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.

The release of this book is timed to the 70th anniversary of the birth of the remarkable grandmaster Yuri Razuvaev (1945–2012). This is a collection consisting of three chapters: memoirs of contemporaries, including world champions, selected Razuvaev’s games with commentaries by leading grandmasters, his articles in the field of chess theory and school education, as well as interviews. You will not find such a constellation of names in any other book!

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 work of Vladimir Kramnik is a separate big chapter. in the annals of world chess. Universality of talent allowed him for a long career to create a lot of masterpieces, revealing the different facets of the struggle behind the chessboard. International grand master and experienced coach Sarhan Gu- ly subjected the party of the 14th world champion to a comprehensive ana- Liza, taking into account both the earlier comments of Kramnik himself and other researchers, and the achievements of modern com- the computer method. Being a creative portrait of one of the the most outstanding chess players of our day, the book also co- keeps information and recommendations of educational nature. For a wide range of chess fans.

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.

This book is not only the most complete biography of the 8th in the history of the World Cup, but also a detailed, carefully drawn portrait of one of the most popular and beloved chess players on the planet. The life and chess principles of Mikhail Tal are revealed both in the dialogue of the authors, and in the notes to his brilliant, unique parties, which are taught to win.

Friends of the departed in 2004 L.Ya. Abramova - international arbiter E. Dubov, grandmaster I. Zaitsev and master S. Rosenberg - in the book & quot; Lev Abramov & quot; They talk about the interesting life of L. Abramov. L.Ya. Abramov was a strong master, a major civil engineer during the Great Patriotic War, head of the Chess Department of the USSR Sports Committee. The book contains over 40 interesting and very instructive parts played by the master L. Abramov.

Foreword by Gennady Sosonko. Efim Petrovich Geller - one of the key figures of the chess scene second half of the twentieth century. For several decades he was one of the leading grandmasters of the world, six times competitions contenders for the world crown, seven times became the Olympic champion, twice - the champion of the USSR. The unchallenged authority of Geller-researcher was recognized by all World champions, starting with Euwe. Many of his ideas have not lost Nowadays, modern players use them in their own practice. In front of you is the most complete meeting of parties of outstanding chess player with his author's comments. Many duels (and all their 135!) have never been published in Russian literature before. Italic notes are given by the special editor, international master Maxim Notkin, with refinements of estimates and options found at help modern computer programs. There is no doubt that studying the work of an outstanding grandmaster help a wide range of readers to significantly increase the level of games and get real pleasure from brilliant parties.

Robert James Fisher (born 1943) - international grandmaster since 1958, world chess champion since 1972. The proposed volume covers the period of creativity from 1968 to 1972 (the fifth to the eighth chapter), which additionally includes three games played Fischer with a computer in 1977. Before the games of each chapter follows the material selected by the compilers from the interview of Fisher, leading grandmasters and masters, special correspondents of chess publications, and the texts of notes and applications of the Chess Federation of the USSR were selected for the parties of the seventh chapter. The parts of the collection are classified into debuts and are provided with explanatory diagrams, tables of tournaments with Fischer's participation, an index of partners and relevant parties, Fischer's photos, as well as a personal account of Bobby with the participants of the "Match of the Century" and other statistics. Two-volume "744 of Bobby Fischer's Party" is a jubilee edition dedicated to the 20th anniversary of Fischer's victory in the match for the title of FIDE World Champion.

Grandmaster Efim Geller can be considered the best chess player in history among those who fought with world champions. His brilliant victories (as well as those that have been lost) reveal many secrets of chess to us and teach us not only to win over champions. Most of the fights with the world champions had a very important sporting importance: the titles of the champion of the USSR, the winner of the match of applicants for the world crown, and the first place in a major international tournament were determined. They are in the first chapter. In the second - the lost victory. These are also lots of rich chess content, but those seemingly incomprehensible twists of fate, which in one instant turn success into failure, triumph into defeat. The book is designed for chess lovers.

The first Russian world champion Alexander Alekhin went down in history not only as the winner of many tournaments and matches and the creator of hundreds of masterpieces of chess creativity. He is also widely regarded as one of the most distinguished analysts of all time. Alekhin’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 collected ALL the party Alekhine with the author's notes. Many of them are currently available only in old journals, some have not been published in Russian before. Editorial notes take into account the achievements of modern computer analysis. Fragment 1 Fragment 2