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…
Review: The Most Exciting Chess Games Ever
Book review of The Most Exciting Chess Games Ever “Almost whoever you are, these games will stretch and expand your vision of what is possible on the chess board.” –…
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…
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…
The Best Books of 2022
The results are in! Here are the best books of 2022: Improve Your Chess Calculation by R.B Ramesh Think Like a Super-GM by Michael Adams and Philip Hurtado A Matter…