This book is dedicated to the life of the genius chess player of the 19th century Paul Morphy, who became the uncrowned world champion in a year and a half. Morphy's tragic fate is in many ways similar to the fate of another great American & ndash; Robert Fischer, who also left undefeated. The book, like an exciting detective story, is read in one breath.

Seventh Edition! “Chess school” - the name of this popular television program at one time is familiar to very many. Her presenters responded to numerous requests and wrote this book. It is a lecture course on game theory, intended for chess players who want to improve their skills. The book has three main sections: “History and Theory of Debut” (M. M. Yudovich), “Combination and Positional Game” (A. A. Kotov), “Theory and practice of the endgame” (Yu. L. Averbakh). A large place in this textbook is occupied by exercises for independent work, developing and consolidating the knowledge gained by readers. At the end of the book are the answers to the tasks and a brief dictionary of the chess player.

Chess heritage of A. Matokhin (about a 5-time champion of the Volgograd region).

A historical sketch and review of the current state of Siberian chess with creative portraits of grandmasters (Tymoshenko, Weisser, etc.) and the strongest masters. Many rare chess examples. Richly illustrated. The reader & quot; will visit & quot; at the first All-Russian and Siberian congresses and championships, he learns a lot of interesting things about the chess pioneers of Barnaul, Biysk, Buryatia, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Kuzbass, Novosibirsk, Tomsk, Omsk, as well as about N., who stood at the helm of the country in the 20-30s. Krylenko and A. Ilyin-Geneva. The book has many rare photographs. For a wide range of readers.

Capital work tells about the life and work of the outstanding French chess player and musician Francois Andre Danican Filidor, the founder of modern chess theory and one of the creators of the comic opera. The materials included in the publication are of both historical and great practical interest. In particular, the famous textbook by Philidor & laquo; Analysis of the Chess Game & raquo;, the attention to which has not been weakening for several centuries, is for the first time fully published in Russian. The book also contains all the surviving parties of the great master, most of which are re-commented. Fans of historical and adventure literature will be attracted by an excerpt from the novel by V. Henkin Odyssey of a chess machine, vividly recreating the atmosphere of the chess life of France and England in the second half of the 18th century. For a wide range of chess lovers.

"Of all the questions of interest to the chess world, perhaps the most important is the question of the title of world champion," he wrote. R. Capablanca in 1937. Today, when humanity entered the third millennium, the justice of these words has become even more obvious. Chess is one of the phenomena of civilization, and the title of world champion is surrounded by an aura of honoring the great powers of the human mind. This is confirmed by the example of 14 geniuses who ascended the chess throne. Astrel Publishing House continues to release a new series - Encyclopedia of Chess Olympus, dedicated to the life and work of all world chess champions: from Steinitz to Kramnik. The authors are famous Russian writers and historians of chess Isaac and Vladimir Lindera. The third world champion, the famous Cuban Jose Raul Capablanca (1888-1942). The finest intuition, unparalleled speed of thinking, the technical perfection of the game, combined with elegant combination insights, created during his lifetime an idea of the ideal of a chess grandmaster. For a number of years he was considered invincible, and his every loss was perceived in the world as a sensation. Biography, the best party, photo, statistics ...

A story about the life of the legendary grandmaster in the late XX - early XXI century, about his meetings at the chessboard with players who are several generations younger than him. The core of the book is Korchnoi’s 25 detailed commented victories over his "chess grandchildren." The above fragments from books, magazine articles and interviews will allow the reader to better feel the atmosphere of various competitions. The authors express their sincere gratitude to the grandmasters Boris Gelfand, Ruslan Ponomarev, Nikita Vitiugov, Viorel Bologan, Artem Timofeev, who wrote specifically for this book about their meetings with the Master. Undoubtedly, Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi is a unique phenomenon in the world of chess, his victories over young chess players seem to push the boundaries of time.

Revised and supplemented edition! Correspondence world champion games. The winner of the XII World Correspondence Championship talks about his chess career and comments on the best games in detail. Amazing depth and brightness of thought!

Tal Mikhail Nekhemievich (11/11/1936 - 06/28/1992) the eighth world champion (1960-1961), international grandmaster (1957). Champion of Latvia 1953, 1965 USSR champion 1957, 1958, 1967, 1972, 1974, 1978 Eight-time winner of the World Chess Olympiads as part of the USSR team, six-time European champion and three-time student world champion in the team event. Winner of the first unofficial world blitz championship (1988). Winner of the interzonal tournaments of 1958.1964, 1979, the contenders tournament of 1959, the participant of two matches for the world championship and seven matches of applicants. He won in 44 international tournaments. The most complete collection of games by M. Tal is designed for a wide range of chess fans.

Alexander Alekhine won many competitions of the highest rank, and yet his two victories stand apart. The tournaments in San Remo (1930) and Bled (1931) brought together almost all the strongest grandmasters of that time, and the 4th world champion seemed to appear “out of competition”. His separation from the closest pursuers was 3.5 and 5.5 points, respectively! “He is cracking down on us, like with the yellow-and-yellow chicks,” Nimtsovich sighed, stopping the clock after another defeat from Alekhine.

This book is unusual. It is addressed to both children and their parents. The process of learning chess promotes concentration and develops logical thinking, strengthens memory, develops ingenuity. Children with enthusiasm listen to fairy tales about exciting adventures in the chess country of familiar and favorite literary characters.