Book Review: Moves 3 to 10 by Nery Strasman
I am sure we are all familiar with the uncomfortable experience of cramming in a large amount of opening theory into the memory banks, only to be surprised and disappointed…
I am sure we are all familiar with the uncomfortable experience of cramming in a large amount of opening theory into the memory banks, only to be surprised and disappointed…
The latest book in the Forgotten Genius series by Thinkers Publishing, The Life and Games of Dragoljub Velimirovic (Volume 2) by Georg Mohr and Ana Velimirovic-Zorica, is now available on Forward Chess.…
Amid the sea of new chess releases, it is easy to miss an old favourite which has been going strong since 1966 (slap bang in the middle of one of…
The Benoni Defence or simply Benoni, is reached after 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 c5. It is one of the typical defenses available to counter white's solid 1. d4. The…
There are some chess openings – such as the Grob and the Black Lion - which gain a cult following at club level. This is because they appeal to maverick…
There was a time when Bobby Fischer, the future champion of the world, specialized in racking up an extraordinary amount of points with his favorite Sozin Attack against the Najdorf…
Into the New Year we go, with all of our usual chess resolutions.Study more, avoid bullet chess, read more books, work on the endgame, drop the chess openings that are…
Ding Liren, the current World Chess Champion, remains an enigmatic character, despite attempts to shed a considerable amount of light on him after his success in the title match against…
Following hard on the heels of Jacob Aagaard’s very popular A Matter of Endgame Technique, which won the 2023 English Chess Federation’s Book of the Year Award, comes another endgame tome with a…
We all like to play something a little different from time to time. Basman's Folly: Embracing Chaos with 1.g4!?, by the prolific duo of Cyrus Lakdawala & Carsten Hansen, will certainly tempt…