Chess composition (problems and studies) is called chess poetry. In this book, firends, you will discover the wonderful world of chess poetry using examples of the work of chess composers of our republic. Getting acquainted with problems and studies, try to arrange positions on the board and try to complete the problem yourself, and then check your solutions against the solutions in the book. Perhaps, having studied the principles and content of chess composition, many of you will move from the class of solvers to the senior class - compilers of problems and studies. For middle and senior school age.