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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 $
  • 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 $
  • Chess was invented in the 5th century AD in India and spread throughout the world. The uniqueness of this game is that it still covers the minds of everyone - from young to old! Chess combines elements of science and sports. They develop logic, perseverance, attentiveness, analytical thinking and memory.  Checkers is a fun, dynamic and relatively simple game. Every country in the world has it. It is comparatively easier to find a partner here than in chess. Backgammon – one of the oldest known board games. It is known that it came to us from the East. First, you need to master the basic techniques, so that later you can boldly apply various tricks during the game.  Cage length: 4.5 cm. King height: 8.8cm King base diameter: 2.8 cm The length and width of the field when unfolded: 44 X 44 cm. Material: wood Country of origin: China.

    84.48 $
  • 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:
    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:
    Bogdanovich

    50.00 $
  • Author:
    Golenishchev

    Like other titles in the Training Program for Chess Players series, this volume is both an excellent textbook for independent study and a powerful training aid for chess coaches. In the view of many experts, no better work of this kind has ever been written. coach and Master of Sport. Golenishchev's programs are still considered. critically important and are successfully employed in chess schools. His teaching methods remain popular in Russia and around the world. Supervised by Editor-in-Chief and former Karpov, this new edition of Golenishchev's classic work is updated to include important games from the recent high-level chess competitions, reflecting modern approaches to the game. OPENING Fragment 1 OPENING Fragment 2

    30.00 $
  • A limited edition of the most famous electronic chess clock. Design & quot; under the tree & quot ;. Released for the 25th anniversary of the DGT. & Nbsp; These watches are used in all major tournaments, world championships and World Cups, World Chess Olympiads. Installation of any time controls, including Fisher and Bronstein controls (with added time). & Nbsp;

    237.50 $
  • Author:
    Chernyshov

    The authors continue to study typical opening and middlegame positions. Royal Fortress No. 2 has pawns on squares f7, g6, h7 (or f2, g3, h2), and they are usually joined by another defender – bishop on g7 (g2). This formation is called fianchetto, it is found in many popular openings, such as the Catalan Opening, King's Indian Defense, Grunfeld Defense and a number of others.  The authors analyze in detail the techniques of attack, defense and counterattack. Most examples – from the creativity of modern chess players (for example, a separate chapter is dedicated to the strongest Russian grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi); they are complemented by parts that have become a classical heritage. The book contains about 300 positions for independent solution, so it is not only a textbook, but also a solid problem book. Grandmaster Konstantin Chernyshov, head of the Interregional Grandmaster School in Kostroma, and his daughter International Master Natalya Kareva – experienced coaches, whose students include grandmasters and masters, champions of Russia and Europe among juniors.  The book is addressed to young chess players and their mentors. 

    20.00 $
  • Author:
    Bologan

    The Caro-Kann defense is one of the most popular modern openings, which is firmly included in the repertoire of most elite chess players. The author of the book, a well-known grandmaster and theorist, offers a full repertoire for black in response to 1.e4, explains in detail the main strategic ideas of each option and gives the exact order of moves, offers a number of novelties in current schemes. In each chapter, alternative plans for black are considered, so that the reader can make a choice according to his taste, and it was more difficult for the opponent to prepare. Much attention in the monograph is paid to correspondence games in which players use all the achievements of modern technology. All analyses during the work on the manuscript are checked on powerful computers. Carefully selected positions for the solution will help the reader to consolidate the acquired knowledge. The 2nd edition supplements the section with the 10 most interesting current parties. The book is addressed to chess players of any level – from amateurs to professionals.  

    21.67 $
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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, 1984 Author: E. Gufeld Edited by: M. Archangelsky, F. Malkin Binding: soft cover Language: Russian Condition: very good International Grandmaster, Honored Trainer of the USSR E. Gufeld examines the important problem of the technique of realizing a small advantage. An analysis of interesting endings from practical games will help students improve the skill of playing the endgame, mastering typical attack and defense techniques.   Size: 21,5 x 14 cmEK33

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    Published: Berlin, 1979 Author: J. A. Frank Binding: Hardcover Language: german Condition: very good 302 pages Size: 10 x 21 cmEK33

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    The inscription says: To the respected A. Y. Karpov with a wish of further big successPublished: Geidelberg, 1977 Author: Friedstein G. Binding: softcover Language: german Condition: very good 204 pages Size: 15 x 21 cm   Contents autograph from the author to dear Anatoly Karpov with wishes of further great success.   This system of development, developed and introduced into practice by the Yugoslav grandmaster V. Pirtz and the Soviet master A. Ufimtsev.

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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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    The Inscription says: To the unfading Fin Nuz from the aged NeistadtPublished: Moscow, 1982 Edited by: F. Malkin Author: Y. Neistadt Binding: softcover Language: russian Condition: very good 222 pages Size: 13,5 x 21,5 cm   Efim Nuz - renowned international arbiter.   The well-known theorist and historian of chess, master Y.I. Neustadt wrote a guide to strategy and tactics. The course he offers is based on the creative legacy of Paul Keres, one of the strongest chess players of his time. The educational material is preceded by an essay on Keres's sports path, his style of play and the place that he occupied in the history of chess.EK34

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      Published: Minsk, 1958   Author: A. Syetin   Edited by: A. Sokolsky, S. Polsky Binding: Hardcover Language: Russian Condition: good 245 pages Alexei Suetin - Soviet chess player, grandmaster (1965). Coach of Tigran Petrosyan in the world championship competitions (1963-1971, 1979-1980), chess theorist and writer.   Size: 13,5 x 20,5 cm EK33

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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: M. Vadbolsky   Published: Tbilisi, 1972 Binding: Hardcover Language: Georgian  227 pages Condition: good with slight traces of water and scuffs on the sides of the binding. Size: 13,5 x 20,5 cm   The book was signed by the author for his wife, "My dear dear wife, Emmie, for a long memory" and “the Saratov club of vexillology and heraldry and personally to the energetic initiator of a large and useful business of popularizing these disciplines”.   Mikhail Vadbolsky is an artist, writer and chess history researcher who contributed to the development of the Georgian chess school.EK34

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    stellungsbeurteilung und plan, 1986 Published: Berlin, 1986 Authors: A. Karpow, A. Mazukewitsch Binding: Hardcover Language: german Condition: very good 252 pages Size: 12,5 x 19,5 cm   Contains: Above all, two skills are indispensable for a successful chess player: the ability to correctly assess a position and, as a result of this assessment, to develop an optimal plan for the further conduct of the game. The one from the authors is the longtime world champion Anatoly Karpov.   Anatoly Karpov, 12th world champion and one of the greatest chess players of all time. In just one candidate cycle, he went from a young grandmaster to a world champion and spent 10 years on the chess throne. With his creativity, sporting successes and social activities, Karpov had a huge impact on the development of chess throughout the world.EK33

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    Author: M. Hanukov, S. Shedey, S. Goobntsky Binding: softcover Language: english, russian 267 pages Condition: very good Size: 19,5 x 14 cm   The book is intended for those who do not know how, but want to learn how to play chess. It contains the basic elements of the chess game and original tasks.