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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 $
  • 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:
    Blokh

    The answer book of an international grandmaster and an experienced coach (among whose students is A. Grischuk) Bloch's Maxim contains over 1200 combinations from practical games and specially compiled examples. All tasks are characterized by intense struggle, in which the goal is achieved by single moves. The book is intended for both young and adult amateurs, and for masters. The arrangement of examples by topic allows you to use the book not only as a task book, but also as a textbook. Of particular interest are over two hundred specially compiled by the author overstressed positions in which white wins the only way during the course of white, and black wins during the course of black. These examples, as well as over 50 fragments from the parties of the author and his students, are published for the first time.

    21.67 $
  • Author:
    Tal

    21.67 $
  • 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 $
  • 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:
    Kalinichenko

    The vast majority of opening guides are written for adult readers. This book is also devoted to the theory but it is junior. The structure of the book is simple and attractive: openings are examined using examples from actual games, each of which is presented in the form of a lesson with its own name. Several such lessons form an opening theme, and the examination of each theme concludes with exercises. In each opening, attention is drawn to its characteristic tactical and strategic ideas of combinations for independent solution strictly corresponds to the opening theme. Written in clear and easy language, the book is furnished with a large number of diagrams. Colored explanatory arrows on the diagrams and the selection of individual pages with a colored background make the book easier to understand. Regular work solve two problems: deepen the student's knowledge and develop his tactical vision, thus improving his skill and results.

    28.80 $
  • Author:
    Franco

    The book by grandmaster and experienced chess coach Zenon Franco includes 36 instructive attacking games and is divided into four chapters - the king in the center, one-sided castling, opposite-sided castling, and attack-defense-counterattack. Before each game, the opponents are introduced, and a brief description of the events that took place in it is given. Based on the results of the struggle in the game, lessons that are useful to learn from what has been read are listed in a concise form. The book is not overloaded with variations, the emphasis is on detailed explanations in the "move by move" format, which creates an ideal platform for studying chess. At the "support" points of each game, the reader is offered test questions, which helps both the practical study of key chess techniques and the reliable assimilation of the acquired knowledge. Questions and answers involve the reader in the learning process and help him track the growth of his chess strength. For a wide range of chess fans.

    19.00 $
  • Author:
    Eive

    The corpus of this textbook includes two significant works by the world chess champion, scientist and prominent teacher Max Euwe — "Self‑help chess game", created in collaboration with G. Den-Hertog, and "Chess Lessons". The first work is designed for beginners, the second for more experienced chess players. The book is a real chess tutorial in the true sense of the word. This is expressed not only in the appropriate distribution of the material and the method of presentation, designed to awaken the initiative of the student, but also in numerous practical exercises offered to the reader after explaining each new concept or technique.The textbook primarily attracts the methodology of presentation of the material, the principles of which will be useful for coaches and teachers of chess sections and circles. For a wide range of chess fans.

    25.00 $
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Books 1946-1990

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    16.67 $

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    About chess in the Altai; published in Barnaul.

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    13.13 $

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    About the biggest tournaments that left a trace in the history of chess, from 1851 to 1987. Tables, parties, the course of the tournament fight.

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    11.67 $

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    In Ukrainian; about the diversity of chess, rare edition!

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    454.87 $

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    in 5 volumes (the price for a set of five volumes). The reprint of the first periodical chess edition of Russia, published by Count Kushelev-Bezborodko ("Chess Leaflet", edited by Mikhailov, 1859 - 1863). . A complete set of all 5-year sets in hard bindings with gold embossing. Printed in the Czech Republic on high-quality white paper.

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    After the war, the annuals were published in Moscow from 1946 to 1962, inclusive. These voluminous publications contained materials on the largest international and domestic competitions sponsored by all the leading chess players of the USSR, as well as theoretical articles on all stages of the chess game and reviews on the composition.

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    11.72 $

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    One of the most attractive aspects of the chess game is the amazing beauty of her ideas, combinations, victims ... In the present book of the candidate of historical sciences I. M. Linder, the aesthetics of chess is considered broadly. An attempt was made to reveal the origins of the beautiful in chess on many examples, taken mainly from modern practice, the essays on all chess pieces, the centuries-old evolution of views on the ideal of beauty in the chess game. At the request of the author, many outstanding chess players expressed their opinion on the issues raised, and their answers are published for the first time.

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    5.87 $

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    Six essays on remarkable grandmasters: Petrosyan, Korchnoi, Simagin, Smyslov, Tal, Ragozin.

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    49.66 $

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    After the war, the annuals were published in Moscow from 1946 to 1962, inclusive. These voluminous publications contained materials on the largest international and domestic competitions sponsored by all the leading chess players of the USSR, as well as theoretical articles on all stages of the chess game and reviews on the composition.

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    8.99 $

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    Foreword by A. Karpov. Compiled by Voyshko VB The book cataloged and described postage stamps and blocks, art marked envelopes and cards, special stamps of postal extinguishing of the USSR and foreign countries from 1923 to 1979, reflecting the chess theme in philately.

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    6.22 $

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    The collection of entertaining and satirical stories of the chess master and writer E. Hick contains a lot of funny situations, stories, unusual tasks and puzzles on a chessboard. The preface to the book was written by a famous playwright and a great fan of chess Leonid Zorin. It is designed for a wide circle of chess fans.

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    5.87 $

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    About the creator of the women's chess school in Georgia, the first mentor Gaprindashvili and Alexandria, the Honored Coach of the USSR V. Karseladze.

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    9.67 $

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    In this work, devoted to the Soviet chess school and the creativity of its most prominent representatives, the authors sought to show the sources of the strength of the Soviet chess movement, which has no equal in the world, both in mass character and in outstanding sports and creative achievements, sought to determine the characteristics of the Soviet chess art. There is a detailed gallery of creative portraits with numerous parties and grades: Botvinnik, Bronstein, Petrosyan, Korchnoi, Spassky, Keres, Smyslov, Geller and many others. The parties and grades placed in the book, according to the authors' intention, should show the broad circle of chess fans the character of the creativity of the leading representatives of the Soviet chess school. Unity of creative attitudes, of course, does not exclude a rich variety of individual traits in the game of the best Soviet chess players. This is evidenced by the materials of the book. The comments to the parties took into account the options and analyzes given in various publications. Calculated for a wide range of chess lovers.