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  • Author:
    Gipslis

    This collection of wonderful combinations is based on the famous magazine “Chess” published in the USSR. The editorial office was located in Riga, its members included strong Latvian chess players, and the editor-in-chief of the publication for many years was the eighth world champion Mikhail Tal, who always took an active part in the development of the magazine. Perhaps the most popular section among readers has always been “Find the best continuation without moving the pieces.” A fresh dozen of the most beautiful and instructive combinations, mainly from current tournaments, were published on the back cover, and the solutions were given in the next issue. The combinations were selected by the editorial team very carefully, because the magazine's circulation was more than 60,000 copies and was distributed in more than 50 countries! This edition includes combinations published in the mentioned section from 1980 to 1990. By solving these combinations, you are sure to improve your tactical skills and significantly strengthen your game.

    40.00 $
  • Author:
    Bologan

    «The idea of continuing the autobiographical book “Steps” has been in the air almost since the moment it was written. Despite the bullet point at the end of the book in the form of a victory over Magnus Carlsen, my chess career continued for another full 14 years, and the subsequent stormy socio-political career is only gaining momentum.” (V. Bologan).  The book contains 75 games commented in detail and a number of fragments. A frank story about the life and professional path, about cooperation with the leading grandmasters and coaches of the world (among them - A. Karpov, G. Kasparov, Yu. Polgar, Zhu Chen, R. Ponomarev, A. Shirov, A. Morozevich, A. Onischuk, A. Ryazantsev, E. Inarkiev, M. Al-Mudakhka, M. Dvoretsky, M. Podgaets, V. Chebanenko, Z. Lanka and others), about political activities in the Parliament of Moldova and about work in FIDE are complemented by numerous photographs.   For a wide range of chess lovers.

    36.67 $
  • 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:
    Bologan

    The 2nd edition, revised and supplemented, of the popular monograph, which is dedicated to one of the most combat modern debuts – the Old Indian defense. The author meticulously builds the entire defensive line of black (including on the territory of "adjacent" openings, such as the English beginning or the London system), explains standard plans and tactical techniques, offers a number of novelties in current schemes. Carefully selected positions for the solution will help the reader to consolidate the acquired knowledge. The book is addressed to chess players of any level, since the laws of Old Indian are the same for both amateurs and super grandmasters.

    21.67 $
  • Made in Holland. Chess computer "Centaur" easy to use. You can easily install any language. Using the touch panel  40x40 cm (cell size 48 x 48 mm) you can easily move the figures. The sensors will record strokes. The board has a capacious rechargeable internal battery. The uniqueness of the computer is that it quickly adapts to  your playing strength (from beginner to grandmaster) so that you have the right opponent. Centaur will help you analyze the game so as not to make the same mistakes and improve your chess skill. Please note, computer is not compatible to connect to your PC or online chess. The set includes USB cable and DGT electronic chess pieces . Height of the king is 86mm.  

    1333.30 $
  • 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:
    Bezgodov

    The youngest first–grader in the USSR, the world champion among young men, a participant in the candidates tournament at the age of 19 - Boris Spassky's rise was rapid. And then fate gave the brilliant chess player a test of strength: he stumbled twice at the decisive moment and remained beyond the threshold of interzonal tournaments ... Only ten years after his first great success, Spassky managed to pass all the qualifying tests and earn the right to a match for the crown, but he failed to defeat the Iron Tigran Petrosian the first time. It took three more years of super–efforts: by Sisyphus he rose again to the foot of Olympus and did not miss a second chance - in 1969 he became the Tenth king of chess! An essay about the life of Boris Vasilyevich and his sporting path full of ups and downs was written by Dmitry Oleynikov, Candidate of Historical Sciences, curator of the Chess Museum of the Chess Federation of Russia. 70 beautiful and instructive games of Spassky were commented on by the champion of Russia in 1993, the famous author and theorist grandmaster Alexey Bezgodov, as well as grandmaster Dmitry Kryakvin and FIDE master Steve Giddins. The preface was written by the 14th world champion Vladimir Kramnik. For a wide range of chess fans.

    21.67 $
  • Author:
    Galkin

    The book by grandmaster and experienced coach Alexander Galkin is dedicated to the strongest piece on the chessboard – to the queen. Using the example of episodes from games of modern grandmasters (the vast majority of games date back to 2020-2023) and his own grandmaster practice, the author tries to generalize, and in some places even clarify the methodology for understanding and playing queen endings, as well as other types of endgames with the presence of queens ) On the desk. The book presents various ratios of material – “queen against queen”, “queen and minor piece against queen and minor piece”, “queen and rook against queen and rook”, “queen against two rooks”, “queen against rook and pawns”, “ queen against a rook and a minor piece”, “two queens against two queens” – practically the entire spectrum of encountered endgames of this type. The material is structured in such a way that the reader can get maximum benefit from studying the examples of queen endings and its other derivatives offered by the author. 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:
    Kasparov

    41.67 $
  • Author:
    Fisher

    15.00 $
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    17.27 $

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    If you decide to improve your initial knowledge of chess tactics, you need to know and be able to apply a variety of tactics! This training course contains more than 670 exercises on the “destruction of defense”, more than 360 exercises on the “attraction”, more than 100 exercises on the “overlap” and more than 900 exercises on the “distraction”! A large number of exercises makes this course an excellent tool for quickly training beginner and elementary chess players.

  • book

    103.64 $

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    Today’s way to learn chess! The ChessBase Tutorials are a new series in the publishing program of ChessBase. Every issue will consist of a DVD and a detailed accompanchess bace tutorials openings 1ying booklet. The many readers of ChessBase Magazine have already come to appreciate this concept. The accompanying booklet offers both a survey and rapid starting point for the study of the individual opening variations. And then you will find on the DVD the extensive video lectures delivered by various top class trainers and grandmasters.

  • book

    316.69 $

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    Give in to the magic of this program! Only two years ago the Houdini chess engine stormed to the top of the ranking lists, and since then has been the uncontested number one chess engine in the world. The secret of its success: Houdini introduces pure magic into the game of chess! The engine of Belgian programmer Robert Houdart finds tricks in places where the other engines can see nothing. The new version, Houdini 3, goes even further, providing the chess world with yet another increase in playing strength: at least 50 Elo points, thanks to a host improvements in its search algorithms. They manifest themselves in different ways, in various phases of the game. In the opening Houdini 3 demonstrates an even more subtle understanding of space and activity; in the middlegame the program spots quicker than before when pieces are in danger of being dominated; and in the endgame the right evaluations and solutions to problems are found much sooner thanks to a faster, deeper search. During the course of this new development and the fine tuning of the engine Houdini played, believe it or not, ten million test games! Houdini 3 is supplied with the latest Deep Fritz 13 chess interface and thus puts at your disposal all the training and analysis functions of the world's premium chess program. Included in the package are a one-year classic membership to the chess server Playchess.com, online access to the world’s largest analysis database “Let’s Check” * and the use of the ChessBase Engine Cloud.

  • book

    17.27 $

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    This training course contains training material - 150 lessons - on the following tactical methods: "Liberation of an important field", "Liberation of a line", "Enticement", "Enthusiasm for horse forks", "Lock", "Distraction", "Distraction from the defense of the eighth horizontal ”,“ Overlap ”,“ Open attack ”,“ Double check ”,“ Bundle ”,“ Mill ”. To consolidate knowledge and training, more than 1,500 tasks are offered for solution. This program will be useful for beginners and junior chess players.

  • book

    23.03 $

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    This program includes two courses: “Chess Tactics for Rank III” (230 theoretical examples and 350 exercises for solving 28 tactical topics - “Opening the Horizontal”, “Release the Line”, “Enticement”, “Enticement under Horse Forks”, “Lock "," Distraction "," Distraction from tactics for the II-I category "(1165 exercises for solving 20 tactical topics -" Bundle "," Distraction "," Enticement "," Overlap "," Blocking "," Double strike " , "X-ray" ...). Studying educational material, testing your knowledge View Rating Change Tracking the progress of training for multiple users Playing against a chess program from the current position

  • book

    17.27 $

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    This course is designed for chess players of III-I categories and introduces the theory and methods of the game in the main options for the defense of Karo-Kann, one of the most popular and interesting openings arising after moves 1. e4 c6. The theoretical review of relevant options contains more than 130 examples and is supported by 150 exercises for solving. This course will be useful to all chess players playing the defense of the Caro-Cannes, both white and black. The game program will allow to consolidate knowledge by playing emerging positions.

  • book

    17.27 $

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    This course is designed for chess players of the II-I category and introduces the theory and methods of playing open debuts arising after moves 1. e4 e5 2.Kf3 Kc6 3.Cc4: Defense of two horses, the Italian party and Gambit Evans. A theoretical overview of current options and a discussion of practical game methods is supported by a large number of exercises: 315 exercises for the Defense of two horses, 267 exercises for the Italian party and 62 exercises for the Evans gambit. This course will be useful to all chess players playing open debuts, both white and black. The game program will allow to consolidate knowledge by playing emerging positions.

  • book

    17.27 $

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    This course is designed for chess players of III-I categories and introduces the theory and methods of the game in the main versions of the French defense, one of the most popular and interesting openings in response to 1. e4 - 1 .. e6. A theoretical review of relevant options contains more than 100 examples and is supported by more than 300 exercises to solve. This course will be useful to all chess players playing the French defense, both white and black. The game program will allow to consolidate knowledge by playing emerging positions.

  • book

    17.27 $

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    This course is designed for chess players of III-I categories and introduces the theory and methods of the game in the basic versions of the Slavic defense, one of the most popular and interesting openings that occurs after moves 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6. A theoretical review of relevant options contains about 100 examples and is backed up by 250 exercises to solve. This course will be useful to all chess players playing the Slavic defense, both white and black. The game program will allow to consolidate knowledge by playing emerging positions.

  • book

    17.27 $

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    This course is designed for chess players of III-I categories and introduces the theory and methods of the game in the main versions of the Old Indian Defense. A theoretical review of relevant options contains more than 130 examples and is supported by more than 400 exercises to solve. This course will be useful to all chess players playing the Old Indian Defense, both white and black. The game program will allow to consolidate knowledge by playing emerging positions.

  • book

    17.27 $

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    This course is designed for chess players of the III-I categories and introduces the theory and methods of the game in the most acute and fundamental versions of the Sicilian defense that arise after moves 1. e4 c5 2.Кf3 d6 3.d4. The theoretical review of relevant options contains more than 200 examples and is supported by a large number of new exercises: 272 exercises on the Dragon Option, 248 on the Najdorf Option, 100 on Scheveningen and 60 on the Rauser Attack. This course will be useful to all chess players playing the Sicilian defense, both white and black. The game program will allow to consolidate knowledge by playing emerging positions.

  • book

    17.27 $

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    This course is designed for chess players of III-I categories and introduces the theory and methods of the game in the most acute and fundamental variants of the Sicilian defense that arise after moves 1.e4 c5 2.Кf3 Кс6. A theoretical overview of relevant options contains about 200 examples. The practice section contains 300 exercises for the Paulsen system, the Rossolimo version (systems with Bb5) and the Chelyabinsk version. This course will be useful to all chess players playing the Sicilian defense, both white and black. The game program will allow to consolidate knowledge by playing emerging positions.