Review: Perpetual Chess Improvement
“My wife, kids, and dog don’t care what my rating is, but it helps my mental health to have a hobby that I love and that I know I will…
New Release: Chess Analysis – Reloaded
Author Daniel (Danny) Gormally is known for telling it how it is, and in this post, he does exactly that - but in the context of his latest book release…
Review: The Art of The Endgame – Revised Edition
Book Review of The Art of The Endgame - Revised Edition by Jan Timman “Closer to the game than problems, but distant enough to maintain elevated aesthetic criteria, endgame studies…
Review: Study Chess with Matthew Sadler
Book Review of Study Chess with Matthew Sadler “I suppose you could call this book a collection of my personal 'Eureka!' experiences, those wonderful moments when something complicated suddenly feels…
Review: Playing the English
Book Review: Playing the English by Nikolaos Ntirlis “Every great master will find it useful to have his own theory on the openings, which only he himself knows, a theory…
Review: Say No to Chess Principles!
Book Review of Say No to Chess Principles! “It is the aim of the modern school not to treat every position according to one general law, but according to the…
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…