Review: Chess Informant
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…
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…
“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…
A masterful review of the meteoric book Tal Botvinnik (1960) by none other than the magician of Riga himself, Mikhail Tal. “You must take your opponent into a deep dark…
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…
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…
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…
Book Review: Playing the Stonewall Dutch by Nikola Sedlak “Not a Dutch surely? That would be fine by me! … So it is a Dutch Defense. One of the openings…
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…
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…