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  • 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 $
  • 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 $
  • Author:
    Chandler

    The set consists of the book Chandler M. Chess for Children (gift edition) and the hero of this book - Marty the dragon (Dragon is the symbol of 2024). LEARN CHESS with the Very Big Dragon Marty! Using this entertaining book, your child will quickly and easily learn to play chess – the world's most popular strategy game that develops logical thinking. The rules are explained clearly and clearly, step by step, from scratch. The lessons reinforce the fun conversations between the boy Petya and his favorite dragon Marty, who calls himself the Very Big Dragon. In many countries, chess is recognized as a useful means of developing creative thinking in children. Although they are considered a complex and even mysterious game, the rules are quite simple. It doesn't take long to understand how the pieces move, and even a five-year-old child can enjoy chess. And children really like to beat their friends and relatives! Enlarged format (210x290 mm) The cute green dragon, the symbol of 2024, symbolizing strength, generosity, courage and endurance, is the hero of the book, which explains the rules of the chess game. The dragon has a suction cup, and you can use it to hang the toy on a glossy surface, on a window or refrigerator. Made of soft fabric,  has a height of 20 cm and a length of 26 cm.

    27.33 $
  • 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 $
  • 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 $
  • 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:
    Tal

    21.67 $
  • 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:
    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 $
  • Author:
    Fisher

    15.00 $
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    Published: St. Petersburg, 2012 Author: Yakovlev Binding: Hardcover Language: russian Condition: very good 275 pages Size: 15 x 22 cm   For more than half a century, Alexander Vasilyevich Cherepkov possessed among the chess players of our city and the whole country the strong and high authority of a reliable person, a born teacher and a wonderful master. The author of the book hopes that it will serve as a confirmation of this. For a wide range of chess lovers.MN

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    Russian chess book:Author: Ivanov S. Ionov S. Lukin A.Grandmaster Konstantin Aseev. Get to the bottom of it.Published:  Saint-Petersburg 2008Binding: HardLanguage: Russian206 pagesCondition: brand new Art MN 

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    Chess Book: Author: Nikolai Kalinichenko Title: Kings gambitBook series: Chess UniversityLanguage: EnglishBinding: HardcoverPublisher: Moscow, Russian Chess House, 2009 347 pages Abstract This book by Nikolai Kalinichenko, an International Grandmaster in correspondence play, gives a systematic analysis of the King's Gambit using more than 300 annotated games, classic and modern, providing the reader with a sound knowledge of all the standard variations, together with their typical strategic and tactical ideas.

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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: 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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    Published: Moscow, 1990   Edited by: B. Turov Binding: soft cover Language: Russian Condition: very good Pages: 207 Yakov Damsky - Soviet chess player, chess journalist, master of sports of the USSR in chess, international arbiter. Size: 13,5 x 21,5 cmEK33

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    Published: Beograd, 1971 Edited by: A. Matanovich Authors: A. Matanovich, B. Radar Binding: softcover Language: serbian Condition: good with light abrasions at the corners of the binding 301 pages Size: 24 x 17 cm   Michael Yudovich was a prominent popularizer and propagandist of chess, a chess theorist and writer. For more than 4 decades (from 1945 to 1987) he was the deputy editor-in-chief of the Chess in the USSR magazine, and became one of the organizers of the most popular White Ladya competition. Mikhail Mikhailovich worked a lot with young people and showed himself to be an experienced mentor.

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    Published: Moscow, 2013 Authors: E. Gik Binding: Hardcover Language: russian Condition: very good 335 pages Size: 24 x 17 cm   Contains: conversations with chess kings, meetings with grandmasters, unusual plots and humorous stories about chess and chess players, as well as rare photographs.EK35

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    Published: Moscow, 1982Authors: B. TyrovBinding: HardcoverLanguage: russianCondition: very good287 pagesSize: 15 x 20,5 cmThis book contains the best games of 42 outstanding chess players in the world. Each game is accompanied by a short biographical sketch of the grandmaster and his portrait.The publication is intended for a wide range of readers.EK33

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    Author: G. Ovakimyan Published: Moscow, 2019Language: english Binding: softcover 93 pages  Condition: very good   The author of this book believes that these will be spectacular intellectual games, based on such popular sports as chess, go, xiangqi, shogi, renju, etc. The author is convinced: the team game scenario he had developed will resolve the issue of these sports’ staginess by ensuring an active discussion in the course of the entire game. 

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    Published in Israel, 2006 Size: 50x30 cm