Tom & quot; Sport & quot; series & quot; Encyclopedia for children & quot; - The first attempt in the Russian literature encyclopedic publication, which in a lively and fascinating form tells the story of sports. The first section is devoted to its history, first of all - the Olympic Games. The second covers more than 50 of the most popular sports. It tells about their history, competition rules, tournaments and championships. Given the biographies of outstanding athletes and coaches. The third section deals with the place of sports in society, its relations with physical education, science, medicine, politics, business, etc. The articles are written by famous scientists and sports journalists, and some authors themselves have recently shone on sports arenas. The book is richly illustrated and contains about a thousand drawings and photographs. & Nbsp; Tom will be of interest primarily to schoolchildren, but also to adults who care about the world of sport. The book can be used as a textbook in high school - in physical education classes, history. There is a large chess section. & nbsp;

The author, V.A. Ivonin, has a lot to share with readers: he has a long life, work for a large sports worker, the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, the World and European Championships, the largest international chess competitions, in over a decade, including world championship matches in which he participated as one of the organizers.

The connections and correspondences of the Harmony of the energy field structures of the Universe - Space - the planet Earth - a person with the world of complex DIVINE chess (magic Durer and Franklin squares, energy field structures of DNA and Man, the Mayan Galactic module) are revealed, formulate a number of new hypotheses. For the first time, the name of the Father of Chess - Chiquity Arlic Vomalites - the ruler of Atlantis is called. The book is designed for the reader seeking the Truth. Dedicated to the Genius of Russia E.P. Blavatsky.

The plot of this book & ndash; not just a romantic fiction of the author, but also an attempt at a historical study of one of the most delightful hoaxes of the Enlightenment, so rich in all sorts of inventions. 250 years ago, the outstanding inventor Wolfgang von Kempelen designed a mechanical chess player, the great-great-grandfather of modern chess computers. The Kempelen submachine gun toured extensively throughout Europe from Vienna to Paris and London, beating up nobles and even crowned heads - ndash; Frederick the Great and Napoleon. Attempts to penetrate the automaton’s secret have been made repeatedly, often by the most insidious methods that endangered the life of Kempelen and his companions ... Viktor L. Henkin (1923-2010), a chess master, a journalist and a writer, worked on a novel for about a quarter of a century, trying to recreate as precisely as possible the atmosphere of a distant 18th century. Striving for perfection, he rewrote many times and rewrote ready-made chapters and did not manage to finish his novel. The work was completed by his wife, Tatyana Gubarkova, with whom Victor Khenkin always shared his creative ideas, and discussed in detail the plot lines. For lovers of history, chess and adventure literature.

Biography, the best games with comments, photos, a table of the tournament and match results of the youngest world champion in chess history.

Yevgeny Gik published many books devoted to two related topics - "Mathematics on a chessboard" and "Computer chess". In this voluminous volume, he sums up his years of research in both directions. A kind of chess-mathematical "Bible" will be interesting both to chess fans, and lovers of mathematics (serious and entertaining) and computers.

(art k311-2) In this book you will encounter geometric problems of three different types: placement, cutting and joining. True, this should be done using not scissors and glue, but imagination and logic! Each type of puzzle comes with a step-by-step explanation of the solution, so even beginners can quickly learn this fun and useful way to spend time. The tasks are arranged in increasing order of difficulty. And for the most persistent and advanced readers, puzzles of increased difficulty are given at the end of the book!

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.

In English.

Color photos and cartoons, gift edition

The unit is in excellent condition, the cover is shabby. The book in an entertaining way tells about the extraordinary travels of the "inventor of chess" by the Marquis de la Tante. Storms, shipwrecks, attacks by pirates, a Hindu fakir, a prison, a talking dog, an uninhabited island, a miraculous rescue, the king’s cunning ... What is it that is not here! The original little pockets are made by a young artist Julia Krasnova. The book will be of interest not only to young readers, but also to all chess lovers. The authors dedicate a book to the memory of a friend of chess composer Leopold Mitrofanov. Color illustrations.