The unit is in excellent condition, the cover is shabby. The book in an entertaining way tells about the extraordinary travels of the "inventor of chess" by the Marquis de la Tante. Storms, shipwrecks, attacks by pirates, a Hindu fakir, a prison, a talking dog, an uninhabited island, a miraculous rescue, the king’s cunning ... What is it that is not here! The original little pockets are made by a young artist Julia Krasnova. The book will be of interest not only to young readers, but also to all chess lovers. The authors dedicate a book to the memory of a friend of chess composer Leopold Mitrofanov. Color illustrations.

Книга известного литератора, журналиста, мастера спорта по шахматам почти целиком составлена из бесед, рассказов, необычных сюжетов, забавных историй и юморесок. Первый раздел книги составляют беседы со знаменитыми шахматистами: пятью чемпионами мира – М. Ботвинником, В.Смысловым, М.Талем, А.Карповым, Г.Каспаровым. Во втором разделе читатель встретится с видными представителями различных областей творчества и вместе с тем большими поклонниками шахмат. Третий раздел составляют необычные шахматные сюжеты и рассказы – о первых встречах А.Карпова и Г.Каспарова. Четвертый раздел представляет сборник юмористических рассказов и веселых историй про «людей и фигур». Пятый раздел также относится к занимательному жанру, он содержит различные шахматные юморески – забавные зарисовки, шутки, смешные случаи из жизни шахматистов. Книга рассчитана на широкий круг любителей шахмат.

Герои этой книги - шахматные вундеркинды разных эпох: Капабланка, Рашевский, Спасский, Фишер, Мекинг, Каспаров, Шорт, Камский и Юдит Полгар, молодые гроссмейстеры, нарубеже веков завоевавшие высшее звание в 14 лет и даже раньше: Леко, Бакро. Биографии, фото, партии с комментариями.

The book tells about competitions in various intellectual games - chess, drafts, cards, held at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries in the Cosmos casino: about a blitz match from 24 games of Kasparov-Kramnik, Memorial Petrosyan, international poker tournaments, etc. Particular attention is paid to the traditional super tournaments of the Moscow Komsomolets on chess giveaways, which take place in Cosmos on April Fool's Day. Many famous people participate in these fun shows - writers and poets, composers and artists, directors and artists, scientists and astronauts, singers and athletes. The reader is invited to a large collection of color photographs in which the heroes of the book are imprinted behind a chessboard. For a wide range of readers. Many color photographs.

The book of the chess master, a famous writer and columnist of the popular metropolitan newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets Evgeny Gik contains about 500 funny chess stories, jokes and tales. Among their heroes are both outstanding grandmasters, candidates for the chess crown and world champions - from Steinitz and Lasker to Karpov and Kasparov, and people far from the world of chess, for example, Alla Pugacheva and other pop stars, as well as writers and poets, artists, artists, musicians, scientists and politicians are big chess fans.

Four chapters: “Fight for the crown” - all the games of the match for the world chess crown in Seville through the eyes of Karpov, “Debut surprises” - on finds in critical positions of various openings, “Quartets” - on chess compositions with 4 pieces , "" Computer Chess "."

The book of the chess master and famous writer Yevgeny Gik is the first in Russian, entirely devoted to unusual chess. It is about unusual boards, pieces, rules of the game, or with ordinary rules, unusual situations on the board are considered. The book belongs to an entertaining genre and will be interesting to everyone who loves chess, is fond of computer and logic games, puzzles, non-standard and comic tasks, paradoxes. It has six sections: "Puzzles", "Fairy Chess", "Fancy Charts", "Robots", "Collections", "Fantastic Stories" and each has six stories.

Color photos and cartoons, gift edition

The miniature edition offered to the reader has number 100 in the author's literary biography. The publication contains exactly 100 fun chess stories. These are jokes, jokes, funny cases from the lives of players, celebrities, world champions. The author has drawn most of these stories from his own experience in communicating with chess stars, and sometimes he himself witnessed a ridiculous episode; other stories were taken from different sources, and only a little literary processing was required. One hundred funny chess stories are divided into five sections, twenty in each: jokes, stories about chess kings, smiles of grandmasters, from the life of celebrities, all sorts of things. The book is intended for all chess fans who have not yet lost their sense of humor.

In the book of mathematician, chess player and writer Eugene Geek describes the various links between chess and mathematics. Many types of chess-math problems and puzzles are considered: about cutting and covering the board, about routes, arrangements and rearrangements of figures. Mathematical records are given, the geometric properties of the board are investigated. Here you will find descriptions of logical and entertaining games on unusual boards, with unusual rules and figures, as well as a discussion of such aspects as tournament mathematics, calculating ratings, computer achievements in a chess game and analyzing endings.

From skirting the knight board and the tasks of eight queens to chess programs and Elo coefficients.

This book consists of twenty conversations, covering various chess topics. The first twelve conversations, as it should be in the textbook, are devoted to the three stages of a chess game. The first of five debut conversations tells about popular combinations and traps at the start of the battle. And in the second conversation, super-fast victories are collected, and all games here belong to world champions! The following three conversations are more solid. The examples of games played at the highest grandmaster level show how to play open, half-open and closed openings, respectively. Further there are four conversations about the middle game. The first two are tactics, the other two are more about the strategy of the game. Here are numerous combinations - from typical, educational to famous, classic. In one of the conversations there was a collection of combinations with the queen sacrifice, made in the games of chess kings! Finally, three more conversations are dedicated to the endgame. The most common endings that are most often encountered in practice are pawns and rooks.