Book Review: A Guide To Chess Improvement
Review: A Guide to Chess Improvement: The Best of Novice Nook “No one gets good at chess quickly and without a lot of work; if that was possible I could…
Review: Chess Coach by Vladimir Barsky
“Being a grandmaster-level practitioner, Dvoretsky found his true calling in research and teaching.” – Alexander Nikitin. The late IM Mark Dvoretsky was widely considered to be the greatest chess coach…
The Power of Pattern Recognition: The Woodpecker Method 2
Chess players often focus on tactical training to sharpen their skills, but true mastery requires a deep understanding of positional play. While the original Woodpecker Method revolutionized tactical training with…
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…
Book Review: Oops! I Resigned One More Time
Review: Oops! I Resigned One More Time “No one ever won a game by resigning.” – Savielly Tartakower. Hollywood loves a sequel. If a movie does well at the box…
The Life and Games of Dragoljub Velimirovic (Volume 2) by Georg Mohr and Ana Velimirovic-Zorica
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.…
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…
Review: Perpetual Chess Improvement
“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…
Book Review: Tal Botvinnik 1960
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…
Is it time for a Modern Benoni revival
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…