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  • 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 $
  • 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:
    Tal

    21.67 $
  • Author:
    Kapengut

    An outstanding theorist and successful coach shares his memories of communication and cooperation with Mikhail Tal, Anatoly Karpov, Isaac Boleslavsky, Elena Akhmylovskaya and other outstanding chess players. Separate large chapter – a story about many years of work with Boris Gelfand: over these years (1980-1993) the student went from a 12-year-old candidate for master to the holder of the 3rd rating in the world. Albert Kapengut – winner of 6 gold medals at the World Student Olympics, seven-time champion of Belarus, participant in the individual and team championships of the USSR among men, champion of the USSR as part of the Burevestnik team. The book includes 70 games commented in detail by the author, a careful study of which will help the reader not only better understand popular opening schemes, but also get a taste for serious analytical work. “My story is not so much about a career, although “you can’t erase words from a song,” but about memorable situations, often funny, sometimes absurd, and dotted about people I met along the way, sometimes with touches of biography, prompting readers to become interested in more complete information.” ;" (A. Kapengut). For a wide range of chess lovers.

    43.33 $
  • 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:
    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:
    Getmanchuk

    16.67 $
  • 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:
    Kostrov

    Hundreds of thousands of novice chess players have held in their hands the solution books of “1000 chess problems” for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd years of study. These collections became winners of the “Chess Vseobuch of Russia” competition. We decided to combine our three books into one so that the future grandmaster would have more opportunities for improvement and choice of material. It will also be easier for students and coaches to regulate the speed of the material. In the first parts of our book, novice chess players will get acquainted with all possible types of checkmates. Then, future grandmasters will learn to deliver magnificent double blows with a queen and a knight, promote a pawn to a queen. Studying according to this solution book, you will also master the pin, learn to cover yourself from the enemy's pieces, block the enemy's forces, destroy the most reliable fortresses, distract and entice his royal majesty and much more. Work with the book as with a textbook, and do not forget to write down the solutions under each diagram! The correct solutions are at the end of the book. For the widest range of chess fans.

    15.75 $
  • 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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    Full name of the book: "My Great Predecessors: The Recent history of the development of the chess game. In five volumes. Volume 5. Karpov and Korchnoi, 2nd edition, expanded and revised" Garry Kasparov is a long–term leader of world chess, the author of a number of bestsellers. The five-volume book "My Great Predecessors" was created by him in collaboration with the famous chess journalist and master Dmitry Plisetsky. This project has no analogues in chess literature: the 13th world champion tells about the fate and creativity of twelve previous champions and their rivals. The fifth volume is dedicated to the world champion Karpov and his historical rival Korchny, their dramatic duel for the chess crown. Here is the second edition, supplemented and radically revised. You will find a lot of new interesting finds, especially in the most important games of the famous match in Baguio (1978) ISBN: 978-5-94693-043-7 Author (s): Kasparov Publisher: IP Amannazarov M. A. Language: Russian Condition: NEW Format: Regular Pages: 496c +  48 p. Binding: Hard Date: 2021 Art.: MN

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    Book contains authograph from an author! The book has a defect on the first page Condition:Worned Author (s): Koblenz  Publisher: Physical education and sports Language: Russian Format: 14.5x21x0.5cm Pages: 50 p. Binding: soft Date: 1970 Art.: EK40

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    Alvis Vitolins (1946-1997) is a seven-time champion of Latvia, an acute-attacking chess player, one of the last debut innovators of the pre-computer era. In blitz, he is a world-class player and a regular sparring partner of world champion Mikhail Tal. Vitolins often used gambits and his novelties in the Sicilian defense, the Spanish game, the Nimtsovich defense and the Bogolyubov defense were used at the highest level, including challenger tournaments and matches for the world champion title. Vitolins became an international master in 1980 . The first edition of the book was published in Latvia in 2008 in Latvian, the analyses were checked using computers available at that time. In 2021, international master Grigory Bogdanovich, using the latest generation of computer programs, tested the entire analytical part of the book and made the necessary corrections. ISBN: 978-5-906254-84-9 Author (s): Vitomskis, Kengis, Clovans, Lanka.  Publisher: Russian Chess House Language: Russian Condition: NEW Format: Regular Pages: 160 p. Binding: Hard Date: 2021 Art.: MN

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    Published: Kyiv, 1963 Binding: softcover Language: russian Condition: very good. About 50 pages 64 games, 150 copies Size: 20 x 27,7 cm. Chess Book from the Baturinsky-Karpov library. EK-50

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    30.00 $

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    Published: Budapest, 1965 Binding: soft cover Language: Russian, Hungarian Condition: very good 39 pages Book from the library Baturinsky-Karpov. 1. Savon 2. Vasyukov Contents: chess games, analysis, composition; interesting observations of the game of great grandmasters.   Size: 29 x 20,5 cm

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    Published: Tbilisi, 1999 Edited by: Gela Chadunashvili Author: D. Gurgenidze Binding: softcover Language: georgian Condition: very good David Antonovich Gurgenidze - Georgian, formerly Soviet, chess composer, grandmaster in chess composition. Since 1970 he has published about 200 studies, 90 of which have been awarded prizes. World champion in chess composition 1998-2000 (section of studies); at two subsequent world competitions in chess composition, his studies won two bronze medals. He achieved the greatest success in studies based on the fight between rooks and pawns. 32 pages Size: 15 x 21 cmMN

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    Author: A. KarpovTitle: My Sister KaissaPublished: Russian Chess House, Moscow 2014Language: RussianBinding: HardbackPages: 318The book of multiple world chess champion is a book of memories. Sharp not only chess, but also everyday situations, collisions of characters, portraits of great chess players are written really with skill of the writer. About remarkable athletes, about their human merits and shortcomings, addictions and eccentricities readers of this book learn.

  • book

    350.00 $

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    ANATOLY KARPOV. 3 VOLUMES:1. CLIMBING THE CHESS OLYMPUS2. THE BATTLE FOR THE CHESS OLYMPUS3. A VIEW FROM OLYMPUSA luxurious gift edition, only a few copies of which I have and which was never put on open sale. Coated paper, lots of large, beautiful color and black-and-white illustrations.This gift edition is dedicated to the famous Soviet and Russian chess player, multiple world champion Anatoly Karpov. The book was the first publication about the legendary grandmaster in more than 30 years.The plot of the books follows the chronology of Anatoly Karpov's life path. Starting with the story about the family and the hometown of Zlatoust, the first chess lessons given by his father, the narrative passes through a series of tournaments. The culminating matches are the matches for the title of world champion. More than a thousand pages contain a large number of games played by Karpov in different years. Therefore, the book is not only a biographical work, but also a unique guide for both beginners and experienced chess players.The three-volume collection contains about one and a half thousand photographs and documents related to the events of that time. The book also pays attention to the social activities of Anatoly Karpov, his current work on the development of the chess movement."This book would not have been possible without the family archive, which my mother started collecting from the first publication when I was seven years old. At first, the authors and I thought that we would fit into two volumes, but there was so much material that we decided to release the third one. It is a little smaller, but life goes on!", - said Anatoly Karpov, presenting the book.It was not put on open sale.Very large format (23.5*33.5 cm). Weight 5 kg 500 g.The set includes a branded gift bag.

  • book

    35.00 $

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    Chess Book:  Authors: Anatoly Karpov (editor in chief), A.Kalinin, S.Guliev, B.Annakov, V.Zimin, V.Barsky  Title: Chess Combinations. World Champions. 2 vols. Steinitz-Petrosian. Spassky-AnandBinding: HardcoverFormat: Increased(24x17 cm) Language: Russian, English Publisher: Moscow, Russian Chess House, 2011 400 + 272 pages Volume 1: This book is a collection of practically all the combinations and instructive tactical operations from the games of the 9 world champions from Wilhelm Steinitz to Tigran Petrosian. The volume I contains 1455 chess combinations by 9 World Champions - to solve. Each combination has its difficulty rating. The correct answers are given in the end of the book. In each chapter, devoted to one of the champions, the examples are arranged in chronological order. All the diagrams are give an additional mark – a number from 1 to 4. This classification allows the book to be used as an aid, both for trainers and teachers in lessons with their pupils, and for independent training. Volume 2: This book is a collection of practically all the combinations and instructive tactical operations from the games of the 6 world champions from Boris Spassky to Vishvanatan Anand. The volume II contains 926 chess combinations to solve. Each combination has its difficulty rating. The correct answers are given in the end of the book. In each chapter, devoted to one of the champions, the examples are arranged in chronological order. All the diagrams are give an additional mark – a number from 1 to 4. This classification allows the book to be used as an aid, both for trainers and teachers in lessons with their pupils, and for independent training.

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    70.00 $

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    Published: Kyrgun, 2008-2009 Edited by: U. Astashin Author: V. Panikovsky, M. Cherepanov Binding: 1. Softcover                2. Hardcover Language: russian Condition: very good 1. 411 pages 2. 285 pages 1. Size: 28 x 19,5 cm 2. Size: 22,5 x 14,5 cmEK35

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    Title:Alekhine Defence. A complete GuideAuthor: Chetverik, Kalinichenko Publisher: Russian Chess House, Moscow 2018 Hardcover English language 544 pages   The defense of Alekhine, a brave debut that defies all the classical rules of the game at the beginning of a chess game, has evolved over time into a flexible system that allows blacks to either agree to "extreme" options, or to move to three horizontal lines. This is a debut for the gaming positions. Choosing it, Black sets himself, the task of winning, not only to fight for a draw. From playing, both white and black, Alyokhin's protection is demanded by specific knowledge, books, devoted to this protection. This edition, consisting of 16 parts and 87 chapters, examines, among others, the lines of protection, the practice of which is dated exclusively to the twenty-first century. Thanks to modern technology and in-depth analysis, estimates of many previously known variants have also been changed. The book is written in a living literary language and will be useful as chess players with a high Elo ratio, and for fans. Increased format

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    Complete games collection with his own annotations.Vol. 2 1921-1925ISBN: 978-5-94693-954-6Publisher: Russian CHESS HouseAuthor(s): AlekhinLanguage: EnglishSize: NormalVolume: 344Binding: HardcoverThe fourth world champion Alexander Alekhine has gone down in history notonly as the winner of numerous tournaments and matches and the creator ofhundreds of chess masterpieces. He is also rightly regarded as one of themost outstanding analysts of all time. Alekhine’s annotations aredistinguished by their depth and objectivity, and a clear explanation of theideas inherent in a position. In this edition for the first time ALLAlekhine’s games with his own annotations have been compiled. At presentmany of them can be found only in old magazines, and some have notpreviously been published in English.In the editorial notes the achievements of modern computer analysis (italicized)have been incorporated.