Best Books to Study the Sicilian: A Complete Guide for White
The Sicilian Defense is the most heavily analyzed reply to 1.e4, and the White player has to decide how to meet it before deciding what to study. That choice —…
Best Attacking Chess Books – Complete Guide
This guide to the best attacking chess books covers eight titles for club and advanced players, grouped by level and available on Forward Chess. Players below roughly 1400 will get…
Book Review: 100 Basic Endgames You Must Know by Jesus De la Villa
“In order to improve your game, you must study the endgame before everything else.” – José Raúl Capablanca. What is 100 Basic Endgames You Must Know about? 100 Basic Endgames…
Best Chess Calculation Books: Complete Guide
Last updated: September 2026 Calculation is a different skill from tactics, and it needs different books: tactics training teaches you to see that a combination exists, while calculation training teaches…
Best French Defense Chess Books: Complete Opening Guide
Last updated: August 2026 The French Defense begins 1.e4 e6. This guide is for players who already know the basics and want to actually play it — nine books, seven…
Best Chess Tactics Books: A Complete Guide
Last updated: August 2026 The best chess tactics book for you depends far more on your level and on how you want to train than on which book is "best"…
Book Review: Curaçao 1962 by Jan Timman
“The Russians have fixed world chess.” – Bobby Fischer after his disappointing result in Curaçao. Curaçao 1962 is Jan Timman's account of the 1962 Candidates' Tournament, the Cold War contest…