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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:
    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:
    Yanvarev

    Igor Yanvarev "Tactical Mastery of a Chess Player. Volume 2. Basics of Calculation Techniques". Andrey Elkov Publishing House, Moscow, 2025 - 392 p. Before you is the second book from the three-volume work by International Master I.K. Yanvarev, a famous trainer, author of the fundamental work "The Old Indian Played by Tigran Petrosian" (2010), which received recognition from readers and was republished abroad. The three-volume work is united by a common idea - tactics and combinations in chess. In fact, this is a turnkey textbook, it explains everything from scratch to an advanced level. The second volume is devoted to the basics of calculation techniques, such topics as the tactical "spectrum" of a position, concentration of attention, inclusion of imagination are considered, the "tree of variations" is interpreted in a new way, the practical component is emphasized - the economy of calculation. A separate chapter allows the reader to assess their ability to calculate variations and outline ways to eliminate weaknesses. Each chapter ends with a large number of carefully selected examples for independent solution. Unlike other similar publications, the author examines chess tactics as a single whole, in combination with strategy and elements of psychology. It is based on the original author's methodology, which has proven itself well when working with chess players of various qualifications. Excellently selected examples, a clear logical structure and consistency in the presentation simplify the understanding of the material. For a wide range of chess fans.

    19.00 $
  • 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:
    Galkin

    16.67 $
  • 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:
    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 $
  • The size of the board when folded is 46x23x5 cm. The size of the board when unfolded is 35x35 cm. Cage size is 4.6x4.6 cm  The height of the king is 10 cm. The diameter of the base is 3 cm. Pawn height 5.5 cm. Base diameter 2.8 cm. Weight 1380 g. ART 123 Manufacturer Poland

    183.15 $
  • 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 $
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    Author: S. Kitaygorodsky Title: Chess Marathon (memories of the Soviet Oceanologist) Published: Moscow 2003. Print run 100 copies Binding: Softcover Language: Russian Pages: 144   With a gift inscription from author S. Kitaygorodsky to grandmaster A. Karpov: ‘To Anatoly Karpov. Fully agreed with his opinion about modern FIDE’ Signed by S. Kitaygorodsky Арт ЕК 7    

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    Chess Book: Author: Aleksei Suetin Schachlehrbuch Fur fortgeschrittene Published: Berlin, 1973 Binding: Hard, dust jacket Language: German 320 pages  Signed by Suetin :“To dear L. Polugaevsky on his birthday with best wishes 20.09.1974” Lev Abramovich Polugaevsky (20 November 1934 – 30 August 1995) was a Soviet chess player. He was awarded the title of International Grandmaster by FIDE in 1962 and was a frequent contender for the World Championship, although he never achieved that title. He was one of the strongest players in the world from the early 1960s until the late 1980s, as well as a distinguished author and opening theorist whose contributions in this field remain important to the present day. Alexey Stepanovich Suetin (November 16, 1926, Zinovievsk — September 10, 2001, Moscow) was a Soviet chess grandmaster (1965). Coach of Tigran Petrosyan in World Championship competitions (1963-1971, 1979-1980), chess theorist and writer.EK27

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    Publisher: Russian Chess House. Moscow. 2014. Author: Eduard Gufeld,Oleg Stetsko Pages: 349Binding type: Hardcover Publication Year: 2014 Eduard Gufeld: "The main of the King’s Indian Defence (or more precisely, the King’s Indian Attack!) if a battle against Wight’s pawn center with pieces, which must have the timely support of pawn counter. The King’s Indian Defence is an asymmetric opening! Black’s strategy is based on disrupting the opponent’s plans, and at the same time at an early stage of the opening Black tries to implement his own plan of counterplay. For this reason the King’s Indian Defence should be studied exclusively as a transition process from opening to middlegame. Hence a large part of this book comprises games which enable this link to be traced"

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    Translate from 6th german edition. 550 pagesДюфрень Ж., Чигорин М. - Руководство к изучению шахматной игры. Перевод с немецкого. 1896. 550 с. Арт ЕК15

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    Chess Book: Author: I. Bondarevsky Soviet chess players in the USA, England, Sweden Published: Moscow. 1955. Binding: Soft Language: Russian 216 pages . Condition: goodEK27

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    Editor: R. Shvarts Program: L.Gurevich Published: Beer-Sheva 1996 Binding: Softcover Language: English, Russian, HebrewPages: 100Арт ЕК 7

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    Russian Chess Book: Author: Sukhin I. Materials of the International scientific and practical conference " Actual problems of teaching the discipline "Chess" in secondary schools and kindergartens in Russia and other countries of the world". Satka - 2011 Published: Satka, 2012   Binding: Soft Language: Russian 408 pages Unique edition. Color photo illustrations.EK27

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    Russian Chess Book: Author: A. Nimtsovich, S. Tartakower Grand international chess tournament in Kissingen in 1928. Published: Leningrad, 1929 Binding: Hard Language: Russian 192 pagesEK 31

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      Padomju šacha meistaru partijas, A. Koblencs; Signed by Koblencs   Author: Aleksandrs KoblencsTitle: Padomju šacha meistaru partijasPublished: Riga: Latvijas Valsts Izdavnieciba, 1947Language: Latvian363 pages Signed by author Signed by A. Koblencs  Aleksandrs Koblencs - famous master, trainer of Mikhail Tal   Padomju šacha meistaru partijas : (izlase) Author: A N Koblent?s? Publisher: Riga : Latvijas Valsts Izdavnieciba, 1947. Edition/Format:  Print book : Latvian language ek28

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    Chess Book: Author: A. Sokolsky Pawns in Motion Published: Moscow. 1962. Binding: Soft Language: Russian 16 pages  Signed by A. Sokolsky to famous master and chess organizer Ya. Rokhlin:" To dear Yakov Gerasimovich Rokhlin, remembering our meetings in Leningrad" Alexey Pavlovich Sokolsky (3 November 1908 – 27 December 1969) was a Ukrainian-Belarusian chess player of International Master strength in over-the-board chess,[1] a noted correspondence chess player, and an opening theoretician..EK27

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    Chess Book: Author: Ya. Neishtadt Chess before Steinitz Published: Moscow. 1961. Binding: Hard Language: Russian 280 pages  Signed by Ya. Neishtadt to Henkin:“ To Dear Vitya Henkin with a wish of great chess success. 18.05.1961”   Yakov Isaevich Neishtadt (Russian: Яков Исаевич Нейштадт), born Moscow 6 October 1923, is a Russian (formerly Soviet), now Israeli chess player and author. Viktor Lvovich Henkin (January 1, 1923, Moscow — January 20, 2010, Moscow) was a Russian chess player, journalist and theorist, and a chess columnist for the newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets. Master of sports of the USSR (1962).   Condition: scuffed cover, book block in a very good condition.EK28

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    Author: Varnusz Egon Title: A Spanyol Megnyitas Published: Budapest, 1968 Language: Hungarian Binding: Paperback Pages: 236 With the gift inscription by the author, Varnusz Egon to Zatulovskaya Tatiana (Winner and prize-winner of many international competitions, Championships of the USSR contender for the title of world champion). From the personal library of  Zatulovskaya Tatiana Арт ек22