100 Soviet Chess Miniatures

by P.H. Clarke

Book Overview

Tactics, audacity, and speed are the hallmarks of chess matches called "miniatures," games played in 25 moves or less. Learn from 100 fascinating games played by Soviet chess masters, taken from the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0000CLYAY
• Release Date: January 1963
• Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A fantastic collection of short games

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!

Good Value and Lots of Fun

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.