Author of the Month: Nikolaos Ntirlis
Get to know our Forward Chess author of the month for October 2023, Nikolaos Ntirlis. Tell us a little bit about yourself and your chess career I learned chess in…
Review: A Modern Guide to Checkmating Patterns
Review of A Modern Guide to Checkmating Patterns “Since all the pieces differ among themselves according to their range and rules of movement, each of them has its favorite ‘profession’”…
The How to Study Chess on Your Own Workbook, Volume 2
Hello everyone! This is Davorin Kuljasevic, a Croatian Grandmaster, chess author, and coach. My first two books ‘Beyond Material’ and ‘How to Study Chess on Your Own’ have already been…
Chess Books for Beginners: Endgames
Chess endgames are one of the most crucial phases of the game. Once most of the pieces are off the board, it's the endgame techniques that can make the difference…
Review: Small Steps 2 Success – Mastering Passed Pawn Play
Book Review of Small Steps 2 Success “The passed pawn is a criminal, which belongs under lock and key.” – Aron Nimzowitsch in “My System” (Quality Chess edition, 2007) It’s…
Review: The Road to Reykjavik & Fischer – Spassky 1972
Review of The Road to Reykjavik and Fischer – Spassky 1972 “When I was eleven, I just got good.” – Bobby Fischer. The year 2022 was the 50th anniversary of…
Improve Your Chess Tactics the Yakov Neishtadt Way
Yakov Neishtadt is a name fondly remembered in the chess community, and on this day - what would have been his 100th birthday, we take a look at his life…
Review: The Fully-Fledged French
Book Review of The Fully-Fledged French “I have never in my life played the French Defense, which is the dullest of all openings.” - Wilhelm Steinitz. While former World Champion…
Latest Book Highlight: Basman’s Folly
We all like to play something a little different from time to time. Basman's Folly: Embracing Chaos with 1.g4!?, by the prolific duo of Cyrus Lakdawala & Carsten Hansen, will certainly tempt…