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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!