This version of the Sicilian defense, first applied by the Russian master Veniamin Sozin in the USSR Championship of 1929, was a brilliant weapon in the handling of the legendary world champion Robert Fisher. He was in the debut repertoire of Garry Kasparov and Veselin Topalov. Recently, this option is widely used in modern practice. The systematized theory of the Sozin-Fisher attack is first published in Russia.

A manual for training and self-testing combinational abilities of a chess player. 400 combinations

The book is devoted to the most popular intellectual game & mdash; chess. It discusses the basics of playing chess, and also describes a special "chess" & raquo; terminology. On examples of famous parties, readers will get acquainted with the most important tactical combinations from the arsenal of leading grandmasters. The author of the book, himself an experienced chess player, will explain to readers the rules of developing figures, seizing the initiative and gaining a material advantage. Each phase of the game & mdash; debut, middlegame and endgame & mdash; considered separately, and identified the main objectives that need to be achieved for victory in the party.

The classic textbook of the chess master and well-known journalist V.L. Henkin, renamed "1000 Matte Combinations" in the new century, comes out under its original name and again - with the Preface of Michael Tal, with the kind permission of the daughter of the eighth world champion Jeanne Tal. For the new edition, all positions were computer-tested; in general, they with honor passed the test of "time and machine", although some illustrative options were adjusted. Well-chosen examples show typical methods of attacking the king, they are taught to find combinations in the most innocuous positions. All the standard schemes of attack were seriously systematized. The book written in a living language is designed for the widest layers of chess fans. It can serve as a teaching aid for school-age children, but it will also be of interest to adults.

Second edition! A book for the initial study of chess art - an outstanding achievement of the human mind. Explains the rules and purpose of the game, the features of chess pieces and their interaction, the different types of advantages and methods for achieving it. The book consists of 10 chapters. In most of them, after theoretical positions and illustrative games, exercises (tasks for self-decision) and answers with explanations are given. The training material relies mainly on parties - masterpieces of the world chess with adapted comments for children. For optional study of the subject "Chess" in primary schools of general schools, initial chess groups of the Palaces of children's creativity and children's and youth sports schools. The book can be used by chess teachers as a teaching tool. Printing in two colors. Block-sticking colored photos on coated paper.

The vast majority of debut guides are written with an adult reader in mind. This book is also devoted to the theory of openings, but it will also be understandable to children. The structure of the book is simple and beautiful: openings are examined using real games as examples, each of which is presented in the form of a lesson with its own name. Several such lessons form a debut topic, and each topic ends with exercises.. In each opening, attention is paid to its characteristic tactical and strategic ideas, and the selection of combinations for independent solution strictly corresponds to the theme of the opening. Written in clear, easy-to-follow language, the book includes many diagrams. Explanatory arrows on diagrams and background highlighting of individual pages make the book easier to understand. Regular work with the book (subject to completion of assignments) solves two problems at once: it deepens the student’s knowledge and develops his tactical vision, and therefore improves skill and results. For a wide range of chess lovers.

At the very beginning of our acquaintance with chess, we realize how much depends on the first moves. Already in the early stages of the game, both players have a huge number of opportunities - the head is spinning! How not to go astray to an inexperienced chess player, how not to get stranded when leaving the native harbor, on which lighthouses to stay on? All these and many other questions are answered by the book that you hold in your hands. Your companions - the multiple world champion Anatoly Karpov and the grand master, the author of more than 40 books, Nikolay Kalinichenko - will always point the right way. For children of middle and senior school age.

A book for reading parents with children.

The workbook of the international grandmaster and experienced coach (among whose students is A. Grischuk) Maxim Bloch contains over 1200 combinations from practical games and specially compiled examples. All tasks are characterized by intense struggle, in which the goal is achieved with only one move. The book is intended for both young and adult amateurs and masters. The arrangement of examples by topic allows you to use the book not only as a problem book, but also as a textbook. Of particular interest are over two hundred super-tense positions specially compiled by the author, in which when White moves, White wins the only way, and when Black moves – black. These examples, as well as over 50 fragments from the games of the author and his students, are published for the first time.