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  • Author:
    Franco

    In his new book, grandmaster Zenon Franco deeply analyzes the 69 instructive victories of the 11th world champion Robert Fischer. The book is not overloaded with options, the emphasis – with detailed explanations in a move-by-move style, creating an ideal platform for learning chess. In the "reference" At points in each game, the reader is offered test questions, which helps both the practical study of key techniques of the chess game and the reliable assimilation of acquired knowledge. Questions and answers engage the reader in the learning process and help him track his growth in chess strength. The appendix provides a critical analysis of the unsatisfactory translation of Robert Fisher's famous book “My 60 Memorable Games.”

    23.33 $
  • Author:
    Galkin

    16.67 $
  • 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 $
  • 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:
    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:
    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 $
  • Author:
    Getmanchuk

    16.67 $
  • 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:
    Bologan

    The 2nd edition, revised and supplemented, of the popular monograph, which is dedicated to one of the most combat modern debuts – the Old Indian defense. The author meticulously builds the entire defensive line of black (including on the territory of "adjacent" openings, such as the English beginning or the London system), explains standard plans and tactical techniques, offers a number of novelties in current schemes. Carefully selected positions for the solution will help the reader to consolidate the acquired knowledge. The book is addressed to chess players of any level, since the laws of Old Indian are the same for both amateurs and super grandmasters.

    21.67 $
  • 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 $
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    The book highlights the role of chess in the development of culture, science and education, traces the evolutionary processes of the development of chess art. The author expresses his views on the prospects of the chess movement, formulates the directions of scientific research in this field of knowledge. The article contains 50 chess games and endings played by the author, an international chess master. The book is intended for everyone interested in the ancient game, especially students, graduate students, scientists.

  • book

    The miniature edition offered to the reader has number 100 in the author's literary biography. The publication contains exactly 100 fun chess stories. These are jokes, jokes, funny cases from the lives of players, celebrities, world champions. The author has drawn most of these stories from his own experience in communicating with chess stars, and sometimes he himself witnessed a ridiculous episode; other stories were taken from different sources, and only a little literary processing was required. One hundred funny chess stories are divided into five sections, twenty in each: jokes, stories about chess kings, smiles of grandmasters, from the life of celebrities, all sorts of things. The book is intended for all chess fans who have not yet lost their sense of humor.

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    10.37 $

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    A new book by the famous journalist, master and international arbiter, Jacob Ladies & mdash; this is in many ways a special look at the development of the Game, expressed by the author and his characters & mdash; outstanding chess players of the USSR, Russia, the world. The book reveals little-known or even unknown turns of chess history, which had a serious impact on the formation of an amazing, peculiar world of chess. For the widest range of readers.

  • book

    27.64 $

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    The index takes into account and systematized books, magazines, newspapers, special bulletins on chess and the game of chess and published in our country from 1775 to 1997. Reflected literature in Russian and other languages of the peoples of Russia and foreign countries. The material is annotated, book reviews are indicated. The publication is addressed to a wide range of qualified chess players - practitioners, historians, theoreticians, methodologists, workers of chess clubs and universal libraries, collectors of chess literature.

  • book

    6.56 $

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    Subtitle of the brochure: “Article A.A. Alekhine "Aryan and Jewish Chess" in the light of the latest research. V.A. Charushin. The collapse of the charge. V.D. Chashikhin. The investigation into the case. " The “latest research” is that the numerous passages in the article by Alekhine about “Aryan and Jewish” chess are supposed not to belong to Alekhine’s pen. The original article, alas, is not reproduced. Description of the book - A.A. Alekhine, V.A. Charushin, V.D. Chashikhin - "Debunking" Article A.A. Alekhine "Aryan and Jewish Chess" in the light of the latest research. V.A. Charushin. The collapse of the charge. V.D. Chashikhin. The investigation of the case. Contents of the book - A.A. Alekhine, V.A. Charushin, V.D. Chashikhin - "Debunking" Debunking Prologue Soora Article A.A. Alekhine "Aryan and Jewish Chess" in the light of the latest research Karpov and Botvinnik vs. Alekhine. Charushin V.A. Who drove the pen The collapse of the charge. Chashikhin V.D. Summary Champion and FIDE Investigation of the case Morphy Book novelties

  • book

    33.33 $

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    In addition to a wide circle of chess lovers, the book will be interesting and useful for those parents and teachers who want to discover the talents of their children with love and patience (section “The genius of the son grew up on the talent of parents”).

  • book

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    English; interesting post-war parties.

  • book

    20.04 $

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    The book of a chess veteran, a FIDE master, a participant in the world championship among veterans and a number of international and national competitions, a teacher, teacher and licensed trainer, Doctor of Technical Sciences Branz Efim Markovich in an entertaining and fascinating way promotes chess art. The book is educational and informative in nature, primarily on the art of combinations of the game with its wide range of ideas, methods and plans, implemented in chess pearls and masterpieces. This is a concentrated dedication to aesthetics, the beauty of chess creativity created by the Personality, with the display of its individual typological features. The book is attractive, has social and educational significance, it is intended for young children of various chess qualifications, as well as their parents, useful for children and youth coaches and organizers of chess work.

  • book

    5.53 $

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    Correspondence chess federation.

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    8.29 $

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  • book

    10.37 $

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    "Luzhin's Defense" is the third Russian novel by Vladimir Nabokov, which made the author a loud literary name and put him in the first row of writers of Russian foreign countries. Behind the vicissitudes of the life history of the genius of the book, the gifted and crazy Russian émigré chess player Alexander Ivanovich Luzhin, the reader is gradually exposed to the constant and most important theme of Nabokov’s creativity - the development and repetition of secret themes in human destiny. The chess defense developed by Luzhin is gradually becoming an allegory of defense against life itself, in which its sinful consciousness wreaks through some sinister actions like chess moves. In the eventual repetitions of his biography, Luzhin sees the consequence of the fateful actions of his invisible opponent - fate, and, having failed to unravel its hidden patterns, he chooses the only possible solution - exit the game ...