For over thirty years, the defense of Karo-Kann has served Anatoly Karpov faith and truth in the biggest competitions, including matches for the world championship. But behind many successful debut finds of the multiple world champion - laborious work not only him, but also assistants. And among them - the chief expert on the protection of Karo-Kann Mikhail Podgaets. For many years, Karpov and Podgayts' investigations remained absolutely secret, and only now is the time to open the veil. This volume is devoted to the most popular system to date in the defense of Karo-Kann: 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Kc3 de 4.Ke4 Cf5. Having opened this book, you will pass - consistently, step by step - all the way through which Karpov and Podgaets walked. This was the path of great discoveries. And victories.

Gift Edition (very large format). The book provides a detailed chronology of competitions, held from 1815 to 1996. The chapter "Kaleidoscope" contains summary tables of the most interesting and often unexpected evaluations. For the first time, the ratings of the strongest chess players (from Andersen and Morphy to Kasparov and Anand!) Are given tournament after tournament and year after year. Find out what was the rating of Morphy and Capablanca! For a wide range of chess lovers.

The book of the multiple world champion in chess is a book of memories. Sharp not only chess, but everyday situations, clashes of characters, portraits of great chess players are written truly with the skill of the writer. About remarkable sportsmen, about their human advantages and lacks, Readers of this book will know the passions and eccentricities.

Paraguayan grandmaster Zenon Franco's books are well received by readers in many countries around the world. They are distinguished by an excellent selection of material and a highly conscientious approach to commenting. "The Art of Attack" tells about the most fascinating element of the chess game with exemplary examples of creativity, mostly from the practice of modern grandmasters. Readers can be sure that they will not be left to flounder in the sea of ​​computer variants, but on the contrary, they will explain in detail the ideas that hide behind each move. Reading this book will not only bring pleasure, but also help to better understand chess, which is played at the highest level today. Table of contents Excerpt

The book is a collection of 300 exercises, broken down into levels of complexity. At the end, you will find a table of the correspondence of the points you typed in solving the exercises, and you will learn your approximate rating. English grandmaster John Nunn for almost 20 years was part of the elite of world chess, the author of many popular books. Increase your skills!

The book of the international master, experienced trainer and chess
journalist Luis Bernal is dedicated to the Berlin defense, which gained
special popularity after its successful application by Vladimir
Kramnik in the match for the title of world champion of 2000 against Harry
Kasparov.
Not only the legendary "Berlin endgame" is considered, but a full range of other, anti-Berlin & raquo; opportunities. The author did not try to overload the work with detailed options, but give more ideas and model solutions.
The book consists of three parts: a section of theory, exemplary parties
with comments and a set of model positions for
Today the Berlin Defense & mdash; a regular guest in super tournaments
and is included in the repertoire of the most powerful grandmasters of the world.
Magnus Carlsen is a special and constant love for this debut.

For a wide range of chess fans.

Genna Sosonko (Gennady Borisovich Sosonko, 1943) & mdash; international
native grandmaster, two-time champion of Holland. Emigre-
rampart from the Soviet Union in 1972 and since then lives in Amsterdam.
Winner and winner of many international tournaments. Being
renowned journalist and commentator, last quarter
century devotes to literary work.
According to the 13th world champion Garry Kasparov, today Genna
Sosonko & mdash; & laquo; undisputed writing chess player number one & raquo ;.
In his new book, which includes 32 pages of unique
photos on coated paper, the author talks about secrets
success in chess, about state leaders of the past and the present-
who was somehow involved in the ancient game, and about the chosen ones
Caissa & mdash; Capablanca, Alekhine, Fisher, Karpov and Kasparov.
For a wide range of chess lovers.

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Purpose of this book & ndash; present the reader in a concentrated form everything & nbsp; the best thing that was created behind the board by the outstanding Russian chess by tist Alexander Alekhin and himself commented. & nbsp; 100 games included in the collection are real gems & nbsp; sha of creative creativity and in all its splendor reveal a bright combinational & nbsp; fantasy, exquisite strategic skill, filigree endgame & nbsp; technique and unrivaled commentary art of the fourth champion & nbsp; of the world.

By studying the games of the Russian chess genius, you will certainly increase your & nbsp; mastery and enjoy great aesthetic pleasure.

The special edition of the book was made by the international master & nbsp; M. Notkin. His notes in italics take into account the achievement niya modern computer analysis.

For a wide range of chess lovers

Don't have time to study thousands of pages of opening theory? Do you want to get out of the way, stun your opponent and make them play on their own from the start? Then this book is for you! Famous Russian theorists, Grandmaster Alexander Raetsky and International Master Maxim Chetverik, open their opening pantries. The readers 'attention is offered to the authors' favorite and deeply developed schemes, with the help of which they won many bright victories over strong opponents! You will be able to catch your opponents off guard, especially in the `` fast '' chess and blitz. Most of the games and analyzes are missing from the databases and opening guides, which adds value to the book.

The book of the multiple world chess champion & mdash; book of memories. Sharp not only chess, but also everyday situations, clashes of characters, portraits of great chess players are written truly with the skill of a writer. Readers of this book will learn about wonderful athletes, their human strengths and weaknesses, addictions and eccentricities.

For Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi, the main & quot; villain & quot; modern chess, game and life are inseparable from each other. Behind the board and beyond, the illustrious chess player, a long-time candidate for the crown, does not recognize compromises and always remains sincere in his assessments of chess options and people (although sometimes, perhaps, is too harsh). For more than half a century career of victorious parties only, the author has accumulated more than two thousand. And this book includes the most vivid and interesting.

The writer, theoretician and chess historian Yakov Neishtadt wrote many remarkable books. Among them, "Chess before Steinitz," "First World Champion," "Following the traces of debut catastrophes," which have already become classics. Before you is a version of his classic books "Chess Workshop" and "Chess Workshop-2", supplemented by modern examples. This work on combination is a fundamental textbook addressed to a wide range of chess lovers, and a collection of tasks for self-improvement. The reader is given the opportunity to test his tactical vision and ability to calculate.

This book, received recognition in Europe, finally comes to the Russian-speaking reader. Turning to chess players of mass categories, the author teaches not only to strike spectacular strokes in the matured positions, but also to recognize motives in advance and create the prerequisites for conducting combinations. The examples are chosen with excellent taste and in overwhelming majority do not belong to those who wander from the textbook to the textbook. A large number of diagrams and the shortness of the analyzed fragments make it easy to read a book without a board, which also contributes to the development of combination vision. For a wide range of chess fans. Increased format (170x235 mm). Table of contents Fragment

The best person to tell about the Civil War is the one who was the creator and leader of the victorious army. This person – Leon Trotsky. He was one of the main organizers of the October Revolution of 1917, the recognized founder of the Red Army and the second in rank (after Lenin) leader of our country in the first years of Soviet power. This book – reissue of a rare volume from 1926 from the only lifetime collection of works by Lev Davidovich. As Chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council, People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs, Trotsky was immersed in all the details of the Civil War, and was one of the central participants and arbiters of the destinies of tens of millions of people. Possessing an outstanding gift of oratory and a masterful command of words, in this amazing book the author takes the reader step by step through the fire of the Civil War, telling the story from the first person. The works and speeches of Trotsky collected in this book – the living breath of time, tragic and great.

The price include postage and packing.

The book is a new edition of a bestseller by an experienced coach Sergey Ivashchenko. Over 200,000 copies of his books were sold in the Soviet Union in the late 1980's! This book is intended for beginners, both children and adults. The themes are: Mate in one, Mate in two, Win a queen, Win a rook, Win a piece, etc. The book designed for chess players with ELO 900-1200 points. Includes more than 700 tactical problems classified according to themes and difficulty.

The author of the book introduces the reader to the fascinating world of Russian checkers, tells the secrets of the game, explaining in detail the strategically and tactically important techniques. There are instructive examples from the work of outstanding masters.

Here is one of the most significant books on atrocities
Stalin in the era of great terror.
It was written by the famous Soviet `` defector '',
the largest illegal intelligence officer, general of the OGPU-NKVD Alek-
Sandr Mikhailovich Orlov (Leiba Lazarevich Feldbin, 1895 & ndash;
1973), NKVD resident in France, Austria, Italy, advisor
on the security of the republican government in Spain
during the Civil War.
Much of the book is devoted to forensic spyware
processes of the 1930s. Also, `` medical
murders '', reprisals against the army elite, and so on. A. Orlov
happened to be involved in many episodes of the secret history
20th century: he worked with Kim Philby and the Cambridge Five,
organized the export of Spanish gold reserves to the USSR (for which he was
awarded the Order of Lenin), personally recruited the most important agents.
comrades of the Soviet intelligence in different European countries. Fearing arrest
and execution, A. Orlov fled to the USA, where, despite all efforts
FBI, did not give up any of the Soviet agents. From emigration Or-
Lov sent letters to the head of the NKVD N. Yezhov and I. Stalin, in which
rykh warned that he would hand over Soviet agents in many countries
(and he knew almost everything!), if his family or relatives,
those remaining in the USSR will be persecuted. And nobody touched them!
Orlov and to the present time remains the oldest in the category.
rank of all Soviet intelligence officers, ever fleeing-
shih to the West.

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