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  • 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:
    Chernyshov

    The authors continue to study typical opening and middlegame positions. Royal Fortress No. 2 has pawns on squares f7, g6, h7 (or f2, g3, h2), and they are usually joined by another defender – bishop on g7 (g2). This formation is called fianchetto, it is found in many popular openings, such as the Catalan Opening, King's Indian Defense, Grunfeld Defense and a number of others.  The authors analyze in detail the techniques of attack, defense and counterattack. Most examples – from the creativity of modern chess players (for example, a separate chapter is dedicated to the strongest Russian grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi); they are complemented by parts that have become a classical heritage. The book contains about 300 positions for independent solution, so it is not only a textbook, but also a solid problem book. Grandmaster Konstantin Chernyshov, head of the Interregional Grandmaster School in Kostroma, and his daughter International Master Natalya Kareva – experienced coaches, whose students include grandmasters and masters, champions of Russia and Europe among juniors.  The book is addressed to young chess players and their mentors. 

    20.00 $
  • Author:
    Getmanchuk

    16.67 $
  • 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 $
  • Author:
    Golenishchev

    Like other titles in the Training Program for Chess Players series, this volume is both an excellent textbook for independent study and a powerful training aid for chess coaches. In the view of many experts, no better work of this kind has ever been written. coach and Master of Sport. Golenishchev's programs are still considered. critically important and are successfully employed in chess schools. His teaching methods remain popular in Russia and around the world. Supervised by Editor-in-Chief and former Karpov, this new edition of Golenishchev's classic work is updated to include important games from the recent high-level chess competitions, reflecting modern approaches to the game. OPENING Fragment 1 OPENING Fragment 2

    30.00 $
  • Author:
    Kostrov

    Hundreds of thousands of novice chess players have held in their hands the solution books of “1000 chess problems” for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd years of study. These collections became winners of the “Chess Vseobuch of Russia” competition. We decided to combine our three books into one so that the future grandmaster would have more opportunities for improvement and choice of material. It will also be easier for students and coaches to regulate the speed of the material. In the first parts of our book, novice chess players will get acquainted with all possible types of checkmates. Then, future grandmasters will learn to deliver magnificent double blows with a queen and a knight, promote a pawn to a queen. Studying according to this solution book, you will also master the pin, learn to cover yourself from the enemy's pieces, block the enemy's forces, destroy the most reliable fortresses, distract and entice his royal majesty and much more. Work with the book as with a textbook, and do not forget to write down the solutions under each diagram! The correct solutions are at the end of the book. For the widest range of chess fans.

    15.75 $
  • 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 $
  • 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:
    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:
    Chandler

    The set consists of the book Chandler M. Chess for Children (gift edition) and the hero of this book - Marty the dragon (Dragon is the symbol of 2024). LEARN CHESS with the Very Big Dragon Marty! Using this entertaining book, your child will quickly and easily learn to play chess – the world's most popular strategy game that develops logical thinking. The rules are explained clearly and clearly, step by step, from scratch. The lessons reinforce the fun conversations between the boy Petya and his favorite dragon Marty, who calls himself the Very Big Dragon. In many countries, chess is recognized as a useful means of developing creative thinking in children. Although they are considered a complex and even mysterious game, the rules are quite simple. It doesn't take long to understand how the pieces move, and even a five-year-old child can enjoy chess. And children really like to beat their friends and relatives! Enlarged format (210x290 mm) The cute green dragon, the symbol of 2024, symbolizing strength, generosity, courage and endurance, is the hero of the book, which explains the rules of the chess game. The dragon has a suction cup, and you can use it to hang the toy on a glossy surface, on a window or refrigerator. Made of soft fabric,  has a height of 20 cm and a length of 26 cm.

    27.33 $
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    Биографическая повесть о советском чемпионе.

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    A narrative about the life and struggle of the great Russian chess player.  The grandson of the soldier, the son of the worker, Chigorin, thanks to his talent, made his way in the conditions of tsarist Russia to the heights of world chess glory and became the founder of the Russian, national chess school. The winner of a number of international competitions, the permanent champion of Russia at the end of the past and the beginning of the current centuries, a brilliant theoretician and journalist, an unselfish, passionate public figure, a progressive intellectual, an eager organizer of Russian chess life-this is how Mikhail Chigorin appears on the pages of the book of the international master V. Panov. In his work, the author widely used the memories of Chigorin his contemporaries in Russia and abroad, the literary fragments and letters of Chigorin himself, his theoretical works of the utterance about Chigorin champions of the world Steinitz, Lasker. Botvinnik. The book gives the life, creative and sports way of Chigorin, the chess life of the end of the last century. There are also many creative portraits and characteristics of other leading chess players of the last century.

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    The book of the eleventh world champion Robert Fisher & la My 60 memorable parties & raquo; knows every self-respecting chess fan. This edition, which you hold in hands, is also & ndash; from start to finish & ndash; written by an ingenious American! It contains articles and comments that are not known to a wide range of readers. In fact, these two books are a kind of complete chess collection of the writings of Robert Fisher. The comments of the great champion of the devil are arguably the most valuable training material and will be of interest to highly qualified chess players and ordinary chess fans.

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    This book was one of the first in the legendary series "The Life of Wonderful People." Its author Mikhail Levidov was not only a lover and connoisseur of chess, but also a writer in the highest sense of the word. The book will be interesting not only to chess lovers, but also to everyone who is interested in genuine literature, telling about outstanding personalities who have devoted themselves to serving high art. In a sense, this is a book about the Struggle, the ability to achieve your goals, overcoming yourself and difficult life circumstances.

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    Calabrian (a native of the province of Calabria in southern Italy) is Joaquino Greco (1600-1634), a chess player of all time; now celebrate its 400th anniversary. Chess book with sketches, parties of masters, etc.

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    This collection contains the best tasks and etudes-miniatures of composers of the Sverdlovsk region, a total of 298 works. Comments on these tasks and studies were made by their authors. We hope that this collection will be useful not only to composers working in the miniature genre, but also to novice authors. Compilers will be happy to receive any feedback and criticisms of the material posted in the proposed collection.

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    Participant of the world championship match, international grandmaster, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR Kira Zvorykina talks about her creative path, comments on her best games.

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    The authors of this book told about the life and work of the genius chess player, with a corresponding emphasis on his connection with the Soviet chess culture, tried to show the failure of some of those who had walked during the life of the great chess player and then stereotypes rooted in literature that prevent him from seeing his true contribution to the treasury of chess art , in the development of world chess culture (among them are allegations of its disregard for the debut theory, that it was a "man-machine" in chess that he was the herald of their close "no one's death", finally, that chess in his life was just a hobby). When working on the book were used a variety of sources, both Soviet and foreign. In addition to collections of parties and general works on the life and work of Capablanca, the authors' attention was attracted by the original publications of the Cuban chess player in Soviet literature, some of his little-known but important articles in the Spanish-language press, as well as the unpublished letters of Capablanca available to the authors, his contemporaries about him. Finally, numerous publications by Soviet authors on theoretical or general problems of chess art, which consider the creative ideas of Capablanca. An idea of these works is given in the book bibliography of references. Details about Moscow tournaments in 1925, 1935, 1936. Designed for a wide range of chess lovers.

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    About the work of two famous fellow countrymen - Y. Balashov, the famous grandmaster, second coach A. Karpov, and P. Maksimovskikh - the master of chess composition, the world champion in the team event. The best examples of creativity are given.

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    The famous Yugoslav writer about Korchnoi, his fate, the match in Baguio ... It reads like a novel!

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    This is a book about one of the greatest chess talents, the third world champion X. R. Capablanca. The authors, using a large number of examples, many of which have been subjected to detailed analysis, explore the harmonious and rational style of Capablanca, give an objective assessment of the chess and personal advantages and disadvantages of their hero. Designed for a wide range of chess players.