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Summary: A Valuable Anthology of Historical Chess Games
Review: 1000 BEST SHORT GAMES OF CHESS: A Treasury of Masterpieces in Miniature (c.1955) by Irving Chernev is more than just a collection of quick chess games, it contains the games of several important historical figures such as: Leo Tolstoy; Jean Jacques Rousseau; and Napoleon Bonaparte.It also contains the game made famous in Stanley Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey', known as the POOLE vs. HAL 9000 game to Kubrick fans - it is game #322, Roesch v. Schlage in 1910 Hamburg, Germany, 0-1, on page 148 in the c1955 Chernev edition. By using short games as played throughout chess history, the reader can follow chess before popular defences were invented, such as the defence (#167) Remusat used against Napoleon, 0-1,1802 Paris; and readers can also learn solid chess moves such as dazzling sacrifices, picturesque long range mates, and epaulette mates. The book also contains some interesting blind folded plays, correspondence chess, and a few checker games thrown in. The 1000 SHORT GAMES OF CHESS (c.1955) by Irving Chernov is useful enough and interesting enough for modern chess players that they might want to browse through second hand book stores to add this copy to their chess libraries, or keep it close to the recliner for a learned reading at night.
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Summary: Awesome
Review: There have been so many times when my room mate and I played chess, with me ending up the loser. So, I started to go over the games in this book and I learned so much. If you like chess and want to learn to play well, I totally recommend this book. Heh, oh yeah, after 6 months of playing that guy, I finally beat him. :-p
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Summary: Awesome
Review: This book is a lot of fun to play through. It is also very instructive to watch bad chess be punished so quickly and severely! One master I read about recommends that his students memorize 400(!) of these games rather than study a bunch of opening tomes and strategy books. I'm not 100% sure I concur with him, but any student that plays through this massive book from end to end will come away a much better player.
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Summary: I love this old book!
Review: This book is a lot of fun to play through. It is also very instructive to watch bad chess be punished so quickly and severely! One master I read about recommends that his students memorize 400(!) of these games rather than study a bunch of opening tomes and strategy books. I'm not 100% sure I concur with him, but any student that plays through this massive book from end to end will come away a much better player.
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Summary: good tactical games
Review: this is a goldmine of best short games which show how to take tactical advantage of opponent mistakes .annotation to games is not as detailed as i would like to be .nevertheless it is recommended
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