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  • 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:
    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:
    Kalinichenko

    This new book by the many-times world champion Anatoly Karpov and the author of more than fifty books, grandmaster Nikolay Kalinichenko, is devoted to one of the most complicated and strategically deep openings & mdash; the Queen's Gambit Declined. Using games played by the strongest grandmasters, it describes the interesting ideas which have appeared in the main development systems of this opening. Along with games from recent years, the book presents the most important encounters from the chess heritage. And of course, it includes games by Anatoly Karpov himself & mdash; a great expert on the Queen's Gambit, who generously shares with the reading his unique understanding of the concepts involved. The book is aimed at strong players, but it will also be of interest to a wide range of chess enthusiasts.

    36.00 $
  • 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 Caro-Kann defense is one of the most popular modern openings, which is firmly included in the repertoire of most elite chess players. The author of the book, a well-known grandmaster and theorist, offers a full repertoire for black in response to 1.e4, explains in detail the main strategic ideas of each option and gives the exact order of moves, offers a number of novelties in current schemes. In each chapter, alternative plans for black are considered, so that the reader can make a choice according to his taste, and it was more difficult for the opponent to prepare. Much attention in the monograph is paid to correspondence games in which players use all the achievements of modern technology. All analyses during the work on the manuscript are checked on powerful computers. Carefully selected positions for the solution will help the reader to consolidate the acquired knowledge. The 2nd edition supplements the section with the 10 most interesting current parties. The book is addressed to chess players of any level – from amateurs to professionals.  

    21.67 $
  • Author:
    Gezalyan

    International Master Tibor Karolyi and FIDE Master Tigran Gozalyan have prepared a major work (in two volumes) about the life and work of the 9th world chess champion Tigran Petrosyan (he held the title from 1963 to 1969).  Volume II (1963-1984) tells about Petrosyan's victory in the 1963 world title match over Mikhail Botvinnik, about the grandiose two-match confrontation with Boris Spassky in 1966 and 1969, about all his candidates' matches after losing the title – against Bobby Fischer, Viktor Korchnoi and other world-class opponents. All tournaments and matches of the second half of Petrosian's chess career are presented, up to his last performances in 1983. The authors subjected 175 complete games and fragments to an in-depth analysis (using modern computers). Not all of them have been deeply studied and commented on before, but even then the book provides a significantly improved analysis. Among Petrosyan’s opponents – world champions and contenders Kasparov, Karpov, Fischer, Spassky, Tal, Smyslov, Botvinnik, Korchnoi and Bronstein, as well as Timman, Larsen, Reshevsky, Belyavsky, Polugaevsky, Portisch, Romanishin and many others. Special attention is paid to his coaches – Alexey Suetin and Igor Zaitsev. 

    50.00 $
  • Made in Holland. Chess computer "Centaur" easy to use. You can easily install any language. Using the touch panel  40x40 cm (cell size 48 x 48 mm) you can easily move the figures. The sensors will record strokes. The board has a capacious rechargeable internal battery. The uniqueness of the computer is that it quickly adapts to  your playing strength (from beginner to grandmaster) so that you have the right opponent. Centaur will help you analyze the game so as not to make the same mistakes and improve your chess skill. Please note, computer is not compatible to connect to your PC or online chess. The set includes USB cable and DGT electronic chess pieces . Height of the king is 86mm.  

    1553.60 $
  • Author:
    Zhuravlev

    This tutorial is addressed to those who want to learn to play chess on their own and improve further. The lesson-based method of presentation, as well as numerous exercises, contribute to the consistent assimilation of the rules and laws that form the basis of the chess game. The book contains extensive educational material, which is presented to the reader in accordance with modern pedagogical principles. The purpose of this manual is to train chess players of the III category (rating up to 1800). The textbook can also be used for classes in groups - it covers the material of existing programs of the first year of study in children's and youth chess schools.

    23.33 $
  • Author:
    Kapengut

    An outstanding theorist and successful coach shares his memories of communication and cooperation with Mikhail Tal, Anatoly Karpov, Isaac Boleslavsky, Elena Akhmylovskaya and other outstanding chess players. Separate large chapter – a story about many years of work with Boris Gelfand: over these years (1980-1993) the student went from a 12-year-old candidate for master to the holder of the 3rd rating in the world. Albert Kapengut – winner of 6 gold medals at the World Student Olympics, seven-time champion of Belarus, participant in the individual and team championships of the USSR among men, champion of the USSR as part of the Burevestnik team. The book includes 70 games commented in detail by the author, a careful study of which will help the reader not only better understand popular opening schemes, but also get a taste for serious analytical work. “My story is not so much about a career, although “you can’t erase words from a song,” but about memorable situations, often funny, sometimes absurd, and dotted about people I met along the way, sometimes with touches of biography, prompting readers to become interested in more complete information.” ;" (A. Kapengut). For a wide range of chess lovers.

    43.33 $
  • 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 $
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    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.

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    28.33 $

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    The book contains memoirs of the author - the champion of Europe, the two-time champion of Russia, the winner of numerous international tournaments, the famous coach, the vice-president of FIDE about meetings with outstanding chess players, statesmen, complex and often conflictual relations existing in the sport of higher achievements. The author tells about a number of the largest chess players of different years, including the tenth world champion B. Spassky, whose coach N. Krogius was at the time of winning the highest title. Part of the book is devoted to the problems of chess psychology, in which the author is one of the universally recognized world authorities. In addition, we are talking about negative trends in the behavior of some chess players, arising from their excessive ambitiousness and selfishness, which is typical not only for the world of chess, but for any human activity in which there is conflict. The book is intended for a wide range of people interested in chess, their theory, history and psychology, and for professionals - athletes and coaches.

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    39.31 $

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    This book, with which you can make an exciting trip to the mysterious and clear, simple and incomprehensible Chess Kingdom. The book introduces the chess world in a fascinating way. One of the authors of this book, Vladimir G. Zak, met the guys for many years in the chess club of the Leningrad Palace of Pioneers (now the Palace of Young Creativity). It is he who is named by his first teacher former world champion B. Spassky. A fun and colorful textbook for children of primary school age.

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    Reissue of the classic brilliant book of the patriarch domestic chess literature of the master Ya.I. Neishtad- the one that has long become a bibliographic rarity. In the first the author's turn is interested in the struggle of ideas of great chess players of the past. Based on the rich chess material, the reader gets acquainted with creative portraits of uncrowned non- peonies of the world - Philidor, Laburdon, Staunton, Andersen, Morphy, their like-minded and adversaries. To pony- mother present, it is necessary to know the past. Certainly, pro- By reading this book, you will become better at understanding chess, sing a lot of ideas and strengthen your game. For a wide range of chess fans.

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    18.62 $

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    In his new large-scale project "Odessa Secrets of Alexander Alekhin", Merited Master of Sports of Ukraine in Chess, historian and archivist Sergei Tkachenko tells about the most mysterious period of life of the future chess king. For the first time, Alekhine's mysterious connection with the White movement is revealed, new details of the chess player's stay in the Odessa prison of the Cheka and his commissar work after liberation are given ... The "Odessa trail" will pursue Alekhine in the future. This is also Case No. 228, where he will be accused of receiving money from Denikin's emissaries. And the recommendation of a well-known Odessa citizen when Alekhin was admitted to work in the Comintern. And his marriage to Odessa ... The author suggests a new look at the last years of the life of the great champion, where the "Odessa trace" can also be traced. The book is designed for a wide range of chess and history lovers.

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    9.11 $

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    Outstanding chess player of our time Viktor Korchnoi tells of his dramatic fate. The book is supplemented with unique photographs, documents and testimonies.

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    100.00 $

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    Readers are offered a two-volume monograph devoted to the biography and exciting career of the world champion in chess Boris Vasilievich Spassky. The book presents 198 parties, many of which were specially commented on by international grandmasters for the first time, as well as literary essays by Leonid Eduardovich Gutzeit and grandmaster Nikolai Vladimirovich Krogius about the difficult path of Boris Spassky up the chess staircase. The materials from the first person were drawn to the maximum extent - Spassky's interview and comments to parties published in the open press. Designed for a wide range of chess fans

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    20.48 $

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    In the book "Savior of Alekhine", Merited Master of Sports of Ukraine, historian and archivist Sergei Tkachenko tells about the short but vivid life path of the first champion of Ukraine in chess, the first USSR champion in chess composition and the first Odessa master Yakov Semyonovich Vilner (1899-1931). The monograph presents 55 selected parties of Vilner, most of which are commented on by the participants themselves. In these comments, if necessary, interspersed with computer specifications. Will complement the creative portrait of Wilner 40 of his best compositions and standings. And illustrate the narrative of the author of 60 rare and archival photographs. The book is designed for a wide range of chess players: from beginners to grandmasters, as well as lovers of a historical story.

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    Biography and the best games of the first world champion.

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    It is known that sometimes memoirs draw their authors even more completely than those about whom he is telling the story. It is always exciting to see how the world reflects in the person who recreates it. Taimanov is an optimist by vocation, optimism is his calling card; moreover, he always stressed and cherished this happy property, given to him by nature.

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    This book is a diary of a psychologist who was persistently beside Nana Ioseliani during her match for the world championship with Maya Chiburdanidze in 1988. Successfully avoiding both entertaining "reporting from the scene", and "scientific" juggling with special terms, the author dedicates the reader to the deep feelings of people who are ready to give everything for the sake of victory, people worthy of this victory. Great merit of the author that he, many years working in sports, frankly speaks about his moral values ​​- true and imaginary.