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  • 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 $
  • 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 $
  • Author:
    Bogdanovich

    50.00 $
  • 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 $
  • 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:
    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 $
  • Author:
    Bologan

    The 2nd edition, revised and supplemented, of the popular monograph, which is dedicated to one of the most combat modern debuts – the Old Indian defense. The author meticulously builds the entire defensive line of black (including on the territory of "adjacent" openings, such as the English beginning or the London system), explains standard plans and tactical techniques, offers a number of novelties in current schemes. Carefully selected positions for the solution will help the reader to consolidate the acquired knowledge. The book is addressed to chess players of any level, since the laws of Old Indian are the same for both amateurs and super grandmasters.

    21.67 $
  • Author:
    Kapengut

    An outstanding theorist and successful coach shares his memories of communication and cooperation with Mikhail Tal, Anatoly Karpov, Isaac Boleslavsky, Elena Akhmylovskaya and other outstanding chess players. Separate large chapter – a story about many years of work with Boris Gelfand: over these years (1980-1993) the student went from a 12-year-old candidate for master to the holder of the 3rd rating in the world. Albert Kapengut – winner of 6 gold medals at the World Student Olympics, seven-time champion of Belarus, participant in the individual and team championships of the USSR among men, champion of the USSR as part of the Burevestnik team. The book includes 70 games commented in detail by the author, a careful study of which will help the reader not only better understand popular opening schemes, but also get a taste for serious analytical work. “My story is not so much about a career, although “you can’t erase words from a song,” but about memorable situations, often funny, sometimes absurd, and dotted about people I met along the way, sometimes with touches of biography, prompting readers to become interested in more complete information.” ;" (A. Kapengut). For a wide range of chess lovers.

    43.33 $
  • Author:
    Chernyshov

    The authors continue to study typical opening and middlegame positions. Royal Fortress No. 2 has pawns on squares f7, g6, h7 (or f2, g3, h2), and they are usually joined by another defender – bishop on g7 (g2). This formation is called fianchetto, it is found in many popular openings, such as the Catalan Opening, King's Indian Defense, Grunfeld Defense and a number of others.  The authors analyze in detail the techniques of attack, defense and counterattack. Most examples – from the creativity of modern chess players (for example, a separate chapter is dedicated to the strongest Russian grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi); they are complemented by parts that have become a classical heritage. The book contains about 300 positions for independent solution, so it is not only a textbook, but also a solid problem book. Grandmaster Konstantin Chernyshov, head of the Interregional Grandmaster School in Kostroma, and his daughter International Master Natalya Kareva – experienced coaches, whose students include grandmasters and masters, champions of Russia and Europe among juniors.  The book is addressed to young chess players and their mentors. 

    20.00 $
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Books 1991-2023

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    9.67 $

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    Imagine life without the Internet is becoming increasingly difficult, there are various ways to use it by chess players. The new century has defined a new form of absentee chess. The traditional game “through letters” was replaced by e-mail and online games. This type of chess eliminates the disadvantages of traditional correspondence and has many advantages. The book is addressed to all chess lovers, and its goal is to contribute to the spread of the game in Russia through the World Wide Web.

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    10.00 $

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    The collection includes new FIDE chess game rules effective since July 1, 2001, tournament rules, rules for applying additional indicators, a Swiss rating-based system and all other provisions and documentation related to chess competitions. It is published in Russian for the first time. The collection is intended for all amateurs and professionals who take part in chess competitions in one capacity or another.

  • book

    10.00 $

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    This game, which brings together millions of fans around the world, has been four thousand years old. Its rules are simple, and countless options for strategic maneuvers go far beyond the capabilities of a modern computer! The book will provide an opportunity for beginners to gradually, step by step, master the techniques that will invariably lead to brilliant victories, and it will help experienced lovers to hone and improve their skills. Effectively and vividly written, this book will give you an undeniable advantage in mastering the technique and the opportunity to become an invincible player. We also recommend: & nbsp; http://www.chessm.ru/catalog/show/9966

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    10.00 $

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    The book of the FIDE President and a well-known journalist. The vast geography of the main chess competitions in which world champions and champions performed was shown. Large format; color.

  • book

    10.34 $

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    & nbsp; A significant part is devoted to puzzles on a chessboard. Logical and just funny, with numbers and matches, with words and on a chessboard - in one word, entertaining, for adults and children-schoolchildren, fascinating and really interesting games, puzzles and puzzles for all fans to break their heads at their leisure collected in this amazing book. Thanks to her, you will learn to easily find answers to the most tricky questions, and at the same time be able to expand your horizons and spend time not only with pleasure, but also with benefit for the mind. & nbsp;

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    10.34 $

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    This brilliant book in verse for children was written by Elena Danko - an outstanding Russian artist, writer, poetess. & nbsp; Colored autolithographs of the famous graphic artist, engraver, lithographer, book illustrator, professor Nikolai Kupreyanov. Reprint from the 1930 edition. An introduction to the chess world for the smallest chess players. & nbsp; & nbsp;

  • book

    10.37 $

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    Играем по новым международным правилам.

  • book

    10.37 $

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    A new book by the famous journalist, master and international arbiter, Jacob Ladies & mdash; this is in many ways a special look at the development of the Game, expressed by the author and his characters & mdash; outstanding chess players of the USSR, Russia, the world. The book reveals little-known or even unknown turns of chess history, which had a serious impact on the formation of an amazing, peculiar world of chess. For the widest range of readers.

  • book

    10.37 $

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    "Luzhin's Defense" is the third Russian novel by Vladimir Nabokov, which made the author a loud literary name and put him in the first row of writers of Russian foreign countries. Behind the vicissitudes of the life history of the genius of the book, the gifted and crazy Russian émigré chess player Alexander Ivanovich Luzhin, the reader is gradually exposed to the constant and most important theme of Nabokov’s creativity - the development and repetition of secret themes in human destiny. The chess defense developed by Luzhin is gradually becoming an allegory of defense against life itself, in which its sinful consciousness wreaks through some sinister actions like chess moves. In the eventual repetitions of his biography, Luzhin sees the consequence of the fateful actions of his invisible opponent - fate, and, having failed to unravel its hidden patterns, he chooses the only possible solution - exit the game ...

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    11.05 $

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    Preface by Garry Kasparov.   A computer is a great thing! With it, you can solve a lot of problems without leaving your home. You can find the necessary information. You can communicate. In the end, just play! True, there is one inconspicuous and seemingly harmless trend: a computer can gradually become the most indispensable and expensive creature in the world for humans. And then it is not clear where the computer ends and the person begins. And is the main thing left of him - the desire to think independently.   Mark Gardner was the world chess champion. He spent ten years on a desert island, and when he returned to his homeland, it turned out that the world had changed a lot - everyone around was happy. But Mark is somehow worried about this ...   Artist B. Trzhemetsky.   Color illustrations, gift edition.

  • book

    11.38 $

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    Arturo Perez-Reverte is a modern Spanish writer, intellectual, master of elegant literature, who has won the hearts of his readers with an exciting intrigue, filigree prose, brilliant knowledge of history and art. He masterly combines in his works the riddles of past centuries, mysterious murders and arguments about high matters. `Flemish board`. Like other Perez-Reverte novels. Written in the genre of an intelligent detective. Paradoxical and multifaceted, mesmerizing the movement of action from one temporary and cultural layer to another, with a dizzyingly twisted plot, the novel opens for the reader the world of antique dealers and collectors, in which the old picture is the key to unraveling the cruel crimes that are taking place these days, and for every lost the figure in the chess game is paid by human life.

  • book

    11.59 $

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    Although this book is chess, it is devoted to ... love. The main story "The Wives of Chess Kings" tells about the personal life of world champions, their relationship with the beautiful sex. The book also contains cheerful, and sometimes frivolous chess-love stories, stories and anecdotes. The reader will get acquainted with the unique collection of photos of heroes and heroines of the book.