How to learn to play well Sicilian defense? You can take the debut directories, try to select and remember the options you want. But the sense of such a study debut will be little. The brilliant textbook of a talented grandmaster and coach Yuri Yakovich will teach you how to navigate the wilds of the most complex Sicilian middle game. The first Russian-language edition of this book, which has become a world chess bestseller, contains many interesting, never-before-published debut ideas, analyzes and finds. The textbook is intended for a wide range of qualified chess players and coaches.

The book of F. Wilson, an experienced American chess teacher, offers chess players, who have already mastered the beginnings of the royal game, simple recipes for preparing and conducting victorious attacks. & nbsp; Their number is minimal, and the effect is & ndash; at the level of the game where understanding chess already matters & ndash; will not hesitate. The success of this approach is confirmed by a long teaching experience and a large number of students. For chess players who want to learn how to beat the lovers. Edited by MM V. Bronznik.

In this work, an interested reader can see the Slavic defense as only modern top-level grandmasters see it. In this case, the explanations are given in an accessible form. In the work on the book, I used all my many years of practical and theoretical experience, as well as the strongest game programs to date. For many years I played the most diverse ramifications of this debut for both colors, analyzed it both independently and in collaboration with many famous grandmasters. Now I have decided to give everyone the opportunity to immerse themselves in the grandmaster’s laboratory and see my professional attitude to certain debut ramifications. All noteworthy lines are disassembled in detail. Also, a very large number of new products with the attached analysis. At the same time, many weak and unprincipled, although in some cases having a lot of practice, the moves were given a concise assessment.

To the history of women's chess competitions. Extended and enlarged edition - more than 300 pages.

In the collection of more than 120 commented parties, the work of Petrosian, Bronstein, Kotova, Boleslavsky and others. Overview of the most important competitions of 1948-1952.

Popular essay on the reasons for the success of our players.

The book is devoted to the problem of staginess of such  intellectual sports games, as Chess, Go, Xiangqi, Shogi, Renjue, Checkers and others. In the opinion of the author, it is possible to solve it with the help of the developed by him scenario of the team game, which provides an active discussion throughout the whole game. It results in harmonious combination of high dynamism of the game and sufficient time for effective creativity, which together with the drama of team discussions and the availability of new information ensures the staginess of intellectual competitions. The book is intended for professionals and specialists in the areas mentioned, as well as to wide range of readers interested in intellectual sports games.

Blitz. On your watch a few minutes. You're not Fisher, not Tal and Capablanca. How to overcome the enemy? We offer you the only textbook on blitz.

The legendary St. Petersburg chess player Heinrich Chepukaitis, the "deserved recidivist of the blitz", the multiple champion of Leningrad-Petersburg and Moscow in a lightning game, stood up in the standings sometimes above M. Tal, V. Korknoy and T. Petrosyan. Being one of the strongest blitz players in the world, Henry Mikhaylovich expressed his main idea in chess with one phrase: "It's not necessary to play well, it is necessary that a partner play badly!". You'll find out what you need to do on the hanging flags, how to knock the opponent out of the way, drive him into time trouble and force him to make mistakes. The story of the grandmaster and writer G.Sosonko "Chip" precedes the narrative, the full version of which is published for the first time. Especially this book will be interesting to those wishing to strengthen their game in the "five-minute".

The legendary St. Petersburg chess player Heinrich Chepukaitis, the "deserved recidivist of the blitz", the multiple champion of Leningrad-Petersburg and Moscow in a lightning game, rose in the standings sometimes above M. Tal, V. Korknoy and T. Petrosyan. Being one of the strongest blitz players in the world, Henry Mikhaylovich expressed his main idea in chess with one phrase: "It's not necessary to play well, it is necessary that a partner play badly!". You'll find out what you need to do on the hanging flags, how to knock the opponent out of the way, drive him into time trouble and force him to make mistakes. The story of the grandmaster and writer G.Sosonko "Chip" precedes the narrative, the full version of which is published for the first time. Especially this book will be interesting to those wishing to strengthen their game in the "five-minute".

Often young chess players and their parents ask the question: how to become a grandmaster? The book by Viorel Bologan, the winner of Aeroflot Open and the super tournament in Dortmund, tells about the ways to improve the skills, the difficulties of creative growth and the conquest of the treasured grandmaster peak.

On the chess struggle, logic, meaning of the classics. For highly skilled chess players. At the end of the book - 90 exercises on understanding chess and the ability to analyze. More than 300 pages.