Blunders and Brilliancies (Cadogan Chess Books)

By Ian Mullen and Moe Moss

While the brilliancy is a topic which has been well covered in Chess literature, its counterpart, the blunder, has been ignored all too often. In this original and entertaining look at the ever... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0080371361
• ISBN13: 9780080371368
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Cadogan Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.3" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

my favorite chess book

I got this book in high school and studied it heavily for a few years. Then recently, I got it out again having had a reawakened interest in chess. My copy is so worn, corners bent, writing on the pages, coffee stains, and a cracked spine. All the telltale signs of a book that has been studied over and over. I highly recommend this book to those learning chess and to those who like "real world" type chess problems. There is something for everyone in this book ranging from the beginner to the master.

Fantatsic Combinations

Perhaps the best book on combinations that I have ever read. All the combinations are beautiful works of art! Watch out! These combinations are not easy to solve. Very lively written.

Excellent book for learning chess tactics

This book is wonderful for chess fanatics who want to improve their tactical endgame and middle game. Hunderds of situations on the chess board are given in the book which actually occured during tournament game. The readers are asked to find the blunders that the players overlooked in the given situation and find out a corresponding brilliant sequence which will lead to a win for the adversary. This books allows the readers to improve their analytical capability at the same time providing them with important text book manuevers in which they can exploit a given situation on the board......if u are a tactical chess player and haven't read this book then you should ..