The book of masters of sports, Honored Coach of Russia B. Gertsenzona and A. Naprenkov, is a textbook of drafts. However, unlike other teaching aids, it is written in an entertaining and humorous way. The reader will learn about the origin of this game and the interesting cases associated with it. This edition includes a new chapter, composed of tasks of varying complexity, solving which the reader will be able to fix the material of the textbook.

The collection presents an analysis of the results of a number of Russian and international checkers tournaments in recent years, examines theoretical studies of the game on a 64-cell board.    Designed for skilled batsmen

Rokitnitsky A.V. - an outstanding popularizer of the game, “the father of Belarusian drafts”. Honored coach of Belarus (1951), champion of the republic (1952 and 1954), master of sports (1956). He fought, was awarded the Order of the Red Star, medals. After the war, he was engaged in coaching and organizational sports activities, edited drafts departments in many publications, led television programs dedicated to drafts. The book will be interesting to all lovers of drafts. It outlines the basics of this game, discusses various game situations.

A great tutorial for the youngest. The material is presented in the form of a fairy tale, which makes learning pleasant and interesting. After each chapter, assignments and exercises are given to consolidate the material.

Tychok & mdash; debut in Russian drafts. The debut tabia is obtained after 1.cb4 fe5 2.bc5 moves with d: b4 interruption 3.a: c5 b: d4 4.e: c5 or b: d4 3. e: c5 d: b4 4.a: c5, and white put a poke (checker on c5, if there is no black on a5, if it is, then it is - stick checker [count]). The game is in the fight for the black e5 checker. A rare regional edition.

Selected games with comments and fragments of the game of the champion of the USSR in Russian drafts of 1970, Yuri Arustamov. Rare regional edition.

Autographed by the author "Good luck! - Nick. Boev." About drafts in the Tula region, the country and the world, about L. Tolstoy, P. Burunov, A. Ovodov, I. Kozlov. Stories, parties, fragments ... Russian drafts.

Viktor Adamovich Kuartovich (July 30, 1944, Riga) is a Latvian draughts player, coach, organizer, sports functionary, sports journalist. Multiple champion of Latvia in the team competition, vice-champion in Russian and international draughts in the individual competition. Master of Sports of the USSR (1964), Honored Coach of Latvia (1990). Member of the Presidium of the Draughts Federation of Latvia (1961-1996). Executive Secretary, chairman of the coaching council, recognized in three Olympic cycles as one of the six best coaching councils of the republic among all sports. He worked for two years as a member of the Presidium of the USSR Draughts Federation and for many years as a member of the coaching council of the USSR FSH. He served as a guest trainer of the Latvian Sports Committee. Member of the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Latvia of the first convocation (1988). He worked as executive secretary of the magazines "Checkers" and "Dambrete", since 1971, for 20 years he was the head of the department on the theory of Russian checkers. Since 2002, the host of the draughts site "Visiting Victor", one of the most popular in the world. Held a record session of simultaneous play on 176 boards (+165-0 = 11, 2 hours 56 minutes) against participants of the 12th Spartakiad of Pioneers of the Latvian SSR, Suntazhi, boarding school, 1970. The first coach is Are Yu . Coach — D. Grins Actively participated in the training of international grandmasters Vladimir Vigman and Guntis Valneris, as well as 24 masters of sports.

The book (a collection of checkers combinations with short comments) is addressed to a wide range of checkers fans. By selecting positions with various and original solutions, the author gradually draws us into the wonderful world of classic checkers. The diagrams of II-IV drafts classes are given informative comments with information from the history of the development of this popular game, its rules, various combination techniques, elements of psychological preparation of the drafts player, the features of the tasks given, etc. The manual is designed for use both in the educational process and for independent work.

The book is an encyclopedic edition in which all types of endgames are examined in both types of checkers. The material is systematized according to the types and complexity of the endings. The course of drafts can be used as a textbook, as well as as a reference in the analysis.