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  • Author:
    Kapengut

    An outstanding theorist and successful coach shares his memories of communication and cooperation with Mikhail Tal, Anatoly Karpov, Isaac Boleslavsky, Elena Akhmylovskaya and other outstanding chess players. Separate large chapter – a story about many years of work with Boris Gelfand: over these years (1980-1993) the student went from a 12-year-old candidate for master to the holder of the 3rd rating in the world. Albert Kapengut – winner of 6 gold medals at the World Student Olympics, seven-time champion of Belarus, participant in the individual and team championships of the USSR among men, champion of the USSR as part of the Burevestnik team. The book includes 70 games commented in detail by the author, a careful study of which will help the reader not only better understand popular opening schemes, but also get a taste for serious analytical work. “My story is not so much about a career, although “you can’t erase words from a song,” but about memorable situations, often funny, sometimes absurd, and dotted about people I met along the way, sometimes with touches of biography, prompting readers to become interested in more complete information.” ;" (A. Kapengut). For a wide range of chess lovers.

    43.33 $
  • Author:
    Kostrov

    Hundreds of thousands of novice chess players have held in their hands the solution books of “1000 chess problems” for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd years of study. These collections became winners of the “Chess Vseobuch of Russia” competition. We decided to combine our three books into one so that the future grandmaster would have more opportunities for improvement and choice of material. It will also be easier for students and coaches to regulate the speed of the material. In the first parts of our book, novice chess players will get acquainted with all possible types of checkmates. Then, future grandmasters will learn to deliver magnificent double blows with a queen and a knight, promote a pawn to a queen. Studying according to this solution book, you will also master the pin, learn to cover yourself from the enemy's pieces, block the enemy's forces, destroy the most reliable fortresses, distract and entice his royal majesty and much more. Work with the book as with a textbook, and do not forget to write down the solutions under each diagram! The correct solutions are at the end of the book. For the widest range of chess fans.

    15.75 $
  • Author:
    Yanvarev

    Igor Yanvarev "Tactical Mastery of a Chess Player. Volume 2. Basics of Calculation Techniques". Andrey Elkov Publishing House, Moscow, 2025 - 392 p. Before you is the second book from the three-volume work by International Master I.K. Yanvarev, a famous trainer, author of the fundamental work "The Old Indian Played by Tigran Petrosian" (2010), which received recognition from readers and was republished abroad. The three-volume work is united by a common idea - tactics and combinations in chess. In fact, this is a turnkey textbook, it explains everything from scratch to an advanced level. The second volume is devoted to the basics of calculation techniques, such topics as the tactical "spectrum" of a position, concentration of attention, inclusion of imagination are considered, the "tree of variations" is interpreted in a new way, the practical component is emphasized - the economy of calculation. A separate chapter allows the reader to assess their ability to calculate variations and outline ways to eliminate weaknesses. Each chapter ends with a large number of carefully selected examples for independent solution. Unlike other similar publications, the author examines chess tactics as a single whole, in combination with strategy and elements of psychology. It is based on the original author's methodology, which has proven itself well when working with chess players of various qualifications. Excellently selected examples, a clear logical structure and consistency in the presentation simplify the understanding of the material. For a wide range of chess fans.

    19.00 $
  • Unique chess for 3 players. Such chess will appeal to any person who chooses something new and appreciates original things. Manufacturer MADON-CHESS (Poland) Chessboard size: 46.5x54x2.5cm (unfolded) King height: 7.7cm King base diameter (cm): 3  Pawn height (cm): 3.6 Pawn base diameter (cm): 2.1 Presence of weighting agent: no Weight: 1311 g. Wood used for the chessboard: beech, birch Wood used for figures: hornbeam, beech  Intermediate chess for three is ideal entertainment for friends. The chess store presents to customers a unique set from a Polish manufacturer. If you are planning to buy a medium chess set for three in Moscow, pay attention to the set MADON-CHESS.   The main advantages of a chess set for three are reasonable cost and workmanship. The chess pieces are made of beech and oak of the highest quality. The chessboard is not inferior in quality: it is based on birch and beech.  The set consists of chess in three colors.  The chessboard has a compact size and is convenient to store on a shelf. Inside the board there are three separate compartments for storing pieces. For convenience and to keep products intact, the board is equipped with a soft lining.

    214.50 $
  • Author:
    Tal

    21.67 $
  • Author:
    Kasparov

    41.67 $
  • Made in Holland. Chess computer "Centaur" easy to use. You can easily install any language. Using the touch panel  40x40 cm (cell size 48 x 48 mm) you can easily move the figures. The sensors will record strokes. The board has a capacious rechargeable internal battery. The uniqueness of the computer is that it quickly adapts to  your playing strength (from beginner to grandmaster) so that you have the right opponent. Centaur will help you analyze the game so as not to make the same mistakes and improve your chess skill. Please note, computer is not compatible to connect to your PC or online chess. The set includes USB cable and DGT electronic chess pieces . Height of the king is 86mm.  

    1553.60 $
  • Author:
    Bogdanovich

    50.00 $
  • 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 $
  • Chess was invented in the 5th century AD in India and spread throughout the world. The uniqueness of this game is that it still covers the minds of everyone - from young to old! Chess combines elements of science and sports. They develop logic, perseverance, attentiveness, analytical thinking and memory.  Checkers is a fun, dynamic and relatively simple game. Every country in the world has it. It is comparatively easier to find a partner here than in chess. Backgammon – one of the oldest known board games. It is known that it came to us from the East. First, you need to master the basic techniques, so that later you can boldly apply various tricks during the game.  Cage length: 4.5 cm. King height: 8.8cm King base diameter: 2.8 cm The length and width of the field when unfolded: 44 X 44 cm. Material: wood Country of origin: China.

    84.48 $
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  • book

    8.29 $

    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.

  • book

    8.29 $

    The book of the ingenious Cuban, the third world chess champion Kh.R.Kapablanki is rightly considered one of the best textbooks for beginners. This edition is also unique in that the sixth world champion M. Botvinnik wrote a detailed preface to it and subjected the entire text of the book to special editing. Capablanca addressed his wonderful book to beginners and readers who were not experienced in chess, but some of his thoughts and considerations would be useful even to highly skilled chess players.
  • book

    8.64 $

    All serious analyzes of the Veresov system in the debut of the queen pawns refer to the “precomputer era”. It was widely used in the second half of the last century, but now games at the grandmaster level are very rare. And, as the authors write in conclusion, still little is known about this debut and there is still little that is clear about it.
  • book

    6.91 $

    These classic variants, which do not claim a big opening debut, but extremely poisonous in practice, have safely survived to our time and are widely used in tournaments of various levels: from amateur to grandmaster.
  • book

    8.64 $

    This release of The Chess Player's Library is dedicated to options emerging after 1.d4 d5 2.Kf3. In the first chapter, the answer is 2 ..... Kf6 "under ban", in the second, continuation 2 ...... Kf6 3.Cf4 is considered, in the third - 2 ...... Kf6 3.g3.
  • book

    20.15 $

    Dynamics is one of the most important elements of a chess game. Having deeply penetrated into the dynamic features of the situation appearing on the board, you will learn to develop the initiative, as well as to predict the nature of the change in attitude. With these skills, you can significantly increase your chess strength. The author - a former Odessa, and now an Austrian grandmaster, coach and writer - tells in detail on the pages of this book about his vision of the dynamics and its place in a chess game. For a wide range of chess lovers.
  • book

    20.00 $

    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 .

  • book

    15.20 $

    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.

  • book

    24.83 $

    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!

  • book

    31.03 $

    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!

  • book

    7.03 $

    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.

  • book

    40.00 $

    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.

  • book

    70.48 $

    The basis of marble. Cup height with a lid and a figure of 28.5 cm. This cup can be ordered in other sizes.

  • book

    13.82 $

    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 struggle, photos of the participants and the most interesting moments of the tournament’s backstage.
  • book

    16.55 $

    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.

  • book

    20.04 $

    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!

  • book

    8.64 $

    This book opens a series of issues from six books of the Chess Library Books, dedicated to the debut of queen pawns. According to the authors, to play this debut, you need to know it and - to love!
  • book

    6.91 $

    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.

  • book

    12.43 $

    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.

  • book

    9.67 $

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