About the game:   The king of the White City learns about the holding of a major chess tournament in the far-Away Kingdom and wants to choose the most worthy of you,but can not decide. And then he comes up with a test... This box is a unique Board chess game. To be the first to reach the finish line and Board the ship, you will have to overcome a fabulous forest filled with adventures and dangers. Get out of the swamps, avoid traps and defeat the robbers will help you Firebird, humpback Horse and other fairy-tale characters. The most curious thing is that each turn the player's chip moves as one of the chess pieces, and which one is determined by the roll of the dice! Our game is for children who know how to walk the figures, and for adults who can easily learn it.     Contents of the game box: Large playing field; 64 surprise cards; 74 cards with chess tasks; 6 chips; 2 dice; rules. Box size  29, 5 cm* 29, 5 cm *7 cmLanguage: Russian

Published: Moscow, 1975 Author: Kotov A. Binding: Hardcover Language: russian Condition: very good 221 pages Size: 13 x 17 cm   Aleksander Kotov - Soviet chess player and leader of the chess movement, international grandmaster (1950) and chess novelist, participant in the candidates' tournaments.   Viktor Davydovich Baturinsky - Soviet chess functionary; international arbiter. Chairman of the chess section of the Moscow City Council of Trade Unions (1934-1935), the Chess Council of the Central Committee of the USSR (1955-1957), Deputy Chairman of the USSR Chess Federation (1974-1986). Director of the USSR Central School of Chess (1970-1981), Head of the Chess Department (1971-1981) and head chess coach (1981-1985) of the USSR Sports Committee. Head of the Soviet delegation to the World Championship matches (1978 and 1981); organizer of many All-Union and international competitions.

Russian Chess Book:   Author: N. Grekov   Title: The history of chess competitions   Published: Moscow, 1935. Soft coverLanguage: Russian   136 pagesEK30

Author: M. Levidov Title: Jews in world culture: Wilhelm Steinitz Published: Jerusalem 1987 Binding: Paperback Language: Russian Pages: 160 Signed by Saveliy Dudakov (Israeli philologist and historian) Арт ек22

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

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

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

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.

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

Published: Yorklyn, 1994 Authors: J. Owen Binding: Hardcover Language: english Condition: very good 205 pages Size: 16 x 23,5 cm   Contains: collection of games from one of the most famous tournaments in the history of chess. Such outstanding masters as G. Pillsbury, K. Schlechter, D. Yanovsky, S. Vinaver, Z. Tarrasch and others played in it. The great Russian champion Mikhail Chigorin won a brilliant victory in the tournament - Rudolf Haruzek.EK33

Chess Book:  Author: Emil Schallopp Title: Hastings 1895 Chess Tournament Publisher: Moscow, Russian Chess House, 2017 Binding: Hardcover Language: EnglishFormat: Increased 358 pagesThe first Hastings international chess tournament games collection was published in England in 1895, not long after the competition took place. The participants themselves commentated the games. The second games collection appeared a year later, in Germany. The author, Emil Schallopp, a well-known master and chess journalist, used analysis published in the English tournament book extensively, as well as in European chess periodicals. This book includes Schallopp’s commentary. Of course, many of E.Schallopp’s evaluations, especially as periains to the opening, have been disproved by modern theory. Nevertheless, the Russian Chess House left most of his commentary untouched, viewing it as a tribute to the epoch and believing it has great value in terms of chess history. In certain cases, analysis published by Schallopp’s successors and drastically reevaluating many key positions is provided. A few games have been commentated by S. Tarrash, G.Y. Levenfish and P.A.Romanovsky. The round overviews were written by B.Trubitsyn (rounds I-X and XVII-XXI) and B.I.Belensky (rounds XI-XVI). B.Trubitsyn also compiled the informational sources and wrote one of the introductory articles.Note: economy international shipping (without tracking number)

Chess Book:Author: Linder I.M.Title: Schach. Schachfiguren im Wandel der ZeitPublisher: Verlag der AG «H.G.S», Moskau, 1994Language: GermanBinding: hardcover + supercover + cardboard case288 pages The name of Dr. Isaac Linder is well known owing to his numerous works on the history of chess.Born in November 20, 1920 he began to play chess in his early childhood. Great Lasker gave his praise to the 14-year-old schoolboy.Passion for chess and a professional approach of the historian (Dr. Linder is a graduate of the historian faculty of Moscow University) mark his books "First Russian Chess Master A.D.Petrov" (1952,1955), "Artist of Chess I.S.Shumov" (1959), "At the Putset of Chess Culture" (1967) and "First Russian Chess Masters" (1979). In these monographs many archival materials, unearthed and studies by the author, were used.A fundamental approach also marks his book "Chess in Rus" published by the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1064 and then reissued in 1975. Original research into the chess etymology and chess realities in bylinas (Russian epic) was also done by the author. His book "Chess in Old Russia" was published in English in Switzerland in 1979.This book is the result of Dr. Linder's thirty-year-long research into the history of chess pieces and its interrelation with world culture.For about one and a half thousand years, from the time of emergence of chess up to now, people have been trying to render the true charm of this wise game through the chess pieces they made, displaying outstanding talent, fantasy and resourcefulness. The miniature chessmen have always been genuine works of art no matter what material they were made of (ivory or silver, mother-of-pearl or porcelain), and whether they reflected people's life at different times or were of abstract character.The author of the album is a well-known Russian historian Dr. Isaac Linder who describes in a captivating manner the stages of evolution of figurative and abstract chess pieces from medieval to modern forms. This description is based on a thorough study of private collections and museum pieces. The riches of the art of chess pieces are shown in its entirety, including such archaeological finds as the ancient chess pieces from Afrasiab (seventh to eighth centuries, Uzbekistan), unique porcelain, ivory and metal sets of all times and lands.The album, containing 250 black-and-white and colour illustrations, is a good gift to chess collectors and all lovers of this ancient game.