Review: The Complete Chess Swindler
Book Review of The Complete Chess Swindler by David Smerdon “Chess is in the last resort a battle of wits, not an exercise in mathematics. Theory helps you; but you…
Review: Coaching Kasparov Volumes 1 & 2
Book Review of Coaching Kasparov - Volumes 1 and 2 “I promised to knock Karpov off his throne.” – Alexander Nikitin Who is the greatest player ever to play chess?…
Review: Your Chess Battle Plan
Book Review of Your Chess Battle Plan by Neil McDonald “Plans are worthless, but planning is everything.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower. As the title suggests, this is a book about planning…
Author of the Month: Nikolaos Ntirlis
Get to know our Forward Chess author of the month for October 2023, Nikolaos Ntirlis. Tell us a little bit about yourself and your chess career I learned chess in…
Review: A Modern Guide to Checkmating Patterns
Review of A Modern Guide to Checkmating Patterns “Since all the pieces differ among themselves according to their range and rules of movement, each of them has its favorite ‘profession’”…
The How to Study Chess on Your Own Workbook, Volume 2
Hello everyone! This is Davorin Kuljasevic, a Croatian Grandmaster, chess author, and coach. My first two books ‘Beyond Material’ and ‘How to Study Chess on Your Own’ have already been…
Review: Small Steps 2 Success – Mastering Passed Pawn Play
Book Review of Small Steps 2 Success “The passed pawn is a criminal, which belongs under lock and key.” – Aron Nimzowitsch in “My System” (Quality Chess edition, 2007) It’s…
Review: The Road to Reykjavik & Fischer – Spassky 1972
Review of The Road to Reykjavik and Fischer – Spassky 1972 “When I was eleven, I just got good.” – Bobby Fischer. The year 2022 was the 50th anniversary of…
Review: The Fully-Fledged French
Book Review of The Fully-Fledged French “I have never in my life played the French Defense, which is the dullest of all openings.” - Wilhelm Steinitz. While former World Champion…
Review: Chess Structures
Book Review of Chess Structures - A Grandmaster Guide “Pawns not only create the sketch for the whole painting, they are also the soil, the foundation, of any position.” –…