Szanowni Czytelnicy,

dzisiaj, zamiast standardowego opisu zawartości numeru, proponuję głębiej zastanowić się nad zjawiskiem szachowej dominacji programów komputerowych. W tym miejscu pozwolę sobie delikatnie sparafrazować słowa Janusza Zajdla z jego proroczej powieści Limes Inferior:

Oto, do czego gnamy w tym naszym beznadziejnym, ślepym, baranim pędzie. Automaty do wszystkiego! Wszystko automatycznie!

I oto nagle przytomniejemy w obliczu dylematu: jeśli jeden automat potraÞ szachować z drugim tak sprawnie, zgrabnie i na tyle sposobów, to co jeszcze, u diabła, robią ludzie na tej planecie?!

Życzę Państwu przyjemnej lektury

Tomasz Makowski

Including 7444 Opening Surveys & 1396 Special Theory Databases

1-й половины 20-го века Савелия Тартаковера никогда ранее на русском языке не издавалась. По словам самого автора, в ней ему хотелось со-единить «полезное с приятным», т. е. представить читателю полезные сведения в увлекательном изложении. Как видно из оглавления, книга посвящена тематике, владение которой обязательно для шахматистов II-III разрядов. Шахматисты I разряда окинут свежим взглядом уже усвоенные принципы и найдут для себя немало полезного для дальней-шего усиления игры.

Помимо практической пользы (прежде всего) читатель получит не-сомненное удовольствие от изучения как малоизвестных, так и класси-ческих примеров, которые в своем фирменном стиле прокомментировал гуру шахматной литературы.

Варианты проверил с помощью компьютера и внёс необходимые уточнения международный мастер Григорий Богданович, его коммента-рии выделены в основном тексте курсивом.

Kolczyki z motywem szachownicy. 

Trzy modele

Zestaw 10 książek: 1400 Kombinacji matowych - Ryszard Czajkowski, Andrzej Nowicki 

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Niniejsza książka to unikalny zbiór 1400 diagramów z praktyki szachowej mistrzów i arcymistrzów z wielu krajów i różnych epok oraz własnych przykładów samych autorów.

Stopień trudności poszczególnych zadań jest na tyle zróżnicowany, by każdy szachista czerpał radość z ich rozwiązywania, niezależnie od swoich umiejętności. Tak więc w książce znajdziemy proste i bardziej skomplikowane przykłady taktyki szachowej, klasyczne końcówki, piękne kombinacje, które na zawsze przeszły do historii szachów, studia, etiudy i kompozycje szachowe oraz odzwierciedlenie zawartych w nich idei przeniesionych do praktyki turniejowej.

Czytelnik może poznać różnorodne sposoby matowania – od najprostszych jedno i dwuposunięciowych do mata w 262 (!!) posunięciach.

The book presents a Black repertoire based on the Nimzo-Indian Defence.

From the "Preface:

"I wrote this book for the adventurer who wants to start playing the Nimzo but is afraid of drowning in its lines. My creative task is to provide the reader with useful practical advice while sparing him unnecessary learning overhead."

Igor Lysyj

Bluza letnia "Evolution Chess Player"

Koszulka "Rainbow" z szachowym nadrukiem.

The Give and Take of Chess Tactics

Chess students love a Puzzle Rush. And solving tactics puzzles certainly helps you improve your pattern recognition and will help you find good moves in tournament games. But there is a downside to most tactics puzzles we always know who is supposed to win!

"Throw Down the Gauntlet from the Very First Move!"

A Counterpunching Repertoire for Black

The Modern Defense has been popular for decades. However, within the purview of this defense, there is a system that challenges White right from the get-go. The brainchild of Georgian grandmaster Bukhuti Gurgenidze, Black plays 1...g6 and follows with a timely ...c6 and ...d5. Occasionally classified as part of the Caro-Kann, it draws battle lines immediately.

Solving endgame studies has become a major working tool in modern chess training combining the instructive with the enjoyable. Studies are highly recommended for refining calculating and tactical skills, deepening endgame understanding, as well as improving creativity and out of the box thinking.

The vast majority of chess games witness familiar strategies and well known tactical motifs. These are the games that you will find in the anthologies and opening repertoires. Sometimes however, games appear that seem to have been played on a different planet.

The Barry Attack is somewhat defensive-looking from the start. It tempts Black forward, provocatively. The Barry Attack is, after all, a little rebellious, flouting, as it does, all those common sense development rules. Perhaps your game needs a good shot of tactics to boost your results - it’s one of the fastest ways to improve and this is true not only for young players. If your opponent plays an early move order that’s not in this book such as 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c5 or 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 for example, the good news is that Black will be forced to transpose back into the mass of material. 

Wydanie 2 - poprawione i rozszerzone

In addition to the basic Taimanov ideas we had to keep, we followed – in an original manner – our two main concepts: ‘almost never play an early …d6’ (Scheveningen-style) and ‘push …h5 whenever you can’ (Paulsen-style).

Thinkers Chess Academy | Test your chess knowledge

Not every reader is ambitious enough or has enough time to work very hard on his chess. That’s quite understandable and nothing to be ashamed of. You can enjoy chess very well without being a strong tournament player. You could just entertain yourself by playing through interesting combinations.

Try to expand your knowledge in the 3.c3 variation and go beyond the book’s content Deepen your knowledge in 3.c4 variation and do not play it before you know it well. Finally, follow the very strong GM Vladislav Artemiev, who has had a relatively successful run with this opening in rapid online events.

An Active Repertoire

The Sicilian Sveshnikov arises after the opening moves 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5, and is an ideal weapon based on sound principles of fast development and seizing central space. Decades of practical testing and analysis have proved the theoretical soundness of Black’s system, and its dynamic counterattacking potential makes it a popular choice among club players and top grandmasters alike.

The Tarrasch Variation of the Queen’s Gambit Declined is a fierce counter-attacking line arising after 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 c5. In this variation Black gains free and easy piece play but in return usually has to accept the structural weakness of an Isolated Queen’s Pawn (IQP). In the early development of chess theory this line was somewhat frowned upon due to the vulnerability of the IQP. However, Siegbert Tarrasch, after whom the opening is named, famously declared that, “he who fears an Isolated Queen’s Pawn should give up chess”.

The Dawn of the Planet of the b-Pawns!

“There can be no Plan B because there is no Planet B,” said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. We disagree when it comes to chess. In this book you will see analyzed not only 1.d4 b5 (the Polish Defense) but also the St. George Defense (1.e4 e6 2.d4 a6 intending 3...b5), 1.Nf3 b5, also 1.f4 b5 and, most shocking of all, 1.e4 a6 2.d4 b5. Grandmasters have lost to these systems; other Grandmasters even try them out themselves when they have the black pieces. No, an early ...b7-b5 is not Plan A. However, if you want to humiliate the opposition by being literally eccentric (off-center) and disrespectful ... Welcome to Planet B!

Таль Михаил Нехемьевич (9.11.1936—28.06.1992) восьмой чемпион мира (1960—1961), международный гроссмейстер (1957). Чемпион Латвии 1953, 1965 гг. Чемпион СССР 1957, 1958, 1967, 1972, 1974, 1978 гг. 

Данное учебное пособие адресовано тем, кто хочет самостоятельно научиться играть в шахматы и совершенствоваться дальше. Поурочный метод изложения, а также многочисленные упражнения способствуют последовательному усвоению правил и законов, составляющих основу шахматной игры. 

В своей книге гроссмейстер и опытный тренер Александр Галкин не только попытался структурировать некоторые типы шахматных окончаний с нестандартным соотношением материала на доске, но и предложил свою методологию понимания основных особенностей подобных эндшпилей. 

Goethe once wrote, “Everything is both simpler than we can imagine, and more complicated than we can conceive.” He could well have had chess endgames in mind. Endgames have fewer pieces on the board than middlegames but this does not necessarily make them “easier” to play or understand.

What exactly makes the greatest players of all time, such as Magnus Carlsen, Bobby Fischer, and Garry Kasparov stand out from the rest? The basic aspects of chess (calculation, study of opening theory, and technical endgame ability) are of course of great importance. However, the more mysterious part of chess ability lies within the thought process.

Judit Polgar is the strongest female chess player of all time. From an early age on the Hungarian prodigy baffled the world with her sensational triumphs. At the age of 15 she beat Bobby Fischer’s record to become the youngest grandmaster in history. During her glorious career, which she ended in 2014, she defeated World Champions Boris Spassky, Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov, Vishy Anand and Magnus Carlsen.

Have you ever wondered why strong chess players immediately grasp what is happening in complex positions? The secret is pawn structures. The pawn structure dictates the game's flow, and different structures require distinct approaches. You can improve your game by studying a large variety of pawn structures and the Hidden Laws of Chess.

The Scotch Game is an ideal opening weapon for White. It's ambitious, totally sound and leads to a wide variety of strategically complex positions. The Scotch was a particular favourite of Garry Kasparov, who invigorated it with a number of major discoveries to make it an opening to be feared throughout the chess world.

In this book, Yelena Dembo and Richard Palliser team up to take a modern-day look at this popular opening. They provide thorough coverage of the critical main lines, recommend the best options for both sides, and outline the key tactical and positional ideas.

- Comprehensive coverage of the Scotch Game

- Written by renowned opening experts

- Packed with new ideas and critical analysis

The Staunton Gambit is a very rewarding opening. White’s piece development follows the classical principles of gambit play. White is ahead in development and obtains a fine initiative. Even without the theoretical knowledge of certain variations, White should be able to find his way. Best of all, White determines the direction of the game already on move two, without the risk of having to play the maneuvering games we know from the Leningrad Dutch, the Stonewall Dutch or the Classical Dutch.

What's the most effective book for your level or the most effective course to get? As a Grandmaster and chess coach, who left his cozy life and started a company with a mission to help chess lovers unlock their full potential, I'm very happy that in the chess world there are people like Vishnu and that you picked his book.

Niezwykle istotne jest zapoznanie się z dorobkiem twórczym mistrzów świata. Czego można się nauczyć od nich? Z całą pewnością bardzo wiele. Każdy z nich był bowiem najwybitniejszym graczem swoich czasów i na drodze do tytułu najsilniejszego zawodnika globu musiał pokonać elitę najlepszych z najlepszych oponentów w rozgrywkach eliminacyjnych i w końcu zwyciężyć w meczu finałowym! W tych trudnych i emocjonujących spotkaniach musiał wykorzystać wszystkie swoje umiejętności oraz wiedzę, aby rozłożyć na łopatki wielu znakomitych przeciwników!     

The World Championship match between Fischer and Spassky in Reykjavik 1972 was played at the height of the Cold War. The image of a lone American genius defeating the Soviet machine captivated a worldwide audience unlike anything else in chess history. Exactly fifty years later, Fischer – Spassky 1972 takes a fresh look at both the chess and the human aspects of this monumental match.

The Richter-Veresov Attack is characterized by the moves 1 d4, 2 Nc3 and 3 Bg5. It is a great system for players who want to take their opponents away from well-known theory, force them into unfamiliar situations and make them fight on their own resources. 

Гроссмейстер Алексей Выжманавин (1960-2000) – яркая и трагическая фигура советских/российских шахмат. Тонкий позиционный игрок, любивший при этом импровизировать и блестяще считавший варианты. 

Czasopismo Polskiego Związku Szachowego. Jego celem jest dostarczanie najważniejszych informacji o szachowych wydarzeniach z kraju i ze świata oraz prezentacja materiałów szkoleniowych na najwyższym poziomie. W gronie stałych współpracowników znajdują się czołowi polscy zawodnicy i szkoleniowcy. W środku znajdziemy porady techniczne i strategiczne, relacje z zawodów i mistrzostw oraz garść aktualności z życia Związku.

PRODUKT SPROWADZANY TYLKO "NA ZAMÓWIENIE" - klientów zainteresowanych zakupem prosimy o kontakt mailowy na adres: sklep@caissa.pl     

An International Master’s instructive guide to essential tactical strategies and positions in chess.

Written by one of the best chess communicators in the business, chess master and chess journalist Andy Soltis divulges practical advice and explains technical terms that chess books often overlook. From learning how to train your mind with chess information to choosing the best chess opening, dip in and out of this invaluable guide to improve your chess in a minutes.

Вы держите в руках задачник, составленный по партиям Алирезы Фирузджи - ярчайшего мастера комбинационной игры с феноменальным тактическим дарованием. Здесь представлены одни из самых интересных шахматных позиций из партий выдающегося шахматиста. Задача - найти решение в ситуациях, с которыми в ходе партии сталкивался сам Фирузджа.

Королевская крепость – оборонительная позиция короля в дебюте и миттельшпиле. Ее стены определяет пешечная структура: у крепости № 1 пешки находятся в начальном положении, то есть на f7, g7, h7 (или f2, g2, h2).

Масштабный проект известного шахматного историка и писателя Сергея Воронкова — это попытка понять, что же скрывается под легендарным брендом «советская шахматная школа». В чемпионатах СССР принимали участие все лучшие шахматисты страны, включая восемь чемпионов мира! Вот почему по этим турнирам, как по годичным кольцам на срезах деревьев, можно проследить всю историю развития советских шахмат.

Вниманию читателя предлагается уникальный сборник уроков, лекций, семинаров по всем вопросам шахматного совершенствования, включая психологию, дебютную подготовку, решение проблем в середине игры, повышение мастерства игры в эндшпиле и т. д.Среди авторов уроков чемпионы мира...