World Champion Magnus Carlsen, answering a question about the methods of improving young chess players, emphasized: “One of the most important skills is pattern recognition: the ability to see typical themes and patterns on the board, characteristic features of a position and the resulting consequences.” This book is dedicated to the development of precisely these skills and abilities: it clearly shows what kind of `` image '' (pattern, typical maneuver, plan) must be recognized in one type of position or another in order to choose the correct plan. We are talking specifically about strategic techniques, and not about tactical ones, like typical mate attacks. The book is divided into four parts, each of which is preceded by a small preface. The chapters contain at least six examples per template, since repetition is the mother of learning. Self-help assignments will help you better assimilate the material. After studying the book, the typical plans, maneuvers and related ideas presented in it will firmly remain in your memory and will be of great benefit in the upcoming tournament battles. For a wide range of chess lovers.

Readers are invited to a brilliant book of the famous Romanian grandmaster Mikhail Marina, who was recognized as the best chess book of the year in the United States. The author examines those aspects of the work of the great chess players, in which they were undeniably the strongest. By carefulness and depth of analysis, Marina's work is in line with the famous works of Garry Kasparov. The first part of the book is devoted to A. Rubinstein, A. Alekhin, M. Bot- Vinnik and M. Tal . In the second part, the work of T. Petro- Rosyans, R. Fisher, A. Karpov and V. Korchnoi is considered. The book ends with a chapter with instructive examples from the practice of the current champion of the world of Magnus Carlsen. The textbook will be useful not only for a wide circle of chess fans, but also for specialists.

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. In the second volume of the two-volume book, the work of world champions T. Petrosyan, R. Fisher, A. Karpov, and the unfading V. Korchnoi is considered.

This book is a compact debut guide that can satisfy the demands of almost any chess player, from beginner to master candidate. Debut analyzes, meaningful games, modern interpretation of strategic and tactical ideas. Play open debuts!

Signed by the author. Iser Iosifovich Kuperman (April 21, 1922, Khabno ― March 6, 2006, Boston) ― Soviet and American draughts player (Russian and international draughts), international grandmaster (1958), draughts theorist. One of the largest draughts players of the XX century. Multiple USSR champion in Russian and international draughts, European champion in international draughts, seven-time world champion in international draughts. Honored Master of Sports of the USSR (1960); deprived of the title in 1978 during emigration to Israel. In 1940 he received the title of Master of Sports. He made his debut at the USSR championships in Russian draughts in 1945 and immediately won a landslide victory, and in subsequent years defended his title several times. After the introduction of competitions in international, stocklet draughts in the USSR, Kuperman undertook a thorough study of the literature devoted to them, and at the first USSR championship on the big board in 1954 he took first place. In 1958, having won the candidates tournament, Kuperman got the right to a match for the world championship with the reigning Canadian champion Marcel Deslauriers, and beat him, winning four victories with two defeats and 14 draws, thus becoming the first Soviet world champion in this discipline. By the end of the year, Kuperman was already an international grandmaster. Cooperman became the world champion, winning matches in 1959, 1961, 1965 and 1967. Two more times the title was awarded to him without a game: in 1963 and 1974, the World Championship matches did not take place (later the International Draughts Federation declared Senegalese Baba Si the world champion for 1963, while Kuperman was not deprived of the title). In 1978, Kuperman emigrated to Israel, and then to the United States, where he successfully competed in tournaments until old age. He won the American Pool Checkers Association Championship seven times (1984-1990), thus becoming the most titled master of this game, and the US International Draughts Championship eight times.

New, significantly enlarged edition of the famous book - 75 games. Anatoly Karpov is the greatest expert on Caro-Kann defense. He scored many bright victories in it, playing both white and black. In this paper, the multiple world champion talks about the most important and interesting discoveries made in the Caro-Kann defense. Many examples from modern practice are given.

This new book by the many-times world champion Anatoly Karpov and the author of more than fifty books, grandmaster Nikolay Kalinichenko, is devoted to one of the most complicated and strategically deep openings & mdash; the Queen's Gambit Declined. Using games played by the strongest grandmasters, it describes the interesting ideas which have appeared in the main development systems of this opening. Along with games from recent years, the book presents the most important encounters from the chess heritage. And of course, it includes games by Anatoly Karpov himself & mdash; a great expert on the Queen's Gambit, who generously shares with the reading his unique understanding of the concepts involved. The book is aimed at strong players, but it will also be of interest to a wide range of chess enthusiasts.

The book of multiple world champion A. Karpov and grandmaster N. Kalinichenko introduces the reader to one of the most complex, informative and popular chess openings. The authors present all the major systems that have stood the test of many years of practice. Each of them is illustrated by several characteristic parties. Examples are selected in such a way as to demonstrate the main strategic ideas for both sides. Along with classical examples, a large number of modern games are played, played by leading grandmasters. The publication is designed for a wide range of chess lovers.

Yochanan Afek & ndash; an international master in a practical game, which has titles in almost all areas of chess, including the title of grandmaster in composition. During his long and successful career, Afek has been a compiler and solver, player and organizer, as well as an arbiter and coach. & nbsp; The decision of etudes has long and firmly established itself as a very effective method of improvement in chess. In the book & laquo; Learn to win beautifully & raquo; one of the greatest etudes in the world, Yochanan Afek shares his best works. & nbsp; Stoke your imagination, gain a deeper understanding of chess geometry and develop a more subtle sense of the potential of pieces, trying to find ideas in hundreds of sketches and combinations in this book. Or just admire amazing chess ideas and moves! & nbsp; From the foreword of Grandmaster Emil Sutovsky: & laquo; The book you are holding in your hands is full of energy; it is fresh and written with great love and passion for the game. Yochanan loves to share his knowledge and happily invites us to his magical world & raquo ;. & nbsp; For a wide range of chess lovers.

Yochanan Afek & ndash; an international master in a practical game, which has titles in almost all areas of chess, including the title of grandmaster in composition. During his long and successful career, Afek has been a compiler and solver, player and organizer, as well as an arbiter and coach. The decision of etudes has long and firmly established itself as a very effective method of improvement in chess. In the book & laquo; Learn to win beautifully & raquo; one of the greatest etudes in the world Johanan Afek shares his best works. Stoke your imagination, gain a deeper understanding of chess geometry and develop a more subtle sense of the potential of pieces, trying to find ideas in hundreds of sketches and combinations in this book. Or just admire the awesome chess ideas and moves! From the foreword of Grandmaster Emil Sutovsky: & laquo; The book you are holding in your hands is full of energy; it is fresh and written with great love and passion for the game. Yochanan loves to share his knowledge and is happy to invite us to his magical world & raquo ;. For a wide range of chess lovers.

& nbsp; The book you hold in your hands is not quite ordinary, to some extent it is even sensational, because, as the name implies, it is not about victories, but about defeats of world chess champions from Botvinnik to Fisher. Victories & quot; Celestials & quot; hearsay, they are replicated in numerous publications and monographs, young chess players learn from them. But after all, the defeats of the greats are no less instructive and spectacular, for the champion can be defeated only by applying super-efforts and showing all his creative abilities. The book contains more than 200 exciting fights, which not only makes it an excellent textbook on strategy and tactics, but also fills in some degree the lack of historical information about its heroes. All parties are commented on in detail, which allows the reader to easily understand the course of events occurring in them. & quot; Learn from mistakes & quot; - proverb says, let's try to learn from the mistakes of great chess players.

& nbsp; To teach a child chess? What for? Chess is taught to win, to understand the mistakes, give immunity to defeat. They teach perseverance, develop logic and intelligence. Playing chess is a great way to communicate with a child. In the first part of the book, Andrei Obodchuk, a chess coach, a multiple world champion among people with disabilities, tells the phenomenal history of the training of Gordey Kolesov, who at that time lived with his parents and sisters in China, who was seven years old and fulfilled the norms of a candidate master of sports. Yevgeny Kolesov, TV host, & quot; Discovery of China & quot; on Channel One, seriously supported his son on the road to victory. And Gordey went through five powerful leaps of development and awareness of his own capabilities. In the second part of the book, the Obodchuk method is described in detail and numerous exercises are given that give excellent sports and pedagogical results.

The reader is offered a unique collection of lessons, lectures, seminars on all aspects of chess improvement, including psychology, opening preparation, solving problems in the middle of the game, improving the skill of playing in the endgame, etc. Among the authors of the lessons are world champions: V. Steinitz, Em. Lasker, H.R. Capablanca, R. Fischer, M. Euwe; outstanding chess players: R. Shpilman, Z. Tarrasch, S. Tartakower, G. Levenfish, K. Torre, prominent chess thinkers and teachers: P. Romanovsky, S. Belavenets, B. Blumenfeld, A. Ilyin-Zhenevsky, V. Rauser , I. Lipnitsky. Compiled by: Nikolay Kalinichenko

The new book of the famous coach Mark Dvoretsky & ndash; this is a collection of detailed commentaries on instructive parties. Their careful study will benefit everyone who is serious about self-improvement and wants to understand what problems arise behind the board in front of grandmasters and masters, how they solve them, what is behind the mistakes they make at times and how to avoid them. The book consists of seven parts: Lessons of one party, Positional parties, Debut discussions, King in danger, Under fire, Parties with questions, Playing. The reader has the right to choose those sections that interest him most. And you can concentrate on a purely practical training, solving the exercises. The last two parts of the book are devoted to the specific forms of training that the author regularly uses in his classes: analyzing games in the form of solving a series of sequential tasks and playing out specially selected positions.

This book contains more than 300 letters from one of the greatest composers in the history of music, Fryderyk Chopin. When some of the letters of the “Polish Mozart” first appeared in print, Nobel Prize winner in literature Henryk Sienkiewicz said that many of them — “true pearls of literature.” And indeed, reading Chopin's letters, it is difficult not to succumb to the charm of their liveliness; one cannot help but admire the humor, wit, unexpected comparisons, apt comparisons and characteristics, the subtlety of mind and observation of their author. More than all the arguments and stories of biographers, acquaintance with his letters brings us closer to the living Chopin, where specific facts and events of life, mental states and reactions to impressions, connections with the surrounding reality and experienced influences are most directly reflected. Getting acquainted with the letters of the brilliant composer satisfies the desire “first-hand” in the best possible way. find out the life, personality and thoughts of the author of the endlessly beloved divine music in Russia and throughout the world. Edited by Doctor of Art History A. B. Goldenweiser. CHOPIN'S LETTERS Reprint edition. Enlarged format (175x245).

One of the most successful and legendary books in history, making its author the highest paid writer of his time! The secret of such phenomenal success lies in a peculiar fusion of genres: taking all four Gospels of the New Testament as a basis, the author simultaneously created both a scientific study and an artistic reconstruction of the life of Jesus Christ. As a great authority on sources and languages, Ernest Renan visited the places where the action of this great story unfolded, and as a former seminarian, he clearly “knew better than anyone what he was saying.” In a fascinating artistic form accessible to the widest range of readers, the outstanding French writer and historian of Christianity reveals the inner world of Christ, introduces the circle of his followers and enemies, and also depicts the historical conditions of life in ancient Judea.

The book by grandmaster and experienced coach Alexander Galkin is  the final link in a series of publications by the author, directed  to study the classical endgame using examples of modern games   grandmasters. This time the subject of the study – light piece endgames. Clarification of the methodology for working on this stage of the game, as well as the main features and methods of playing such endings. Examples  taken from the practice of modern grandmasters and dated back to 2020-2023. The author offers the reader the most recent and unique information. The material is structured in such a way that the reader can get the maximum  benefit from studying the examples offered by the author  queen endings and its  other derivatives. The book is aimed at advanced chess players, is useful for coaches and can be recommended to a wide range of chess fans

Linares occupies a special place among the largest tournaments. Every year the organizers try to attract the strongest chess players to the tournament, as well as a new, bright star. This role was played in 2002 by the 18-year-old “freshly baked” FIDE champion, Ukrainian Ruslan Ponomarev. Who is he? Did he win the world championship by chance or is he capable of playing on equal terms with the strongest players in the world? Detailed comments from international grandmaster Konstantin Sakaev will help chess players of any level answer this question on their own. A review of new products will give an idea of modern opening theory and will be useful when preparing for competitions. A large number of diagrams allows you to read the book without arranging the chessboard.

Material cardboard, birch Package size (cm) & nbsp ; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 26/14/10 Weight (kg) & nbsp; & nbsp ; & nbsp; & nbsp; 1.1 What's in the box 90 barrels < / span> 24 cards < / span> 50 chips < / span> Barrel bag Rulebook < / span>

This is a book of memories about the personal relationships of the great romantic chess player, world champion Mikhail Tal and his first wife, a man close to him throughout his life, Sally Landau, relations, as she said, "tender and controversial, bright and sad ..." Actress and singer Sally Landau made her debut on stage at 17 years old. She has performed in the Vilnius Russian Drama Theater, the Riga Young Spectator's Theater, in the Lithuanian Variety Orchestra, in the Eddie Rosner Orchestra and the Variety Orchestra under the direction of Raimond Pauls.

& nbsp; The ingenious chess player Luzhin lives in the wonderful world of the ancient divine game, its harmony and strict logic captivated him. Life miraculously stops at an unfinished game, and Luzhin prefers to leave the game for eternity ... & nbsp;

350 batches. The most complete study of the topic.

The memory of the sixth world champion. Memories of relatives, friends, friends ...

Collection of selected parties. Circulation of 120 copies.

Dust cover. & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; The original method of teaching children. At the end of each chapter & ndash; recommendations for parents. The tale of how Dunno learned to play chess.

The material is plastic. The height of the king is 47 mm, the diameter of the king is 20 mm. The field length is 29.5 cm, the length of the cage is 3.5 cm. Chess is securely attached to the field.