Latest Book Highlight: Basman’s Folly
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…
August Highlight: The London Files
Oh, no! Not the London System! I am sure most players feel the same when the opponent bypasses so much mainline theory by opting for what is often classed as…
Forward Chess Highlight: The Perfect Pirc-Modern
How time flies! Suddenly, we have a new version of Viktor Moskalenko’s The Perfect Pirc-Modern, flagged as ‘New Edition – 10 Years Later.’ View Book What is new to this…
June Highlight: The Exchange Sacrifice Unleashed
The art of the exchange sacrifice is a difficult one to master. Chess players are happy enough to sacrifice pawns left, right, and center in the opening and think nothing…
Forward Chess Highlights: May
Who was ‘the Last Knight of the King’s Gambit?’ Such a romantic description, yet the name of the player, who was at the height of his powers during one of…
Forward Chess Highlights: April
The English Defense (1. c4 b6 or 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6) derives its name from the use and development of this unusual opening by Jonathan Speelman, Raymond Keene,…
Forward Chess Highlights: March
It is possible to put together an opening repertoire based on gambits, tricks and traps. The games may be fun, but the openings have a limited shelf-life and sooner or…
Forward Chess Highlights: February
There is an abundance of instructive chess games and positions in Chess Parallels 1: Strategy and Tactics and Chess Parallels 2: Endgames, the new brace of books celebrating the life,…
Forward Chess Highlights: January
Given the bad news about the death at the end of 2022 of Mike Basman, the great English chess maverick, it seems timely to see a new book featuring one…
Forward Chess Highlights: December
‘Study endgames!’ How many times have we heard that piece of advice? Far more often than we have followed it, that is for sure. Now that the New Year is…