There's a great new book out called Australian Chess Brilliancies: Creative Attacking Chess from Down Under.

From the back cover:  “Australian Chess Brilliancies showcases the finest in attacking play by Australia’s most imaginative chess players.  Unbelievable sacrifices, stunning quiet moves, deep combinations and profound calculation – it’s all here in this sparkling collection of the most amazing Australian chess games ever played.  Deeply annotated by one of Australia’s top chess tacticians, Australian Chess Brilliancies features classic tactical masterpieces and some never-before-published chess gems.  It also includes biographical information on key players and historical insights into the Australian chess scene.”

The publisher is Kimberley Publications in Australia, and the author is Kevin Casey (a former Alaska State chess champ now living Down Under).  The book contains 29 brilliancies in the main games section, plus about two dozen more brilliant supplementary games and positions scattered throughout the book. The price in Aussie money is $19.95, plus $7.90 postage and handling.  With a really good exchange rate happening at the moment, this works out to be about 15 US dollars and another 5 or so to get it mailed to the US.  This book is a bargain and a half!

If you're interested in getting a copy (and the author will sign it for you too), you can contact Kimberley Publications at kimpub@bigpond.net.au  There should be a review on Jeremy Silman's website, as well as a few other sites in the coming weeks.  If you happen to subscribe to British Chess magazine, they're reviewing it too.  There are some really unique games in this thing - it's pretty impressive.  It's only 96 pages, but packed full of cool sacs and combinations...

Reviews of this book can be found on The Closet Grandmaster blog site, and the Chessexpress blog site.  GM Ian Rogers has also reviewed this book, in the Canberra Times, and the Byron Echo in Australia.  Here's the link - his review is on page 33:    www.echo.net.au/archives/full_versions/echo2351.pdf