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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:
    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:
    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:
    Fisher

    15.00 $
  • Author:
    Galkin

    The book by grandmaster and experienced coach Alexander Galkin is dedicated to the strongest piece on the chessboard – to the queen. Using the example of episodes from games of modern grandmasters (the vast majority of games date back to 2020-2023) and his own grandmaster practice, the author tries to generalize, and in some places even clarify the methodology for understanding and playing queen endings, as well as other types of endgames with the presence of queens ) On the desk. The book presents various ratios of material – “queen against queen”, “queen and minor piece against queen and minor piece”, “queen and rook against queen and rook”, “queen against two rooks”, “queen against rook and pawns”, “ queen against a rook and a minor piece”, “two queens against two queens” – practically the entire spectrum of encountered endgames of this type. The material is structured in such a way that the reader can get maximum benefit from studying the examples of queen endings and its other derivatives offered by the author. 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 $
  • 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:
    Karoii

    50.00 $
  • Author:
    Getmanchuk

    16.67 $
  • Author:
    Kasparov

    41.67 $
  • 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 $
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Foreign editions of VIP

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    684.05 $

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    552 pages, complete with index. Nicely half-bound in dark-red leather, with raised bands, gilt spine, marbled paperboards and marbled endpapers. Covers and spines are slightly rubbed around the edges, otherwise very good.

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    684.05 $

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    536 pages, complete with index. Nicely half-bound in brown leather, with raised bands, gilt spine, marbled paperboards and marbled

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    378 pages, complete with index. Nicely halfbound in dark-red leather, with raised bands, gilt spine, marbled paperboards and marbled endpapers, very good.

  • book

    342.02 $

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    472 pages, complete with index. Bound in dark-red buckram with gilt spine, very good.

  • book

    411.12 $

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    Vol61. 324 pages, complete with index. In wine cloth with gilt spine, spine faded slightly, very good / Vol62; 288 pages, complete with index. In wine cloth with gilt spine, spine faded slightly, paper browned as common for that period, otherwise very good.

  • book

    321.29 $

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    288 pages, complete with index. In blue cloth with gilt spine, paper browned as common for that period, otherwise very good

  • book

    . 1) 1931 - Volume No. 51; 556 pages, complete with index. In wine cloth with gilt spine, spine faded, very good. 2) 1932 - Volume No. 52; 572 pages, complete with index. In wine cloth with gilt spine, spine faded, very good. 3) 1933 - Volume No. 53; 548 pages, complete with index. In wine cloth with gilt spine, spine faded, very good.

  • book

    528 + xi pages, complete with index. L / N 6135. There are plates - one of the photo of J. H. Blackburne (before page 393) and the other one (after page 406) features Miss E. C. Price, three times (1922-1924) British Lady Chess Champion. Re-bound in red buckler with gilt spine, paper covers of individual issues are bound in. Very good.

  • book

    + 494 pages, complete with index. There are the three plates (before page 1 and after pages 224 and 374) - with portraits of J. H. Blackburne, J. H. Blake and Phillip H. Williams. Bound in wine cloth. Small stains to upper cover, foxing to a few pages, pencil marks to margins of some pages, otherwise good.

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    68.28 $

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    Collection of games of an outstanding tournament: 1. Rubinstein, 2. Shpilman, 3. Nimtsovich, 4. Tarrash ...  Chess Chess