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…
Dark Mode is now live on Web Reader
At Forward Chess, our tech-team has been busy cooking a much-requested feature. We developed, tested, squished some bugs and polished it just for you! Our web reader now has a…
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…
New Release: Chess Analysis – Reloaded
Author Daniel (Danny) Gormally is known for telling it how it is, and in this post, he does exactly that - but in the context of his latest book release…
Book Highlight: DragonMasters, Volume 1
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…