Party, biography, photo, statistics. Garry Kasparov is the 13th world chess champion (1985-2000). Tops of success - a victory in unparalleled rivalry (1984-1990) with the 12th world champion A.Karpov, a demonstration of complete superiority over the young challengers - N.Short (1993) and V.Anand (1995), a fantastic series of victories in tournaments of the highest difficulty category, record rating (individual Elo coefficient) - 2850! The achievements of Kasparov are indisputable not only on the fields of chess battles. Author of a number of books that have become bestsellers. "A child of change," he keenly felt the global changes in the country and the world conducive to the progress of chess thought. It was he, who was named by journalists in his youth "computer with a soul", fell to the lot to take on the first wave of a computer offensive. And at the same time he became a rival, propagandist and businessman of the electronic miracle of the end of the 20th century.

Among chess players who have contributed to the development of the Russian chess school, grandmaster Vladimir Alekseevich Alatortsev (1909 - 1987) occupies a prominent place. In the 30s and 40s he was one of the strongest chess players in the country, a major chess theorist. During the Great Patriotic War, he proved himself as an outstanding organizer of chess life. At the turn of the 50-60s, he was the president of the USSR Chess Federation. He is known as a scientist who for many years headed the country's first chess laboratory at the TsNIIFC. The great friendship connected V. Alatortsev with G. Vishnevskaya, M. Rostropovich, I. Rukavishnikov, P. Anokhin, N. Pavlovsky, A. Senkov and with many other famous scientists and artists and literature workers. On the life and multifaceted activities of V.A. Alatortsev in documentary and artistic form is told by Russian historians of chess and literature Vladimir and Isaac Linder. The third part of the book presents the 50 best games of Alatortsev.

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.

Biography, parties, photos, statistics ... Anatoly Karpov (born 1951) - 12th World Chess Champion (1975-1985) and FIDE World Champion (1993-1998). The widest range in the game - from a subtle positional sense to a bright combination of insights, from resistance to protection to filigree technique in the endings - is surprisingly combined with the scale of the personality - a politician, a businessman, a public figure, a collector. Winner of more than 160 tournaments, matches and other competitions; played more than 1,000 games, including 263 - in matches for the title of world champion.

Full-color printing, lots of photos, coated paper. Alexander Pushkin loved chess. With the genius of genius he was the first among Russian writers to understand and highly appreciate their role in family and social life, he was a visionary of their future. Evidence of this - his letter to his wife in September 1832 and the acquisition of four years after the world's first chess magazine Palamed. In the poet's library, the chess manuals of the famous maestros A. D. Filidor and A. D. Petrov were also studied. Contemporaries mention his chess leisure, including the last game played on the eve of the fateful duel. Pushkin appealed to this game and in his works - novels `Eugene Onegin`,` Arap of Peter the Great`, in sketches to `The Tale of the Golden Cockerel`. All these and many other facts have been studied in the context of the poet's entire life and work, in conjunction with the chess culture of Pushkin's time. The book dedicated to the chess Pushkin is published for the first time. Its author is the well-known Russian writer and historian of chess culture IM Linder. In the form of the appendix includes several literary essays, including two documentary-artistic stories by V. I. Linder.

All 14 champions of the world from Wilhelm Steinitz to Vladimir Kramnik. About their life and creativity, competitions with their participation, about their contribution to chess art and rivals. The best games, combinations, endings. Archival materials and numerous photographs. Personal impressions of the authors about the matches for the world championship and meetings with the champions. The authors are well-known chess historians and writers.

Petrov Alexander Dmitrievich (1.2.1794, p. Biserovo Pskov Gubernia, 10.4.1867, Warsaw), the first Russian chess master, chess. theoretician and composer, founder of the first chess club in Russia (Petersburg Society of Chess Game Makers). The writer. State Councillor. In 1804-1840 he lived in St. Petersburg, from 1840 - in Warsaw. He played chess at the age of 7. In 1809 he won a match at one of the best peterbes. chess players A. Kopyev. For half a century he was the strongest chess player in Russia. He won in the matches of K. Janisch in the 1840s. (with a handicap), S. Urusova - 3: 1 (1853) and 13: 7 (1859), I. Shumova - 4: 2 (1862). Bright master combinational style.

The book is devoted to the life and work of the second world champion Emanuel Lasker, who occupied the chess throne for a record time of 27 years. Philosopher by reason and mathematician by education, Lasker became an outstanding chess professional at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries and knew no equal in tournament and match battles. He was called a king and a wizard, a sage and a hypnotist. Unique in achievements, unsolved by contemporaries, mysterious for posterity ... In his monograph the famous Russian chess historians Isaak and Vladimir Linder depart from the generally accepted stereotypes, attempting to cover the main cause of Lasker's sporting and creative longevity in a new light. You will find in the book the 100 best, detailed commented games and endings of the great chess player, as well as 50 photo-illustrations, some of which are published for the first time.

Of all the questions of interest to the chess world, perhaps the most important is the question of the title of world champion,,, Х wrote to H.R. Capablanca in 1937. Today, when humankind entered the third millennium, the justice of these words has become even more obvious. Chess & mdash; one of the phenomena of civilization, and the title of world champion is surrounded by a halo of reverence for the great possibilities of the human mind. This is confirmed by the example of 14 geniuses who ascended the chess throne. Publisher & laquo; Astrel & raquo; continues to release a new series of & mdash; & nbsp; “The Encyclopedia of Chess Olympus”, dedicated to the life and work of all world chess champions: from Steinitz before Kramnik. Authors & mdash; famous Russian writers and historians of chess Isaac and Vladimir Lindera. Emanuel Lasker (1868 & 1941) & mdash; great chess wrestler, & nbsp; thinker, researcher. He possessed gigantic practical strength, 27 years (!) Holding the title of the first chess player of the planet. And then he retained his potential for a long time, winning or becoming the winner of the largest international tournaments at the age of 54 (Moravská Ostrava, 1923), 55 (New York, 1924), 56 (Moscow, 1925), and even 66 years (Moscow, 1935)! For the philosopher and mathematics doctor Lasker, chess and life & nbsp; were inseparable. In the chess struggle, he saw a model of human life.

Among chess players who have contributed to the development of the Russian chess school, grandmaster Vladimir Alekseevich Alatortsev (1909 - 1987) occupies a prominent place. In the 30s and 40s he was one of the strongest chess players in the country, a major chess theorist. During the Great Patriotic War, he proved himself as an outstanding organizer of chess life. At the turn of the 50-60s, he was the president of the USSR Chess Federation. He is known as a scientist who for many years headed the country's first chess laboratory at the TsNIIFC. The great friendship connected V. Alatortsev with G. Vishnevskaya, M. Rostropovich, I. Rukavishnikov, P. Anokhin, N. Pavlovsky, A. Senkov and with many other famous scientists and artists and literature workers. On the life and multifaceted activities of V.A. Alatortsev in documentary and artistic form is told by Russian historians of chess and literature Vladimir and Isaac Linder. The third part of the book presents the 50 best games of Alatortsev.

Dear reader! In your hands is a collection of the most expensive and memorable works of the author & ndash; both written long ago, and lying in the archive for several decades, and born in recent years. My attempts at writing in a variety of literary genres, including poetry, have always amazed and delighted dad & ndash; chess historian Isaac Linder. Strict adherent of chess `` classicism '' and historical realism boldly co-authored a freethinker and, as critics from his beloved 19th century would say, a scribbler. And I must say, 'docking' was successful. I began to write history stories, not without pleasure, and he began to indulge in elegant artistic digressions. For more than a quarter of a century we have perfectly understood and complemented each other & hellip; This book is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the passionate propagandist of chess culture, chess encyclopedist, writer and sage Isaac Maksovich Linder, she & ndash; gratitude and bow to his blessed memory. Among her heroes & ndash; people who, by the will of fate, have linked their lives with Chess. Photos of Boris Dolmatovsky, Alexander Kantorovich, Nikolai Zhuravka, from the archives of the State Public Library for Science and Technology, Irina Alatortseva, Lyudmila Belavenets, Sergey Voronkov, Andrey Elkov, Isaac and Vladimir Linderov.