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  • 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 $
  • 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:
    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 $
  • Author:
    Bogdanovich

    50.00 $
  • Author:
    Getmanchuk

    16.67 $
  • 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 $
  • 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:
    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 $
  • Unique chess for 3 players. Such chess will appeal to any person who chooses something new and appreciates original things. Manufacturer MADON-CHESS (Poland) Chessboard size: 46.5x54x2.5cm (unfolded) King height: 7.7cm King base diameter (cm): 3  Pawn height (cm): 3.6 Pawn base diameter (cm): 2.1 Presence of weighting agent: no Weight: 1311 g. Wood used for the chessboard: beech, birch Wood used for figures: hornbeam, beech  Intermediate chess for three is ideal entertainment for friends. The chess store presents to customers a unique set from a Polish manufacturer. If you are planning to buy a medium chess set for three in Moscow, pay attention to the set MADON-CHESS.   The main advantages of a chess set for three are reasonable cost and workmanship. The chess pieces are made of beech and oak of the highest quality. The chessboard is not inferior in quality: it is based on birch and beech.  The set consists of chess in three colors.  The chessboard has a compact size and is convenient to store on a shelf. Inside the board there are three separate compartments for storing pieces. For convenience and to keep products intact, the board is equipped with a soft lining.

    214.50 $
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    Published: Tbilisi, 1999 Author: D. Gurgenidze Binding: softcover Language: Georgian Condition: very good 136 pages Size: 20 x 15 cm David Antonovich Gurgenidze is a Georgian, formerly Soviet, chess composer, grandmaster in chess composition. Published about 200 studies, 90 of them were awarded prizes. Winner of the personal championships of the USSR. 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.MN

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    Published: Tbilisi, 1989 Authors: Neidze, Mchedlishvili Binding: Softcover Language: georgian Condition: very good 46 pages Size: 14,5 x 20 cm Contains: coated paper, Illustrations, moves, analysis of games.

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    Author: Tkachenko   Edited by: Voronkov   Published: Poltava, 2010   Binding: hardcover Language: Russian 363 pages Condition: excellent Size: 21 x 15,2 cm   ART-MN

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    Chess book:Author: S. VoronkovRussian sphinx. Alexander AlekhinePublished:  Moscow 2021Binding: HardLanguage: Russian544 pagesCondition: brand new Art MN 

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    Chess Book:  Author: Sergey Ivashchenko Title: Manual of Chess Combinations, Vol. II Publisher: Moscow, Russian Chess House, 2016 Binding: HardcoverFormat: Increased Language: English, German, Russian, Spanish 264 pagesLearn to solve more complicated problems. Our new book includes combinations occurred in the games by well-known players, including outstanding masters of the past and the present. There are many specially composed positions, called studies. As in our previous book instructional material is arranged in sections of increasing complexity. The study of each section can be roughly estimated as adding 100 points to your rating. Thus our book should lead you up the rungs of chess mastery from a rating of 1600-1700 to a solid level of 2200 points or more which in practice corresponds roughly to that of a candidate master. Of course with tactics alone you will not defeat all of your opponents, but without tactics nothing can be done in chess.Note: economy shipping without tracking

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    Chess Book: Author: Sarhan Guliev Title: Veselin Topalov. Selected games on the Ex-World Chess Champion Publisher: Moscow, Russian Chess House, 2017 Binding: Hardcover Language: English 468 pagesThis book is devoted to the games of a great chess player who has done much to set the agenda for the development of modern chess - Bulgarian Grandmaster, FIDE 2005 World Chess Champion Veselin Topalov. After becoming Under 14 Would Chess Champion in 1989 Topalov become one of the leading chess players in the world in the mid 1990s. The wider Russian public first heard of the Bulgarian Grandmaster in 1994, when Topalov beat the Great and Fearsome Garry Kasparov at the Olympiad.

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    Published: Leipzig, 1933 Author: J. Mieses Binding: softcover Language: german Condition: very good 79 pages Size: 10 x 15,2 cm   Jacques Mises is a German-English chess player, grandmaster, international arbiter, and chess writer.EK34

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    Chess book:Author: Sergey IvashchenkoTitle: Manual of chess combinations, vol. IPublisher: Moscow, Russian chess house, 2017Binding: hardbackLanguages: English, German, Russian, SpanishISBN: 978-5-94693-522-7256 pagesThe book is intended for the instruction of children by teachers or parents, and is aimed at quite a lengthy teaching period, beginning with the very rudiments of the game.  For each of use the present edition has been divided into two volumes, to which significant corrections and additions have been made. The book will be extremely useful,  both for independent work, and for study in schools or in clubs.

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    The book is called "Alexander Zaitsev".Published: Moscow, 1986 Edited by: B. Turov Author: B. Arkhangelsky, R. Kimelfeld Binding: softcover Language: russian Condition: very good 144 pages Size: 21,5 x 13,5 cmThe autograph belongs to Arkhangelsky.  EK35 This book is about a modest and charming man, a wonderful chess player. Alexander Zaitsev was not a child prodigy. He started playing chess at the age of 14, at 18 - he has the first category. By today's standards, this does not even give the right to play in all-Union tournaments. And in the 50s it was a local success. However, he still became an international grandmaster.

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    Published: Sofia, 1981 Author: A. Malchev   Edited by: M. Udovich Binding: Hardcover Language: russian Condition: good with slight scuffs 1. 465 pages 2. 459  pages Size: 24,5 x 17 cm   Alexander Borisovich Roshal - famous chess journalist, master of sports of the USSR in chess, honored coach of the RSFSR, honored worker of culture, publisher and editor-in-chief of the magazineEK35

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    Published: Minsk, 1984 Authors: L. Bondar, Z. Livshits, A. Luboshits   Edited by: A. Kapengut Binding: Hardcover Language: russian Condition: very good 240 pages Size: 13,5 x 20 cm   Contents: key principles of strategy, tactics, typical endgame positions and the basics of opening theory. Designed for trainers, students-chess players to improve the qualifications of the category.   Z. Livshits - candidate for master of sports in chess, physicist, head of the design bureau, coach of the national team of the BSSR.   L. Bondar - Candidate for Master of Sports in Chess, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Belarusian Polytechnic Institute.   A. Lyuboshits - master of sports of the USSR in chess, candidate of technical sciencesEK35

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    Russian chess book: Author: Gia Nadareishvili In search of beauty Published:  Tbilisi 1986 Binding: Soft Language: Russian 208 pages Coated paper, photo illustrations. Signed by Nadareishvili to world chess champion Kasparov: “To the world champion dear Garry Kasparov with best wishes”.   Gia Nadareishvili (Georgian გია ნადარეიშვილი; September 22, 1921[1] – October 3, 1991) was a Soviet chess composer of Georgian nationality (born in Tbilisi[1]), and author of many books on chess studies.   Garry Kimovich Kasparov (Russian: Га́рри Ки́мович Каспа́ров, Russian pronunciation: [ˈɡarʲɪ ˈkʲiməvʲɪtɕ kɐˈsparəf]; born Garik Kimovich Weinstein,[3] 13 April 1963) is a Russian chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion, writer, and political activist. EK27