This book has many authors and a common theme is chess. But the reader does not even need to know how the figures go. He is invited to plunge into the world of eternal game - its history, psychology, philosophy ... He will feel the aroma of various eras, and such great boulders as Zweig, Kuprin, Leonov and Firdousi will help him in this. But not only they. The book also includes the wonderful essay by Chagodaeva, the last wife of the character of Capablanca’s chess, who wrote about him with love and sadness, and the mystery poem by an unknown author.

In the West, this book of grandmaster John Nunn - a contender for the world crown, Olympic champion in the national team of England and part-time doctor of mathematics - has long been a bestseller. A new, noticeably expanded edition is finally coming out in Russian. How to calculate the options and fight with blunders, how to correctly attack and defend the worst positions, how to build your debut repertoire and conduct an educational program in the endgame, how to work with a computer and how to read literature, you will find answers to these and many other questions .

Readers are invited to a brilliant book of the famous Romanian grandmaster Michael Marina, which was recognized in 2005 as the best chess book in the United States. The first volume of the two-volume book is devoted to the works of A. Rubinshtein, A. Alekhin, M. Botvinnik and M. Tal.

Merry Buratino will open the door for you to an amazing country - a fairy tale. She will talk about the manners and habits of chess pieces, teach you to attack energetically and calmly defend yourself, to think carefully about your decisions, both in chess and in life. Chess develop perseverance, logical thinking and memory, learn to use time rationally. And the “prompting” will be the multiple world champion Anatoly Evgenievich Karpov and the coach of the highest category Anatoly Borisovich Shingiri. Good luck!

Merry Buratino will open the door for you to an amazing country - a fairy tale. She will talk about the manners and habits of chess pieces, teach you to attack energetically and calmly defend yourself, to think carefully about your decisions, both in chess and in life. Chess develop perseverance, logical thinking and memory, learn to use time rationally. And the “prompting” will be the multiple world champion Anatoly Evgenievich Karpov and the coach of the highest category Anatoly Borisovich Shingiri. Good luck!

The book of the famous Soviet master and theorist Veniamin Markovich Blumenfeld is devoted to the most important component of a chess game - the art of combination. The author talks about how to find and recognize hidden tactical resources of a position, leads positions for an independent solution aimed at developing a combination vision. The author’s practical advice, which has retained its relevance to the present day, will help the reader to better understand when a tactical strike should be sought during the game, and when it makes sense to restrict oneself to a solid positional continuation, saving time to think about moves. For a wide range of chess lovers.

Strictly thought-out and carefully selected modern material will help you easily find the necessary continuation for any opponent’s move and avoid the time-consuming process of studying thick textbooks on the theory of debuts. Having included both the repertoire of the combination chess player and the positional player in your arsenal, you will become practically invulnerable to your opponents and you will be able to vary your opening weapon depending on the circumstances and strike your partners off with both hands.

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2 books:

1. World Chess Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk. K. Ilyumzhinov, N. Kim. The official edition of the World Chess Cup 2005! All tournament games under the same cover! The brightest episodes of the struggle, the best photos, the most interesting moments of the backstage life of the tournament! This book is about the 2005 World Chess Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk. In it you will find the chess games of the Cup, as well as the brightest episodes of the fight, photos of the participants and the most interesting moments of the tournament’s backstage.

2. Kremlin debut. World Championship 2001-2002. K.N. Ilyumzhinov, N.V. Kim President of FIDE and the Republic of Kalmykia Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and journalist Nikita Kim present the official publication of the World Chess Championship 2001-2002 in Moscow. The book contains all the games of the tournament, the best of which are commented on by world champion Ruslan Ponomarev, world vice-champion Vasily Ivanchuk, world vice-champion Alexander Kostenyuk, grandmasters-participants of the championship. And also: the brightest episodes of the struggle, interviews with grandmasters, the best photos, detailed statistics. The book is designed for a wide range of chess lovers.

In this book, much has been done for the first time. For the first time (at least in Russian) a detailed and qualitative analysis of the Veresov system is given. For the first time, a map of mines and traps & quot; garden and park & quot; Blackmar-Diemer's gambite will appear before the reader in full format, without cuts. The original idea of Litvinenko also did not remain without a thoughtful and painstaking analysis submitted to the reader’s court. From the reader, by and large, only one thing is required: desire. The desire to avoid jaded along and across the schemes of the Queen's Gambit, the desire to try something new. Off, template game! If there is such a desire, the first volume of the monograph & quot; Debut of Queen's Pawns & quot; will become an indispensable assistant on the way to a bright creative experiment. And victories!

Lovers & quot; have fun & quot; at the chessboard, it is proposed to get acquainted with one of those & quot; curves & quot ;, & quot; frivolous & quot; debuts that will not meet in a world championship match.

Your attention is invited to a monograph on one of the most popular open debuts - the Russian party. The idea of a counterattack that underlies the Russian game after 1.e4 e5 2.Kf3 Kf6! Is so attractive that this debut is constantly found at all major competitions, including matches for the World Championship. The author of the book, multiple world champion Anatoly Karpov, has repeatedly tested the Russian game in matches against Garry Kasparov, Gata Kamsky and in major tournaments of our time. His co-author - grandmaster Nikolai Kalinichenko - the author of numerous monographs on the theory of chess, has been working on the theme of the Russian party for more than 20 years. The book is based on a unique card file, which contains many batches and analyzes that have not been published in print and electronic databases. Work is broken into three volumes. The first one is devoted to such sharp and interesting schemes as the Cochran gambit 4.K: f7!?, Variant 5. Xcz !, A. Shirov’s formidable weapon and other interesting possibilities. The authors as comfortable as possible offer the reader to plunge into the fascinating world of the Russian party and to comprehend its innermost secrets.

The third volume is devoted to the Steinitz system 1. e4 e5 2. Kf3 Kf6 3. d4, which has not lost its relevance today