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  • 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:
    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 $
  • Author:
    Bogdanovich

    50.00 $
  • 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 $
  • 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:
    Bologan

    «The idea of continuing the autobiographical book “Steps” has been in the air almost since the moment it was written. Despite the bullet point at the end of the book in the form of a victory over Magnus Carlsen, my chess career continued for another full 14 years, and the subsequent stormy socio-political career is only gaining momentum.” (V. Bologan).  The book contains 75 games commented in detail and a number of fragments. A frank story about the life and professional path, about cooperation with the leading grandmasters and coaches of the world (among them - A. Karpov, G. Kasparov, Yu. Polgar, Zhu Chen, R. Ponomarev, A. Shirov, A. Morozevich, A. Onischuk, A. Ryazantsev, E. Inarkiev, M. Al-Mudakhka, M. Dvoretsky, M. Podgaets, V. Chebanenko, Z. Lanka and others), about political activities in the Parliament of Moldova and about work in FIDE are complemented by numerous photographs.   For a wide range of chess lovers.

    36.67 $
  • Author:
    Kalinichenko

    This new book by the many-times world champion Anatoly Karpov and the author of more than fifty books, grandmaster Nikolay Kalinichenko, is devoted to one of the most complicated and strategically deep openings & mdash; the Queen's Gambit Declined. Using games played by the strongest grandmasters, it describes the interesting ideas which have appeared in the main development systems of this opening. Along with games from recent years, the book presents the most important encounters from the chess heritage. And of course, it includes games by Anatoly Karpov himself & mdash; a great expert on the Queen's Gambit, who generously shares with the reading his unique understanding of the concepts involved. The book is aimed at strong players, but it will also be of interest to a wide range of chess enthusiasts.

    36.00 $
  • 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 $
  • Chess was invented in the 5th century AD in India and spread throughout the world. The uniqueness of this game is that it still covers the minds of everyone - from young to old! Chess combines elements of science and sports. They develop logic, perseverance, attentiveness, analytical thinking and memory.  Checkers is a fun, dynamic and relatively simple game. Every country in the world has it. It is comparatively easier to find a partner here than in chess. Backgammon – one of the oldest known board games. It is known that it came to us from the East. First, you need to master the basic techniques, so that later you can boldly apply various tricks during the game.  Cage length: 4.5 cm. King height: 8.8cm King base diameter: 2.8 cm The length and width of the field when unfolded: 44 X 44 cm. Material: wood Country of origin: China.

    84.48 $
  • 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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Books 1991-2023

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    4.84 $

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    From skirting the knight board and the tasks of eight queens to chess programs and Elo coefficients.

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    6.91 $

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    This book consists of twenty conversations, covering various chess topics. The first twelve conversations, as it should be in the textbook, are devoted to the three stages of a chess game. The first of five debut conversations tells about popular combinations and traps at the start of the battle. And in the second conversation, super-fast victories are collected, and all games here belong to world champions! The following three conversations are more solid. The examples of games played at the highest grandmaster level show how to play open, half-open and closed openings, respectively. Further there are four conversations about the middle game. The first two are tactics, the other two are more about the strategy of the game. Here are numerous combinations - from typical, educational to famous, classic. In one of the conversations there was a collection of combinations with the queen sacrifice, made in the games of chess kings! Finally, three more conversations are dedicated to the endgame. The most common endings that are most often encountered in practice are pawns and rooks.

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    13.82 $

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    Funny stories about chess and chess players, about the kings of the chess world and famous people. 

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    8.29 $

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    More than 400 authentic stories, jokes, incidents and anecdotes related to chess. Cases from the life of outstanding chess players, as well as artists, politicians, writers and scientists.

  • book

    4.14 $

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    Master of Sports of the USSR in Chess, Candidate of Technical Sciences E.Ya. Geek in popular form talks about how computers play chess. The author considers the computer games with each other and with grandmasters, including world champions of different years. The book, which continues the intramural series "Sport in your life", is addressed to middle and high school students, as well as to all chess and computer lovers.

  • book

    28.79 $

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    Yevgeny Gik published many books devoted to two related topics - "Mathematics on a chessboard" and "Computer chess". In this voluminous volume, he sums up his years of research in both directions. A kind of chess-mathematical "Bible" will be interesting both to chess fans, and lovers of mathematics (serious and entertaining) and computers.

  • book

    24.83 $

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    Gift edition. On coated paper. Full color printing. In this book, the famous chess writer Yevgeny Gik gathered together thirty of his chess essays published in recent years. Serious, entertaining and humorous essays are written in free form - with lyrical digressions, history excursions, chess bikes, etc. A variety of genres are presented: interviews, humorous sketches, irony or sarcasm, episodes from biographies of famous people, historical and sports stories. The heroes of the book were the chess kings Karpov and Kasparov, Botvinnik and Tal, the contenders for the Korchnoi and Taimanov crowns, Grandmasters Flor and Gulko, as well as the poet and artist Vysotsky, the writers Aksenov, Vainer, Zorin, Arkanov, composer Dashkevich, the scenographer Krasnov, the television commentator Maslachenko and others. Funny stories about how the chess program won TEFI, as the author was in the Interrekord, and his wife was a double Mireille Mathieu, etc. The book can be considered as a chess album - it contains more than 200 unique photographs.

  • book

    20.72 $

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    The book of the famous chess master and writer Yevgeny Gik appears in the series "Popular Sports History". It presents the most diverse aspects of chess, "intellectual sport" - from duels for the crown and a match between the national teams of Russia and the world to the personal life of chess kings. There are fifteen stories in the book: conversations with the great champion Garry Kasparov, the best games of grandmasters for four decades, samples of the game of chess prodigies. Such topics as battles of world champions with robots, grandmasters and money, chess in fiction, etudes-miniatures, chess by Fischer, etc. are reflected. The book is read with pleasure by qualified chess players and simple amateurs, as well as everyone who is interested in the world of sports.

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    13.13 $

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    In the book of the writer and chess master E. Gik, funny chess stories are collected: essays, anecdotes and tales.

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    12.50 $

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    The names of Anatoly Karpov and Eugene Gik are well known outside the chess world. Their pen belongs to many books, repeatedly reprinted and translated into two dozen languages. Now the authors offer the reader a rather unusual work in which almost all chess themes and genres are connected under one binder. This multifaceted and rich book, consisting of 25 conversations, can be regarded both as an original textbook and as a collection of stories about chess - serious and funny, and as a popular publication for everyone who enjoys playing - from simple lovers to masters. Each reader will find in it something interesting and useful for themselves. Indeed, all about chess!

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    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.

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    24.83 $

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    An entertaining story about interesting pursuits, created by a chess master, mathematician and journalist. Word games, games on paper, games with boards, stones, bones and figures. The book formulated winning strategies (where they exist), many original finds of the author.