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Graham K Burgess
G Burgess 
 

Number of games in database: 111
Years covered: 1985 to 2003
Last FIDE rating: 2265
Highest rating achieved in database: 2292
Overall record: +30 -49 =32 (41.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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B05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern (10 games)
E94 King's Indian, Orthodox (8 games)
D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (6 games)
B03 Alekhine's Defense (5 games)
E99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov (4 games)
A00 Uncommon Opening (4 games)
E92 King's Indian (4 games)
A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 (3 games)
E11 Bogo-Indian Defense (3 games)
B06 Robatsch (3 games)

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GRAHAM K BURGESS
(born Feb-24-1968, 57 years old) United Kingdom

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Graham K Burgess was awarded his FM title at the age of 20. From the May 18-21, 1994 at the London Chess Centre he set a world record for playing marathon blitz chess, scoring (+431, =25, -54) in the 510 games played. He is also a noted and prolific chess author.

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 page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 111  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Adams vs G Burgess  1-0411985WECU-ch40B83 Sicilian
2. G Burgess vs J Anderson 1-03419859th Lloyds Bank Masters OpenA67 Benoni, Taimanov Variation
3. N K Mishra vs G Burgess  0-134198711th Lloyds Bank Masters OpenE80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation
4. G Burgess vs N Murshed 0-1291988British ChampionshipD44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
5. G Burgess vs T Clarke  1-0151988British ChampionshipD06 Queen's Gambit Declined
6. L Cooper vs G Burgess  ½-½251988British ChampionshipA00 Uncommon Opening
7. D King vs G Burgess  0-1401988British ChampionshipB06 Robatsch
8. G Burgess vs A Kosten  0-1321988British ChampionshipE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
9. J Cooper vs G Burgess  1-0441988British ChampionshipE91 King's Indian
10. T Ernst vs G Burgess  1-046198812th Lloyds Bank Masters OpenB06 Robatsch
11. G Burgess vs G L Langan  1-016198812th Lloyds Bank Masters OpenD15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
12. G Burgess vs A Raoof  1-022198812th Lloyds Bank Masters OpenA80 Dutch
13. G Burgess vs T A Khan  1-033198812th Lloyds Bank Masters OpenB06 Robatsch
14. Gufeld vs G Burgess  1-0231988Hastings Challengers 1988/89A16 English
15. G Burgess vs N Katishonok 1-0411989Vosu opA57 Benko Gambit
16. Clark vs G Burgess 0-1281989Weymouth OpenB03 Alekhine's Defense
17. G Burgess vs A Whiteley  0-1261989Hastings Challengers 1988/89D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
18. G Burgess vs H Stefansson  0-134198913th Lloyds Bank Masters OpenA77 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8, 10.Nd2
19. G Lane vs G Burgess  0-142198913th Lloyds Bank Masters OpenB02 Alekhine's Defense
20. C Beaumont vs G Burgess  1-0751989British ChampionshipE97 King's Indian
21. G Burgess vs M Surtees  1-0221989British ChampionshipB82 Sicilian, Scheveningen
22. K Murugan vs G Burgess  ½-½461989British ChampionshipE94 King's Indian, Orthodox
23. G Burgess vs M Hebden  1-0411989British ChampionshipE99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov
24. G Burgess vs W N Watson 0-1391989British ChampionshipE99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov
25. J Cooper vs G Burgess  1-0281989British ChampionshipE92 King's Indian
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Dec-08-05  KingG: <Sneaky> Thanks for that. I had never heard of this before. Seems like a good weapon to play against Benko players.
Dec-08-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  Sneaky: It is a good weapon because it takes the Benko player out of their game. Benko players tend to be endgame oriented positional players. They aren't interesting in mating attacks--just a way to ground you down into a losing endgame. They are normally the kind of person who is afraid of gambits (both offering and accepting) but they make an exception for the Benko Gambit because they've discovered how it's virtually impossible for White to hang onto his material.

With the Frappe Attack you throw the gauntlet back to Black, and make him make the difficult decisions.

What's more, if Black tries to deviate early from the mainline, there are wonderfully sharp attacking lines. I won a tournament game once in under 20 moves, by making bold pawn pushes in the center which pushed Black right off the board. If I can dig it up I'll put it on the Benko Gambit (A57) page.

Dec-08-05  KingG: Ok, thanks. I hope you can find the game.
Dec-08-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  Sneaky: I came up with it, go look Benko Gambit (A57)
Dec-08-05  KingG: <Sneaky> Ok, thanks for the game.
Feb-24-06  BIDMONFA: Graham Burgess

BURGESS, Graham
http://www.bidmonfa.com/burgess_gra...
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Oct-30-06  mack: Graham will no doubt be delighted that his Mammoth Book of Chess featured quite a bit in one episode of Neighbours last week.
Oct-25-08  notyetagm: Could someone please post the <PGN> for the game <Ilijin-Burgess 0-1 Biel Chess Festival 1992>?

Thanks

Oct-26-08  GeauxCool: pgn - The Kibitzer's Café
Oct-26-08  notyetagm: <GeauxCool: pgn - The Kibitzer's Café>

Thanks.

Where did you find it?

Oct-26-08  Benzol: <notyetagm> <GeauxCool> Can one of you upload it to the DB please.
Oct-26-08  notyetagm: <Benzol: <notyetagm> <GeauxCool> Can one of you upload it to the DB please.>

Just did.

Oct-27-08  Benzol: <notyetagm> Thanks.

:)

Nov-01-08  notyetagm: <Benzol: <notyetagm> Thanks.>

You're welcome.

Now give it a few weeks before the game appears in the database.

I really wish <CG.COM> would streamline the procedure of admitting games into their database when they are submitted by a trustworthy member of the site, which I believe I am.

Feb-24-10  wordfunph: author of chess books...Graham Burgess.

happy birthday! more books to come..

Oct-22-11  BobCrisp: Wow, didn't he get fat?
Oct-22-11  BobCrisp: He could be <Mig Greengard>'s body double. His hair went north as his belly went south.
Oct-23-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: Was this the guy who defected to the Russians, along with Kim Philby and Guy McClean? MI-5 needs to find these people quicker.
Oct-23-11  BobCrisp: I think being forced to live the rest of your life in the Soviet Union was punishment enough.
Jan-26-12  bebopj: I'm just getting back into chess, after dabbling in it on and off over the years, and I find Burgess' Tactics & Strategy book (aka Mammoth Book of Chess) an enormous help. Currently working through his chapter on openings.

Highly recommended for a beginner.

Aug-15-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  ketchuplover: US NM Jon Burgess has passed away at age 35.
Jul-19-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: I highly recommend his book <The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time>. You can buy it cheap on Amazon from various sellers. Entertaining games; playing through them will teach you a ton about the openings and tactics. Seriously, everyone should get this book.
Mar-02-15  cro777: King of the Coffee House

<Sneaky: I have a great little opening manual by Burgess called "The Nescafé(™) Frappe Attack" -- it outlines an absolutely outrageous way for White to go ballistic against anybody who plays the Benko gambit.>

The Nescafé Frappé: is it Gold Blend or totally stewed?

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. Nc3 axb5 6. e4 b4 7. Nb5 d6 8. Bc4 Opening Explorer


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"This line as yet has no official name (except "Zaitsev line with 8 Bc4"). It is generally referred to as simply "The Hack Line", or for reasons which are rather obscure, the "The Nescafé® Frappé Attack" (or NFA for short).

Of all the great unsolved mysteries of chess, the whimsical name of this opening variation has arguably proved the most baffling. It’s a conundrum that has perplexed chess theoreticians and historians for decades.Now we can exclusively unravel it." (Graham Burgess)

http://www.kingpinchess.net/2015/02...

"The years have not been kind to the NFA and the current verdict is "flat white". Nowadays only Simon Williams and a few maverick cavemen seem to like the taste. Still, it’s well worth a punt, a pint and a pun in blitz/rapid games, as some strong players know to their cost."

S Williams vs T Chapman, 2011

Mar-02-15  cro777: The safest option against the Nescafe Frappe Attack is 8...Nbd7. Black heads immediately to to hit the Bc4.

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. Nc3 axb5 6. e4 b4 7. Nb5 d6 8. Bc4


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8... Nbd7 9. Nf3 Nb6 10. Bd3 g6 11. b3 Bg7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. O-O Ba6


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"Black has completed development and can start to ask some questions about White's stranded knight on b5." (Glenn Flear)

Dec-25-15  chess4games: This guy updated his <The Mammoth Book of Chess> in 2010 with John Nunn: http://www.amazon.com/Mammoth-Book-.... Me was a fan of its 1996 version.
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