Apparently it is another intelligent marketing ploy to call an, as yet, untitled book in our publishing schedule Hoolabaloo in the draft of the last blog post I wrote. As Colin had edited something incorrectly in a previous blog post, he thought it was a cute way of drawing extra attention to the book. What can I say? Can’t keep raw talent down?!
The book is a small book – probably 128 pages – in the Classics series by one of the true greats of chess writing, Yuri Razuvaev. It is about various ideas in the opening, mainly gambits, written in 2003. A nice light read. The Russian title does not translate well, so we are looking for a cool idea for a title.
Obviously there is a prize – a free copy of the book and your name on page two will be awarded for the best title – the one we use that is. Suggestions below. We will make a decision at our editorial meeting on Monday.
Hi!
just to be sure about what book we talking about here, russian title is “Современные гамбитные идеи в шахматной партии” – something like “Contemporary gambit ideas in chess”, right?
— s.
Gambits are often not “that sound” but lots of fun to play, so why not something like “Spice Up Your Chess”.
I suggest title: “Fight for initiative” or “Everything for initiative”
— s.
“Catastophe In The Editing,” I think.
But really, isn’t “Hoolabaloo” a football term referring to a Hullabaloo caused by Hooligans?
“Play Razu-sharp chess”
Come on guys, you can be a big more inventive than that!
@SlavoF
Yes
“The Basics of Gambit Play”
“Key Concepts of Gambit Play”
“Modern Gambit Play”
“Post-Soviet Gambit Guide”
“Russian Roulette”
“Razuvaev on Gambits”
“Chess on the Edge”
The Art of Saccing Pawns for Fun and Profit
“The Sorrows of a Young Pawn” – Göthe will turn over in his grave 😉
A pawn ! a pawn ! my kingdom for a pawn ! 🙂
“Pawn Down: A Revered Russian Trainer’s Thoughts on Aggressive Openings”
“Energetic Opening Strategy: Learn from One of Russia’s Best”
I have a penchant for silly-long opening titles with colons, what can I say. Adds some drama. 🙂
Chess Treachery
The Paradox of Chess Gambits
SOS MY Chess is a Mess!
Fifty Shades of gambit play
Sac it and see
Risque Moves?
Creative Opening Play
Dynamic Opening Play
Dynamic Gambit Play
Creative Gambit Play
Squeezing your Opponent
The little book of big ideas.
‘Improve your sacs life’
For professional chess players, a subtitle might be ‘wash’.
Pretty sad I didn’t think of all of these sac pawns.
Gambitology
Post-Soviet Gambit Primer
The Thin/Little Book of Openings/Gambits
Opening Praxis
“Dawn? Yawn. Pawn!”
“Red Pawn Rising”
“Pawnbroker”
“I always Sac the Pawns I Love”
“Ye Olde Pawn Shoppe”
In for a penny, in for a pawn.
A pawn a day keeps boredom away
No pawn no glory
The secret life of pawns after sacs
A pawn down
Can Yu sac it? Yes Yu can!
How to raise your spirit after being pawn down
Raise Yur Chess
Razublade Chess
Sac it and other ways to leave
Good, Bad, Sacs
Chess Yoga
How To: Sacravaev
Veni Vidi Yuri
Hi Guys, A synonyms word for Gambit is Jig. So how about:
“The Jig in Chess”,
“The Jig is in Chess”
“Getting Jiggy in Chess”
More to come……
P.S. Long time reader, first time poster, Big fan Mr.Aagaard!!
“Romantic chess opening!”
“Chess sacks”
Hello,my proposal is
gem bites-
a collection of petite fours in dynamic chess delivered by a russian legend
“Give it up”
“What Botvinnik, Smyslov and Karpov never knew”
The knight that got it right
Pawn(s) to pieces
The pawn that made a point
One pawn down seven to go
Life sacs, mate!
Pawn perfect
‘From Matter to Energy’
“A pawn is pawn?!”
“Pawns are living on the edge”
“Essential Knowledge: Gambit Play in the Opening”
“A Pawns life – The Fate to be sacrificed”
“Gambit Play in the Opening from Scratch” 😉
“More Fun in the Opening? Play Gambits!”
“How a Miniature is born – Gambit Play for the Brave”
“Winning under 20 Moves – An Introduction into Gambit Play”
“Openings for the Brave and the Bold”
Pawns to the left, pieces to the right, this is a gambit fight!
Pawned!
Tiny little cuty pawn, you won’t make it until dawn
Veni Vidi Foetsie! (“Foetsie” is Dutch for “gone”)
From Zero to Hero (is From’s gambit included?)
Pawnie dreams and knightmares
In the spirit of the original title would be something like:
– 21st century gambit ideas
– 21st century gambit play
– gambit lines for the 21st century
– gambits of the 21st century
or some other variation thereof.
“Opening Sacrifice Play”
“Gambit Grabbers”
– Gambit Armory
– Gambit Weaponry
To reflect that it is a loose collection, not a repertoire.
And maybe a 21st century subtitle. Or “of a russian chess coach”-addendum.
Gambit Reasoning
What you ever wanted to know about gambit play – and never dare to ask
Tired of good positions – try the gambit lines!
Gloomy Gambits Doomy fights
Gambit for the jugular
Gambit Grid
My father went to Russia and all he got me was this book
@Ray
“Russian Roulette” is my choice
“Are We Not Pawns ?” + cover banner “I had one too many”
Dylanesque : “only a pawn in their game” 😉
And Then There Were Seven
Razer Razuvaev shaves oppenents
(with gambit ideas)
Razer Razuvaev sharpens your play.
“Openings for Pirates of the chessboard”
“Chess Pirate’s Openings”
@garryk
Thanks for your support Garry 🙂
@Ray
The only problem with “Russian Roulette” is that they might put the book on the gambling shelf in the bookstore by mistake, with all the hold’em and 21 books.
Other than that, it’s my favorite that I didn’t come up with. 😉
“Take That!”
Creative initiatives
Creating chances
Playing for initiative
Creating possibilities
Breathing life into the opening
Lively openings
Novel Openings
Creative Gambits
Long time reader/lurker, first time poster and frequent purchaser – here are my suggestions:
Blast Away Russian Gambits Everytime/Everywhere (BARGE!)
Quality Under-Appreciated Gambits (QUAG – which is a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot, rather appropriate)
Russian Power Gambits (RPGs)
(Possibly a subtitle to the above or standing on its own: ) Put Your Opponents on Their Heels!
Gambits That Aren’t Half Fast!
12 Years A Gambit (possbily with a !? or ?! or ? or !)
Where’s the Gambit?
12 Years of Gambits Your Opponents Won’t Know
Does Opening Theory Change That Much In 12 Years?
Tried ‘N True (TNT)
Excelling at Gambits (make sure the cover is white)
@The Lurker
🙂
“Gambling in Chess” is my proposal 🙂
Are you ready to rumble?
Tune up your Gambit repertoire
Pump up your Gambit repertoire
Pimp your Gambit Repertoire
A pawn a day, keeps the dry positions away!
Still life with gambits
Gang up your game-Play gambits
Go hard or go home- Gambit time
Gambit time- take no hostages
Gambits for King hunters
Initiative is Power – Go for Gambits
How to loose material and make it ccount?
SOviet Secrets revealed
Gambits: from translation to annihilation
Pocket bible for gambelievers
Quality Chess with one pawn less
Shallow secrets
How to harvest points when pawns are sown
1. (The Gambit) Sacrifices of a pawn star
2. Pawn Power Play
Reading all these suggestions I think it would be best to stay with “Hoolabaloo”.
I think a title needs to be short and punchy.
Pawn Overboard!
In for a Spin
“Soviet Chess Gambit Collection”
I like your idea.
My title would be:
Play Tricky with Gambits or
The Gamba Gambits or
A Gambit for a Gambit
I suggest “Chess oddities”
Wow! There are about 100 suggested chess titles (many of them are very original and creative titles in my opinion). It is a REALLY tough competition, but the reward (award) is amazing one. Here are my proposals:
1. “Think twice… before you take (it)”
2. “Gambits – that’s all what you wanted to know”
3. “Chess wooden ideas that beats the frozen forces”
4. “You would not dare to gamble like that”
5. “Gambit ideas: a small modern guide”
6. “Gambit – sometimes it is better not to take (it)”
7. “Capture your attention with gambit attacks”
8. “Storm at the board – the basic info about gambits”
9. “Gambit – a tricky way to decept (cheat) your opponent”
10. “Crazy ideas and their implementation: gambits!”
11. “It could not have happen if you knew it”
12. “Gambits as dangerous weapon (to surprise your opponent)”
13. “Crash test for your opponent’s pieces”
14. “Gambits – when impossible ideas work well”
15. “Why gambit works – a small guide to everyone”
16. “Surprise your opponent playing gambits”
17. “Amazing ideas that work – a guide to gambits”
18. “An unexpected openings: gambits as a dangerous weapon”
19. “Do not trust your opponent – gambit rules!”
20. “When impossible happens – how and why gambits work”
I hope these titles may give you some food for thoughts. I am aware that most of them are not creative nor original… but at least I tried to be among winners 😉 :). Good luck Quality Chess team! 🙂
BTW. When are you going to publish this small book (any expected date release)?
If I counted correctly there are 150 (!) suggestions and additional 20 (mine). You will have a really hard task on Monday at editioral meeting. Just voting and discuss for each title about 2 minutes – it gives a few hours of hard work 😉 :). I am extremally curious who will win – and what were (are) the criteria you are going to choose the (final) title.
As I remind correctly – there was some kind of competition from Gambit Publication – John Nunn has asked about new original chess title – it was probably 5 or more years ago (published at ChessBase website). I really LOVE such competition (and I bet some people who presented their ideas about the title… too!) 🙂
Mother Ruassia’ s epic openings
Cross the tundra pawns will fall
Tundra treasures mini guide
Loose some pawns, attack with pieces, do it fast, before it freezes
Gambit games that will last
One two three a pawn for victory / free
“Gambits Galore!”
Gambits: how to get more with less
Gambits: pearls of pleasure, immortalized
Gambits: a Russian Rhapsody
Gambits: a feast of the finest delicacies
Gambits: chess games of bits and pieces
Gambits Unlocked
Gambits Explored
Secrets of the Sacrifice
Give a Little, Take a Lot
Sac, Sac, Mate!
Sacrificial Odyssey
As Tal would say–Hooliganism in Chess
“Razuvaev’s little Gambit Guide”
or “Gambit Ideas”.
@Thomas
🙂
“book of blood”
Little red book of tricks and treason
Manual of selected gambit openings
Loosing pawns, stealing points
Of pawns and points
Red pawn rising
Gambits and other ghost stories
“Gambits, or: the secret love of a highly reputable trainer”
Subscript: Openings he was not supposed to teach his pupils.
The editorial will not be Monday after all. Easter Monday! Probably Tuesday in the middle of the day. No process decided yet. Basically we will get the title that feels right for the book! We will probably think it over a bit.
Razuvaev: Rage and Rumble in the Opening
– Golden gambit guide.
– EC(crossed out replaced by G)O: Encyclopedia of gambit openings
“Yuri Razuvaev’s Emporium of Chess Gambits”
The contest may be over, but… I can’t believe I didn’t think of this one earlier. In honor of the late, great, British-born American comic, Henny Youngman:
Take My Pawn, Please!
We have had a few disruptions in the office, currently John is in London, for example. We will get back to this next week for sure.