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The Chess Games of Antoaneta Stefanova

"20 Years and 20 Days on the Road to the Crown"

ISBN: 954-649-735-5
Authors: Vladimir Georgiev and Simeon Stoichkov
Printed: 2004

Published: by CIELA- Soft and Publishing, Sofia

Pages: paper back, 148 pp.

This is the first book dedicated to the World chess champion, the female Bulgarian Antoaneta Stefanova. It consists of 148 pages, with 32 photos included. The text is written in Bulgarian paralleled with translation in English. What is to note is that the book consists of two parts: the first one makes the reader familiar with more general information concerning the champion’s life evident from interviews and photographs; the second part is more professionally orientated as it focuses on diagrams and commentaries referring to the matches that lead the charming, young and extremely talented Bulgarian to the top.

This is a book in which both the chess professionals and beginners will find something of interest...
Price: $16,00

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ALEXEY DREEV: MY 100 BEST GAMES

by Alexey Dreev,

300 pages + colour photos
Alexey Dreev is one of the most popular contemporary Russian grandmasters. He is famous for his deep understanding of chess and fine endgame technique. Many of his games are milestones in the theory of the Slav Defence, the King's Indian Defence and others. He was twice World junior champion and three times Olympic gold medalist. Dreev played in the match Russia-Rest of the world in 2002, won the World team championships in 1997 and 2005. Dreev starts the first chapter with the following words:

"I have chosen and commented on 100 games for this book. I have played them in a period of more than 20 years. These games are so different from each other that there will be some to everybody’s liking – there are sacrifices, there are quiet moves, there are sharp tactical games as well as tough positional fights. You can also find instructive examples of how to play in the various stages of the game. In general, I have devoted a great attention to the openings and my comments about them are from the point of view of the contemporary theory.
A chess professional’s life is not only the games played over the board. You go to different countries, you visit various continents; you see picturesque places and ancient towns and you come into contact with chess-fans all over the world. In my notes to some of the games, I have shared with my readers (as much as the size of the book allows) my impressions of these journeys and encounters.
While working on the story of my first steps in chess, it was as if I re-lived again everything I came through during all these times. Naturally, my memory is not perfect. I have had to omit many things also because this book is not an autobiography, it is not memoirs, and it is supposed to be a collection of games. Still I tried to tell in earnest about my development as a player, about my problems and hardships (some of them due to the surroundings and some of them just personal). I have shared with my readers my joy about my victories in my first tournaments and I have told about people who have helped me and to whom I owe my deepest gratitude..."
Price: $27,00

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Jose Raul CAPABLANCA, Games 1901-1924, Vol. 1

This book of the CHESS STARS series is devoted to Jose Raul Capablanca, the third world champion. All Capablanca's tournament and match games, annotated by famous Grandmasters and Masters, are brought together in two volumes. For the current Second Revised edition practically every encounter has been commented again.

There were also added 61 new exhibition games.

ISBN 954-8782-39-1 Chess editor - 14th World Chess Champion Alexander Khalifman; Printed in Sofia, Bulgaria, 2004; second revised edition; paper back, 366 pages; all texts in English;

Contents:
Early games 1901, Havana 1901 ; Match Capablanca - J.Corzo, Havana 190; Early Games- 1902/06; Teams Games, New York 1906/07; Exhibition Games, New York 1909; Match Capablanca- Marshall, New york 1909; Exhibition Games, Havana 1909; New York State Association Championship- 1910; Teams Games, New York 1910; Exhibition and Consultation Games, New York 1910/ 11; American National Tournament, New York 1911; San Sebastian- 1911; Exhibition and Consultation Games-1911; Matches Games, New York 1912; American National Tournament, New York 1913; Havana -1913; Rice's Chess Club Tournament, New York 1913; Europe Tour- 1913/14; Petersburg- 1914; Exhibition and Consultation Games- 1914; American National Tournament, New York 1915; Exhibition Game, Philadelphia 1916; Rice's Chess Club Tournament, New York 1916; Teams and Exhibition Games - 1916; Manhattan Chess Club Championship, New York 1918; Consultation Game, Philadelphia 1918; Match Capablanca- Kostic, Havana 1919; Hastings -1919;Exhibition and Consultation Games- 1919/20; World Ch Match Lasker - Capablanca, Havana 1921; Consultation Game, Philadelphia 1922; London -1922; Consultation games,

Philadelphia 1924, New York - 1924

Index of Opponents; Index of Openings;

Price: $27,00

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Jose Raul CAPABLANCA, Games 1925-1939, Vol. 2

This book of the CHESS STARS series is devoted to Jose Raul Capablanca, the third world champion. All Capablanca's tournament and match games, annotated by famous Grandmasters and Masters, are brought together in two volumes. For the current Second Revised edition we have commented again practically every encounter.

We have also added 61 new exhibition games.

ISBN 954-8782-40-5 Chess editor - 14th World Chess Champion Alexander Khalifman; Printed in Sofia, Bulgaria, 2004; second revised edition; paper back, 366 pages; all texts in English;

Contents:
Moscow- 1925; Exhibition Game, Philadelphia 1926; Lake Hopatcong -1926; New York - 1927, World Ch Match Capablanca- Alekhine, Buenos Aires 1927' Consultation Game, Havana 1928; Bad Kissingen- 1928' Budapest- 1928, Berlin - 1928; Ramsgate - 1929; Karlsbad - 1929; Budapest - 1929; Barcelona - 1929; Hastings- 1929/30; Hastings- 1930/ 31; New York - 1931; Match Capablanca - Euwe, Holland 1931; Exhibition Games, 1933/34; Moscow- 1935; Margate - 1935; Margate - 1936; Moscow- 1936;

Consultation Game, Leningrad 1936; Nottingham - 1936; Semmering - Baden - 1937; Paris - 1938; A. V. R. O, Holland 1938; Margate - 1939; 8th Olympiad, Buenos Aires 1939; Index of Opponents; Index of Openings; Some Results of Capablanca

Price: $27,00

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BOGOLJUBOW - A FATE OF A CHESS PLAYER

Author: IM Sergei Soloviov

Printed : October 2004, Sofia Bulgaria

Pages: 280 pages, size 23 x 17 cm.

ISBN: 954-8782-38-3

Efim Bogoljubow was one of the great players of the first half of twentieth century. Over a period of more than 15 years he was permanently among the challengers for the world title. He won twice the Soviet championship as well as several super tournaments against an impressive field of rivals. Bogoljubow played two matches against Alekhine for the World title and became two times FIDE champion, defeating in matches M. Euwe.
You'll find in this Chess Stars book a detailed biography and 200 extensively analyzed wins of Efim Bogoljubow complemented with tournament crosstables.
Price: $29,00

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VISWANATHAN ANAND BEST GAMES

700 selected commented games and a rich photo gallery

Author: Nikolai Kalinichenko

Printed: 2004, Moscow

Pages: 734 pages

ISBN: 5-17-023344-2

names in Russian and English.

TEXT and comments written on chess Figurine Algebraic Notations.

One of the strongest GMs in today's world and No 1 in his country, Viswanathan Anand comes from India, the ancient homeland of chess. Since he was 13-14 years old he started to play successfully in tournaments. As he was 16 he headed India's team at the World Olympiad of 1986 where he scored 7,5 points out of 11. In two years he earned his GM norm. In his younger years Anand attracted chess world's attention with his excellent combinational solutions, his almost phenomenal quickness of mind and spontaneity. His today's style is combining brightly both combinational and positional as well as delicate endgame play. Other opinions also mark Anand's remarkable combinational vision, being very creative in finding tactical methods, risking willingly in difficult situations on the board, his fighting hard and resourcefully. For several years he has been 3d (after Kasparov and Kramnik) according to the FIDE World rating list. Charlie Chaplin said once: "If they want to know me better, let them see my films". Likewise, to know more of Anand, you might read this book. The book is likely to help chess players in improving their game.
Price: $20,00

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LEKO'S ONE HUNDRED WINS

Author: IM Sergei Soloviov, Edited by Alexander Khalifman

Printed : June, 2003, Sofia Bulgaria

Pages: 340 pages, size 23 x 17 cm.

ISBN: 954-8782-31-6

The book is devoted to one of the youngest Grandmaster in the chess history - the Hungarian Peter Leko

This great new book combines the most beautiful Leko's games with many interesting materials of the player's personal and chess life. All games are text commented by Khalifman, Khalifman, Bezgodov, Sakaev, Shipov, have many diagrams and tournaments tables. The book special features are the 8 pages with photos (color and black&white) and the articles devoted to Shirov's life.

Contents: Introduction; The long and winding road biographical notes; Selected Games (1992 - 2003) ; Some Results of Leko

Index of openings; Index of opponents.

Price: $27,00

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SHIROV'S ONE HUNDRED WINS

ISBN: 954 8782 28 6

Author: IM Sergei Soloviov, Edited by Alexander Khalifman

Printed in: March, 2003, Sofia

Pages: 316 pages, soft cover, size 23 x 17 cm.

This great new book combines the most beautiful Shirov's games with many interesting materials of the player's personal and chess life. All games are text commented by Khalifman, Kochev, Marin, Sakaev, Shipov, Speelman, Yudasin, have many diagrams and tournments tables. The book special features are the photos (color and black&white) and the articles devoted to Shirov's life.

Contents: Introduction; Not Grandmaster yet; Alexei Shirov about himself, interviews by Yuri Vasiliev;

Selected Games (1990 - 2002) ; About 150 tournaments and matches Results; Statistics of his games with strongest players; Index of openings; Index of oponents.

Hard cover book Price: $28,00

Soft cover book Price: $26,00

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BORIS SPASSKY'S 400 SELECTED GAMES

ISBN: 954 8782 29 4

Author: IM Sergei Soloviov

Printed in: March, 2003, Sofia

Pages: 492 pages, soft cover, size 23 x 17 cm.

This new edition of the book expends with more than 100 games played by Spassky in the period 1984 - 2002. Interesting articles on the player's personal and chess life, and 8 pages black-and-white photos were also added. All games are commented in Informator style. The book consists also of many diagrams, statistical information and tournaments crosstables.

Contents:

Introduction; Events and Selected Games 1947 - 1957; Events and Selected Games 1957 - 1962 ; Events and Selected Games 1963 - 1966; Events and Selected Games 1966 - 1969 ; Events and Selected Games 1969 - 1972 ; Events and Selected Games 1973 - 1977 ; Events and Selected Games 1978 - 1983 ; Events and Selected Games 1984 - 2002 ; Some results of Spassky; Index of openings; Index of opponents.

Price: 23.00$

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ALEXANDER ALEKHINE GAMES 1902-1922 Vol. 1

The new book of the CHESS STARS series presents the games of ALEXANDER ALEKHINE. The fourth World Champion had a unique style, combining beautiful tactical blows with an implacable technique. In his games the striking combinations crowned of the chess theory. Alekhine invited a whole range of new opening lines and the system 1.e4 Nf6 was named after him.The three volumes contain more than 1300 of Alekhine's tournament and match games. The first one just come out of print.

ISBN 954-8782-21-9 Chess editor - 14th World Chess Champion Alexander Khalifman; Printed in Sofia, Bulgaria, March 2002; soft cover, 424 pages; all texts in English;

Contents:
Correspondence Events 1902 - 1910 ; Early games 1907 - 1910 ; 17th DSR; Congress, Hamburg - 1910; Russian Events 1910 - 1911; Karlsbad - 1911; Russian Events 1912; Stockholm - 1912; All Russian Masters Tournament, Vilna - 1912; Match Alekhine - Levitsky, Quadrangular Tournament, St. Petersburg 1913; Scheviningen - 1913; Match Alekhine - Ed. Lasker, Paris - London 1913; All Russian Masters Tournament, St. Petersburg 1914; St. Petersburg 1914; Quadrangular Tournament, Paris 1914; 19th DSB Congress, Manheim 1914; Events 1914 - 1920; All Russian Chess Olympiad, Moscow 1920; Match Alekhine - Grigoriev, 1921; Match Alekhine - Teichmann, 1921; Match Alekhine - Samisch, 1921; Match Alekhine - Bogoljubow, 1921; Triberg- 1921; Budapest - 1921; The Hague - 1921; Match Alekhine Bernsteine, 1922; Breyer Memorial, 1922; London - 1922; Hastings - 1922; Vienna - 1922; Exhibition Games 1910 - 1922;
Index of Openings; Index of opponents

Price: $ 25,00

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ALEXANDER ALEKHINE GAMES 1923-1934 Vol. 2

The three volumes contain more than 1300 of Alekhine's tournament and match games.

600 games are commented for the first time!

ISBN 954-8782-23-5 Chess editor - 14th World Chess Champion Alexander Khalifman; Printed in Sofia, Bulgaria, July 2002; soft cover, 494 pages; all texts in English;

Contents:
Match Alekhine - Muffang, Paris 1923; Margate Chess Congress - 1923; Karlsbad - 1923; 16th BCF Congreess, Portsmouth 1923; New York - 1924; Paris - 1925; Quadrangular Tournament, Bern 1925; Baden-Baden - 1925; 6th Hastings Congress - 1925/26; Semmering - 1926; Dresden - 1926; Scarborough Chess Congress - 1926; Club Tournament in Birmingham - 1926; Buenos Aires - 1926; Match Alekhine - Euwe, Holland 1926; New York - 1927; Kecskemet - 1927; World Ch Match Capablanca - Alekhine, 1927; Bradley Beach - 1929; World Chess Match Alekhine - Bogoljubow, 1929; San Remo - 1930; 3rd Olympiad, Hamburg 1930; 4th Olympiad, Prague 1931; Bled/Ljubljana - 1931; London Chess Congress - 1932; Training Tournament, Bern 1932; 36th Swiss International Championship, Bern 1932; Pasadena Chess Congress - 1932; Mexico City - 1932; 5th Olympiad, Folkestone 1933; Match Alekhine - O.Bernstein, Paris 1933; Paris - 1933; 14th Hastings Congress - 1933/34; Quadrangular Tournament, Rotterdam 1934; World Ch Match Alekhine - Bogoljubow, 1934; 37th Swiss International Championship, Zurich 1934; Exhibition Games 1923 - 1934; Index of Openings and Index of Opponents.

Price: $ 25,00

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"ALEXANDER ALEKHINE GAMES 1935-1946" Vol. 3

The three volumes contain more than 1300 of Alekhine's tournament and match games. 600 games are commented for the first time!

ISBN 954-8782-25-1 Chess editor - 14th World Chess Champion Alexander Khalifman; Printed in Sofia, Bulgaria, November 2002; soft cover, 400 pages; all texts in English;

ALL GAMES ARE COMMENTED. Tournament tables, Index of Openings and Index of Opponents, Many diagrams.

Contents:
Orebro 1935; 6th Olympiad, Warsaw 1935; World Ch Match Alekhine - Euwe, Holland 1935; Bad Nauheim - 1936; Dresden - 1936; Czechoslovakian Championship, Podebrady - 1936; Nottingham - 1936; Amsterdam Jubilee Tournament - 1936; De Arbeiderspers, Amsterdam 1936: 17th Hasting Congress - 1936/37; Club Tournament in Nice - 1937; Margate Easter Congress - 1937; Kameri - 1937; Four masters Tournament, Germany 1937; World Ch Match Euwe - Alekhine, Holland 1937; Montevideo - 1938;Margate Easter Congress - 1938; Plymouth Chess Club Jubilee Congress - 1938; A.V.R.O. - 1938; Caracas - 1939; 8th Olympiad, Buenos Aires 1939; Millimgton Drake Tournament, Montevideo 1939; 2nd Europa Tournament, Munich 1941, 2nd General Government Tournament, Poland 1941, Real Madrid Club Tournament - 1941; Match Alekhine - Lopez Esnaola, Vitoria 1941; Salzburg - 1942; 1st European Championship, Munich 1942; 3rd General Government Tournament, Poland 1942; Duras Memorial, Prague 1942; Match Alekhine - Bogoljubow, Warsaw 1943; Prague - 1943; Salzburg - 1943; Match Alekhine - Rey Ardid, Zaragoza 1944; Gijon - 1944; Madrid 1945; Gijon - 1945; Sabadell - 1945; Almeria - 1945; Melilla - 1945; Match Alekhine - Lupi, Estoril 1946; Exhibition Games 1935- 1945

Price: $25.00

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RUSSIANS VERSUS FISCHER

ISBN 5-900767-01-9 400 pages, hard cover compiled by D.Plisetsky & S.Voronkov, in English, Moscow 1994.

Yu. Averbakh writes in the foreword of this book: "This book is the story of how this American solitary genius purposefully, step by step and year after year, forced his way through the serried ranks of the Soviet grandmasters to the chess throne, how he dethroned Boris Spassky and became the 11th world champion, putting an end to the many years of the Soviet chess school's hegemony. What makes this book unique is the fact that for the first time it provides a picture of Fischer as seen through the eyes of representatives of that school; as for the documents cited in it, they were not known neither in Russia nor in the West." This book contains 148 games played by Fischer vs. Russian Grandmasters (+49-30=69) beginning from Portoroz-1958 and finishing with Sveti Stefan/ Belgrade -1992 with annotations, text in English, documents and photos.

Price: $ 28.00

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ANATOLY KARPOV: MY 300 BEST GAMES

ISBN 9984-92229-0-1, 270 pages, hard cover, by Anatoly Karpov, Chess V.I.P.s series, Moscow 1997. Nicely-produced collection of 300 games of 12th world champion has notes in Informator-style. Author has selected his best games for 30 years, from 1966 till 1996. Also, there are small sections of combinations and endgame positions, Index of Opponents and Index of Openings.

Price: $ 24.00

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