With our new leaflet of planned publications we have revealed the books we are expecting to put out the next nine months. Three of the books in the series of Classics have been translated and will come out slowly. One of them is The Science of Strategy by Kotov. We tried to get a better title from you guys, but I for once you let us down and did not come up with something better (according to us).
So, here is the question: Do you have a better idea for the book about Geller’s games than Killer Chess? This is the cover. The title can be changed.
As always, if you suggest a title that we use, we will put your name on page 2 in the book and send you a free copy.
Efim Geller – The Russian Bear
On the kotov book, I think it is more you had a very good title already, which worked well with the cover.
It would be a good thing to have a remote idea what the book is about.
Bear hunting in the Ural mountains?
“Grin and Bear it !” or possibly “Paws for thought”
@Paul H
Geller wasn’t russian. He was a jew (from the ukrainian part of the soviet union)
My suggestion:
“Geller brings chess to bear”. Get it?
“From Odessa with Love”
Geller’s Attack and Kill
Beating the Best
The Fighter from Odessa
@barkis
No such country as Ukraine when Geller was born, and he played under the Russian Federation when winning the 1992 World Senior Championship. Not sure the bear on the cover makes sense without a Russia connection either.
Efim Geller – Calculate to Win
Geller´s Strategies and Tactics – Lessons from the Past
Geller´s Secrets – A Legacy Revealed
Secret Notes from my Legacy
Don’t wake the bear.
Pawna dance?
Once upawn a time…
Minority attack
8 Little pawns went to the zoo
The nature of chess tactics
Hiding behind wood
Geller’s way
I cannot bear you
Growl I became a queen
Geller’s games and joy
In the jaws of Efim Geller
you do know the key point here is to find a better title, right? Not just say whatever you find funny after 10 beers 🙂
Fabels and games
No more bear (beer?) hugs
Actually, looking some more at cover I update slightly my punt to:
Efim Geller – The Russian Bear Attacks
The Chess Beast
Predator Chess
On the wider leaflet Ree reviews the German version of the Kramnik book you are publishing – “Hans Ree would have preferred a more personal book, but Hensel certainly has some stories to tell”. And Sadler gives 5 stars to all the Tal books.
Mating …a serial Geller
Meant to say in latest New in Chess above.
Russian Hug
Beating the Best: Geller’s Greatest Games
I like the cover, not sure it is appropriate for Geller. Maybe Spassky.
How similar is the book to Application of Chess Theory?
Ef’ing Killer Chess
“Efim Geller – Eating the World Champions”
“Efim Geller – Deadly Threat”
“Dangerous Encounters”
“Chess to the Max”
Chess on the Precipice
Dominant Chess Strategy
Then, something came up with the Revenant or catching fish from the river, and it was time to stop.
Chess for Grizzlies (apologies to the late Simon Webb)
A Second to None : Efim Geller
-it is a play on Efim being a GM Second to many many top players (including World Champions) and yet being one of the best at scalping World Champions. He has one of best scores against many world Champions.
Actually, GM Kevin Spraggett once said to me that Geller’s Book; “Application of Chess Theory” should be called “How to Beat World Champions”.
The Chess Bawse: Efim Geller
“Pawns can never go back!”
“Clawing to the top”
@David
A lot of overlap. Our book has a lot more games, mainly. Twice as many. We decided that to republish them was better than having a “volume 2” approach. We pick up the costs, those who had the other book gets some games twice, while those who did not, get them extra.
“Fischer’s nightmare!”
Mauling the World Champions
“Geller, Geller, Geller, huh tell me more, tell me more”
Homicidal Play
The Elephant Gambit by Quality chess. Krazy staff.
“All Claws out”
“With Claws and Fangs”
“Claws on the Chessboard”
Fierce Moves
Why not simple and descriptive? Geller’s Best Games of Chess
The smoking bear.
+1
Better save the pic & title for Spassky, aka The Beast from the East.
Yes, again 10 beers allready… here we go again!
In Russia they learn bears to do tricks: Geller’s tricks. Magic with pawns.
By doing so the bear becomes a puppet: Look who is pulling Geller!
All the pictures I found show Geller smoking: Holy smoke!
I like his score against Fischer: How to kill a Robear (if there needs to be a killing theme)
And of course chess players are nerds with posters (at leat I used to be): I’ll show you mine if you show me yours.
I think I read somewhere (Kasparow?) that in the Soviet Union he was colloquially called ‘Petrovich’.
So, what about something including Bewitching (Bewit- crossed out in Smirin-style and replaced with Petrovi-)…
… according to contest, e. g. Attacking Chess.
(content)
@Douwe
When the smoking ban came in, in the early 1990s, Geller dropped more than 50 rating points on the following list 🙂
One more try:
Chess in the Wild – How to tame your Opponent
I suppose that the book “The Woodpecker method” will improve slightly my calculation skill and visualization. No?
Hopefully a lot!
On a separate tpoic (I really couldn’t care less what the name of the book is) good to see software Chess on Desktop. Surprised QC has not mentioned it!!
Forward Chess I mean ?
First impressions of FC on the MacBook is very pleasing indeed!
@The Doctor
There was a discussion under one unconnected blogpost a while back. I agree it is fantastic – but my optimal use is non mac. Two screens- one with Forward Chess, one with Chessbase is in my view the dream way to study an opening. Then can refresh your knowledge on the phone app on the train to work.
Other uses would be to create “flash cards” for endgame positions or Jacobs GM series in chessbase.
All of course possible with the book version, but productivity goes through the roof.
Power Play Chess
I wanna suggest:
The Master Of Masters
Efim Geller
The Bear Claws Attack or Taming the Bear
Go To Gell!
The Bare Necessities of Chess
Geller Chess, I am thinking about production costs, only need to change two letters 😐
I left a comment yesterday but perhaps it didn’t go through
“Geller’s Quarry”
“Efim Gellers games” or “A book about Efim Gellers games”.
Just tell it like it is. “Killer chess” is corny.
The Geller Method to Improve in Chess
Efim Geller: Chess Predator
Predatory Chess
To paraphrase Steven King:
“A Bear of fearsome size” – Efim Geller’s chess.
Geller’s Games — “Bears will be Bears”.
Did you settle on the title of the Kotov book?
Efim Geller: Nightmare Nemesis of the World Champions.
@Andrew Brett
We went with what we had.
This click bait stuff on QC is just terrible: some of the worst posts ever.
Stick with the original title, and please stop asking for “help” with title ideas.
FWIW, posts from a “99designs” cover competition might be worth trying.
Chess Assassin, or
Geller: Chess Assassin
@John Upper
Now I find that offensive. With the Kotov book, we for the first time did not find a better title from our readers. With other books we did. Wtf is that click bait. With this Geller book, we have improved our understanding of what to do with a title we are not fully happy with and will use ideas from some people in this post.
@ barkis
Besides, I fail to see the relevance of Geller’s faith – you seem to mix up nationality and religion, as if there were no people with a jewish faith in Russia. It’s like saying ‘Fischer was not a Spaniard, he was an anti-semite’.
Power Chess
Relentless
No Mercy
Smashing chess
(maybe) ¿?
Please don’t use any words what could be associate with killing or a murder. Chess is a peaceful game. As a coach I would never recommend a book with similar title to a kid. There is a Russian book by E.Geller – How to win against the champions. Are you translating it? Then the title is already thought by the author ( my assumption as the book was published in 2005 while the Efim passed away in 1998)
Defcon Chess
Unleashing the beast / Beating the Elite
This. And no bear would be just fine.
– Grizzly Chess (more friendly & poetic than Killer Chess)
– Play(ing) Chess like a Grizzly
The cover is perfect.
If the book was already published years ago and if it is mostly a new edition without major change it make sense to keep the old title…or at least to mention it was former published under that title.
This apply to the Kotov book also as i dont understand if it is something new (?!) or only a new “arrangement” of an old book ?
@RYV
The Geller book is much more than The Application of Chess Theory re-translated, if this was your question.
It could help if QC gave a quick description of books for which they need titles. What”s the point of proposing random synonyms if noone knows what’s in the book?
Is that Elephant Gambit book a repertoire book? I am quite surprised about a book on this opening, but who knows 😀
On the title of Jefim Geller, how about a photo of Trotsky and Geller morphing into each other ?
@Cowe
Hear Hear. They had even decided on the cover already for Science of Strategy.
I think a book on Geller should be findable by searching on his name, and in a list of book titles it should be possible to figure out what kind of book it is. So I like titles that have his actual name in them.
You could still make a geller/killer pun by using it in a phrase that people will recognize, like “The Geller Instinct” or so. But the pun seems pretty far fetched in the first place.
The Geller Instinct is a great title!
‘Geller’s Odessa Files’?
Needed a spy themed cover really.
How about simply: ‘Geller Attacks’
The Hunter (or something to that effect)
The Title Killer Chess is too abstract
Books need ambitious titles
Killing The Geller Way
‘Geller – Maximalist and Inventor’
or why not as in Kasparov’s Predecessors: ‘ Geller – Threat to the Champions’
NEW title:
battle cruiser EFIM GELLER
NEW coverartwork: a battle cruiser
Geller’s All-In Chess Anthology
Geller’s heavyweight chess games
Geller’s eyeful of chess
Geller on chess!!! voila.
@Remco G
+1 from me for “The Geller Instinct”
Chess Mauler
Chess Brawler
Scourge of Champions
Claw Marks: The Games of Efim Geller
Tooth and Claw: The Games of Efim Geller
Gellers Legacy,
E. Geller:A life of openings research
or
E. Geller: openings’ legacy
We have decided on a bit odd title:
THE NEMESIS: GELLER’S GREATEST GAMES
Wild Chess
So.. we have a retributing Greek goddess and an angry bear.. more or less covers it!
Winning chess with bear hands
Efim Geller – Positional embrace by a russian bear
Positional bear hug
TN GGG is nice .
Maybe “ Quest for Perfection , GGG “ ?
I like it, it’s simple and captures Geller’s greatest claim to fame besides King’s Indian guru quite well.
@Topnotch
Thank you. I think you and David together came up with 95% of the title. So this time, asking worked.
It’s definitely much better a title than the initially planned.
Having found the title – all that’s missing is the book…. 🙂
Well, now you know : a book containing someone’s best games must be titled Someone’s best games !
I am glad the title doesn’t contain a ”bear”, one python is enough for my collection 🙂
Seek and Destroy: The Chess Games of Efim Geller
Martin Dixon
Chess Synthesis by Efim Geller
The Bear Attacks! or This Bear Attacks! or paraphrasing the famous Russian Qoute This Bear Plays for Mate or Playing for Mate By Efim Geller
My suggestion is: “Chess Arena: Efim Geller’s Life & Games”
Thus, the title is known. When will it be published? 🙂
“Geller’s Greatest Games”
“Geller the Giant Killer”
(He had a fantastic record against the elite players of his time!)
Is this book a re-issue of the Pergamon The Application of Chess Theory?
No, not a re-issue. There will be some overlap, as both books involve Geller annotating his own games, but there will be plenty in our book that is not in the old Pergamon book, including more annotated games and memoirs about Geller by other players. Also our book will be a totally fresh translation from Russian.
New title:
“Seize the Initiative”
“How Geller beat the worlds best”
@Bobkane
I appreciate the effort, but as Jacob said above, we have decided on a title:
@John Shaw
OH! Sorry missed that, I didnt know Geller had a ride at Alton Towers named after him !
Are there any predictions when this book will be published?
Still excitedly awaiting many titles on the leaflet.
I see that this book is scheduled for a July release. Hopefully it´s on track since I am very much looking forward to this.
Btw I like the title ´The Nemesis´ but the cover less so. Was there no nice picture of Geller available?
@Paul H
Has the book been published yet ?? I can only find, The Nemesis
@Debra Bee
There was a title change. “The Nemesis” was published, and that is the book that used to be known as “Killer Chess”.
http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/products/2/341/the_nemesis_-_gellers_greatest_games_by_efim_geller/