The book tells about the unusual fate and multifaceted chess creativity of the famous Russian master Alexei Seleznev, who was forced to leave his homeland and died in France.

Vladimir Tukmakov is one of the leading grandmasters of the legendary galaxy of the "golden age" of the Soviet chess school, an Olympic champion, a three-time silver medalist of the USSR championships, winner and prize-winner of many major international tournaments. Last years - the head coach of the Ukrainian team, a team of stars, brilliantly won under his leadership at the Olympics in Calvia in 2004. For the book, the author selected and commented in detail on the most memorable and instructive parties, and did it from the standpoint of his current view - the coach, the debut scholar, a specialist with a world-wide name. The book is a kind of textbook, all critical positions on the diagrams are accompanied by questions-assignments. By solving these exercises and comparing the answers with the author's recommendations, you will be able to identify your weaknesses and strengths and achieve progress in all stages of the game.

Full-color printing, lots of photos, coated paper. Alexander Pushkin loved chess. With the genius of genius he was the first among Russian writers to understand and highly appreciate their role in family and social life, he was a visionary of their future. Evidence of this - his letter to his wife in September 1832 and the acquisition of four years after the world's first chess magazine Palamed. In the poet's library, the chess manuals of the famous maestros A. D. Filidor and A. D. Petrov were also studied. Contemporaries mention his chess leisure, including the last game played on the eve of the fateful duel. Pushkin appealed to this game and in his works - novels `Eugene Onegin`,` Arap of Peter the Great`, in sketches to `The Tale of the Golden Cockerel`. All these and many other facts have been studied in the context of the poet's entire life and work, in conjunction with the chess culture of Pushkin's time. The book dedicated to the chess Pushkin is published for the first time. Its author is the well-known Russian writer and historian of chess culture IM Linder. In the form of the appendix includes several literary essays, including two documentary-artistic stories by V. I. Linder.

In two volumes. Absolutely all serious pariahs (total number 647), all with notes (edited by Khalifman and Yudasin). b) Vol. 2 (1927-1942)

Deluxe Edition, coated paper, gold stamping, metal corners Outstanding chess player and pianist Mark Taimanov recalls his bright and rich life. An entire epoch passed before his eyes. Among his friends are not only his fellows in the chess workshop, but also famous artists, musicians, and writers. He was personally acquainted with Winston Churchill, Fidel Castro and Che Guevara. In the book you will read about the meetings of Taimanov with Botvinnik, Fisher, Karpov, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Rostropovich and many other legendary personalities of the twentieth century.

It is known that sometimes memoirs draw their authors even more completely than those about whom he is telling the story. It is always exciting to see how the world reflects in the person who recreates it. Taimanov is an optimist by vocation, optimism is his calling card; moreover, he always stressed and cherished this happy property, given to him by nature.

Gennady Nesis is a man of many talents. The enumeration of his titles and degrees would not fit on a single business card, but in return for it - this amazing book full of humor and deep revelations of memories.

The new book of chess master and writer Anatoly Matsukevich is dedicated to the work of the remarkable Czechoslovak grandmaster Richard Reti (1889-1929), an innovator and artist of the ancient game, one of those who had a major influence on the development of chess in the first third of the twentieth century. The ideas of Richard Reti are modern today.

Biographical materials of the eleventh world champion are given, new versions of Fisher's departure from large chess are put forward. Experts' responses to his sensational return 20 years later were collected, and the parties to the “rematch” that took place in 1992 in Yugoslavia are presented.

Parties, biography, photo, statistics ... Robert James Fisher (born 1943) - 1st world chess champion (1972-75). His life is a challenge to society, traditions, conventions. Professional to the marrow of bones, he always wanted the cause of his life - a chess game - the society appreciated. Making high demands on himself, he believed that he had the right to present them to the conditions of chess creativity. In the era of "total" football he demonstrated real total chess - hard pressing all over the board, not a second of respite, constant threats, buildup of pressure, power in every plan, every maneuver, every holo! His aggressiveness and pressure crushed and demoralized the will of those not accustomed to similar competition of competitors.

Perhaps no chess player attracted so much attention, did not cause such contradictory judgments as the eleventh world champion Robert Fisher. Since the late fifties of the last century and still do not stop scandals around this man. What are the reasons for interest in such an outrageous and great personality? The book will tell about it.