Author of the Month: Dan Heisman
I am honored to be Forward Chess’ Coach of the month! Thanks to all who made this possible. I am also happy to say that Forward Chess is now offering…
Author Spotlight: Jaan Ehlvest
I must express that there are no bad openings. There are unfortunately a lot of patzers who think that they made the wrong opening choices but the fact is that…
The Hidden Laws of Chess
Have you ever wondered how strong chess players immediately grasp what is happening in complex positions? The secret is pawn structures. The pawn structure dictates the game's flow, and different…
Using Forward Chess for Coaching
Forward Chess is here to help you out with using chess books for your chess lessons. With over 800 books in our library, as well as a vast range of…
Forward Chess Highlights: January
Given the bad news about the death at the end of 2022 of Mike Basman, the great English chess maverick, it seems timely to see a new book featuring one…
Author Spotlight: IM Herman Grooten
My career as an author did not come completely out of the blue. I have always loved writing, but there was another important argument that I gained from the practice…
Samuel Reshevsky: Simultaneous Attack
It's wrong to think of tactics successfully occurring because of super-clever moves in genuinely equal positions. For a winning combination to be possible, there must be something wrong with the…
The Best Books of 2022
The results are in! Here are the best books of 2022: Improve Your Chess Calculation by R.B Ramesh Think Like a Super-GM by Michael Adams and Philip Hurtado A Matter…
Forward Chess Highlights: December
‘Study endgames!’ How many times have we heard that piece of advice? Far more often than we have followed it, that is for sure. Now that the New Year is…