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  • Author:
    Zhuravlev

    This tutorial is addressed to those who want to learn to play chess on their own and improve further. The lesson-based method of presentation, as well as numerous exercises, contribute to the consistent assimilation of the rules and laws that form the basis of the chess game. The book contains extensive educational material, which is presented to the reader in accordance with modern pedagogical principles. The purpose of this manual is to train chess players of the III category (rating up to 1800). The textbook can also be used for classes in groups - it covers the material of existing programs of the first year of study in children's and youth chess schools.

    23.33 $
  • The size of the board when folded is 35x17.5 cm. The size of the board when unfolded is 35x35 cm. Cage size is 3x3 cm  King height 6.6 cm. Base diameter 2.2 cm. Pawn height 3.1 cm. Base diameter 2 cm. Backgammon - checker 2.1 cm. Weight 830 g. Includes backgammon chips and dice Chess board and backgammon chips can be used to play checkers Manufacturer Poland

    148.00 $
  • 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:
    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

    In his new book, grandmaster Zenon Franco deeply analyzes the 69 instructive victories of the 11th world champion Robert Fischer. The book is not overloaded with options, the emphasis – with detailed explanations in a move-by-move style, creating an ideal platform for learning chess. In the "reference" At points in each game, the reader is offered test questions, which helps both the practical study of key techniques of the chess game and the reliable assimilation of acquired knowledge. Questions and answers engage the reader in the learning process and help him track his growth in chess strength. The appendix provides a critical analysis of the unsatisfactory translation of Robert Fisher's famous book “My 60 Memorable Games.”

    23.33 $
  • Author:
    Tal

    21.67 $
  • 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:
    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 $
  • Author:
    Karoii

    50.00 $
  • 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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    9.11 $

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    Outstanding chess player of our time Viktor Korchnoi tells of his dramatic fate. The book is supplemented with unique photographs, documents and testimonies.

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    100.00 $

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    Readers are offered a two-volume monograph devoted to the biography and exciting career of the world champion in chess Boris Vasilievich Spassky. The book presents 198 parties, many of which were specially commented on by international grandmasters for the first time, as well as literary essays by Leonid Eduardovich Gutzeit and grandmaster Nikolai Vladimirovich Krogius about the difficult path of Boris Spassky up the chess staircase. The materials from the first person were drawn to the maximum extent - Spassky's interview and comments to parties published in the open press. Designed for a wide range of chess fans

  • book

    20.48 $

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    In the book "Savior of Alekhine", Merited Master of Sports of Ukraine, historian and archivist Sergei Tkachenko tells about the short but vivid life path of the first champion of Ukraine in chess, the first USSR champion in chess composition and the first Odessa master Yakov Semyonovich Vilner (1899-1931). The monograph presents 55 selected parties of Vilner, most of which are commented on by the participants themselves. In these comments, if necessary, interspersed with computer specifications. Will complement the creative portrait of Wilner 40 of his best compositions and standings. And illustrate the narrative of the author of 60 rare and archival photographs. The book is designed for a wide range of chess players: from beginners to grandmasters, as well as lovers of a historical story.

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    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.

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    16.55 $

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    This book is a diary of a psychologist who was persistently beside Nana Ioseliani during her match for the world championship with Maya Chiburdanidze in 1988. Successfully avoiding both entertaining "reporting from the scene", and "scientific" juggling with special terms, the author dedicates the reader to the deep feelings of people who are ready to give everything for the sake of victory, people worthy of this victory. Great merit of the author that he, many years working in sports, frankly speaks about his moral values ​​- true and imaginary.

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    27.31 $

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    For the time that has passed since the publication of Viswanathan's book Ananda "My Best Parties" (2009), chess king from India twice successfully defended the title of champion world, and losing to him in late 2013 Magnus Carlsen, a few months later, with a brilliance, won the tournament claim- dents, having won the right to play his sixth match for the crown. Anand continues to please chess fans not only results, but also by the game, and the interest of the general public towards his creativity does not decrease. This edition includes 30 new games, played and commented on in detail "Indian magician" in the 21st century. For a wide range of chess fans.

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    8.20 $

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    A fascinating autobiography of the president of Kalmykia and FIDE. Many unique photos. A man who made himself - this can be said of the first president of Kalmykia, Kirsane Ilyumzhinov. Interrogations in the KGB, accusations of espionage, ups and downs - Ilyumzhinov experienced all in his thirties and a few years. Decisiveness and constant struggle in spite of circumstances, contrary to fate, made this man a famous businessman and politician. A block of color photographs on coated paper.

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    18.20 $

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    In the proposed book the author appears as a man "wise with the experience of life, an intelligent companion, a narrator with a sense of humor and lyricism ... A series of short stories of the author forms a bright palette of events in which the main thing is the recent still living for us past, unlike the present ... "