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  • Author:
    Golenishchev

    Like other titles in the Training Program for Chess Players series, this volume is both an excellent textbook for independent study and a powerful training aid for chess coaches. In the view of many experts, no better work of this kind has ever been written. coach and Master of Sport. Golenishchev's programs are still considered. critically important and are successfully employed in chess schools. His teaching methods remain popular in Russia and around the world. Supervised by Editor-in-Chief and former Karpov, this new edition of Golenishchev's classic work is updated to include important games from the recent high-level chess competitions, reflecting modern approaches to the game. OPENING Fragment 1 OPENING Fragment 2

    30.00 $
  • 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:
    Tal

    21.67 $
  • Author:
    Bologan

    The 2nd edition, revised and supplemented, of the popular monograph, which is dedicated to one of the most combat modern debuts – the Old Indian defense. The author meticulously builds the entire defensive line of black (including on the territory of "adjacent" openings, such as the English beginning or the London system), explains standard plans and tactical techniques, offers a number of novelties in current schemes. Carefully selected positions for the solution will help the reader to consolidate the acquired knowledge. The book is addressed to chess players of any level, since the laws of Old Indian are the same for both amateurs and super grandmasters.

    21.67 $
  • 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 $
  • 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 $
  • 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 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:
    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:
    Franco

    The book by grandmaster and experienced chess coach Zenon Franco includes 36 instructive attacking games and is divided into four chapters - the king in the center, one-sided castling, opposite-sided castling, and attack-defense-counterattack. Before each game, the opponents are introduced, and a brief description of the events that took place in it is given. Based on the results of the struggle in the game, lessons that are useful to learn from what has been read are listed in a concise form. The book is not overloaded with variations, the emphasis is on detailed explanations in the "move by move" format, which creates an ideal platform for studying chess. At the "support" points of each game, the reader is offered test questions, which helps both the practical study of key chess techniques and the reliable assimilation of the acquired knowledge. Questions and answers involve the reader in the learning process and help him track the growth of his chess strength. For a wide range of chess fans.

    19.00 $
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Books 1991-2023

  • book

    8.28 $

    RUB

    The book of the eleventh world champion Robert Fisher & la My 60 memorable parties & raquo; knows every self-respecting chess fan. This edition, which you hold in hands, is also & ndash; from start to finish & ndash; written by an ingenious American! It contains articles and comments that are not known to a wide range of readers. In fact, these two books are a kind of complete chess collection of the writings of Robert Fisher. The comments of the great champion of the devil are arguably the most valuable training material and will be of interest to highly qualified chess players and ordinary chess fans.

  • book

    20.69 $

    RUB

    The publication of this book is dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the birth of the honored coach of the USSR, Russia and Georgia, Mark Izrailevich Dvoretsky (1947-2016). The first part of the collection & ndash; memories of students, relatives, friends and colleagues, including world champions. Second & ndash; selected parties Butler with comments grandmasters and masters. The third part tells about sketchwork, which was highly appreciated by the outstanding coach. The final part consists of the last articles and the interview of Mark Dvoretsky. Foreword by Garry Kasparov. For a wide range of chess fans.

  • book

    37.24 $

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    This book tells about the long chess path of the international master of Samuel Markovich Zhukhovitsky (1916 - 2016). He met at the board with the world champions: Capablanca, Smys- lovym, Tal, Petrosyan , Spassky, Karpov, Kramnik. In his asset victory over outstanding grand masters and masters. The book is designed for a wide range of admirers of chess games.

  • book

    41.38 $

    RUB

  • book

    50.00 $

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    One of the strongest Russian chess players - international grandmaster Alexei Dreev, selected and analyzed in detail 100 of his most memorable parties. In addition to purely chess comments, fascinatingly talks about meetings with interesting people who influenced his life, about how his sports career was developing.

  • book

    Four-volume work devoted to the full study of the creativity of the eighth world champion. In total, in four volumes - over 2700 (!!) Tal parties, i.e. absolutely all the serious games played, all of them commented, in the Informator style. Many well-known chess players took part in the work, incl. Kramnik, Khalifman, Sveshnikov and others.

  • book

    6.22 $

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    Collection of all works of "world champion among etudists" (according to S. Tartakover). Compositions with detailed notes. Reprint edition. The quality of printing is higher than that of the original! The original (Riga 1990).

  • book

    11.75 $

    RUB

    The creative heritage of AA Alekhin has and continues to exert a tremendous influence on the formation of many outstanding chess players. In his book, published almost 75 years ago, the fourth world champion with all objectivity and self-criticism tells about the hard way to the chess Olympus, the peak of which was the victory over XR Capablanca in the match for the world championship. In the second part of the book are collected articles, letters and parties of both Alekhine himself and his contemporaries relating to the same period. For a wide range of chess players.

  • book

    The book contains all 734 parties of A.Rubinstein. The Intershah system. Some parties for the first time contain annotations, some - updated annotations. Introductory articles of such famous grandmasters as Boris Gelfand and Yuri Razuvaev. Part of the games with comments by Gelfand, Khalifman, Chekhov, and others.

  • book

    16.55 $

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    The book is an interesting autobiographical material about a hundred of the best chess players of the XX century. Stories about the masters of chess sport are arranged in chronological order ...

  • book

    17.27 $

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    You have an exciting story about the legendary chess battle in Reykjavik (1972) between Soviet champion Boris Spassky and American challenger Bobby Fischer, the epic confrontation of the Cold War era and the most famous chess match of the twentieth century. Relying on previously unknown documents and personal conversations with the main actors of those events, the authors - famous British journalists John Aydinau and David Edmonds - managed to create a real thriller on the chess theme!

  • book

    14.48 $

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    For Viktor Korchnoi, the main "villain" of modern chess, play and life are inseparable from each other. Behind the board and outside it is a famous chess player, a long-term challenger for the crown does not recognize compromises and always remains sincere in his assessments of both chess options and people. The reader is given a unique opportunity to look into the home laboratory of an outstanding grandmaster-analyst, as well as to find out what he was thinking, in the power of which bright ideas or errors he was in the game. "My 55 Black Wins" is the second part of the two-volume edition of the elected parties of V. Korchnoi. The book is adverted to a wide circle of chess fans.