Dark Mode is now live on Web Reader
At Forward Chess, our tech-team has been busy cooking a much-requested feature. We developed, tested, squished some bugs and polished it just for you! Our web reader now has a…
Book Review: Tal Botvinnik 1960
A masterful review of the meteoric book Tal Botvinnik (1960) by none other than the magician of Riga himself, Mikhail Tal. “You must take your opponent into a deep dark…
Grandmaster Mistakes – Chess Psychology
It's not always that we see a World Number 5 Grandmaster thinking for almost six minutes and get self-destructed into a mate in one. In the recent Meltwater Champions Tour…
Hidden features in Forward Chess
Here are the top tips from our team to help you make the most out of your Forward Chess experience. 1. Interactive board using Brush Tool - web app. Whether…
Overloaded Pieces: When two is too much.
I still remember the last few days of my college life when I lived in a frugal way inside a small apartment room along with my other classmates. We cooked…
Chess Strategies for surviving the lockdown
With many of our team members in self-quarantine mode, we can't think of a better topic to write about than our current situation and how, as chess players, we can…
Author Files – Opening Repertoire: The Caro-Kann
Once again, our new video series Author Files provides an inside look into the book straight from the source, the book's author. Whether it is explaining some of the material…
The Art of Sacrifice in Chess
"A sacrifice is the natural product of the initiative." - GM Ivan Sokolov "Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack." - Wilhelm Steinitz (Former World Champion,…
The Center: A Modern Strategy Guide
"The nature of the central pawn structure determines the direction of the fight and the choice of strategy." - GM Alexander Kotov "I earned my first IM norm after studying…
Amateur to IM: Proven Ideas and Training Methods
“In order to improve your game, you must study the endgame before everything else, for whereas the endings can be studied and mastered by themselves, the middle game and the…