"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 ...

In German.

The book tells about competitions in various intellectual games - chess, drafts, cards, held at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries in the Cosmos casino: about a blitz match from 24 games of Kasparov-Kramnik, Memorial Petrosyan, international poker tournaments, etc. Particular attention is paid to the traditional super tournaments of the Moscow Komsomolets on chess giveaways, which take place in Cosmos on April Fool's Day. Many famous people participate in these fun shows - writers and poets, composers and artists, directors and artists, scientists and astronauts, singers and athletes. The reader is invited to a large collection of color photographs in which the heroes of the book are imprinted behind a chessboard. For a wide range of readers. Many color photographs.

Gift Edition. Foreword by M. Taimanov. Stories about prominent chess players are the result of many years of creative activity by a famous sports journalist. Photos on coated paper.

Product Description This book investigates how chess-players find good ideas. Amatzia Avni, a psychologist by profession, pursues this goal by interviewing top players and analysts. The discussion focuses on their most interesting and instructive games and compositions. Avni has been careful to allow his interviewees to convey their own thoughts, rather than direct their answers to comply with any pre-existing theories. We experience the events on the board through the vivid recollections of the player. This gives us a realistic view of each struggle and how the critical decisions were really made. Avni also presents the players with some unfamiliar positions, and records their reactions upon encountering these new situations. Once we have heard from the grandmasters, Avni discusses the essence of what was said, and provides some insights and recommendations. The interviewees include famous grandmasters such as Boris Gelfand, Ilia Smirin and Lev Psakhis. About the Author Amatzia Avni is an Israeli psychologist. He is a FIDE Master in both game and composition, an international judge of studies, a former editor of the Israeli magazine Schahmat, and a regular contributor to Chess Monthly and Kingpin.

The book of the chess master, a famous writer and columnist of the popular metropolitan newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets Evgeny Gik contains about 500 funny chess stories, jokes and tales. Among their heroes are both outstanding grandmasters, candidates for the chess crown and world champions - from Steinitz and Lasker to Karpov and Kasparov, and people far from the world of chess, for example, Alla Pugacheva and other pop stars, as well as writers and poets, artists, artists, musicians, scientists and politicians are big chess fans.

(art k311-2) In this book you will encounter geometric problems of three different types: placement, cutting and joining. True, this should be done using not scissors and glue, but imagination and logic! Each type of puzzle comes with a step-by-step explanation of the solution, so even beginners can quickly learn this fun and useful way to spend time. The tasks are arranged in increasing order of difficulty. And for the most persistent and advanced readers, puzzles of increased difficulty are given at the end of the book!

In Ukrainian, about Bogolyubov, Bogatyrchuk ...