Full name of the book: "My Great Predecessors: The Recent history of the development of the chess game. In five volumes. Volume 5. Karpov and Korchnoi, 2nd edition, expanded and revised" Garry Kasparov is a long–term leader of world chess, the author of a number of bestsellers. The five-volume book "My Great Predecessors" was created by him in collaboration with the famous chess journalist and master Dmitry Plisetsky. This project has no analogues in chess literature: the 13th world champion tells about the fate and creativity of twelve previous champions and their rivals. The fifth volume is dedicated to the world champion Karpov and his historical rival Korchny, their dramatic duel for the chess crown. Here is the second edition, supplemented and radically revised. You will find a lot of new interesting finds, especially in the most important games of the famous match in Baguio (1978) ISBN: 978-5-94693-043-7 Author (s): Kasparov Publisher: IP Amannazarov M. A. Language: Russian Condition: NEW Format: Regular Pages: 496c +  48 p. Binding: Hard Date: 2021 Art.: MN

Book contains authograph from an author! The book has a defect on the first page Condition:Worned Author (s): Koblenz  Publisher: Physical education and sports Language: Russian Format: 14.5x21x0.5cm Pages: 50 p. Binding: soft Date: 1970 Art.: EK40

Alvis Vitolins (1946-1997) is a seven-time champion of Latvia, an acute-attacking chess player, one of the last debut innovators of the pre-computer era. In blitz, he is a world-class player and a regular sparring partner of world champion Mikhail Tal. Vitolins often used gambits and his novelties in the Sicilian defense, the Spanish game, the Nimtsovich defense and the Bogolyubov defense were used at the highest level, including challenger tournaments and matches for the world champion title. Vitolins became an international master in 1980 . The first edition of the book was published in Latvia in 2008 in Latvian, the analyses were checked using computers available at that time. In 2021, international master Grigory Bogdanovich, using the latest generation of computer programs, tested the entire analytical part of the book and made the necessary corrections. ISBN: 978-5-906254-84-9 Author (s): Vitomskis, Kengis, Clovans, Lanka.  Publisher: Russian Chess House Language: Russian Condition: NEW Format: Regular Pages: 160 p. Binding: Hard Date: 2021 Art.: MN

Published: Kyiv, 1963 Binding: softcover Language: russian Condition: very good. About 50 pages 64 games, 150 copies Size: 20 x 27,7 cm. Chess Book from the Baturinsky-Karpov library. EK-50

Published: Budapest, 1965 Binding: soft cover Language: Russian, Hungarian Condition: very good 39 pages Book from the library Baturinsky-Karpov. 1. Savon 2. Vasyukov Contents: chess games, analysis, composition; interesting observations of the game of great grandmasters.   Size: 29 x 20,5 cm

Published: Tbilisi, 1999 Edited by: Gela Chadunashvili Author: D. Gurgenidze Binding: softcover Language: georgian Condition: very good David Antonovich Gurgenidze - Georgian, formerly Soviet, chess composer, grandmaster in chess composition. Since 1970 he has published about 200 studies, 90 of which have been awarded prizes. 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. 32 pages Size: 15 x 21 cmMN

Author: A. KarpovTitle: My Sister KaissaPublished: Russian Chess House, Moscow 2014Language: RussianBinding: HardbackPages: 318The book of multiple world chess champion is a book of memories. Sharp not only chess, but also everyday situations, collisions of characters, portraits of great chess players are written really with skill of the writer. About remarkable athletes, about their human merits and shortcomings, addictions and eccentricities readers of this book learn.

ANATOLY KARPOV. 3 VOLUMES:1. CLIMBING THE CHESS OLYMPUS2. THE BATTLE FOR THE CHESS OLYMPUS3. A VIEW FROM OLYMPUSA luxurious gift edition, only a few copies of which I have and which was never put on open sale. Coated paper, lots of large, beautiful color and black-and-white illustrations.This gift edition is dedicated to the famous Soviet and Russian chess player, multiple world champion Anatoly Karpov. The book was the first publication about the legendary grandmaster in more than 30 years.The plot of the books follows the chronology of Anatoly Karpov's life path. Starting with the story about the family and the hometown of Zlatoust, the first chess lessons given by his father, the narrative passes through a series of tournaments. The culminating matches are the matches for the title of world champion. More than a thousand pages contain a large number of games played by Karpov in different years. Therefore, the book is not only a biographical work, but also a unique guide for both beginners and experienced chess players.The three-volume collection contains about one and a half thousand photographs and documents related to the events of that time. The book also pays attention to the social activities of Anatoly Karpov, his current work on the development of the chess movement."This book would not have been possible without the family archive, which my mother started collecting from the first publication when I was seven years old. At first, the authors and I thought that we would fit into two volumes, but there was so much material that we decided to release the third one. It is a little smaller, but life goes on!", - said Anatoly Karpov, presenting the book.It was not put on open sale.Very large format (23.5*33.5 cm). Weight 5 kg 500 g.The set includes a branded gift bag.

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.

Published: Kyrgun, 2008-2009 Edited by: U. Astashin Author: V. Panikovsky, M. Cherepanov Binding: 1. Softcover                2. Hardcover Language: russian Condition: very good 1. 411 pages 2. 285 pages 1. Size: 28 x 19,5 cm 2. Size: 22,5 x 14,5 cmEK35

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

Complete games collection with his own annotations.Vol. 2 1921-1925ISBN: 978-5-94693-954-6Publisher: Russian CHESS HouseAuthor(s): AlekhinLanguage: EnglishSize: NormalVolume: 344Binding: HardcoverThe fourth world champion Alexander Alekhine has gone down in history notonly as the winner of numerous tournaments and matches and the creator ofhundreds of chess masterpieces. He is also rightly regarded as one of themost outstanding analysts of all time. Alekhine’s annotations aredistinguished by their depth and objectivity, and a clear explanation of theideas inherent in a position. In this edition for the first time ALLAlekhine’s games with his own annotations have been compiled. At presentmany of them can be found only in old magazines, and some have notpreviously been published in English.In the editorial notes the achievements of modern computer analysis (italicized)have been incorporated.