Bobby Fischer's Outrageous Chess Moves: A Study of 101 Outrageous Moves by the Greatest Chess Champion of All Time

Bobby Fischer's Outrageous Chess Moves: A Study of 101 Outrageous Moves by the Greatest Chess Champion of All Time
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Good, but not all the moves are so outrageous

Great 'game' in itself!

Such a Jaw-dropping Mind! And he helps get you to be the same way!

Nice Bobby Fischer Combinations.

let's make money from Fischer's name and games...

Bobby Fischer's Outrageous Chess Moves: A Study of 101 Outrageous Moves by the Greatest Chess Champion of All Time
Bruce Pandolfini
Manufacturer: Fireside
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Good, but not all the moves are so outrageous.......2007-03-24

I like this little book. It's a good one in that you don't even need a chess set handy to work through all the possibilities in your head, as there are very few 10-move or so combinations and variations to try to keep track of like in many combination books, so this ends up being a good a "mobile" chess book in that it can be read and enjoyed anywhere, like Reinfeld's 1001 combinations/1001 checkmates books can. I'm no great chess player, so it's hard for me to just go through so much in my mind without setting a position up on a board and playing through it.

Some of the things Fischer did were of such sublime tactical genius that they show a level of creativity in planning that approaches aesthetic art, rather than being reduced to pure technique or sterile computer reasoning. The move in game 65 is one such example, even if a computer would indeed see it.

That said, some of the combinations in this book are less than thrilling and certainly not "outrageous," but examples of good play - some of which are so obvious that beginning players with knowledge of simple tactics (forks, pins, discoveries, etcetera) will spot them instantly and probably not be too bowled over by them. I've seen 2-move chess problems that have had me much more perplexed, many from real games.

To be fair, as other reviewers have pointed out, these easy ones rate a "1" on Pandolfini's difficulty scale, but as an example, what's so outrageous about Fischer's capitalizing on Taimanov's blunder in game 21 with Qd4, setting up a rook and king fork? Answer: Nothing outrageous. Any run-of-the mill pub player with enough talent to think for a moment before making the next move would spot this one almost reflexively, despite Taimanov missing it - that's why they call it a blunder - and everyone makes them from time to time, including grandmasters. It's still not genius to see it, and this problem is filler to make the 101 number, as far as I'm concerned. There are a few other examples.

Again, it's not my place to nitpick this book apart or to be some arbiter of genius versus not genius or outrageous versus pedestrian. The book does show a wealth of things that are truly surprising and inspiring to those who wish to improve their tactical play, and it reinforces the axiom time and again that we should "see the whole board."

Great 'game' in itself!.......2006-11-15

I found this a refreshing change from the usual chess problem or instructional book. Here you can play through the book and score yourself to see how well you do. Then you go back through them again to see how you can improve with better understanding. It's also good for returning to after a good time has passed, and see if you do better or worse.

The difficulty levels are randomized so you will find problems of varying difficulties throughout the book. I think this is good as you don't know what will be coming on the next move until you get there. If someone wants to do them in order of difficulty, it could be done simply by going through and doing all the ones first, then the twos, etc. Also while it might not be most helpful to one's own game to experience only what occurs at those critical moments, one can practice through how Fischer actually developed the opportunities for these outrageous moves by checking the entire games out in the back of the book.

While the other more standard problem and instructional books remain important, I wish more like this one were published.

Such a Jaw-dropping Mind! And he helps get you to be the same way!.......2005-12-10

This is an excellent book! It really exceeded my expectations tremendously! Keep in mind what is meant by "Outrageous Moves"... many of the indicated moves in this book (though not all of them) are FORCING MOVES, which you have to learn to discern when to make such a move. Studying Fischer sets you on that path and Pandolfini guides the reader, assisting in gleaning Fischer's didactic ways. I think it can strike some people with less of an effect, though, if you just go through the book the way it's presented. The diagrams, clues and solutions are actually presented as best as they can be (except for the diagram to game 25, the White Queen should be on h3 instead of h4), it's just that you, the reader, would do well to take a folded rectangular slice of paper with tape at the top of it and cover the bottom part of each page as you go so you won't see the answers. That way you can set up the diagrammed position on your own chessboard, read Pandolfini's clue, and take a certain amount of time to try to figure out what Fischer figured out. To take it a step further, I suggest you don't even read Pandolfini's clue until you find that you can't figure out the solution in 10 minutes (then go back to trying to figure out the position for another 10 to 25 minutes. [Keep score as you go through the whole book])... I suggest that last part because I found that some of Pandolfini's clues were too revealing, but such clues are kept to a minimum. The level-of-difficulty indicators (1 through 5) were a big help too... but when you're looking at a position in a real-life, over-the-board game, you don't get to see a 1 or a 5 in the corner of the table. As if all of that weren't enough, when you finally do finish studying a position after you've read the answer, STUDY THE ENTIRE GAME SCRUPULOUSLY via the full notation in the back of the book (which has no commentary, but through filling in your own notes (get a 3-ring notebook)!, you'll force yourself to see even more than you thought you could)!! I think it was a sad oversight for Pandolfini to neglect to mention that the full notations for all the games are given in the back of the book; just imagine someone getting through a major portion of the book and then they discover that they could have been studying the entire games via the notation in the back of the book...! (by the way, Game 76 has another Outrageous Move [19....Bg4!] found only in the full notation). All of the aforementioned is a major shortcoming of the way this book is presented... Pandolfini doesn't instruct you TO MAKE A STUDY COURSE out of this book; maybe, he just expected every reader to have been familiar already with his "Solitaire Chess" section of "Chess Life" Magazine and to take it upon themselves to do the aforementioned anyway. I got SO MUCH out of doing it that way (on Fritz 8 Deluxe, by the way. I saved the games with my own notes [on my external hard drive] and now I have 101, little "CHESS MOVIES")! By the way, many of these games are on the Fritz 8 Deluxe (and the new Fritz 9, too, I'm sure) Compact Disc (in the "Database" folder). As for those people who lambasted this book as a cheap attempt to get paid off of Bobby Fischer's name, just realize that there will always be critics of you when you try to do something to help people tremendously. When you study Bobby Fischer's "out-of-the-box" way of thinking over a period of at least 90 days (about what it took me) you, yourself improve to an immense degree! You just have to make up your mind to do what you're going to do and address the criticism when it comes your way (the same way you do your opponent's attack in chess). You don't have to take that crap from people!

Nice Bobby Fischer Combinations. .......2005-09-12

Any chess player can read this book; it briefly describes Algebraic Notation in case you're a beginner. The book gives 101 diagrams from Fischers games -all are dated and the specific place or Tournament is listed. The list of his opponents is remarkable e.g., Byrne,Tal,Geller,Petrosian,Larsen,Spassky,etc starting about 1956 to 1978. Mr. Pandolfini gives the level of difficulty from 1 to 5 for each diagram-one large diagram on each page. You cover the answer under the diagram and try to figure out Bobby's moves, there is a hint also. The answers are briefly explained, some more detailed than others. Also nice is he gives the complete game moves in the back of the book.

let's make money from Fischer's name and games..........2005-02-28

Three stars are for this book:
1) Good selection of games and clear diagrams.
2) Better analysis than those Schiller's books, (even the book is 15 years olds, I got '85 edition.)
3) Provide the complete games at the end of the book so we can see the turning points of the games. (Even so, if we want a complete collection of Fischer's games, Lou Hays' book is better, and then we would miss out the "expert" analysis, right? So this book is a good bridging stone.)
Most of Fischer's games in particular, and current and ex-champions and GMs in general, have some defining turn-points; especially when the players steer the games to the tactical aspects. Often than not, they prefer to keep the game in positional struggles, so the more patient and skillful players usually come out victorious after many long deep-thought moves. We don't see much "outrageous" moves in their (GM) games. However, when the combinations present, surely they grasp them and start the fireworks. That is what Pandolfini again wrote the book "One-Move Chess by the Champions". Fischer is a fearless attacker; therefore most of his games contain those "Outrageous" moves. Any 40-50 of Fischer's winning games from Hays' book can make some "Awesome Games of the Ultimate Chess Champion", or the like. With that abundance of impressive games, Fischer chose to write "My 60 Memorable Games", and he included some of his "memorable" losses too!!!
As we see, most books written about Fischer's games will have at least 1/3 of his games in "60 Memorable Games" (other 2/3 is to try avoid 'copycats'), and as we all know Fischer's analysis is always more superior.
Now, let's make some money, by buying Hays' book and using Fritz 8 (another small investment) to analyze Fischer's games. After that, with some good story-telling co-writers, we can produce "60 Winter Days in '64 U.S. Championship the Ultimate Chess Champion Created the Most Classical Game Record in the Most Prestigious Event of All Times", or something similar.

The Liar Paradox and the Towers of Hanoi: The Ten Greatest Math Puzzles of All Time

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The Liar Paradox and the Towers of Hanoi: The Ten Greatest Math Puzzles of All Time
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A walk through history's most mind-boggling puzzles
Ever since the Sphinx asked his legendary riddle of Oedipus, riddles, conundrums, and puzzles of all sizes have kept humankind perplexed and amused. The Liar Paradox and the Towers of Hanoi takes die-hard puzzle mavens on a tour of the world's most enduringly intriguing braintwisters, from Königsberg's Bridges and the Hanoi Towers to Fibonacci's Rabbits, the Four Color Problem, and the Magic Square. Each chapter introduces the basic puzzle, discusses the mathematics behind it, and includes exercises and answers plus additional puzzles similar to the one under discussion. Here is a veritable kaleidoscope of puzzling labyrinths, maps, bridges, and optical illusions that will keep aficionados entertained for hours.
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For a mixed audience.......2007-02-21

I think this book aims at a mixed audience with mixed success. For the puzzle solver, there is interesting background on some popular forms, but probably not enough puzzles. For someone with a background in math the exploration is too simple, (e.g. one paragraph of Godel) and for the computer scientist not enough exploration of algorithms. For the historian of science there are some new perspectives, but the history is not carried through. On the discussion of Labyrinths, I wish Danesi would have mentioned the book Labyrinths by Borge, and also alluded to the form in some churches.

Although the book may not be for the "specialist", there is quite a bit of fun for anyone here. For example I had been familiar with the Fibonacci series, but hadn't seen the Rabbit Puzzle before. Everyone has heard of the Mobius strip, but the Klein bottle was new to me (and I'd love to buy one). I had done mazes before, but the one by Lewis Carroll us fun.

Good start, but never becomes really challenging.......2006-01-08

Liar's Paradox has ten chapters covering 10 puzzles that mankind has created over its history. Each chapter covers a main puzzle, the historical and philosophical background behind it, and describes how each affected mathematics/science as people thought their way through the puzzles. Each chapter includes a set of follow up questions/puzzles, with a good answer section at the back.

One should note that while most of the chapters focus on math, others seem only indirectly related--for instance, one chapter is almost solely devoted to problems related to perception and psychology (such as two-tone pictures in which you can see both a vase and two people's faces), and other chapters are related to math only in extremely advanced ways--for instance, the Liar's Paradox may be a math problem for some, but at the level this book is written it doesn't really get past a discussion of logical paradoxes.

On that note, this book is written at the level of someone who vaguely remembers high school algebra (for instance, there is a fairly in depth discussion of what "exponents" are). For someone at that level, I think the book is excellent. The puzzles Mr. Danesi chooses are interesting and all described well. The puzzles at the end of each chapter are entertaining.

I think readers should recognize before they buy this book that it is probably not meant to be a brain-wracking, headache-inducing puzzle book, but rather a leasurely review of some of mankind's more interesting puzzles. Mr. Danesi has done a good job of accomplishing that.

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The copy I saw was a mis-printing.......2007-06-08

I looked at this book (2nd edition) specifically for a game where Nigel Short marches his king across the board to defeat Jan Timman. I got interested in this because chess teacher Fred Wilson mentioned it in his "Four Fighting Kings" tape (available from fredwilsonchess.com).
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Games Chosen By Committee.......2007-03-12

"I have played against you both...in my opinion Morphy was the King of all chess players who ever lived and Anderssen, in his prime, was next to him. As for you and the rest of us - oh, we play chess."

--Paulsen to Steinitz, Vienna, 1873

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Anderssen has two games in this book. Morphy has none. Morphy beat Anderssen twelve times, lost to him three times, and drew against him twice.

In addition to a faulty selection of games, this book has poor quality binding and paper.

I blame a strange committee process rather than national bias for the authors' omission. The book even acknowledges that Anderssen was bested by "the brilliant young American, Paul Morphy." The trouble is, Morphy's greatest achievements have become less famous than his spectacular quick wins against lesser opponents. A book like this, where the authors chose games for their renown as well as for their quality, has no way of dealing with a player whose great games are not famous and whose famous games are not great. The result is a one-hundred-twelve-game collection that leaves out one of the greatest chess players who ever lived. To set the record straight, I recommend PAUL MORPHY: A MODERN PERSPECTIVE by Valeri Beim.

The Mammoth book has some good commentary on a lot of fantastic games, but the claim made in its title is unfounded and the binding and pages fall apart quickly. Aside from the absence of Morphy, there are too many contemporary games for a book purporting to be a historical overview.

I deduct one star for poor material quality and one for a game selection that overemphasizes the last twenty years while ignoring the player who stood out above his contemporaries more than any other player in the history of chess.

I have noticed reviews by a couple of Morphy bashers. They will probably never change their tune, but anyone who wants to have an informed opinion really ought to read Beim's book on Morphy or at least see the section on Morphy in Kasparov's MY GREAT PREDECESSORS. Why people still judge Morphy based on his wins against weak players is beyond me. Nobody judges Kasparov by his exhibition game against Sting.

Fantastic game collection.......2007-02-28

The authors have put together an excellent collection of great games from the last 175 years of chess history. The book is aimed at the intermediate and advanced player. It starts with a brief introduction to the players and the game for each game and then proceeds to explain and analyze what is happening in the game. It contains the right amount of explanation and analysis to appeal to a wide variety of players and has plenty of diagrams so that the stronger player will not need to have a board and set to follow the action. For the less experienced player, the authors place a aynopsis of the lessons to be learned at the end of the game.
Although the description of the book say 512 pages, it is actually 624 pages. The amount of material, quality of annotation and reasonable price make this a very worthwhile book to own.

Analyzed Games Old and New "want to improve your chess will be good for you!".......2006-11-20

This book contains selected games. Both of the masters of new, old all great which will help your ability to checkmate! One Hundred and Twelve games analyzed games study, alone or with your best buddy. The analysis though not real deep makes is light enough for your mind to keep. Want deeper analysis using games get books by Nunn (Understanding Chess) or by Snyder ("Unbeatable Chess Lessons for Juniors"). They are move by move both fun and the the analysis more tighter. These days when it comes to books with games and good analysis you have many to choose so start reading them all it's no time to snooze.

Now down to real business! "The Mammoth Book" contains a wide variety of games over a long time span by many strong players. The analysis ranging from light to moderate in depth is for an intermediate level to stronger player level. This is not a down to basics level book. I was disapointed only in that the book was made out of really cheap paper and is hard to keep open when using (why four instead of five stars). True, I prefer the "every move commented on approach" used by Chernev, Nunn and Snyder, but "the Mammoth book" is still excellent.

I love the first edition.......2006-09-26

This review pertains specifically to the first edition. I do not have the second edition and probably will not buy it because I will probably never finish learning everything that I can from the first! I really like the book and have learned much so far. The selection of games is very good and that analysis is good. Based upon some of the other reviews here, it may not be perfect analysis, but it is very good. At first I thought that the biographies were unnecessary because anyone who could use this book would know about the players, but then I learned quite a bit there too. A very good book and at a very reasonable price.

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Very nice colourful book.......2003-11-04

What a surprise this one was. I picked it up because it contained chapters on a few of my favourite actors, like Robert De Niro, Sean Connery, and Marlon Brando. I expected little more than a bathroom reader. I was wrong. The book also contains glorious biographies of each performer (fifty actors and fifty actresses). I also found Mr. Feeny's introduction to be quite interesting. The author also included a nice, enlightening essay about his selection process, while damning Hollywood in the meanwhile. This is a fun book that includes tons of fascinating minutae about 100 of the greatest performers in the history of cinema.

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"There are fifteen major breakthroughs in technical analysis! SEVEN of these breakthroughs are new, never-before-revealed material!" - George Lane, Stochastics Originator. As professional traders approach the 21st century, accelerating technological change threatens to make conventional technical studies and indicators ineffective. To compete in this changing environment, these professionals need radical new uses and combinations of indicators and formulas to keep their competitive edge. Not a primer for the novice, TECHNICAL ANALYSIS FOR THE TRADING PROFESSIONAL resets the scales, arming today's professional trader with new, unique, and never-before-seen formulas and uses of key market indicators and techniques.

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Hard But Worthwhile.......2007-06-18

This is a hard book to read but I think it's from a stream of consciousness that's "in the zone." It's one of probably only a handful of books ever written that can give you a unique insight into the mind of the market. Most people won't get it and never will. Thanks for sharing Connie.

Not Worth it.......2006-09-11

I am an experienced trader and an avid reader of trading books. This book has nothing new to offer since the author doesn't reveal any of her secrets unless you are willing to go to her website and pay $800 to get access to some of her indicators. She spends pages and pages to expalin very simple concepts. Total waiste of money and time.

Excellent Book - But you must be literate and have an IQ over 100.......2006-05-22

Ms. Brown's book on technical analysis is superb. It has increased my profits already after just reading it two weeks ago.

If you are serious about making money in the stock market, you will have to ignore some of the stupid reviews of this book... the ones written by the same type of illiterates who write profane messages on the stock message boards and have trouble stringing a sentence together.

This book is aimed at people who can read. And who are ready to actually work at making money on the market.

The mindless masses who want a quick fix or a "magic pill" are never going to understand this book. But it's a GEM. Highly recommended.

DO NOT READ THIS BOOK!! (if you're looking for an ineffective, shoddy, cookie cutter "system" for the masses) .......2005-10-11

This book was recommended to me by two traders in their top 10 trading books list. Knowing how successful they both are (with a combined trading experience of 65 years and immense wealth built for both of them in that time), I put a lot of faith in their recommendations.

But when I went to this site to purchase the book, I almost didn't buy it because of some of the bad reviews. It isn't until after having read the book that I understand WHY the book was recommmended so highly by successful traders but somehow got poor reviews from traders who seem to still be searching for answers. The reason is very simple...

The reviewers who didn't like this book are looking for the "easy way". They want the "Quick Fix Holy Grail". They want their profits spoon-fed. What they fail to realize is that if any author gives them what they are looking for they are doing them a great disservice.

Brown starts the book off with the implied purpose of taking a trader to the next level--beyond the level of what she refers to as the "Stochastics Default Club". Her purpose is to create a trader who is not only ahead of the "group think" of the masses but also ahead of the automated trading styles that have developed from shallow understanding of basics (and rote execution of out-dated techniques).

As the inside flap of the book states, "Global Professional traders, frustrated by inexplicable indicator failures and capital erosion, must set themselves apart by challenging many beliefs widely accepted as gospel in today's trading world."

Brown obviously went into this book knowing a few things:

1. The mass disemmination of any rote trading system will only invalidate that system's effectiveness.
2. The precise tools she uses would be deadly if revealed to any "Holy Grail" seeker looking for a simple fixed logic tree system.
3. Successful traders become successful only because of their own hard work and diligence.

Knowing these things, I imagine she decided the best way for her to contribute to the field of technical analysis would be to teach people how professionals think with technical analysis (NOT how the at-home speculator thinks with his coffee spilled on his shirt waiting for his incorrectly timed stochastics to cross back over 20 for a buy signal).

She succeeds in her purposes--but only to the degree of the reader's willingness.

A good portion of this book is dedicated to HOW to start viewing technical analysis the way a pro does (from dissecting and perfecting indicators to developing your own trading system). Also, in Chapter 10 she brings everything together and shows how it's done--in "real-time" journal style.

Yes, she does show you some very precise techniques that you can incorporate in your own trading. No, she doesn't give her Composite Index formula or Gann conversions (and I'm happy she doesn't because doing so would be a disservice not only to herself and her own hard work but also to any "one-track mind" trader who got his hands on them).

After reading this book, I agree with the two traders, their trading records and their bank accounts--this book is one of the top-ten trading books available.

But remember: Do NOT read this book if all you are looking for is an ineffective, shoddy, cookie cutter "system" for the masses.

Some Good Ideas But Mostly Gobbleygook.......2005-04-01

TAFTP has its moments, but I dont think this book was the godsend others make it out to be.

An example of a good point is the author's notion of optimizing the cycle length to find the best %D to use for a particular security. That's a good read. The next chapter suggests drawing oodles of trendlines on a chart and looking for intersections. If you draw enough lines on a chart you are bound to find one that supports what you believe. I just ddnt buy her premise at all.

Some concepts that can be described quickly are laboriously drawn out. 5 pages dedicated to the dangers of looking at small charts where data can be compressed is 5 pages too much.

Other commentators have talked about "sophistication" and "complexity" as virtues of the book. I disagree. Complex doesnt mean better. Simplicity breeds success remember. This book gets wordy and its ideas are sometimes hard to understand. That doesnt make it a better book nor does it make its ideas more credible.

The CMT has put this on their required reading list but I wouldnt give that too much weight. They have been criticized that their syllabus isnt quantitative enough so they needed to incorporate something like this. Besides, half the book isnt tested for CMT.

Lastly, like far too many technical analysis books, there is a lot of, "this makes total sense looking backwards," about this book. Had you bought in 1994 at this signal (which became obvious in 1998) you would have made a lot of money!

Rather than shlep through TAFTP, there are better books out there. Trading Sytems and Methods by Kaufman comes to mind.

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