David Bronstein: Fifty Great Short Games

by Nikolay Minev

Grandmaster David Bronstein was one the chess world's greatest creative forces. He played bold, competitive chess, and was undaunted by any opponent. He was an innovator who experimented even when the results mattered. This collection features 50 of his games in which victory comes in 24 moves or less. The games demonstrate the workings of a creative, ingenious mind, open to fantasy, imagination, and exploration of the unknown.

100 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Sandy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great fun little book, some of the annotations are mysterious, but in the end Bronstein proves to be an exciting attacker. I like how there is an index of openings too, he uses some classics (a lot of d4 with indian defenses)