsjöbaden 1948, Örebro 1949, the Original book,in swedish, excellent condition, 359 pages, 190 games, 1. Bronstein, ahead of Szabo, Boleslavski, Kotov and Lilienthal.20 participants, a.o. Bondarevsky,Flohr,Najdorf, Ståhlberg, Böök, Stoltz,Lundin.

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    23.83 $

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    The second, after 1929, revised and significantly expanded re­edition of a classic work of chess literature. (I prize - Bogolyubov, II - Capablanca, III-IV - Rubinstein and Euwe, 12 participants in total). The book contains more than 1200 diagrams (!!), as opposed to 80 in the first edition, which allows you to literally “read” book without using chess. Gift edition, coated paper.

  • book

    43.33 $

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      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!"

  • book

    30.00 $

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    Linares occupies a special place among the largest tournaments. Every year the organizers try to attract the strongest chess players to the tournament, as well as a new, bright star. This role was played in 2002 by the 18-year-old “freshly baked” FIDE champion, Ukrainian Ruslan Ponomarev. Who is he? Did he win the world championship by chance or is he capable of playing on equal terms with the strongest players in the world? Detailed comments from international grandmaster Konstantin Sakaev will help chess players of any level answer this question on their own. A review of new products will give an idea of modern opening theory and will be useful when preparing for competitions. A large number of diagrams allows you to read the book without arranging the chessboard.

  • book

    33.33 $

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    All games of the I Moscow International tournament with comments. The tournament brought together a very strong composition, played Kapablanka, Lasker, Rubinstein, Bogolyubov, many famous grandmasters and all the leading Soviet chess players.

  • book

    11.67 $

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    The collection includes all the games of the tournament with notes by A. Alekhine, G. Kmoch, G. Maroczy, and A. Nimzowitsch, as well as a theoretical article by G. Kmoch. The Kecskemet tournament of 1927 is of significant interest due to the participation of a number of outstanding chess players in it, primarily Alekhine and Nimzowitsch. The book is intended for a wide range of chess lovers.

  • book

    12.00 $

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    In this book two outstanding works of A.Alekhin, dedicated to tournaments in New York 1924 1927, are combined. Alekhine’s legacy & ndash; the best commentator of his time & ndash; It is a truly invaluable material for all who are interested in the development of chess and want to improve in them. This edition was subjected to serious stylistic refinement, carelessness was eliminated (stitching in numbering, omissions of moves, endless typos, lack of unification) in translations of books published in the 20s. In addition, inaccurate spellings of a number of surnames and geographical names were corrected. For the convenience of using the book, the continuous numbering of the games of both tournaments has also been introduced, and the current titles of the debuts are given. Note that the collections of the New York tournaments were published in Russian with a circulation of 6,000 and 5,000 copies, respectively, and have long become a bibliographic rarity.

  • book

    66.67 $

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    For the first time since the famous match in 1948, the world championship was held in the format of a match-tournament. In the Argentine city of San Luis gathered eight of the best chess players, each of whom cherished the hope of becoming the first. Three weeks of exciting struggle culminated in the convincing victory of one of the grandmasters, who first won the title of world champion. This book tells in detail about the vicissitudes of the fight in the match-tournament, it is supplied with illustrations, interviews with participants and seconds. All the parties of the championship are commented in detail by the international grandmaster Sergey Shipov, as well as the participants of the championship and their seconds.

  • book

    83.33 $

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    Facsimile edition of the famous tournament collection. Chess lovers can be congratulated! A book has been republished, which they could only dream of, for it has long become a bibliographic rarity.  The International Chess Congress in memory of M. I. Chigorin was one of the most significant events in the history of Russian chess. Magnificent gift reissue of the collection of one of the strongest tournaments held in Russia (1-2. Lasker, Rubinstein). There are also games of the tournament lovers (1.Alekhin).  (Coated paper).

  • book

    7.50 $

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    Includes a photo album and all games with comments of the first world championship match under the auspices of the Professional Chess Association. All the games ever played between Kasparov and Short are also given.