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  • Author:
    Barsky

    18.97 $
  • Author:
    Ezhov

    Grandmaster Carlos Torre – like a chess comet; his genius flashed dazzlingly and quickly went out in the chess firmament! He – the author of the most famous “mill” in the history of chess, the 2nd world champion Emanuel Lasker fell into its merciless millstones. The authors spoke about the life and work of the Mexican genius (the book contains 25 commentated games by K. Torre). Torre’s book “How a Chess Player is Formed” is presented, an essay by international master Yaroslav Prizant about Torre’s attack in modern practice. In the section "Play like Torre" – 36 instructive examples from his practice to solve. Finally, there is an interview with Carlos Torre, conducted by Gabriel Velasco in 1977. Working with the book will give readers not only aesthetic pleasure, but will also help improve their skills.

    18.33 $
  • Author:
    Bogdanovich

    50.00 $
  • Author:
    Tal

    21.67 $
  • A limited edition of the most famous electronic chess clock. Design & quot; under the tree & quot ;. Released for the 25th anniversary of the DGT. & Nbsp; These watches are used in all major tournaments, world championships and World Cups, World Chess Olympiads. Installation of any time controls, including Fisher and Bronstein controls (with added time). & Nbsp;

    300.00 $
  • Author:
    Galkin

    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

    18.33 $
  • Author:
    Galkin

    16.67 $
  • 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 $
  • Author:
    Gelfand

    The 2012 World Vice-Champion continues his story, begun in the best-selling books Positional Decision Making in Chess. ("Book of the Year" according to the English Chess Federation), "Dynamic Decision Making in Chess" and "Technical Decision Making in Chess." The new book discusses ways to make decisions in positions without minor pieces. The reader will get acquainted with rook and queen endings, as well as with what Romanovsky called the "fourth stage", that is, the late middlegame / early endgame, where only heavy pieces remain on the board. «Gelfand is very good– and very honest – explains what decisions he was able to calculate and what he had to make on the basis of general reasoning, and how he did it. This resulted in a book of the type that I love. A chess player of any strength can find a lot of useful things here. (Grandmaster Matthew Sadler, reviewer of novelties in chess literature in the magazine "New in Chess"). For a wide range of chess lovers.

    22.41 $
  • Author:
    Fisher

    15.00 $
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Tournaments and matches

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    83.50 $

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    All the games of the tournament (1. Capablanca, 2. Alekhine, 3. Nimzowicz) with detailed notes. Great introductory article.

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    30.00 $

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    There are also specimens affected by moisture - at half price. All 210 games of the contestants' contest with comments: Smyslov, Bronstein, Keres, Petrosyan, Reshevsky, Geller, Kotov, Euwe, etc. One of the best books in the world chess literature!

  • book

    65.44 $

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    In this book, Mikhail Tal sought to convey the subjective experiences, thoughts, excitements and frustrations of the direct participant in this single combat. Each party is preceded by a small introduction, which tells about the mood before the party, or gives small lyrical digressions - the author shares his thoughts that haunted him during the match. Tal in an expanded form tries to reveal to the reader the process of dialectical development of the chess game, beginning with the debut. The reader will find at the end of the book a small illustrative material: individual parties, most characteristic of a particular system encountered in the match. These games were considered by Tal in the process of preparing for the match, so to speak, lay on his desk.

  • book

    31.40 $

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    Garry Kasparov's new project "Modern Chess" is a continuation of his unique five-volume book "My Great Predecessors" ("RIPOL Classic", 2003-2006). Summing up the development of chess in the 20th century, the author tells about the debut revolution of the 70s - early 80s, about all his matches with Anatoly Karpov, comments on his best games and matches with computers. This volume, the second of three dedicated to the historical single combat of Kasparov and Karpov, includes two matches between them for the world chess crown (1986 and 1987).

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    All the games of the second match (1934) with the notes of the great thinker.

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    Reprint

  • book

    22.76 $

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    The book "Modern chess: a view from within" is based on selected materials published in the magazine "64 - Chess Review" in 2014. Vishy Anand, Sergey Karyakin, Levon Aronian, Petr Svidler, Alexander Grischuk, Fabiano Caruana, Boris Gelfand and other top grandmasters comment on their best games. The collection includes reviews of the most important competitions: the Tromsø Olympics, M. Karlsen-V. Anand in Sochi, the tournament of applicants in Khanty-Mansiysk, the supertournament in Wijk aan Zee, Zurich, Shamkir, Baku, Tashkent, Stavanger , St. Louis, etc. For a wide range of chess fans.

  • book

    22.76 $

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    The book is based on selected materials published in the magazine "64 - Chess Review" in 2015. Vishy Anand, Sergey Karyakin, Levon Aronian, Petr Svidler, Alexander Grischuk, Fabiano Caruana, Boris Gelfand and other top grandmasters comment on their best games. The collection includes reviews of the most important competitions: the World Cup in Baku, the World Women's Championship in Sochi, the European Team Championship in Reykjavik, the World Rapid and Blitz Championship in Berlin, the supertournament in Wijk aan Zee, Zurich, Shamkir, Tbilisi, Khanty -Mansiysk, Stavanger, St. Louis, London, etc.

  • book

    13.82 $

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    The third world champion H. R. Capablanca experienced a second youth in the mid-1930s and played lightly and with inspiration. The Moscow tournament in 1936 collected almost the entire color of the world chess, but the brilliant Cuban turned out to be irresistible. Like the super tournament itself, the collection of all its parties with detailed comments of its participants - Capablanca, Botvinnik, Flora, Levenfish and other grandmasters and masters rightly took a prominent place in the history of chess. After all, bright designs do not fade from time, and the great masters of the last century have much to learn. For a wide range of chess fans.

  • book

    33.11 $

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    Your attention is invited to a collection of games of the most famous and legendary tournament in the history of chess. All the strongest chess players of that time - world champion Em. Lasker, ex-champion V. Steinitz, as well as M.Chigorin, Z.Tarrash, K.Shlechter, D.Yanovskiy and many others took part in it. And the victory went to little-known then chess player Harry Nelson Pillsbury ... Comments on the fights belong to the tournament participants, part of the & ndash; outstanding Soviet masters and analysts. Luxurious, compound binding. In a separate tab on the coated paper are photos of all the participants in the tournament. For a wide range of chess fans.

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    The book lists all the games of the contenders' tournament, which was held in Neuhausen and Zurich in 1953. In creative terms, this tournament was one of the most meaningful in the postwar years. In the comments the author focuses on the analysis of the middle game. The book is considered one of the best in chess literature, and interest in it has not diminished over the years.

  • book

    14.48 $

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    Reprint edition. The VIII All-Union Championship (Leningrad, 1933), after a long break, gathered all the best old and young workshops of the Union and ended, as in 1931, with the victory of MM Botvinnik. Unlike other collections, in the collective work of our masters the selected best games of the tournament are collected and a detailed review of the theoretical results of the tournament is given.