This book is about the side of the chess game that remains in the shadow of the champions' crowns and the brilliance of complex chess combinations. This book is about the history, philosophy, spiritual and aesthetic beauty of the ancient game. Chess in it appear as a teacher of life, a mentor in choosing the optimal life strategy. About how chess with the help of sophisticated historically verified designs in the form of art.For fans of history, chess players and chess collectors. Color photos on coated paper.

In two different covers For the first time in the popular scientific form, the idea of ​​medical and psychological control in chess is justified. Adaptation and disadaptation reactions of chessplayers and vascular disorders are described - their professional pathology. And other chess problems are considered from the medical-psychological point of view. The book of Professor N.P. Vaisman is addressed not only to doctors, psychologists, trainers and chess teachers, but also to a wide circle of fans.

Official publication, coated paper, color printing, coordinates of all chess federations of the world, FIDE structures, officials.

Because of the war, only this first volume was published. The principle of submitting the material was subsequently used by the Yugoslavian ESR. Debuts beginning with the moves 1. e2-e4 e7-e5 are considered. Usually they are called open. Contents: Spanish party, Debut of three horses, Debut of four horses, Scottish party, Italian party, Gambit Evans, Hungarian party, Debut of two horses, Pontsiani's debut, Russian party, Philodor's defense, Latvian gambit, Wrong defenses at 2. Kg1-f3, Alapin's debut, the Vienna party, the debut of the elephant, the Northern gambit, the central gambit and central debut, the Royal gambit horse, the Royal Elephant gambit and rare gambit systems, the Rejected Royal Gambit.

in 5 volumes (the price for a set of five volumes). The reprint of the first periodical chess edition of Russia, published by Count Kushelev-Bezborodko ("Chess Leaflet", edited by Mikhailov, 1859 - 1863). . A complete set of all 5-year sets in hard bindings with gold embossing. Printed in the Czech Republic on high-quality white paper.

After the war, the annuals were published in Moscow from 1946 to 1962, inclusive. These voluminous publications contained materials on the largest international and domestic competitions sponsored by all the leading chess players of the USSR, as well as theoretical articles on all stages of the chess game and reviews on the composition.

One of the most attractive aspects of the chess game is the amazing beauty of her ideas, combinations, victims ... In the present book of the candidate of historical sciences I. M. Linder, the aesthetics of chess is considered broadly. An attempt was made to reveal the origins of the beautiful in chess on many examples, taken mainly from modern practice, the essays on all chess pieces, the centuries-old evolution of views on the ideal of beauty in the chess game. At the request of the author, many outstanding chess players expressed their opinion on the issues raised, and their answers are published for the first time.

A very short time passed and one more "business card", on which our young state is recognized, was the phrase "Kramatorsk chess school". It was in Kramatorsk that the youngest FIDE world champion Ruslan Ponomarev was brought up and a whole galaxy of young grandmasters, talented chess players - current and future champions. About how Kramatorsk became the forge of chess geniuses, is told in this book. The book is supplied with color photographs.

The history of billiards in Russia has more than 300 years. It is gratifying that billiards became a full-fledged sport at the turn of the century. Not surprisingly, the ranks of billiard lovers are increasing year by year. Billiards is an amazing game, intellectual like chess. Balls on billiards are the same chess pieces, with the only difference being that they will `walk` the way you want. And for this you need some knowledge. This book is far from a textbook, but it can teach elementary rules and the basics of billiard technique.

The names of Anatoly Karpov and Eugene Gik are well known outside the chess world. Their pen belongs to many books, repeatedly reprinted and translated into two dozen languages. Now the authors offer the reader a rather unusual work in which almost all chess themes and genres are connected under one binder. This multifaceted and rich book, consisting of 25 conversations, can be regarded both as an original textbook and as a collection of stories about chess - serious and funny, and as a popular publication for everyone who enjoys playing - from simple lovers to masters. Each reader will find in it something interesting and useful for themselves. Indeed, all about chess!

In the book of the writer and chess master E. Gik, funny chess stories are collected: essays, anecdotes and tales.