Publisher: Silent Lyric Productions, 2005
Edition: Paperback small Pages: 111 Language: English
From the introduction: "The game of blitz chess is only a relative of slow chess, as blitz is chess within a time crisis."
While it first appears that five minute chess is no different than the traditional untimed discipline, the contestant eventually concludes that successful blitz play seems to incorporate a certain enigmatic variant to its strategy.
This mysterious strategic adjustment is what Mr. Maxwell has investigated to exhaustion, and Blitz Theory is the culmination of his revolutionary discoveries.
Learn: -- why the clock is a piece -- what the cardinal rule is -- about the soul of blitz -- to apply the pseudo check -- the use of trash talking.
Contents: Foreword by GM Walter Browne 1. Preface 2. Introduction 3. The Complete WBCA Official Rules 4. Strategy 5. Openings 6. Clock Play 7. Advanced Techniques 8. Miscellaneous 9. Conclusion 10. Exercises
Bruce Pandolfini: "It is the type of work of which, after reading, one wonders why it hadn't been written and re-written decades ago."
GM Walter Browne: "Yields excellent strategies, insightful tactical options and effective techniques for dealing with desperate situations."
