Review: Countering the Queen’s Gambit
Book Review of Countering the Queen's Gambit “As a result of the minority attack, Black will be left with at least one weak pawn. If he is not to sink…
Review: 100 Endgame Patterns You Must Know
Book Review of 100 Endgame Patterns You Must Know “Akiba, if you had lived in the Middle Ages you would have been burnt at the stake. What you do in…
Latest Book Highlights August
The World Chess Championship is making the headlines again, thanks to the recently-concluded Candidates tournament and the decision of reigning champion, Magnus Carlsen, to step away from the title rather…
Book Review: Say No to Chess Principles
Review: 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 principle inherent…
100 Endgames you must know WORKBOOK
Review: The 100 Endgames You Must Know Workbook “It is a well-known phenomenon that the very same amateur who was able to conduct the middlegame very creditably appears to be…
Study Chess with Matthew Sadler
Review: 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 as natural…
Book Review: Lasker’s Manual Of Chess
Review: Lasker's Manual of Chess “Can studying the classics be helpful? That depends. Many books that were popular in their day have grown dated, and are now of interest only…
Book Review: Winning by Nigel Short
Review: Winning “You cannot be serious.” – John McEnroe, berating a tennis umpire. Like John McEnroe in tennis, English GM Nigel Short has somewhat of a “bad boy” image in…
Book Review: Best Lessons of a Chess Coach: Extended Edition
Book Review: Best Lessons of a Chess Coach: Extended Edition by Sunil Weeramantry and Edward Eusebi (Mongoose Press) Best Lessons of a Chess Coach: Extended EditionPublisher: Mongoose PressAuthor: Sunil…
Book Review: Playing the Stonewall Dutch
Book Review: Playing the Stonewall Dutch by Nikola Sedlak (Quality Chess Publishing) Playing the Stonewall DutchPublisher: Quality Chess Author: GM Nikola Sedlak FC Release date: Jul 08, 2020 “Not a…