Description: "In this book, award-winning author Graham Burgess has come up with the ultimate simplified repertoire. But it is not based on boring or unambitious openings. The aim is to avoid symmetry and mass exchanges, and reach an unbalanced middlegame. You won't be dumped into do-or-die tactics where the penalty for forgetting a key move is an instant loss. There are plenty of sharp and aggressive ideas within these pages, but the openings chosen provide a firm and sound base for experimentation. If you forget the critical line and have to make something up at the board, then if you have understood the key strategic themes--which are explained with the use of mini-rules and reminders--then you should get a playable game"--
Brief description: Graham Burgess has written 28 chess books, including three on opening play for the 'Chess for Kids' series. He is a FIDE Master and a former champion of the Danish region of Funen, and in 1994 set a world record for marathon blitz chess playing.
Review Quotes: "A good title does a lot, I've heard. In that case author Graham Burgess hit the nail on the head, because this title makes me instantly curious about what he has to offer. ... he speaks the language of the club player, which is his main target group. ... Burgess's approach to this repertoire is based on using 'common sense' ... but he also gives the reader some sharp and original variations ... a good book for ambitious club players with little time who want to quickly put together a solid repertoire and enter the middlegame from a healthy base." - IM Herman Grooten, schaaksite.nl