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Quickest Chess Victories of All Time
An ability to punish errors in the opening is an essential aspect of modern opening play. With this book, FIDE Master Graham Burgess presents a comprehensive collection of the shortest decisive games in chess history.
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224 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1998
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About the author
Graham Burgess
84 books4 followersGraham K. Burgess (1968) is an English FIDE Master of chess and a noted writer and trainer. He became a FIDE Master at the age of twenty. He attended Birkdale High School in Southport, Merseyside. In 1989 he graduated from the University of Cambridge with a degree in mathematics. In 1994 he set a world record by playing 510 games of blitz chess (five minutes for each player) in three days, winning 431 games and drawing 25,
Burgess has written more than twenty books and edited more than 250. His book The Mammoth Book of Chess won the British Chess Federation Book of the Year Award in 1997. He is the editorial director of Gambit Publications.
Burgess has written more than twenty books and edited more than 250. His book The Mammoth Book of Chess won the British Chess Federation Book of the Year Award in 1997. He is the editorial director of Gambit Publications.
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December 22, 2014
Warning: This book is not suited for amateur chess players. You should have at least a good understandings of the basic chess openings before considering to read this.
4.5 Stars
This book is all about quick victories so you should expect many diabolical traps, tricks and blunders. Many of this tricks and traps can be applied to your chess games against uninitiated players and gain a quick victories or a large advantage early on in the game. I personally won many quick games using the tricks shown in this book especially on online blitz and bullet chess.
You would also be surprised with the blunders that are committed by some of the world's best during their games. There are so many examples of them. This is very beneficial since you can not only avoid doing the same mistake in the future but also spot these blunders if your opponents committed them and capitalized from them.
The book is organized based on opening types so that it would be easier to find moves that can be applied to your favorite opening repertoire.
Chapter 1 Flank Openings
This are the openings beside 1 e4 and 1 d4 and start at the side of the board. they are less usual in actual chess games but it is essential that you are familiar with them when you are playing against white to avoid getting caught with the traps associated with the opening. You should pay more attention to English Opening (1 c4) since this is the most popular flank opening and you would inevitably encounter it in the future.
Chapter 2 Misc. Queen's Pawn Opening (1 d4)
These openings can result to a very slow games and sometimes can bore some players. Therefore, an unsuspecting player won't see it coming you a trap occurred. This chapter has many of them.
Chapter 3 Semi-Open Games
This includes 1 e4 etc besides e5. There are many devious tricks that can arise from these openings, particularly the Sicilian Defence where traps are flying like snowballs on both sides.
Chapter 4 Open games (1 e4 e5)
There are also many traps that can happen in these openings particularly in the Ruy Lopez and the King's Gambit. You would be surprised of how many players are not quite familiar with the traps in the King's Gambit. There are also some surprising tricks that you can do in Evan's Gambit and the Vienna Game.
Chapter 5 Queen's Gambit and Queen's Pawn Game
Mostly 1 d4 d5 2 c4. There are also many traps that can employed on both sides. So you should be familiar with both the ins and outs of Queen's Gambit Accepted and Queen's Gambit Declined on black and white. This chapter gave excellent examples on both sides.
Chapter 6 Indian Defences
I personally like to play Grunfeld defence and Nimzo-Indian defence so it is a very nice chapter for me.
Overall, I really like this book. The only reason I didn't gave it five stars is that I think the organization of the book should be improved further for easier readability.
4.5 Stars
This book is all about quick victories so you should expect many diabolical traps, tricks and blunders. Many of this tricks and traps can be applied to your chess games against uninitiated players and gain a quick victories or a large advantage early on in the game. I personally won many quick games using the tricks shown in this book especially on online blitz and bullet chess.
You would also be surprised with the blunders that are committed by some of the world's best during their games. There are so many examples of them. This is very beneficial since you can not only avoid doing the same mistake in the future but also spot these blunders if your opponents committed them and capitalized from them.
The book is organized based on opening types so that it would be easier to find moves that can be applied to your favorite opening repertoire.
Chapter 1 Flank Openings
This are the openings beside 1 e4 and 1 d4 and start at the side of the board. they are less usual in actual chess games but it is essential that you are familiar with them when you are playing against white to avoid getting caught with the traps associated with the opening. You should pay more attention to English Opening (1 c4) since this is the most popular flank opening and you would inevitably encounter it in the future.
Chapter 2 Misc. Queen's Pawn Opening (1 d4)
These openings can result to a very slow games and sometimes can bore some players. Therefore, an unsuspecting player won't see it coming you a trap occurred. This chapter has many of them.
Chapter 3 Semi-Open Games
This includes 1 e4 etc besides e5. There are many devious tricks that can arise from these openings, particularly the Sicilian Defence where traps are flying like snowballs on both sides.
Chapter 4 Open games (1 e4 e5)
There are also many traps that can happen in these openings particularly in the Ruy Lopez and the King's Gambit. You would be surprised of how many players are not quite familiar with the traps in the King's Gambit. There are also some surprising tricks that you can do in Evan's Gambit and the Vienna Game.
Chapter 5 Queen's Gambit and Queen's Pawn Game
Mostly 1 d4 d5 2 c4. There are also many traps that can employed on both sides. So you should be familiar with both the ins and outs of Queen's Gambit Accepted and Queen's Gambit Declined on black and white. This chapter gave excellent examples on both sides.
Chapter 6 Indian Defences
I personally like to play Grunfeld defence and Nimzo-Indian defence so it is a very nice chapter for me.
Overall, I really like this book. The only reason I didn't gave it five stars is that I think the organization of the book should be improved further for easier readability.
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