The book of the 12th world champion Anatoly Karpov essentially sums up his thirty-year creative path. It included the 100 best games won by the author in the period from 1969 to 1999, from the moment he received the title of world champion in chess among boys to the end of the now past of the 20th century. The book contains a large number of diagrams that allow chess fans to follow how the game developed without even losing it on the board. The publication is addressed to everyone who is interested in the game - and professionals, and lovers, and those who are just beginning to comprehend this wonderful and wonderful world of chess.

The current world champion Vichy Anand is the only one in history who won the highest title in competitions with three different formats: the knockout system (2000), the round-robin tournament (2007) and the match (2008). For two decades, the Indian magician has become part of the grandmaster elite, and his bright, original parties filled with original ideas arouse the admiration of millions of chess fans. Collection of the best parties Anand with his own profound and witty comments by right became a bestseller in the West, and, finally, it becomes available to the Russian reader!

Among the "celestials" - world champions - Tigran Petrosyan occupies a special place: it was he who managed to close the 15-year- the new era of Mikhail Botvinnik. The stability of force is striking. play Petrosian throughout his career - he thrice played matches for the world championship (and in the applicant's cycles of non- changed for three decades!), four times was the champion of the USSR, 9 times - the Olympic champion ... Tigran Vartanovich is rightly considered to be the most difficult an impoverished player in the history of chess, flawlessly owned technique of warning of threats of the contender already in an embryo. In the proposed book about 2/3 of the parties commented on the Petrosyan himself, and the rest - mostly known grandmasters. Many fights are educational character. Therefore, chess players who want to increase their sports level, it is very important to study the work of the 9th world champion, who created a lot of positional and combinational masterpieces. The book passed computer testing "by Kasparov." For a wide range of chess fans.

The outstanding grandmaster of modern times Levon Aronian has for many years kept the second line in the world rating list with ELO more than 2800! Let's try to follow along with the author, the famous grandmaster, the way from the first children's victories of Levon to today's peaks. Having studied the detailed and qualitatively commented in the book of the party, you will necessarily go to a new level of understanding chess, learn many new ideas and strengthen your game.

In the early 2000s, the world chess sky is rapidly Hikaru Nakamura's star has risen. A Japanese American Dénia was divided into “super-faces” with players of any qualification, gradually becoming the strongest among the fastest - or the fastest among the strong - a chess player. Later, success came to Nakamura in “big chess”. is he got rid of flaws like some superficiality and love to bluff, mastered the subtleties of the positional game, but kept constant militancy and charge to win when meeting with any adversary. At the end of 2015, his ELO rating reached space 2816 units. The author (grandmaster and renowned writer) explores the creative the way and the chess growth of the self-taught genius, comments in detail on 75 bright fights american. For a wide range of chess lovers.

The new book of the famous chess journalist, master, international arbiter and Russia is first of all the memories of a man who worked for many years in the Chess Department of the USSR Sports Committee and the USSR Chess Federation. Before his eyes passed the chess life of the country and he was a direct participant in this life.

In the fifth book of the series, the Petersburg grandmaster Alexander Khalifman tells readers about rare answers that Black can apply after 1.e4. With the exception of Alekhin’s defense, the remaining debuts in this book are practically not used by the world's leading chess players. Nevertheless, the author devoted quite a lot of analysis to these principles, which were not entirely correct from the point of view of modern theory. After all, a practitioner chess player must be prepared for even the most unexpected opening "surprises" of an opponent.

In the sixth book, Petersburg Grandmaster Alexander Khalifman tells readers how to fight against the French defense. After 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5, he recommends the most principled move as the struggle for the opening odds - 3. Кс3. Further, such answers of Black as 3 ... Kc6, 3 ... de and 3 ... Kf6 are dealt with in detail.

In the seventh book of the series, Petersburg GM Alexander Khalifman continues his story about how to fight against the French defense. After 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Kc3 Black’s most popular answer is analyzed in detail - 3 ... Cb4.

In the eleventh volume, Petersburg Grandmaster Alexander Khalifman talks about the Dragon variant in the Sicilian defense. As always, the author offers a number of new ideas, thanks to which white players can count on getting an advantage.

In the fourth book of the series, St. Petersburg grandmaster Alexander Khalifman shows readers how to get a white advantage in debut schemes starting with moves 1.e4 d6 and 1.e4 g6. The author examines in detail the ideas and methods of dealing with the various plans that Black has in his arsenal. Here you will find a large number of exclusive and previously unpublished analyzes.

In the ninth volume of the series, Petersburg Grandmaster Alexander Khalifman continues his story about the methods of the struggle with whites against the Sicilian defense. The author examines a number of rare variants of the black game, as well as the main scheme in the Paulsen system.