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  • Author:
    Franco

    In his new book, grandmaster Zenon Franco deeply analyzes the 69 instructive victories of the 11th world champion Robert Fischer. The book is not overloaded with options, the emphasis – with detailed explanations in a move-by-move style, creating an ideal platform for learning chess. In the "reference" At points in each game, the reader is offered test questions, which helps both the practical study of key techniques of the chess game and the reliable assimilation of acquired knowledge. Questions and answers engage the reader in the learning process and help him track his growth in chess strength. The appendix provides a critical analysis of the unsatisfactory translation of Robert Fisher's famous book “My 60 Memorable Games.”

    23.33 $
  • 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:
    Ezhov

    Grandmaster Carlos Torre – like a chess comet; his genius flashed dazzlingly and quickly went out in the chess firmament! He – the author of the most famous “mill” in the history of chess, the 2nd world champion Emanuel Lasker fell into its merciless millstones. The authors spoke about the life and work of the Mexican genius (the book contains 25 commentated games by K. Torre). Torre’s book “How a Chess Player is Formed” is presented, an essay by international master Yaroslav Prizant about Torre’s attack in modern practice. In the section "Play like Torre" – 36 instructive examples from his practice to solve. Finally, there is an interview with Carlos Torre, conducted by Gabriel Velasco in 1977. Working with the book will give readers not only aesthetic pleasure, but will also help improve their skills.

    18.33 $
  • The height of the king is 95 mm, the diameter of the base of the king is 42 mm. Currently used in tournaments of the Central House of Chess Players. The kit is sold without a board.

    47.50 $
  • 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 $
  • Author:
    Tal

    21.67 $
  • Author:
    Kasparov

    41.67 $
  • 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:
    Bogdanovich

    50.00 $
  • Author:
    Kalinichenko

    The vast majority of opening guides are written for adult readers. This book is also devoted to the theory but it is junior. The structure of the book is simple and attractive: openings are examined using examples from actual games, each of which is presented in the form of a lesson with its own name. Several such lessons form an opening theme, and the examination of each theme concludes with exercises. In each opening, attention is drawn to its characteristic tactical and strategic ideas of combinations for independent solution strictly corresponds to the opening theme. Written in clear and easy language, the book is furnished with a large number of diagrams. Colored explanatory arrows on the diagrams and the selection of individual pages with a colored background make the book easier to understand. Regular work solve two problems: deepen the student's knowledge and develop his tactical vision, thus improving his skill and results.

    28.80 $
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    10.34 $

    Collection of funny stories using chess composition.

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    10.37 $

    A manual for the preparation of chess players 4-3 times. The author now heads the chess department of the Russian State Social University.
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    9.32 $

    Methodical material for working with children.
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    13.82 $

    How to build lessons with chess players of III-II level, what material should be selected and used to explain chess laws, where to get information about the history of chess? All of these questions are answered by the book of the director of the chess sport school of the Moscow City Palace of Pioneers A.Kostyev, designed for a non-professional trainer, a volunteer discharger who conducts classes with children. This book is a kind of continuation of the book by the same author "The Chess Circle in School and the Pioneer Camp" (Moscow: FiS, 1980) - it contains material on the second year program in the chess circle.
  • book

    6.56 $

    Забавные случаи из жизни гроссмейстеров, поучительные истории, неожиданные повороты и необычные ситуации в многотрудной жизни шахматиста-практика.
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    8.64 $

    Сборник рассказов замечательного гроссмейстера и известного литератора.
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    Забавные случаи из жизни гроссмейстеров, поучительные истории, неожиданные повороты и необычные ситуации в многотрудной жизни шахматиста-практика. Автограф автора.
  • book

    6.22 $

    Reprint edition of the first Kotovsky collection of creative secrets, dedicated primarily to the problem of calculating options.
  • book

    13.82 $

    The second, updated edition. In this work, devoted to the Soviet chess school and the work of its most prominent representatives, the authors sought to show the sources of the strength of the Soviet chess movement, which has no equal in the world today, both in terms of mass character and outstanding sports and creative achievements. art. Given a detailed gallery of creative portraits with numerous parties and endings: Botvinnik, Bronstein, Petrosyan, Korchnoi, Spassky, Keres, Smyslov, Geller, and many others. According to the authors, parties and endings placed in the book should show a wide range of chess lovers the character of the creative work of the leading representatives of the Soviet chess school. The unity of creative installations, of course, does not exclude the rich variety of individual traits in the game of the best Soviet chess players. This is evidenced by the materials of the book. The comments to the parties took into account the options and analyzes given in various publications. The book is a bibliographic rarity. Designed for a wide range of chess lovers.
  • book

    8.99 $

    Stories Artist A. Brusilovsky
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    31.40 $

    A novel on biographical material (A.Alekhin's life).
  • book

    20.69 $

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    18.20 $

    Two works on the psychology of chess under one cover.
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    This monograph is dedicated to one of the most current debut beginnings - the Grünfeld Defense, which is characterized by the following moves 1. d2-d4 Kg8-f6 2. c2-c4 g7-g6 3. Kb1-c3 d7-d5 or 1. d2-d4 Kg8-f6 2. c2-c4 g7-g6 3. g2-g3 Cf8-g7 4. Cf1-g2 d7-d5. This defense was introduced into the practice of the tournament by Austrian grandmaster EFGrünfeld in 1922 in the fourth installment of his match with Becker. When systematizing the material in this monograph, the authors sought to avoid repetition of the same positions and the confusion in the naming of debut systems, variants and sequels existing in the theory. Therefore, in the book, in accordance with the historical development of the Grunfeld defense, first of all, 6 main systems are distinguished, which separate the independent options that were formed during the development of the opening. The variants and their ramifications are mainly located in a historical sequence. This allows the reader to follow the progress of the debut. The monograph is a bibliographic rarity. Designed for senior level chess players.

  • book

    11.25 $

    Tutorials on various topics of strategy and tactics.
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    5.18 $

    Рассказу о творчестве знаменитого этюдиста Б.Сахарова и его с автором совместной работе предпослан объемный очерк о сущности и эстетике этюда.
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    6.56 $

    The hero of the story is fond of chess and subsequently becomes a master. One of Lasker's original attempts in the field of chess pedagogy.