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Winning Quickly with 1.b3 and 1...b6 : Odesskys Sparkling Lines and Deadly Traps, Paperback / softback Book

Winning Quickly with 1.b3 and 1...b6 : Odesskys Sparkling Lines and Deadly Traps Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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I left chess in 2012. I did not touch it for several years. Then I decided to test my strength in Internet blitz.

I started from scratch. The board floated before my eyes, and my knee twitched.

Less than two months later, I crossed the grandmaster rating mark.

My opponents, among them lots of players with a big name, played chess better than me.

Surprisingly though, I knew more. On a small island of chess theory, onto which I lured them, I was better equipped.

Much better! About 30% of the games ended in wins around the 20th move.

A quarter of the games simply ended in mate. In all games, I opened with the moves 1.b3 and 1b6. International Master Ilya Odessky is the worlds leading expert on the 1.b3 and 1b6 chess opening systems.

Despite their apparent calm, these openings can get extremely sharp.

Now Odessky presents his findings and achievements of recent years.

His baffling traps will help you crush your opponents in the opening, with both White and Black.

Odessky admits that some of his lines may objectively be somewhat dubious.

But in blitz and rapid games they will lead to spectacular play and many surprising wins.

Ilya Odessky will entertain, amuse and surprise you in this highly unusual chess opening book full of ultra-romantic chess.

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