The first Russian world champion Alexander Alekhin went down in history not only as a winner of many tournaments and matches and the creator of hundreds of masterpieces of chess creativity. He is also rightfully considered one of the most outstanding analysts of all time. Alekhine's comments are distinguished by depth and objectivity, a clear statement of the prisoners in the position of ideas. In this edition, for the first time, ALL of Alekhine's parties are collected with author's notes. Many of them can now be found only in old journals, some of which have not been previously published in Russian. The editorial notes take into account the achievements of modern computer analysis.

There are a lot of secrets in chess, the possession of which distinguishes a virtuoso from an amateur. One of such secrets is the ability to play positions with multi-colored (or, in other words, (exclusive) elephants.In front of you is the first book devoted entirely to "multi-colored elephants" and tactical techniques allowing to win a crushing victory in a "different color." The author of the book, the international grandmaster and well-known chess analyst, for many years he studied the problem, analyzing the parties and approaches of the world's largest experts.When reading this book, you will take a serious step towards the chess Olympus.

The book of the outstanding Soviet grandmaster A. Kotov is devoted to the general theory of middlegame. This work highlights such issues as positional play, combinatory flair, calculation of options, transition to the endgame, tournament mode. Each chapter is accompanied by examples from the practice of outstanding chess players in the world.

The debut monograph (Intershah, tabular form as in the ESD, the usual language is not used).

& quot; Book of a beginner chess player & quot; Belongs to the pen of the two-time champion of the USSR, international grandmaster Grigory Yakovlevich Levenfish, one of the world's largest experts in the theory of debut and endgame. It was from this book that many masters and grandmasters studied, and it was she who became an excellent tool for trainers who teach chess in clubs, clubs and Pioneer Palaces. The book is written in clear and rich language; This is a great guide for beginners and skilled chess players.

Reprint of the English edition

The book is about one typical way of reviving the game - a pawn sacrifice on a tactically weak field. In thirteen chapters, the author considers not only tactical, but also strategic and psychological techniques and methods related to the sacrifice of pawns. An exceptionally useful book for coaches, as well as for self-improvement.

Many outstanding chess players studied on this edition. The book contains initial information about the chess game, the doctrine of debuts. Special chapters are devoted to combination, positional struggle, problems of chess aesthetics. The final section is made up of the parties commented on by the author.

"Self-teacher of the chess game" by Emmanuel Shiffers - a classic of chess literature. The chapters on the methodological approach to teaching have great pedagogical value, and the plans for solving some problems in this textbook coincide with the algorithm developed for computers in our days! Unfortunately, the book has long become a bibliographic rarity, but for practicing chess players, it is rather an advantage in the fight against rivals. The book will be useful to young chess players, who only create their own foundation for creativity, and "experienced fighters", who modern views will allow us to estimate ideas in the classical work ahead of time.

The price include postage and packing. What is new about the present book is that it only examines an exact position. Such positions form the skeleton of all works on the endgame already published, but no one of these authors is able to resist the temptation to proceed further, from the simple to the complicated. So they deal with problematic positions, where what is required of a player is not only exact knowledge, but also stamina, fighting, spirit, will–to–win and so on. Thus you have here a collection of the 600 most standard (exact) endgame positions. Fragment 1 Fragment 2

The second and final book in the series `` Underestimating the opponent's counterplay '' is offered to the readers' attention. This time it is dedicated to the middlegame. The authors selected 111 training examples from the games of modern grandmasters played exclusively in 2019. According to statistics, most games end in the middlegame. Therefore, it is extremely important to be able to play well this particular stage of the chess game. The authors tried to systematize the material in this way, breaking it down into appropriate chapters so that the work on the book would give the most productive result, new knowledge would appear and professional skills were developed to correctly play the middlegame. The book is intended for coaches, ranked chess players and a wide range of chess amateurs.