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  • Author:
    Bezgodov

    The youngest first–grader in the USSR, the world champion among young men, a participant in the candidates tournament at the age of 19 - Boris Spassky's rise was rapid. And then fate gave the brilliant chess player a test of strength: he stumbled twice at the decisive moment and remained beyond the threshold of interzonal tournaments ... Only ten years after his first great success, Spassky managed to pass all the qualifying tests and earn the right to a match for the crown, but he failed to defeat the Iron Tigran Petrosian the first time. It took three more years of super–efforts: by Sisyphus he rose again to the foot of Olympus and did not miss a second chance - in 1969 he became the Tenth king of chess! An essay about the life of Boris Vasilyevich and his sporting path full of ups and downs was written by Dmitry Oleynikov, Candidate of Historical Sciences, curator of the Chess Museum of the Chess Federation of Russia. 70 beautiful and instructive games of Spassky were commented on by the champion of Russia in 1993, the famous author and theorist grandmaster Alexey Bezgodov, as well as grandmaster Dmitry Kryakvin and FIDE master Steve Giddins. The preface was written by the 14th world champion Vladimir Kramnik. For a wide range of chess fans.

    21.67 $
  • Author:
    Galkin

    The book by grandmaster and experienced coach Alexander Galkin is  the final link in a series of publications by the author, directed  to study the classical endgame using examples of modern games   grandmasters. This time the subject of the study – light piece endgames. Clarification of the methodology for working on this stage of the game, as well as the main features and methods of playing such endings. Examples  taken from the practice of modern grandmasters and dated back to 2020-2023. The author offers the reader the most recent and unique information. The material is structured in such a way that the reader can get the maximum  benefit from studying the examples offered by the author  queen endings and its  other derivatives. The book is aimed at advanced chess players, is useful for coaches and can be recommended to a wide range of chess fans

    18.33 $
  • 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:
    Fisher

    15.00 $
  • Author:
    Kasparov

    41.67 $
  • Author:
    Ezhov

    Grandmaster Carlos Torre – like a chess comet; his genius flashed dazzlingly and quickly went out in the chess firmament! He – the author of the most famous “mill” in the history of chess, the 2nd world champion Emanuel Lasker fell into its merciless millstones. The authors spoke about the life and work of the Mexican genius (the book contains 25 commentated games by K. Torre). Torre’s book “How a Chess Player is Formed” is presented, an essay by international master Yaroslav Prizant about Torre’s attack in modern practice. In the section "Play like Torre" – 36 instructive examples from his practice to solve. Finally, there is an interview with Carlos Torre, conducted by Gabriel Velasco in 1977. Working with the book will give readers not only aesthetic pleasure, but will also help improve their skills.

    18.33 $
  • 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 $
  • 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:
    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 $
  • Author:
    Gezalyan

    International Master Tibor Karolyi and FIDE Master Tigran Gozalyan have prepared a major work (in two volumes) about the life and work of the 9th world chess champion Tigran Petrosyan (he held the title from 1963 to 1969).  Volume II (1963-1984) tells about Petrosyan's victory in the 1963 world title match over Mikhail Botvinnik, about the grandiose two-match confrontation with Boris Spassky in 1966 and 1969, about all his candidates' matches after losing the title – against Bobby Fischer, Viktor Korchnoi and other world-class opponents. All tournaments and matches of the second half of Petrosian's chess career are presented, up to his last performances in 1983. The authors subjected 175 complete games and fragments to an in-depth analysis (using modern computers). Not all of them have been deeply studied and commented on before, but even then the book provides a significantly improved analysis. Among Petrosyan’s opponents – world champions and contenders Kasparov, Karpov, Fischer, Spassky, Tal, Smyslov, Botvinnik, Korchnoi and Bronstein, as well as Timman, Larsen, Reshevsky, Belyavsky, Polugaevsky, Portisch, Romanishin and many others. Special attention is paid to his coaches – Alexey Suetin and Igor Zaitsev. 

    50.00 $
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  • book

    24.18 $

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    Книга о Михаиле Ивановиче Чигорине, основоположнике отечественной шахматной школы, продолжающая серию `Выдающиеся шахматисты мира`, рассказывает о трудном жизненном и творческом пути великого шахматиста. Подавляющее большинство партий, вошедших в книгу, прокомментировано заново, что позволяет лучше понять немеркнущие идеи Чигорина и их влияние на творчество шахматистов нашего времени. Любители шахмат различной квалификации найдут много интересного и полезного для себя в этой книге.

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    24.18 $

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    Biography and selected parties of the 13th world champion in French. Not published in Russian! Publishing house in Moscow, 73 parties, biography, photo.

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    24.18 $

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    Biography and selected parties of the 13th world champion in English. In Russian was not published! Publishing house in Moscow, 73 parties, biography, photo.

  • book

    23.33 $

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    В XIX веке выдвинулась целая плеяда выдающихся русских шахматистов, творчество которых способствовало зарождению отечественной шахматной школы, получившей всемирное признание. Главная роль здесь принадлежит Михаилу Ивановичу Чигорину. Творчество и сейчас радует и учит любителей шахматного искусства, живет его непроходящая слава. Партии русского мастера открыли новые пути в шахматной стратегии и тактике. Теоретические исследования Чигорина положили начало нашей передовой шахматной школе, завоевавшей общее признание , прочно удерживающей мировое первенство. Автор книги знакомит читателя с наиболее значительными событиями жизни и творчества этого выдающегося шахматиста, на примере его лучших партий и задач показывает вклад Чигорина в развитие теории шахмат. Для широкого круга любителей шахмат.

  • book

    23.03 $

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    The book is dedicated to the work of the outstanding Soviet grandmaster T. Petrosyan. It contains 100 commented games of the ninth world champion, including 75 with his own notes. In addition, the reader will find in the book of the article Petrosian and his work on the debut strategy. In the introductory section, people who knew Petrosian closely, N. Krogius, S. Gligorich and N. Tarasov, tell about the grandmaster's creative journey and his contribution to the development of chess. For highly skilled chess players.

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    22.80 $

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    Книга, написанная теоретиком и историком шахмат Я.И. Нейштадтом, посвящена творчеству выдающегося шахматного мыслителя, первого официального чемпиона мира Вильгельма Стейница. Автор знакомит читателей с богатым шахматным наследием Стейница, его спортивной биографией, вехами жизненного пути. Изучение творчества классика шахматной стратегии имеет не только познавательное значение. Любителям шахмат, стремящимся к практическому совершенствованию, книга Я.И. Нейштадта принесет несомненную пользу. Книга является библиографической редкостью. Книга рассчитана на широкий круг любителей шахмат.

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    Biography and 64 selected parties. Favorite book of Karpov.

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    22.76 $

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    Sergei Vsevolodovich Belavenets was born in 1910. He died defending his country in 1942. Before the Patriotic War S. Belavenets was one of the strongest Soviet chess players. Then in the USSR there were only a few grandmasters. S. Belavenets was in the first line of masters, practitioners and theoreticians. All those who met with him kept the memory of Sergei Vsevolodovich as a man who was extremely friendly, calm, intelligent, with an innate tact and great culture. SVBelavienets devoted a lot of time to methodical and literary work. The master's daughter, Lyudmila Belavenec, champion of Moscow, gathered all his parties and materials, which he was preparing for the lectures. After reading this book, a chess player can imagine the creative appearance of a master who has done a lot for the brilliant heyday of the Soviet chess school triumphantly released to the international arena after the victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War. For this victory SV Belavenets gave his life.

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    22.45 $

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    An excellent teaching aid can serve as the author’s selected games. They are arranged on a thematic basis, and detailed notes to them, as rightly pointed out by P. A. Romanovsky, reveal the “internal meaning of the processes of struggle”. The book includes the author’s games with Alekhine, Botvinnik, Kotov, Levenfish, Bondarevsky, Averbakh and many other major masters. The class of the game in these games is not always the same, but at an invariably high level are deep and informative notes. The autobiography of P. A. Romanovsky is instructive and interesting. It contains curious sketches of pre-revolutionary chess life, a description of the first steps in the development of Soviet chess culture. The author recalls some statements by Alekhine, episodes of various competitions. The main thing, of course, in the autobiography is the story about the formation of the chess view of the Russian master, his creative position now, after almost half a century of service to chess art. There is no doubt that readers with interest and benefit for themselves will become acquainted with the work of the oldest master.

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    21.33 $

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    The last lifetime work of the patriarch of Soviet chess, a report on his entire creative activity. An epoch-making work!

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    20.72 $

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    Книга эта рассказывает о гениальном шахматисте и обаятельном человеке, чемпионе мира 1921 – 1927 гг. Кубинце Хосе-Рауле Капабланке. В обстоятельном библиографическом облике автор воссоздает драматическую картину борьбы за мировое первенство, которую в течение трех десятилетий вели за шахматной доской Ласкер, Капабланка, Алехин. Творческие взгляды великого кубинца, его надежды и поражения, его жизнь и его борьба вновь оживают на страницах этой книги. В партиях Капабланки, этих тонких произведениях гениального художника, всегда будут жить его идеи и открытия. Все партии этой книги отнюдь не представляют только исторического интереса, но являются ценными, классическими образцами ведения шахматной борьбы для шахматного читателя любой силы. Настоящее, третье, издание, выходящее одиннадцать лет спустя, капитально переработано в биографической части с привлечением новых, появившихся за этот период материалов. Добавлено также одиннадцать новых партий. Комментарии к остальным партиям пересмотрены и, где надо, модернизированы и дополнены. Книга является библиографической редкостью. Рассчитана на квалифицированных шахматистов.

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    20.72 $

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    Ксерокопия в твердом переплете с золотым тиснением. Глянцевая фотобумага. В указателе учтены и систематизированы книги, журналы, газеты, специальные бюллетени, посвящённые шахматам и шахматной игре и выпущенные в нашей стране с 1775 по 1997 гг. Отражена литература на русском и других языках народов России и зарубежных стран. Материал аннотирован, указаны рецензии на книги. Издание адресовано широкому кругу квалифицированных шахматистов – практиков, историков, теоретиков, методистов, работников шахматных клубов и универсальных библиотек, собирателей шахматной литературы. Сахаров Николай Иванович (1921, с. Вятское Ярославской губ. - 1999, Москва) – известный библиограф, специалист по истории издания шахматной литературы, доцент Московского инстититута культуры. В 1941 студентом библиотечного института ушёл добровольцем на фронт. Участвовал в обороне Москвы, получил тяжёлое ранение на Калининском фронте (1942). В 1947 году с отличием окончил библиографический факультет МГБИ, занимался преподавательской деятельностью. Н.И. Сахаров – автор многих вузовских учебников и методических пособий. Его статьи, обзоры, рецензии, указатели публиковались в «Шахматном словаре», «Шахматном ежегоднике», журналах: «Шахматы в СССР», «Шахматное обозрение», «Шахматы» и других изданиях. Книга Н.И. Сахарова «Шахматная литература СССР. Библиография (1775 - 1966)», изданная в Москве в 1968 году, получила высокую оценку в отечественной печати и за рубежом. В ней проаннотированы свыше 1100 названий печатных изданий. В настоящее время является библиографической редкостью. В течение многих лет автор был членом редколлегии журнала «64 – Шахматное обозрение», совета ЦШК, комиссии по печати Шахматной Федерации СССР.