- Paperback: 174 pages
- Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.; annotated edition edition (28 Mar 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0486408442
- ISBN-13: 978-0486408446
- Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 13.7 x 1.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,346,438 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Short themed attacks. Some of the sections are: King Side Attack, Queen Sacrifice, Attack and Counter-attack, 'Sicilicide', The Object is Mate, King in the Centre, Poisoned Pawn, Finishing Storms . Overall content & variations probably too deep for beginners. Each games introduction (nice observations), attack & variations probably useful for improvers to work on their attacking skills. Good lessons/intro to strategy. Diagrams not great. Descriptive notation. Good value Dover book. If you want a collection of short games and you're up to the detail involved then consider also Nunn's "101 Brilliant Chess Miniatures".
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Good Value and Lots of Fun
22 May 2000
Format:Paperback
I first read this book in 1972 or 1973. Seeing that it was back in print, I bought a copy last month and had just as much fun with it as I did the first time I read it. This time I went through all the games with a strong computer program. There are 100 games in this book, and there are around 300 major analytical errors, but they don't detract from the enjoyment of the games, nor from the overall high quality of the writing.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
A fantastic collection of short games
30 Sep 2000
Format:Paperback
The games in this book are exciting and beautiful, and the annotations are informative and entertaining. The players (relatively unknown Soviet masters) rarely make obvious mistakes, and their games exhibit a very high degree of creativity and imagination. This is a charming book to have, a great addition to anyone's chess library.
Many thanks to Dover Publications for an inexpensive, attractive reprint of a terrific game collection!
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