Mind games

100 studies whose common theme is that white ends up with just a bishop and knight in the finale, yet manages to win or draw.

100 studies whose common theme is that white ends up with just two bishops in the finale, yet manages to win or draw.

100 studies whose common theme is that white ends up with just one king in the finale, yet manages to draw.

100 studies whose common theme is that white ends up with just the queen in the finale, yet manages to win or draw.

100 studies whose common theme is that white ends up with just one rook in the finale, yet manages to win or draw.

100 studies whose common theme is that white ends up with just one bishop in the finale, yet manages to win or draw.

100 studies whose common theme is that white ends up with just one knight in the finale, yet manages to win or draw.

Sergei Tkachenko has collected 100 studies whose common theme is that white ends up with just one pawn in the finale, yet manages to win or draw.

Zinar is a prolific endgame expert who has produced several hundred studies since the 1970s, with a focus on pawn endings.

Tigran Gorgiev (1910-1976) was one of the Soviet Union’s best endgame study composers.

Oleg Pervakov (born in 1960 in the city of Kirov) is widely recognized as Russia’s greatest living chess composer.

Yakov Vilner (1899-1931) was one of the leading Soviet chess masters in the 1920s.

Have you ever thought about trying your hand at composing endgame studies? Probably not, it always seemed far too difficult. But now, your chance to learn the tools is finally here!

Born in Bakhmut, Ukraine, and brought up in Odessa, Boris Verlinsky (1888-1950) was the first holder of the grandmaster title in the Soviet Union, and he was consistently one of the top Soviet players in the 1920s

Most chess games end in the middlegame. Therefore, to achieve good results, you have to play well at this stage of the game.

This endgame tactics textbook by Grandmaster Alexander Galkin, who was named Children’s Trainer of the Year in 2016 by the Russian Chess Federation, provides a large volume of practical knowledge.

This book aims to give you a wealth of self-study knowledge about handling different types of endings that occur frequently but on which there is not much literature analyzing recent games.

Ivan Bukavshin, born in Rostov-on-Don in 1995, was a Russian chess prodigy.

Jakov's new book focuses on a key element of tactics: forced mate.

This tactics book by FIDE Senior Trainer Grandmaster Jakov Geller teaches the reader how to create mate threats and execute them using a mixture of combination techniques, as well as how to deploy all key defensive techniques to combat mate threats.

This theoretically solid opening repertoire for White, based on playing 5.d4 in the main line of the Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6), gives you a great way to bamboozle your opponent, who is probably unprepared for this variation.

First published in Russian in 2014 and written by Genna Sosonko – widely recognized as the number one writer on the history of Soviet chess – this is a truly unique book about the life and destiny of the great chess player David Bronstein (1924-2006).

In his third full-length memoir about one of the world's greatest ever chess players Genna Sosonko portrays a warm picture of the seventh world champion Vasily Smyslov.

Viktor Korchnoi was one of the leading grandmasters of the 20th century, coming within one game of winning the world championship in 1978.

Woman International Master and experienced children’s coach Anastasiya Geller has written a textbook for beginners teaching them the very basics of attacking the enemy king.

Lothar Hartmann dreams of reaching the big time in chess.

This book contains fifty illustrative games and a career overview of Chelyabinsk grandmaster Igor Kurnosov, who was tragically hit and killed by a car in 2013 at the age of just 28.

Peter Romanovsky (1892-1964) was Soviet chess champion in 1923 (outright) and 1927 (jointly with Bogatyrchuk).

Have you ever thought about trying your hand at composing endgame studies? Probably not, it always seemed far too difficult. But now, your chance to learn the tools is finally here!

Born in Bakhmut, Ukraine, and brought up in Odessa, Boris Verlinsky (1888-1950) was the first holder of the grandmaster title in the Soviet Union, and he was consistently one of the top Soviet players in the 1920s