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  • 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:
    Kostrov

    Hundreds of thousands of novice chess players have held in their hands the solution books of “1000 chess problems” for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd years of study. These collections became winners of the “Chess Vseobuch of Russia” competition. We decided to combine our three books into one so that the future grandmaster would have more opportunities for improvement and choice of material. It will also be easier for students and coaches to regulate the speed of the material. In the first parts of our book, novice chess players will get acquainted with all possible types of checkmates. Then, future grandmasters will learn to deliver magnificent double blows with a queen and a knight, promote a pawn to a queen. Studying according to this solution book, you will also master the pin, learn to cover yourself from the enemy's pieces, block the enemy's forces, destroy the most reliable fortresses, distract and entice his royal majesty and much more. Work with the book as with a textbook, and do not forget to write down the solutions under each diagram! The correct solutions are at the end of the book. For the widest range of chess fans.

    15.75 $
  • Author:
    Galkin

    16.67 $
  • Author:
    Kalinichenko

    The vast majority of opening guides are written for adult readers. This book is also devoted to the theory but it is junior. The structure of the book is simple and attractive: openings are examined using examples from actual games, each of which is presented in the form of a lesson with its own name. Several such lessons form an opening theme, and the examination of each theme concludes with exercises. In each opening, attention is drawn to its characteristic tactical and strategic ideas of combinations for independent solution strictly corresponds to the opening theme. Written in clear and easy language, the book is furnished with a large number of diagrams. Colored explanatory arrows on the diagrams and the selection of individual pages with a colored background make the book easier to understand. Regular work solve two problems: deepen the student's knowledge and develop his tactical vision, thus improving his skill and results.

    28.80 $
  • 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:
    Bezgodov

    The youngest first–grader in the USSR, the world champion among young men, a participant in the candidates tournament at the age of 19 - Boris Spassky's rise was rapid. And then fate gave the brilliant chess player a test of strength: he stumbled twice at the decisive moment and remained beyond the threshold of interzonal tournaments ... Only ten years after his first great success, Spassky managed to pass all the qualifying tests and earn the right to a match for the crown, but he failed to defeat the Iron Tigran Petrosian the first time. It took three more years of super–efforts: by Sisyphus he rose again to the foot of Olympus and did not miss a second chance - in 1969 he became the Tenth king of chess! An essay about the life of Boris Vasilyevich and his sporting path full of ups and downs was written by Dmitry Oleynikov, Candidate of Historical Sciences, curator of the Chess Museum of the Chess Federation of Russia. 70 beautiful and instructive games of Spassky were commented on by the champion of Russia in 1993, the famous author and theorist grandmaster Alexey Bezgodov, as well as grandmaster Dmitry Kryakvin and FIDE master Steve Giddins. The preface was written by the 14th world champion Vladimir Kramnik. For a wide range of chess fans.

    21.67 $
  • Author:
    Bologan

    The Caro-Kann defense is one of the most popular modern openings, which is firmly included in the repertoire of most elite chess players. The author of the book, a well-known grandmaster and theorist, offers a full repertoire for black in response to 1.e4, explains in detail the main strategic ideas of each option and gives the exact order of moves, offers a number of novelties in current schemes. In each chapter, alternative plans for black are considered, so that the reader can make a choice according to his taste, and it was more difficult for the opponent to prepare. Much attention in the monograph is paid to correspondence games in which players use all the achievements of modern technology. All analyses during the work on the manuscript are checked on powerful computers. Carefully selected positions for the solution will help the reader to consolidate the acquired knowledge. The 2nd edition supplements the section with the 10 most interesting current parties. The book is addressed to chess players of any level – from amateurs to professionals.  

    21.67 $
  • Author:
    Bogdanovich

    50.00 $
  • Magnetic road chess: folding board-case made of artificial leather, tablet-figures with a convex image. Wallet size 19x22 cm. The playing field is 15.5 x 15.5 cm. Cell 2x2 cm.

    51.72 $
  • The size of the board when folded is 46x23x5 cm. The size of the board when unfolded is 35x35 cm. Cage size is 4.6x4.6 cm  The height of the king is 10 cm. The diameter of the base is 3 cm. Pawn height 5.5 cm. Base diameter 2.8 cm. Weight 1380 g. ART 123 Manufacturer Poland

    183.15 $
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    International Grandmaster Ivan Sokolov is a champion of Yugoslavia, a two-time champion of the Netherlands, having in his credit victories over G.Kasparov, V.Kramnik, V.Anand. This book is devoted to one of the most important questions of improving the chess player & mdash; the study of typical positions and methods of playing in the middlegame. This problem has for the first time been subjected to such thorough and profound research in the chess literature. Detailed analyzes of chess games by top-level players with clear explanations will allow players wishing to improve their results to sharply increase in the middlegame. You will be able to understand which positions are right for you in style, to acquire the & laquo; practical & raquo; understanding debuts and learn the right approaches to the main problems of the middle of the game, such as & ndash; space, dynamics, initiative. Foreword by international grandmaster Michael Adams. For a wide range of chess fans.

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    A strong chess player needs to be, among other things, skillful tactician. An outstanding grandmaster and experienced Leo Psakhis is one of the largest specialists in this area. In this book you will find many bright attacks and exciting combinations. Detailed comments neighbors in the book of Psachus with simple, but wise prak- advice. Easy and elegant style of presentation - A pleasant bonus to the reader. All fights are grouped into from a played debut or pawn structure. In each department there are examples for self- solution, so that the reader will fully experience its involvement in the process. Lev Psakhis twice won the USSR championship before moving to Israel, where he also twice was a national champion. AT his coaching career the author has worked with many well-known players, including Garry Kasparov and the sisters Polgar.

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    One of the best books in the history of chess literature is first published in Russian.  Almost any book in English, which touches upon questions of attack in chess, does not do without mentioning or even citing this masterpiece. Both professionals and amateurs especially note the excellent organization of the material and the exhaustive depth of disclosure of the stated topics. Someone even forced this book to completely change the view of chess: purely positional players, who did not know how to attack at all, turned into convinced adherents of the attacking style.  Let the merits of this book become your merits in the game.  For a wide range of chess fans.

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    Authors & mdash; the famous Spanish grand master Alfonso Romero and the experienced master and trainer Amador Gonzalez de la Nava offer the reader a fascinating workshop on chess strategy. In each of the 90 tests, there are several possible game plans for the forthcoming middlegame. Prochtudirovan examples, you greatly enhance the strength of your game, learning to find the right plans in typical positions. All examples are taken from closed sources and mainly from the parties of virtuosos of the strategic game. Foreword of former world champion Veselin Topalov.

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    We hope that the reader appreciated the first volume of the chess strategy workshop of Spanish authors & ndash; Gros- smeister Alfonso Romero and master and coach Amador Gonzales de la Nava, dedicated to closed debuts. Now before you is the second volume, covering open and half-open debuts. In each of the 64 tests, there are several possible game plans for the forthcoming middlegame. Prochtudivavav examples, you greatly enhance the strength of your game, learning to find the right plans in typical positions. All the examples are taken mainly from the games of great masters of the strategic game.

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    The book is a kind of textbook in which the author, a well-known grandmaster, in a test form offers to answer questions related to assessing the position and calculating options. The results are summed up after each game. And it does not matter if you earned a few points - ahead is the next task, at the end of which it may turn out that you are the second Shirov or Korchnoi!

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    In addition to research on the title in the title, the book contains detailed practical recommendations for participating in competitions.

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    Three-volume grandmaster, Jakob Ogard - a fundamental textbook on the most vivid and interesting phase of the chess game - the attack. Most books about the attack teach only what to do when it has already begun. They mainly talk about the victims. This book, too, does not bypass the victim, but apart from this, it explores in detail a more mysterious, little-open topic: it examines in detail the question of how an attack occurs. The first volume is devoted to the dynamic laws of position, the origins of all attacks. Each chapter is preceded by tasks for independent decision, some of them are also recommended to be played against a computer program. The book uses a lot of recent games, and parties are not known to the Russian-speaking reader. Jacob Ogard is not only a grandmaster and teacher, but also a born writer, a lush language and an exciting presentation of the material is an important part of his books. For a wide range of chess fans.

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    The monograph is devoted to the study of the problem of the intellectual development of younger schoolchildren. The theoretical propositions of psychological and pedagogical conditions that contribute to the intellectual development and formation of the personality of younger schoolchildren in the process of their learning a chess game with the use of computer technologies for processing information are formulated on the basis of the author's methodology of developing the teaching of the chess game. And also the results of pedagogical experiments that justify the hypothesis put forward in the study are presented.

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    On the example of parties from the classical heritage and modern tournament practice in the manual of physical culture gives a general idea of ​​the strategic ideas of the game in rook endings. The work presents the basics of lecture material, methodical and seminar classes for this type of endgame. The manual is recommended for students, teachers, graduate students and masters of universities.

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    Outstanding chess player (and no less outstanding pianist) Mark Taimanov played more than 4000 games for his more than half a century career. In his inherent manner, combining an exquisite syllable, erudition and artistry, he will tell about his 60 most memorable fights. Being a versatile gifted person, Taimanov at the blackboard also demonstrated masterly mastery of all the components of chess mastery. Brilliant combinational attacks, fine positional maneuvering, honed - in the collection there will be masterpieces for every taste. The author's division into chapters on thematic features makes the book not only a fascinating reading, but also an excellent teaching aid.

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    The textbook that you hold in your hands, the author prepared a long and careful Therefore, selecting the most methodically valuable, instructive and positions. Chess puzzles from this book will help you develop your imagination, positional flair and assess the level of its combination of talents. "The author of the book, international master Michal Konopka, not only a strong practical player, but also a highly qualified coach, writes in the foreword one of the world's strongest grandmasters David Navara. Pan Michal believes that the greatest reserve in improving chess player is not only built up in the accumulation of knowledge, but in the development of own thinking and fantasy. Any qualified player and coach will get a lot of fun and benefit from perfectly matched material. Instead of repeating capital truths, the author surprise the reader with a scattering of original finds!