From the publisher. The publication includes the following books: & quot; Meteors & quot ;, & quot; Why are figures silent? & quot; and & quot; Learn from mistakes & hellip; so as not to repeat them & quot ;. Table of contents Book 1 Yuri Averbakh, Leonid Verkhovsky & quot; Meteora & quot ;. Practically for the first time in Russian it is told about the most talented chess players who flashed by the meteors in a rich chess sky. They did not have time to take part in the struggle for the world chess crown, but left their bright mark on the ancient and wise game. Designed for the widest circles of chess lovers. Book 2 Yuri Averbakh & quot; What the figures are silent & quot ;. The author, who was an eyewitness and an active participant in the most acute conflicts that sometimes shook the entire chess world, frankly talks about what lurked behind seven seals for decades. The book is designed for all chess lovers, and not only for them. Book 3 Leonid Verkhovsky "learn from mistakes ... so as not to repeat them". The famous chess writer and coach Leonid Verkhovsky offers an unexpected, but already proven to be quite effective way to learn from the mistakes of others. Avoiding them, master the ideas and techniques that chess players of all levels need - from beginner to grandmaster.

Practically for the first time in Russian it is told about the most talented chess players, meteors flashed on the rich chess sky. They did not manage to take part in the struggle for the world chess crown, but left their bright trace in the ancient and wise game. It is designed for the widest circles of chess fans.

The book is intended for those enthusiasts who want to include children in intellectual games, but do not know where to start and how to continue. All the games in this book are full of a variety of informative material and, most importantly, equipped with a methodology for training and tournaments.

The manual includes 144 basic training sessions, increasing in complexity, and 18 tournaments (one in each month). This allows coaches and educators to engage in extracurricular thematic games with teens twice a week for two years. In addition, these games can take a worthy place in the family leisure.

Have you ever read about what happens behind the scenes of world championship matches, what is the incredible price to get the championship crown? Chess at the highest level is full of drama, shrouded in a veil of mystery, which only a few are allowed to open. This book is a unique testimony of the struggle for the right to write your name in history. Evgeny Bareev helped Vladimir Kramnik on two matches for the title of chess king: with Garry Kasparov (London 2000) and Peter Leko (Brisaggo 2004). Ilya Levitov on the rights of a friend persuaded him to tell frankly about these fights. The book, based on personal notes made by Bareev directly during the matches, as well as on his many hours of conversation with the co-author, describes the peripeteia of intense struggle, and also gives a detailed analysis of all the games of the two matches.

Alexander Belyavsky - one of the strongest Soviet grandmasters, four-time champion of the USSR, an applicant to the world chess crown. His book is a kind of textbook of the struggle for a chessboard. The struggle that has led the author to victories for dozens of times.

In this book the best parties of the first Soviet world champion M. Botvinnik are collected, relating to the final period of his activity as a chess player-practitioner. The reader will find examples of chess games from matches for the world championship with V. Smyslov, T. Tal, T. Petrosyan and several other competitions in 1957-1970, as well as previously unpublished photos from the life of the famous grandmaster. The book is designed for qualified chess players.

This book is a continuation of the scientific work of M.M. Botvinnik "Analytical and Critical Works, 1923-1941", which was first published more than thirty years ago. The great chess player continues the story about his sports and creative activity in the period 1942-1956, including winning the title of world champion, leads 130 best games of this time.

In this book, 120 best games played during the period from 1923 to 1941 are presented. In the introductory article the author tells about the beginning of his sports and creative way, about how the game became his profession. The book is intended for professional chess players.

European chess bestseller! The release of the book in English caused a lot of laudatory responses, it was recognized as the best book of 1996, and interest in it has not weakened to this day. "Sorcerer's Apprentice" already published in German, Spanish, French and Italian. In this instructive and entertaining book, the legendary David Bronstein, artist and chessboard wizard, invites you to become his student. The author begins with tips for beginners and then develops the skill of the reader with examples (235 in total) from his own games played over 58 years — from 1938 to 1996. Although the textbook is primarily addressed to amateurs, experienced chess players, including grandmasters, will also read it with pleasure and benefit, learning many interesting stories from Bronstein's life and getting acquainted with the way of his magical thoughts. This book is not at all like those that the chess world has known so far, but after all, its main character — a unique phenomenon!

The world's first textbook of chess strategy and tactics, entirely built on games with computers! The basis of this `textbook of the XXI century` is 75 deeply commented parties, played by the hero of the book with the strongest computers in 1990-97. But not only with the electronic `goliaths` the great David had to fight in his life. This dramatic confrontation between the creative person and the system is also discussed for the first time. So under one cover two books are hidden, as it were: an unusual chess textbook and a book of memoirs of an outstanding grandmaster.

For the first time in chess literature, this book tells about record achievements and cases of honor in 100 nominations that are directly related to chess. Here you will find fascinating stories about the most-most games, people, tournaments, matches and events in the chess world.

The book of Yakov Damsky "King Boris the Tenth" fills an empty niche in the GSOM series and tells about the world champion Boris Spassky. It contains for the first time some unknown pages of the life of a great chess player. 

Grandmaster Efim Geller can be considered the best chess player in history among those who fought with world champions. His brilliant victories (as well as those that have been lost) reveal many secrets of chess to us and teach us not only to win over champions. Most of the fights with the world champions had a very important sporting importance: the titles of the champion of the USSR, the winner of the match of applicants for the world crown, and the first place in a major international tournament were determined. They are in the first chapter. In the second - the lost victory. These are also lots of rich chess content, but those seemingly incomprehensible twists of fate, which in one instant turn success into failure, triumph into defeat. The book is designed for chess lovers.

The book, prepared by an experienced chess master and teacher, is designed both for chess players and coaches of high qualification, and for amateurs, to whom it can serve as a teaching aid.