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.” –…
Review: Spassky’s Best Games
Review of Spassky's Best Games “Boris Spassky was my first chess idol.” – Former World Champion, Garry Kasparov. Former World Champion Boris Spassky is arguably now best known for losing…
New Release: Endgame Labyrinths
We all know that studying endgames is fundamental to chess improvement, but staring at an endgame study for hours and needing to remember all your calculated moves in a million-move…
Review: Advanced Chess Tactics
Review of Advanced Chess Tactics, 2nd edition “Long variation, wrong variation” – Bent Larsen, as quoted by the author in this book. Despite its title, this is not your average…
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How would you feel playing White in the following positions? 2b1r1k1/pp4pp/1npq1p2/2N5/7P/1PQ1P1P1/P4PB1/4R1K1 b - - 0 1 Ntirlis - Elyoseph, ICCF 2020 White is ready to play b4-b5! Black managed to…