The reader is offered a unique collection of lessons, lectures, seminars on all issues of chess perfection, including psychology, opening preparation, solving problems in the middle of the game, enhancing the endgame skill, etc. Among the authors are world champions, outstanding chess players, coaches and teachers.

The book is an interesting autobiographical material about a hundred of the best chess players of the XX century. Stories about the masters of chess sport are arranged in chronological order ...

The book talks about such a rare but very bright event in chess, as short games. An analysis of the games played by the great chess players when they got into funny situations or lost after a small number of moves. For a wide range of readers.

Tasks for co-op and reverse mat; fabulous, joke, retro

International chess grandmaster Yakov Georgievich Vladimirov - the author of the popular trilogy published in the Astrel publishing house ("1000 chess problems", "1000 chess etudes" and "1000 chess riddles") presents his new work. This is a real small encyclopedia that contains tasks and sketches of all genres, the history of the development of the composition, terminology, personalities, memorable events. It is intended for a wide range of readers, coaches, editors of chess categories. The collection does not repeat any of the positions mentioned in the books.

The book is a complete collection of miniatures of thirteen world champions - from Steinitz to Kasparov. When selecting parties, only tournaments and matches with classical time control are considered. Readers can use the material to get acquainted with the creativity of world champions, like a debut manual, a collection of traps or even a textbook. Most miniatures contain comments, marked the key points of the game. As a rule, the author gave a modern interpretation of the debut. Thanks to a large number of diagrams, parties can be watched without placing figures.

This is a real ode to chess aesthetics - the most beautiful games played in the last 150 years. There are essays about all chess pieces, about the centuries-old evolution of views on the ideal of beauty in chess. At the request of the author, the world's outstanding chess players expressed their opinion on the issues raised.

This book will open to you the amazing and fascinating world of chess. She will teach you to play this ancient game that millions of people of all ages around the world continue to get involved in.

The book contains 64 basic lessons, 16 unusual lessons and 4 tests, over 1000 training tasks and output data for these assignments, 2000 chess diagrams and 32 cognitive illustrations. It is addressed to young and adult readers who want to learn how to play chess and achieve the level of mastery of a chess player of the first level. The book will benefit the parents of young chess players and chess trainers. Of special interest is for all those who are inclined to the scientific approach to cognition of chess, and also are interested in chess as a phenomenon of world culture.

Based on I.Rabinovich's classic work "Endgame". An active chess player-practice does not have enough time for deep study of the endgame, but every qualified chess player must know a certain set of positions. This task is the responsibility of this book. It can be divided into two parts. In the first - theoretical - simple endings are considered, in which the final estimate, the methods for achieving a win or draw are already known. In the second part of the book the reader learns the methods of realizing the advantages in the endgame, the main techniques.

The Astrel publishing house continues to release a new series - Encyclopedia of Chess Olympus, dedicated to the life and work of all world chess champions from Steinitz to Kramnik. The authors are famous Russian writers and historians of chess Isaac and Vladimir Lindera. Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhin (1892–1946) is the 4th world chess champion (1927–35, 1937–1946). Among the greatest chess players of all time, Alexander Alekhin is distinguished by the scale of his creative heritage and the aesthetic appeal of the game. From 1908 to the last years of his life, he participated in 94 tournaments, in 64 of them came out the winner and in 12 occupied second places. He played 26 matches (including 5 in the world championship) and was the only chess champion in history who died undefeated. Alekhin influenced the chess life of dozens of countries and peoples due to his vivid performances in tournaments, matches, touring tours, as well as literary works.

Grandmaster Alexei Shirov (born 1972) has been among the top ten in the FIDE rating list for many years. He is like a free artist in chess and in life. For original designs and vivid combinations, he is called Tal's heir and "new wizard" from Riga!

500 games Shirov with comments intershift.