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Book Notes  Masters of Technique: The Mongoose Anthology of Chess Fiction is the first chess fiction anthology of contemporary stories, ever published. Mongoose Press has collected the best work from twelve of the most talented chess fiction writers of the past decade. In these rich and compelling stories, chess shines as a sophisticated metaphor, and fans of the game will applaud how chess is woven with technical accuracy into every narrative. To celebrate this historic achievement, chess fiction expert, Professor Mark N. Taylor has written an entertaining and erudite foreword. Every fiction lover with an interest in chess, either serious or en passant, should not pass on this opportunity to be entertained. Everyone enjoys winning. And the only thing better than winning is to win quickly! This is a skill which Grandmaster Simon Williams addresses in How to Win at Chess - Quickly!. Using instructive and entertaining games, he examines the typical mistakes chess players make in the opening and early middlegame, how you should look to exploit them, and how to avoid falling into similar traps yourself.
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Reviews in Brief |  O'Kelly Sicilian
by Andrew Martin Count Alberic O'Kelly de Galway was not the first player to play the opening that bears his name. That distinction belongs to Dr. Savielly Tartakower who played 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 against both Réti and Spielmann. This opening is so flexible that subsequent moves can transpose into many other Sicilian variants, such as the Alapin, Kan, Paulsen, Taimanov, or even a Najdorf. Indeed, many of the games on this DVD do not carry the B28 Chess Informant code for the O'Kelly Sicilian. Quite a few other codes are attached to Martin's sample games, simply because of the incredibly elastic nature of this opening. The material is separated into lectures based on White's third move. There are no top ten players here. Martin makes clear that this is an opening for the club player who does not have the time to study theory. He has only chosen games where Black scores the victory, because he wants to make sure that the viewer knows how to win with black. I have to admit the game by Alberic de Galway was fascinating and I enjoyed Martin's annotations. This is an excellent DVD that more than meets Martin's stated goals. In addition to teaching you how to play the O'Kelly Sicilian, he has tried to show you how to think when playing the Open Sicilian. I recommend this DVD for the club player who is willing to put in the time to really understand the lectures. I also recommend it for the higher level player who is looking for new roads to travel in the Sicilian, while still using the theory that he has already amassed. Moreover, I have to also recommend it to players of the French Advance Variation to which it was associated in a very positive light in the ChessBase Opening Encyclopedia 2010. Read the full review here. | | |
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Puzzle Answer: 19.Ba5! Nxa5 20.Nc7# 1-0 Williams-Platel, Dieppe 2009 (Source: How to Win at Chess - Quickly!)
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