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Fifteen centuries of history: from chaturanga to matches for the world crown. Champions, chess stars, unusual variants of the game and chess in art

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How the game travelled from India to Persia, the Arab world and Europe, how the rules changed, and how tournaments, clubs and championships appeared

Every holder of the chess crown, from Wilhelm Steinitz to the present day: biographies and the key matches

The history of the women's world championships since 1927 and the stories of all the champions

Shogi, xiangqi, chess for three and four players, bughouse, “battle chess” and other unusual versions of the game

A game of chess on the canvases of painters from different centuries, from the old masters to the surrealists

Postage stamps devoted to chess, tournaments, olympiads and champions

Players of different eras, cards with short facts