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  • 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 $
  • 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:
    Yanvarev

    Igor Yanvarev "Tactical Mastery of a Chess Player. Volume 2. Basics of Calculation Techniques". Andrey Elkov Publishing House, Moscow, 2025 - 392 p. Before you is the second book from the three-volume work by International Master I.K. Yanvarev, a famous trainer, author of the fundamental work "The Old Indian Played by Tigran Petrosian" (2010), which received recognition from readers and was republished abroad. The three-volume work is united by a common idea - tactics and combinations in chess. In fact, this is a turnkey textbook, it explains everything from scratch to an advanced level. The second volume is devoted to the basics of calculation techniques, such topics as the tactical "spectrum" of a position, concentration of attention, inclusion of imagination are considered, the "tree of variations" is interpreted in a new way, the practical component is emphasized - the economy of calculation. A separate chapter allows the reader to assess their ability to calculate variations and outline ways to eliminate weaknesses. Each chapter ends with a large number of carefully selected examples for independent solution. Unlike other similar publications, the author examines chess tactics as a single whole, in combination with strategy and elements of psychology. It is based on the original author's methodology, which has proven itself well when working with chess players of various qualifications. Excellently selected examples, a clear logical structure and consistency in the presentation simplify the understanding of the material. For a wide range of chess fans.

    19.00 $
  • Author:
    Getmanchuk

    16.67 $
  • 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:
    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 $
  • Author:
    Bezgodov

    The youngest first–grader in the USSR, the world champion among young men, a participant in the candidates tournament at the age of 19 - Boris Spassky's rise was rapid. And then fate gave the brilliant chess player a test of strength: he stumbled twice at the decisive moment and remained beyond the threshold of interzonal tournaments ... Only ten years after his first great success, Spassky managed to pass all the qualifying tests and earn the right to a match for the crown, but he failed to defeat the Iron Tigran Petrosian the first time. It took three more years of super–efforts: by Sisyphus he rose again to the foot of Olympus and did not miss a second chance - in 1969 he became the Tenth king of chess! An essay about the life of Boris Vasilyevich and his sporting path full of ups and downs was written by Dmitry Oleynikov, Candidate of Historical Sciences, curator of the Chess Museum of the Chess Federation of Russia. 70 beautiful and instructive games of Spassky were commented on by the champion of Russia in 1993, the famous author and theorist grandmaster Alexey Bezgodov, as well as grandmaster Dmitry Kryakvin and FIDE master Steve Giddins. The preface was written by the 14th world champion Vladimir Kramnik. For a wide range of chess fans.

    21.67 $
  • Author:
    Fisher

    15.00 $
  • Author:
    Kasparov

    41.67 $
  • 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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    20.69 $

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    For Viktor Korchnoi, the main "villain" modern chess, game and life are inseparable from each other. Behind the board and out of it, the renowned chess player, long-term contender for the crown, does not accept compromises and always remains sincere in his assessments of both chess variations and people. The reader is given a unique opportunity to look into the home laboratory of the outstanding grandmaster-analyst, as well as to find out what he was thinking about, what bright ideas or delusions he was in during the game. "My 55 victories with black" - the second part of the two-volume collection of selected games by V. Korchnoi. The book is addressed to a wide range of chess lovers.

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    26.95 $

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    In this book, the American grandmaster, world champion introduces 60 of his games to the reader. These are not always the best of his games (three of them are played by Fisher), but they necessarily contain something memorable to the author. All 60 games commented in this book were played in the period 1957-1967 with strict observance of the tournament regulations. Parties are commented carefully and in detail by Fisher. Each game is preceded by a small, but accurate, characteristic written by GM Evans. The book helps to understand what is the true place of the outstanding American chess player in world chess. This book gives the key to unlocking one of the main secrets of Fisher's success - this is his exceptional dedication to the art of chess, incessant creative burning. The book fully reveals this secret, and that is its lasting value. Designed for qualified chess players.

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    Viswanathan “Vichy” Anand (December 11, 1969, Madras) is a well-known Indian chess player, grandmaster, FIDE World Champion 2000-2002, chess player number 1 in the world ranking list for April 2007. Anand published a book - “My best games” in 1998 and the revised edition of this book in 2001.

  • book

    80.69 $

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    100 best games of the great chess player with detailed notes for the period 1908-1923.

  • book

    86.36 $

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    The second stereotyped edition. Continuation in the USSR did not come out.

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    (in Czech). Autobiography and over 100 parts, photos, tasks and sketches.

  • book

    104.69 $

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    100 best games of the great chess player with detailed notes for the period 1908-1923.

  • book

    28.97 $

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    The book of the 12th world champion Anatoly Karpov essentially sums up his thirty-year creative path. It included the 100 best games won by the author in the period from 1969 to 1999, from the moment he received the title of world champion in chess among boys to the end of the now past of the 20th century. The book contains a large number of diagrams that allow chess fans to follow how the game developed without even losing it on the board. The publication is addressed to everyone who is interested in the game - and professionals, and lovers, and those who are just beginning to comprehend this wonderful and wonderful world of chess.

  • book

    26.17 $

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    The current world champion Vichy Anand is the only one in history who won the highest title in competitions with three different formats: the knockout system (2000), the round-robin tournament (2007) and the match (2008). For two decades, the Indian magician has become part of the grandmaster elite, and his bright, original parties filled with original ideas arouse the admiration of millions of chess fans. Collection of the best parties Anand with his own profound and witty comments by right became a bestseller in the West, and, finally, it becomes available to the Russian reader!

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    26.17 $

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    Among the "celestials" - world champions - Tigran Petrosyan occupies a special place: it was he who managed to close the 15-year- the new era of Mikhail Botvinnik. The stability of force is striking. play Petrosian throughout his career - he thrice played matches for the world championship (and in the applicant's cycles of non- changed for three decades!), four times was the champion of the USSR, 9 times - the Olympic champion ... Tigran Vartanovich is rightly considered to be the most difficult an impoverished player in the history of chess, flawlessly owned technique of warning of threats of the contender already in an embryo. In the proposed book about 2/3 of the parties commented on the Petrosyan himself, and the rest - mostly known grandmasters. Many fights are educational character. Therefore, chess players who want to increase their sports level, it is very important to study the work of the 9th world champion, who created a lot of positional and combinational masterpieces. The book passed computer testing "by Kasparov." For a wide range of chess fans.

  • book

    5.50 $

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    Before you is one of the most famous and exciting books in the history of chess. The great world champion comments on his best games, revealing to us the laboratory of chess thinking of the universally recognized genius. "It is impossible to understand chess without studying the books of Capablanca, without looking at the world through his eyes," wrote Mikhail Botvinnik. You will certainly significantly improve your game by working through the extremely instructive and unique in their clarity and simplicity of presentation comments by Capablanca on how he evaluates a position, reveals its features and develops a strategic plan for the game.