President of FIDE and the Republic of Kalmykia Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and journalist Nikita Kim present the official publication of the World Chess Championship 2001-2002 in Moscow. The book contains all the games of the tournament, the best of which are commented on by world champion Ruslan Ponomarev, world vice-champion Vasily Ivanchuk, world vice-champion Alexander Kostenyuk, grandmasters-participants of the championship. And also: the brightest episodes of the struggle, interviews with grandmasters, the best photos, detailed statistics. The book is designed for a wide range of chess lovers.

FIDE President and the Republic of Kalmykia Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and journalist Nikita Kim present the official publication of the 2001-2002 World Chess Championship in Moscow. The book contains all the games of the tournament, the best of which are commented on by world champion Ruslan Ponomarev, vice world champion Vasily Ivanchuk, vice world champion Alexandra Kosteniuk, grandmasters participating in the championship. And also: the most vivid episodes of the struggle, interviews with grandmasters, the best photos, detailed statistics. & Nbsp; The book is intended for a wide range of chess lovers.

Coated paper. & nbsp; Aeroflot & nbsp; open, one of the most representative chess festivals in the world, annually brings together a brilliant grandmaster team. During the five years of the festival's existence, the best chess players of the world have repeatedly participated in it. & Nbsp; & nbsp;

There are minor page defects that do not interfere with reading.

Full-color paper

All games of the tournament Dreev, Bagirov, Zaitsev, Gufeld, Giplis and others. Many photos.

Among the largest tournaments, Linares has a special place. Every year, the organizers try to attract the strongest chess players to the tournament, as well as a new, bright star. In this role, in 2002, the 18-year-old “freshly baked” FIDE champion, Ukrainian Ruslan Ponomarev, played. Who is he? Did he accidentally win the World Cup or is he able to play on equal terms with the strongest players in the world? Detailed comments by international grandmaster Konstantin Sakaev will help chess players of any level to independently answer this question. A review of new products will give an idea of the modern debut theory and come in handy in preparation for the competition. A large number of diagrams allows you to read a book without arranging chess.

This book arose as a result of fruitful cooperation and solidarity, which always characterized the relations between the chess players of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia. A number of exceptionally valuable and useful for improving chess players materials prepared for this book by renowned grandmasters E.Geller, V.Korchnoi, T.Petrosyan, B.Spassky, M.Tal, S.Gligorich. The book is a bibliographic rarity. Designed for a wide range of chess lovers.

The collection includes all the games of the tournament with notes by A. Alekhine, G. Kmokh, G. Marozi, and A. Nimcovic, as well as G. Kmokh's theoretical article. Kecskemet tournament in 1927 is of considerable interest due to the participation in it of a number of outstanding chess players, primarily Alekhine and Nimtsovich. The book is designed for a wide range of chess fans.

From Botvinnik to Fisher. In 1946, world champion Alexander Alyokhin passed away undefeated. A difficult question arose: how to determine the new, the sixth chess king? In the end, in 1948, the International Chess Federation (FIDE) hosted a match-tournament of five Grandmasters, in which I also participated. Then Botvinnik won, and within the next quarter of a century only Soviet chess players competed directly for the title of champion. Their hegemony was violated only by Fischer, but not for long ...

Karpov, Kasparov. The third volume of the collection contains games of several matches, in which I happened to participate. I can say that every such match is not an easy test, requiring maximum intensity of spiritual and physical strength. To win the champion, the champion does not always have a purely chess ability, knowledge, memory - the same opponent has the same qualities that won the competition in the series of qualifying competitions. And yet the champion is often the champion ... That's why in the history of chess until recently there were not so many of them - only thirteen. Now the chess world is present at the birth of a new system of competitions for the world championship. It seems that the element of the case will play a significant role in it. This is explained by the increased pace of life, the need to make chess more spectacular for those who do not understand the deep meaning of chess moves. It's a pity if the champions of the future do not become genuine idols for connoisseurs of our wonderful game, to which this informative book is addressed.

From Steinitz to Euwe. In the proposed three-volume book collected and commented on the parties of all matches for the world chess championship, held from 1886 to 1998. In the vast majority of these matches were the battles of real chess titans. Since 1947 the International Chess Federation (FIDE) has started organizing world championships, including qualifying competitions. This strengthened both the prestige of the title and the prestige of FIDE, which managed to authoritatively hold the world championships during half a century. Among the parties represented in this three-volume book, many genuine masterpieces, the study of which will truly delight the connoisseurs of chess art. One can confidently say that this edition gives the most vivid idea of ​​the state of chess art and chess knowledge at different stages of the history of our game during the last century. Such material can not be obsolete, can not be forgotten.