This original chess textbook is designed to develop the reader's strategic skills and, thus, increase his understanding of chess. The purpose of this book is to expand the chess "lexicon", to increase the number of standard strategic means of fighting, to make the player's thinking more productive. The collection consists of positions, in each of which the reader should choose a continuation, relying not so much on calculating options as on assessing the situation. The deepening of positional understanding is given in parallel with the development of art combining and the ability to take into account all the tactical features of the position. For a wide range of chess fans.

The textbooks of the outstanding coach of Grandmaster Alexander Panchenko are based on the materials of lectures that he read at the classes of the all-Russian school he headed, which brought up dozens of chess players of extra class. The theoretical sections touch upon a circle of important and complex, still insufficiently studied topics, and the set of exercises is as close as possible to the conditions of the tournament struggle and allows students to improve the skills necessary to succeed in modern chess. When working on the second edition of the theory and practice of middlegame & raquo; one of the best pupils of Panchenko's school, Grandmaster Artem Timofeev introduced necessary corrections and additions, and also prepared a new chapter written by the teacher about the attack.

"Chess for friends" is the first in our country children's chess textbook with stickers. Addressing the young readers and their parents, the 14th World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik said in the Preface: "Walking along colorful pages with a cheerful puppy (the hero of the book), you will not even notice how quickly and easily master the basic chess rules. I hope that chess will become a favorite game for your whole family. " A fully colored book of a large format (64 pages, laminated cover, 2 pages with stickers) contains a variety of tasks: coloring, tests, chess problems. With the help of this textbook your child will master all the rules of chess: learn the moves of the figures and learn how to put the mat. "Chess for friends" will be a good gift for a young chess player for the New Year. Soft binding, 64 sec., Large format 21 x 29, Cheboksary 2009.

LEARN CHESS with the Very Big Dragon Marty! By this entertaining book, a child can easily and quickly learn to play chess & ndash; The most popular strategic game in the world, which develops logical thinking. The rules are explained clearly and clearly, step by step, with & laquo; zero & raquo ;. The lessons reinforce the cheerful conversations led by the boy Petya and his favorite dragon Marti, who calls himself the Very Great Dragon. In many countries chess is recognized as a useful tool for developing creative thinking in children. Although they are considered a complex and even mysterious game, its rules are quite simple. It does not take long to understand how figures move, and even a child of five years is able to receive the joy of chess. And children really like to play with friends and relatives! Increased format (210h290 mm). Table of Contents Trailer

Includes color illustrations. Before you are a manual that will help you to consolidate knowledge of the basic chess rules. A large number of exercises on the moves of the figures and the check will avoid the wrong moves in the game. Solving problems on the mat in 1 move, double blow and a bunch will tell you such combinations in lots, which will bring you beautiful victories! The author is Dorofeeva Anna Gennadievna, international master, European champion among girls, double champion of Moscow among women, teacher in chess. Good luck!

The book is intended to help chess players of mass ranks to understand the game deeper, to be imbued with its logic and beauty. The reader will learn the principles of playing the debut, get acquainted with the basic tactical techniques in the middlegame and penetrate deeper into the secrets of the endgame. The author lived a short life, but managed to become one of the strongest grandmasters of the country, dividing the first-second place in the 36th USSR Championship with L. Polugaevsky. We hope, our book will not let you be bored and will open new horizons in understanding your favorite game!

The book of the famous Dutch grandmaster, long-time contender for the world chess crown of Ian Timman, on the example of the struggle of light figures will help you improve the overall strategic understanding.

The mentor of the leading Russian chess players, Grandmasters Tatyana and Nadezhda Kosintsev, Honored Coach of Russia Vladimir Popov is well acquainted with the elements of strategy and tactics of chess, which cause difficulties for young players. In his textbook describes a method that has passed a successful test in the classroom with the sisters. Specially selected practical examples allow us to uncover common mistakes and outline ways to overcome them. The test tasks offered at the end of each chapter will help the reader understand in which direction he should improve. The book will be useful both for the young talents themselves, and for their coaches.

The famous Danish grandmaster and theorist Lars Bo Khan- sen offers to get acquainted with the greatest shah- matists - from the Romantic era to our days, - including Magnus Carlsen. The author tells about chess kings and the main contenders for this title as the most outstanding expressors of ideas that determined the development of chess thought in their era. The study of classical samples at such an angle vision allows us to recognize the underlying motives and principles of the game and in extremely complicated for the last decade struggle of modern grandmasters. Like approach will help the reader to significantly improve the strategic understanding and raising the level of their game. For a wide range of chess fans.

The book of the deserved trainer of Russia, grandmaster Alek- Sandra Kalinina is devoted to the questions of perfection. Tracing the formation of a chess player from beginner to level of the master, the author, based on personal experience, different training methods, warns about possible mistakes in this way. The overwhelming majority The book materials have not been published anywhere before and will be seen light start. In our time, the oversaturated computer- training sessions, the appearance of a book telling on the methods of improvement from the "human" point of view, undoubtedly, will be of interest for coaches and amateurs chess at all levels. Among the author's pupils is the triple Olympic pionka, two-time champion of Europe and Russia, champion- World and European blitz of Valentin Gunin; Olympic champion Olga Girya and many others.

For a long time grandmaster Vyacheslav Ehingorn was one him from the legislators of the world debut chess fashion. AT During his career, he demonstrated many ideas, and some of the continuations that he has introduced, and now The main lines, as, for example, the system Lb1 in defense of Grünfeld. In this original textbook, the author reveals secrets debut preparation, tells how to find a no- Winky, it would seem, from scratch, and explains how the reader can do the same. Among the topics he raised, such fascinating and important, as experiments in the debut, violated the equilibrium, strategic planning, universal debut positions ... Separately, you can note the magnificent The language in which the book is written, easy to read, with well-defined aphorisms