Review: Spassky’s Best Games
Review of Spassky's Best Games “Boris Spassky was my first chess idol.” – Former World Champion, Garry Kasparov. Former World Champion Boris Spassky is arguably now best known for losing…
New Release: Endgame Labyrinths
We all know that studying endgames is fundamental to chess improvement, but staring at an endgame study for hours and needing to remember all your calculated moves in a million-move…
What is the Woodpecker Method?
Chess, a game as ancient as civilization itself, has been dissected, studied, and refined for centuries. The rise of different training techniques over time has offered players many ways to…
Chess Openings: London System
Every now and then something comes along that becomes all the rave for a period of time. In recent years we have seen this quite often - from NFTs to…
Review: The London System in 12 Practical Lessons
Review of The London System in 12 Practical Lessons “ is not a frequent guest in games at the highest level...yet anyone not aspiring to world championship level may rest…
Tricky Tactics to Tickle Your Brain
Welcome to "Tricky Tactics to Tickle Your Brain"! If you're a chess aficionado, you'll know that tactics are the exciting, brain-crunching moves that can make or break your game. At…
Chess Openings: Caro-Kann
The Caro-Kann Defense is an opening for Black characterized by the moves 1.e4 c6, aiming for a solid but flexible pawn structure while preparing to control the center with ...d5.…
The Art of The Endgame by Jan Timman
The Art of The Endgame Growing up, I personally found endgame study to be so boring. Fewer pieces on the board means fewer complicated variations to calculate, right? Wrong! The…
Review: Advanced Chess Tactics
Review of Advanced Chess Tactics, 2nd edition “Long variation, wrong variation” – Bent Larsen, as quoted by the author in this book. Despite its title, this is not your average…
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…