You are holding in your hands a problem book compiled according to the games of Alexander Alekhine, one of the greatest chess players in history and a genius of chess combination. Here are some of the most interesting positions from the games of the famous chess player. The task is to find a solution in situations that Alekhine himself encountered during the game.
The solution will be of interest not only to beginners, but also to high-level chess players, for whom tasks of increased complexity are marked. In the book, the positions are systematized by topic: attracting and distracting, catching a piece, blocking, destroying the defense - so coaches and students on their own can use them as educational material. Having solved all the positions, you will significantly increase the strength of your game and achieve new tournament victories.
The book was compiled by Vsevolod Kostrov, a famous chess coach and author of over 100 books on chess. Studying according to his textbooks and problem books, many students easily master the science of chess and turn into strong chess players!

You are holding in your hands a problem book compiled according to the games of Alexander Alekhine, one of the greatest chess players in history and a genius of chess combination. Here are some of the most interesting positions from the games of the famous chess player. The task is to find a solution in situations that Alekhine himself encountered during the game.
The solution will be of interest not only to beginners, but also to high-level chess players, for whom tasks of increased complexity are marked. The book contains positions on the topic of realizing the advantage - so trainers and students themselves can use them as educational material. Having solved all the positions, you will significantly increase the strength of your game and achieve new tournament victories.
The book was compiled by Vsevolod Kostrov, a well-known chess coach and author of over 100 books on chess. Studying according to his textbooks and problem books, many students easily master the science of chess and turn into strong chess players!

What is a knight capable of in a chess ending? Many children do not like knights and try to quickly exchange them at the beginning of the game. We think that our book will change your opinion about horses when you find out what this proud figure is capable of!

You will learn how to checkmate your opponent's king with a knight, although many people think that this is impossible… We will show you how to fight with your knight against enemy passed pawns and help your own. We will teach you how to save yourself in the most hopeless situations, we will analyze when it is profitable to transform a pawn into a knight. You will master various tactical techniques of fighting in knight endings and become a real horseman on the chessboard.

This publication consists of an educational part, where typical wrestling techniques and ideas in horse endings are explained in detail, and a workshop, which includes more than 200 problems and studies.

The book is intended for young chess players  (III-I categories) who want to improve their skills in playing knight endings, as well as coaches, leaders of chess clubs and all chess lovers.

Queen — it is the most powerful piece in a chess game. Many beginning chess players are afraid even of their queen because of his extraordinary abilities. You will find out what a queen is capable of in a chess ending in our book.

The almighty queen has many chess tricks: she can drive any piece to the edge of the board, dashingly climbs all kinds of “ladders,” draws out unimaginable geometric figures in order to find herself on the winning field at an important moment in the game. The queen's favorite weapon — zugzwang! None of the other figures use this skill as often.

This publication consists of an educational part, where typical wrestling techniques and ideas in queen endings are explained in detail, and a workshop, which includes more than 200 problems and studies.

The book is intended for young chess players (III-I categories) who want to improve their skills in playing queen endings, as well as coaches, leaders of chess clubs and all chess lovers.

Modern bishops can do a lot of things and now they want to teach you how to fight on the chessboard.

After studying our book, you will learn how to checkmate with two bishops, fight tied and disconnected pawns, drive the opponent’s king and bishops across the board, hold off passed pawns with a bishop, and help your queens get through. You will learn how to move into a winning or a draw ending, how to build impregnable fortresses that the bishops and the enemy king cannot take.
    
This publication consists of an educational part, where typical wrestling techniques and ideas in elephant endings are explained in detail, and a workshop, which includes more than 200 problems and studies.

The book is intended for chess players (III-I categories) who want to improve their skills in playing bishop endings, as well as coaches, leaders of chess clubs and all chess lovers.

Savely Tartakover occupied a very special place in chess. First of all, he was an innovator, not afraid of experiments, and with his ideas he significantly enriched the theory and practice of chess. He was not only one of the creators of hypermodernism, but also the author of the term hypermodernism itself. It was he who came up with such a current opening as the Catalan Opening, and the Tartakover-Makogonova-Bondarevsky system in the Queen's Gambit has allowed many generations of chess players to successfully fight with black. This textbook was written primarily for second- and third-class chess players, but will also be of interest to more qualified players. Working with it, first of all, improves the reader's positional skills; the book often presents games that are little known today, but very instructive and bright. Working with this tutorial will not only bring you benefits and points in tournaments, but will also bring you great pleasure.

This tutorial is addressed to those who want to learn to play chess on their own and improve further. The lesson-based method of presentation, as well as numerous exercises, contribute to the consistent assimilation of the rules and laws that form the basis of the chess game. The book contains extensive educational material, which is presented to the reader in accordance with modern pedagogical principles. The purpose of this manual is to train chess players of the III category (rating up to 1800). The textbook can also be used for classes in groups - it covers the material of existing programs of the first year of study in children's and youth chess schools.