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  • 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:
    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:
    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 $
  • 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:
    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:
    Kasparov

    41.67 $
  • 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 $
  • 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 $
  • 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 $
  • 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 $
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    Gzhel Chess SetPerfect conditionUnique exemplar. Absence in the Museum of porcelain chess in St. Petersburg and in the catalogue "Porcelain and chess".The height of the king 12, 7 cm Diameter of the base of the king 3 cm Board Size 37*37 cm.Material: porcelainArt 19

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    Unique Handmade Сhess Pieces from Arita Porcelain. JapanThe village of Arita is a place where Japanese porcelain products are made. The craftsmen manually create molds for the final production and filigree apply a decorative pattern. Each chess piece is a work of art, it is attractive to look at it and to take it in hand Chess is decorated with glittering glaze and patterns of dark cobalt blue and a special red color.   The set consists of 3 elements: 1. 16 porcelain chess pieces "Sakura" (+1 spare Queen) 2. 16 Tako Arabesque Pattern Porcelain Chess Pieces (+1 spare Queen) 3. Nao Hand-Made Japanese Paper Chess Board Chess pieces sizes: King’s height 8.5 cm, base diameter 3.2 cm Pawn’s height 4.3 cm, base diameter 2.3 cm Queen’s height 8.0cm, base diameter 3.2 cm Bishop’s height 6.5cm, base diameter 2.9 cm Knight’s height 6.0cm, base diameter 3.2 cm Rook’s height 5.0cm, base diameter 2.3 cm The inner tab is blue. Condition: very good Nao Hand-Made Japanese Paper Chess Board A magnificent chessboard covered with Japanese paper "washi" handmade by Nao Hizen. Durable and incredibly beautiful. Size: board: 38.5cm×38.5cm cells: 4cm×4cm Condition: very good  

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    2000.00 $

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    Germany, mid-20th century production. Chess pieces of porcelain in the old style. Art storage casket. The figures are red-brown and white with Golden decorative lines. The height of the king is 9.7 cm; the pawn is 4.8 cm.   A complete set of porcelain figures in historical style (according to medieval drawings). On the casket decoration of various materials. Top checkered pattern in a checkerboard pattern.

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    Rare Ukrainian Porcelain Chess Pieces 1970sSize: King’s height 8 cm, base diameter 3.5 cm Pawn’s height 4.5 cm, base diameter 3 cm   Baranovsky porcelain factory-the industrial enterprise which stopped production activity in the city of Baranovka of Zhytomyr region One of the oldest enterprises for the production of porcelain in Ukraine.

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    4500.00 $

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    Genre : Other genresTechnique : Mixed techniqueMaterial : PaperWidth (cm) : 21Height (cm) : 29.5For sale is a lot of 37 works by the artist Vladimir Morozov. A4 size and smaller. Photos of the full collection are available on request.Morozov Vladimir Mikhailovich (1952-2014) Graduate of the Stroganov school. Born in Moscow, spent his youth at the Taganka and the bag. In autumn 1974 he participated in the exhibition of works by young artists in Bitsevsky forest Park. Strict censorship and the defeat of exhibitions – all this caused the opposite effect, the craving for "protest" art. Foreign collectors were happy to buy his works. Almost all of his colleagues emigrated abroad, some of them became known in the West people. In recent years, almost without interacting with the outside world, he wrote works, closed in his workshop, then – complete loneliness. Origin of works: from the artist's family.

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    250.00 $

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    Unique collector's philatelic-numismatic set dedicated to the 1972 Spassky-Fischer World Championship MatchWas received from Iceland   18 envelopes   3 postcards   2 coins   The 1972 World Chess Championship match between Boris Spassky and Robert Fischer took place in Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland. The match was accompanied by scandals and psychological warfare between its participants and ended with a score of 12½ : 8½ in favor of Fischer. This match, in which citizens of the USSR and the USA met at the height of the Cold War, was repeatedly called the "match of the century" in the Western press of that time. The prize fund of the match for the first time in the history of chess was $ 250,000.EK36

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    Title: Chess Battles Published: military publishing house of the USSR Ministry of defense, Moscow,1970 Language: Russian Pages 208 This edition examines the creative achievements of chess players of the armed forces of the USSR for 1967-68 Already in the 60s, Yefim NUZ judged the largest competitions in the USSR and became an international arbitrator by the age of 35, which at the time was a rarity. NUZ was friends with many leading players of the Union and Moscow Арт ЕК2

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    26.00 $

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     “Russia” Chess Festival. Sochi . December 1982. 5 issues. Language: Russian Publisher: special edition of the “All-Russian Chess Club”. Sochi Polygraph Association. Sochi 1982   This set of bulletines covers the events and matches of the chess festival “Russia”, held in Sochi in 1982\Арт ЕК 10

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    Title: All-Union Chess Tournament. Yerevan- February-March 1982. 12 issues. Full set. Language: Russian Publisher: Publishing House of CK KP Armenia, Yerevan,  1982. Release of the monthly editorial board of “Shahmatain Hayastan” This set of bulletines covers several all-Union chess competitions that were held in Yerevan, Armenia in 1982   Арт Ек4

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    Diploma of the Komsomol of Azerbaijan for the first place at the USSR chess championship among women 1962 Dimentions: 35x25.5 cm Tatiana Yakovlevna Zatulovskaya  Soviet and later an Israeli chess player and engineer-geologist. Grandmaster (1976), honored master of sports of the USSR Winner of many international competitions, Championships of the USSR (1960, 1962, 1963), contender for the title of world champion (1961, 1964, 1967). As part of the USSR national team-the winner of two Olympiads (1963 and 1966). Since 1967-honored master of sports of the USSR. Five-time winner of the sport society "Burevestnik» Art PK4

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    30.00 $

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    Soviet chess prize: All-Union qualifying tournament for the chess championship of Barnaul 1988. Material: metal Diameter: 50mm Thickness: 2.3 mm

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    Material: metal Diameter: 60mm Thickness: 4 mm   Арт ЕК11