Spassky’s Best Games
A look at the legendary 10th World Champion and Russian Grandmaster Boris Spassky, and the new release Spassky's Best Games. Boris Spassky The name Boris Spassky is well known not…
The Greatest Chess Players
A look at some of the greatest chess players who never became World Champions: Paul Morphy Adolf Anderssen Akiva Rubinstein Samuel Reshevsky David Bronstein Viktor Korchnoi Paul Morphy Paul Morphy's…
A Complete Opening Repertoire for Black after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6! – Volume 2 by Dariusz Swiercz
One of the most daunting parts of learning a new opening is choosing the best lines, keeping up with new theoretical developments, and understanding what is important and what is…
Max Euwe’s Best Games by Jan Timman
Max Euwe's legacy in chess is marked by multiple milestones in his career - from being the 5th World Chess Champion (1935-1937) to leading FIDE as president (1970-1978), and even…
Dvoretsky: World’s Best Chess Trainer
Mark Dvoretsky is known for many things; his success as a chess player, journalist, author, and most of all, as being the world's best chess trainer. In this post, we…
New Publisher: Chess Fortress
There's a new chess publishing house on the block - Chess Fortress! Co-founded by Grandmasters Branko Tadić and Miloš Perunović, their "goal is to create high-quality chess content that educates,…
Chess Author of the Month: Wojciech Moranda
Get to know our Forward Chess author of the month for May 2023, Grandmaster Wojciech Moranda. 1. Tell us a little bit about yourself and your chess career! I learned…
A Chess Biography of Szymon Winawer
Broaden your chess history knowledge through the chess biography of Szymon Winawer, a Polish-born world top-10 chess player, who played against some of the most well-known historical chess giants such…
Historic Chess Games: Tartakower vs Reshevsky
Today we are looking at a 1937 Stockholm Olympiad game between Saviely Tartakower and Samuel Reshevsky. These two players were on top board for their respective countries. Ironically, the one…
Squeeze Play by Cyrus Lakdawala
When a boa constrictor latches onto its prey, it starts squeezing. Then when the prey exhales, the snake squeezes even tighter until eventually, the battle is won. We can relate…