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  • Chess was invented in the 5th century AD in India and spread throughout the world. The uniqueness of this game is that it still covers the minds of everyone - from young to old! Chess combines elements of science and sports. They develop logic, perseverance, attentiveness, analytical thinking and memory.  Checkers is a fun, dynamic and relatively simple game. Every country in the world has it. It is comparatively easier to find a partner here than in chess. Backgammon – one of the oldest known board games. It is known that it came to us from the East. First, you need to master the basic techniques, so that later you can boldly apply various tricks during the game.  Cage length: 4.5 cm. King height: 8.8cm King base diameter: 2.8 cm The length and width of the field when unfolded: 44 X 44 cm. Material: wood Country of origin: China.

    84.48 $
  • Author:
    Galkin

    The book by grandmaster and experienced coach Alexander Galkin is dedicated to the strongest piece on the chessboard – to the queen. Using the example of episodes from games of modern grandmasters (the vast majority of games date back to 2020-2023) and his own grandmaster practice, the author tries to generalize, and in some places even clarify the methodology for understanding and playing queen endings, as well as other types of endgames with the presence of queens ) On the desk. The book presents various ratios of material – “queen against queen”, “queen and minor piece against queen and minor piece”, “queen and rook against queen and rook”, “queen against two rooks”, “queen against rook and pawns”, “ queen against a rook and a minor piece”, “two queens against two queens” – practically the entire spectrum of encountered endgames of this type. The material is structured in such a way that the reader can get maximum benefit from studying the examples of queen endings and its other derivatives offered by the author. The book is aimed at advanced chess players, is useful for coaches and can be recommended to a wide range of chess fans.

    18.33 $
  • 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 $
  • Made in Holland. Chess computer "Centaur" easy to use. You can easily install any language. Using the touch panel  40x40 cm (cell size 48 x 48 mm) you can easily move the figures. The sensors will record strokes. The board has a capacious rechargeable internal battery. The uniqueness of the computer is that it quickly adapts to  your playing strength (from beginner to grandmaster) so that you have the right opponent. Centaur will help you analyze the game so as not to make the same mistakes and improve your chess skill. Please note, computer is not compatible to connect to your PC or online chess. The set includes USB cable and DGT electronic chess pieces . Height of the king is 86mm.  

    1553.60 $
  • Author:
    Bologan

    «The idea of continuing the autobiographical book “Steps” has been in the air almost since the moment it was written. Despite the bullet point at the end of the book in the form of a victory over Magnus Carlsen, my chess career continued for another full 14 years, and the subsequent stormy socio-political career is only gaining momentum.” (V. Bologan).  The book contains 75 games commented in detail and a number of fragments. A frank story about the life and professional path, about cooperation with the leading grandmasters and coaches of the world (among them - A. Karpov, G. Kasparov, Yu. Polgar, Zhu Chen, R. Ponomarev, A. Shirov, A. Morozevich, A. Onischuk, A. Ryazantsev, E. Inarkiev, M. Al-Mudakhka, M. Dvoretsky, M. Podgaets, V. Chebanenko, Z. Lanka and others), about political activities in the Parliament of Moldova and about work in FIDE are complemented by numerous photographs.   For a wide range of chess lovers.

    36.67 $
  • The height of the king is 95 mm, the diameter of the base of the king is 42 mm. Currently used in tournaments of the Central House of Chess Players. The kit is sold without a board.

    47.50 $
  • Author:
    Vysotsky

    20.00 $
  • Author:
    Blokh

    The answer book of an international grandmaster and an experienced coach (among whose students is A. Grischuk) Bloch's Maxim contains over 1200 combinations from practical games and specially compiled examples. All tasks are characterized by intense struggle, in which the goal is achieved by single moves. The book is intended for both young and adult amateurs, and for masters. The arrangement of examples by topic allows you to use the book not only as a task book, but also as a textbook. Of particular interest are over two hundred specially compiled by the author overstressed positions in which white wins the only way during the course of white, and black wins during the course of black. These examples, as well as over 50 fragments from the parties of the author and his students, are published for the first time.

    21.67 $
  • Author:
    Eive

    The corpus of this textbook includes two significant works by the world chess champion, scientist and prominent teacher Max Euwe — "Self‑help chess game", created in collaboration with G. Den-Hertog, and "Chess Lessons". The first work is designed for beginners, the second for more experienced chess players. The book is a real chess tutorial in the true sense of the word. This is expressed not only in the appropriate distribution of the material and the method of presentation, designed to awaken the initiative of the student, but also in numerous practical exercises offered to the reader after explaining each new concept or technique.The textbook primarily attracts the methodology of presentation of the material, the principles of which will be useful for coaches and teachers of chess sections and circles. For a wide range of chess fans.

    25.00 $
  • Author:
    Fine

    In the vast ocean of chess literature there are relatively few books about the endgame, and only a few of them can be considered true chess classics. And the most outstanding among the classics — Reuben Fine's book "Basic Chess Endings". Reuben Fine (1914−1993) was for a long time one of the best chess players in the world. As an author, Fine showed himself to be an excellent analyst who understood the full depth and peculiarities of the endgame. Having studied various types of standard positions, Fine established useful rules for practical play and proved himself to be an experienced teacher who, using skillfully chosen examples, was able to teach the reader all the necessary lessons and introduce him to the basic ideas of the endgame. Many generations of chess players in different countries of the world keep copies of “Basic Chess Endings”. For example, Mikhail Botvinnik considered Fine's work the most worthy of all that had ever been written on endgame theory.

    35.00 $
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    66.67 $

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    The name of chess writer, theorist and historian Jacob Isaevich Neishtadt (1923) is widely known in the chess world. His books have been translated into many languages, and such works as "Chess before Steinitz," "The First World Champion," "Uncrowned Champions," "Sigbert Tarrasch," have long become classics. This book he considers the best of all created by him. It is dedicated to the life and work of Wilhelm Steinitz, the great reformer of chess, the founder of modern strategy. A distinctive feature of this work is & mdash; detailed chess analysis. All the games of the previous edition ("The First World Champion", 1971) were re-commented, over 80 parties and party finishes were added.The determination of the turning points of the struggle, the explanation of the game plans, the modern look at the opening versions make the book an excellent guide for practical improvement.

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    Detailed comments by Khalifman and others, color photographs

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    34.55 $

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    Grandmaster Mark Taimanov is one of the most consistently successful players of the post-war era. A grandmaster since 1952, he twice qualified as a Candidate for the World Championship and his numerous tournament victories include the Soviet Championship in 1956 and the World Veterans' Championship in 1993. Taimanov has made many significant contributions to opening theory and is the author of numerous openings books. In this highly instructive book, translated by Ken Neat, Taimanov presents an annotated selection of the best games from his long and illustrious career. This title contains 60 deeply annotated games and reveals Taimanov's personal approach to chess. The games are grouped by strategical motif to maximize instructional value.

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    20.69 $

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    With this work, the publication of the "semicircle" of Mikhail Tal's creativity is being completed. It included 2664 "serious" and 363 "light" parties (including 280 with its notes), as well as selected interviews, reports, comments, stories about chess and chessplayers.

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    21.67 $

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    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.

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    9.67 $

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    Readers are given yet another book by E. Ushakova. The purpose of this publication is to acquaint a wide circle of readers with a wonderful artist - Galina Ivanovna Satonina, the only chess artist in the whole world and at all times, as well as with other areas of her work

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    33.33 $

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    Readers are given yet another book by E. Ushakova. The purpose of this publication is to acquaint a wide circle of readers with a wonderful artist - Galina Ivanovna Satonina, the only chess artist in the whole world and at all times, as well as with other areas of her work. Book with color illustrations.

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    12.41 $

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    Who among us did not admire the pawn sketch of Reti, where the white king, yearned to be in the corner, suddenly develops a truly sprinting speed on the road to salvation? Who does not know the famous Rethy-Capablanca party from the 1924 New York tournament in which the illustrious Cuban suffered the first in eight years, moreover, a crushing defeat? And what was the beginning? That's right, Rethi's debut! This book is the first serious study of the work of Richard Reti in Russian. Famous English grandmaster and literary writer Golombek followed the whole course of his hero's life, carefully selected and commented on the 70 brightest parties of Reti. The book also includes selected sketches of the famous Czechoslovak grandmaster.

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    37.24 $

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    This book is dedicated to the bright memory of Chelyabinsk grandmaster Igor Kurnosov, who died tragically on August 8, 2013. Igor lived only 28 years, but left a bright mark in chess: he was the champion of Russia among the young men, the winner of the team world championship among the students, in the Tomsk-400 club he won the Russian championship, was the winner and prizewinner of dozens of major international tournaments. In this book written by friends and colleagues of Chelyabinsk grandmaster, there are 50 selected parties of Igor Kurnosov, in which the reader will find beautiful combinational attacks and finely conducted endgames. Igor had several key debuts, but he was known, first of all, as a master of the "Grunfeld attack". Kurnosov was a subtle analyst, and many of his debut ideas are relevant today. The parties of Igor Kurnosov are commented on by grandmasters A. Bezgodov, D. Bocharov, E. Vorobyev, B. Grachev, E. Inarkiev, D. Kokarev, V. Kosyrev, Yu. Kochetkova, D. Kryakvin, E. Lahno, I. Lysy, P Maletin, R. Ovechkin, P. Ponkratov, I. Popov, A. Potapov, A. Ryazantsev, S. Rublevsky, E. Sveshnikov, P. Smirnov, E. Tomashevsky, D. Khismatullin, R. Khusnutdinov, A. Shomoev , R. Shcherbakov, masters A. Bakin, A. Kozyrev, S. Matsenko, J. Prizant, A. Yatsenko.

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    This book contains 50 chess diagrams, each showing a critical position in which a very strong move follows. You can also take part in the interesting chess fights by trying to find the moves in question. The game itself is shown on the page after the diagram. And the chess great whose games you can review is considered by many to be the strongest chess player the world has ever seen.