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…
Review: Chess Structures
Book Review of Chess Structures - A Grandmaster Guide “Pawns not only create the sketch for the whole painting, they are also the soil, the foundation, of any position.” –…
Chess Books for Beginners: Tactics
Embarking on your chess journey and wondering where to start? Or have you found yourself captivated by the game, but are struggling to improve? Welcome to our "Chess Books for…
Review: Spassky’s Best Games
Review of Spassky's Best Games “Boris Spassky was my first chess idol.” – Former World Champion, Garry Kasparov. Former World Champion Boris Spassky is arguably now best known for losing…
New Release: Endgame Labyrinths
We all know that studying endgames is fundamental to chess improvement, but staring at an endgame study for hours and needing to remember all your calculated moves in a million-move…
What is the Woodpecker Method?
Chess, a game as ancient as civilization itself, has been dissected, studied, and refined for centuries. The rise of different training techniques over time has offered players many ways to…
Chess Openings: London System
Every now and then something comes along that becomes all the rave for a period of time. In recent years we have seen this quite often - from NFTs to…