The second edition is corrected.

A story about the creative path of Maya Chiburdanidze. The best games are given.

The book presents 40 episodes from the parties of the first Soviet world champion. They are selected by the author either because of the exceptional nature of the chess content, or because of their special place in the sports biography. The amazing depth of thought of the Patriarch of Soviet chess! Hardcover is a rarity.

FIDE albums summed up for the corresponding period, publishing the best works (very strict selection); by the number of compositions published in them international titles are appropriated.

The album includes the best works of the recognized master for 50 years of creative activity. Photo by Boris Dolmatovsky. For those who are engaged in chess, this authorship (in the magazine "64", in chess books, on the pages of newspapers, in particular, in the "Red Star") has become habitual for the last ten years. I respect the creativity of a great photo artist. For the first time drew attention to a photo of Boris Georgievich, published in "64": my parents met me at the airport on arrival from Baguio after a difficult match with Viktor Korchny in 1978. Since that moment it became a habit: if there is a major event in chess - see the photo of Boris Dolmatovsky. Somehow I was invited to perform in Greece, and I suggested that the photo maker make me a company. After Boris Georgievich handed me a bunch of photos about this trip, my wife Natalia (she is trying to collect all my photos) gave such an assessment: - Now I see what professional photography means! Of the major works of Boris Georgievich in recent years, I am pleased to note that he accompanied all the Aeroflot Open tournaments held by the Association of Chess Federations. In short: the signature "photo of Boris Dolmatovsky" is the highest quality mark in photojournalism. 12th world champion Anatoly Karpov

The book of the outstanding Hungarian grandmaster Giza Marotsi included about 300 commented parties of one of the greatest chess geniuses of all times, Paul Morphy. According to most experts, classical chess education is inconceivable without studying the creativity of Morphy, since it was the chess world that learned the correct understanding of the game. His party will be extremely useful and interesting to study the chess player of any skill, from beginner to master.

The book of the outstanding Hungarian grandmaster Giza Marotsi included about 300 commented parties of one of the greatest chess geniuses of all times, Paul Morphy. According to most experts, classical chess education is inconceivable without studying the creativity of Morphy, since it was the chess world that learned the correct understanding of the game. His party will be extremely useful and interesting to study the chess player of any skill, from beginner to master.

With this work, the publication of the "semicircle" of Mikhail Tal's creativity is being completed. It included 2664 "serious" and 363 "light" parties (including 280 with its notes), as well as selected interviews, reports, comments, stories about chess and chessplayers.

Who among us did not admire the pawn sketch of Reti, where the white king, yearned to be in the corner, suddenly develops a truly sprinting speed on the road to salvation? Who does not know the famous Rethy-Capablanca party from the 1924 New York tournament in which the illustrious Cuban suffered the first in eight years, moreover, a crushing defeat? And what was the beginning? That's right, Rethi's debut! This book is the first serious study of the work of Richard Reti in Russian. Famous English grandmaster and literary writer Golombek followed the whole course of his hero's life, carefully selected and commented on the 70 brightest parties of Reti. The book also includes selected sketches of the famous Czechoslovak grandmaster.

Favorite compositions of outstanding scholar. In this book the author acquaints the reader with his works. Some of them are printed for the first time, many are important for the theory of the endgame. The beauty of sketches and their practical importance make the book interesting and useful for chess fans.

333 parties of a brilliant American with notes in the Informator style, many have not previously been published in Russia. Comments on the games are given in modern notation. The book is intended for all chess lovers: from beginners to professionals. It will serve as a valuable tool for students of chess and general education schools in mastering the secrets of the chess game.

Under the general editorship of the grandmaster I. Bondarevsky. A detailed study of the creativity of "King of the pawn etude" ND Grigoriev: theoretical works, studies, selected parties, etc. N.D. Grigoriev (1895-1938) - Soviet chess player, chess composer and chess game analyst, chess writer and journalist, master of sports of the USSR in practical play (1927). Participant of six USSR championships in chess. Four-time chess champion of Moscow (1921, 1922, 1923-1924 and 1929). The first Soviet chess radio commentator.