Review: The London System in 12 Practical Lessons
Review of The London System in 12 Practical Lessons “ is not a frequent guest in games at the highest level...yet anyone not aspiring to world championship level may rest…
Tricky Tactics to Tickle Your Brain
Welcome to "Tricky Tactics to Tickle Your Brain"! If you're a chess aficionado, you'll know that tactics are the exciting, brain-crunching moves that can make or break your game. At…
Chess Openings: Caro-Kann
The Caro-Kann Defense is an opening for Black characterized by the moves 1.e4 c6, aiming for a solid but flexible pawn structure while preparing to control the center with ...d5.…
The Art of The Endgame by Jan Timman
The Art of The Endgame Growing up, I personally found endgame study to be so boring. Fewer pieces on the board means fewer complicated variations to calculate, right? Wrong! The…
Review: Advanced Chess Tactics
Review of Advanced Chess Tactics, 2nd edition “Long variation, wrong variation” – Bent Larsen, as quoted by the author in this book. Despite its title, this is not your average…
August Highlight: The London Files
Oh, no! Not the London System! I am sure most players feel the same when the opponent bypasses so much mainline theory by opting for what is often classed as…
Want a World-Class Repertoire?
How would you feel playing White in the following positions? 2b1r1k1/pp4pp/1npq1p2/2N5/7P/1PQ1P1P1/P4PB1/4R1K1 b - - 0 1 Ntirlis - Elyoseph, ICCF 2020 White is ready to play b4-b5! Black managed to…
New Feature: Forward Chess Author Tool
We are happy to announce the beta release of a HIGHLY requested feature: a Forward Chess Author Tool for authors to create and edit their very own books on the…
Review: Learn from Bent Larsen
Book review of Learn from Bent Larsen “Of the many chess masters I have met, Bent is the most original.” – Former World Champion, Anatoly Karpov. The great Danish champion…
Forward Chess Highlight: The Perfect Pirc-Modern
How time flies! Suddenly, we have a new version of Viktor Moskalenko’s The Perfect Pirc-Modern, flagged as ‘New Edition – 10 Years Later.’ View Book What is new to this…