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Unsung Heroes of Chess
Chess history is replete with legends whose names echo through time, like Fischer, Kasparov, and Carlsen. Yet, there are also lesser-known masters in the game, each contributing uniquely to the…
Review: The Art of The Endgame – Revised Edition
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…
Build Up Your Chess: The Fundamentals
Chess training just got a major upgrade! The highly acclaimed Yusupov series, winner of the FIDE Boleslavsky Medal, lands on Forward Chess, starting with the foundational "Build Up Your Chess."…
Latest Book Highlight: The Life and Games of Dragoljub Velimirovic
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…
Chess Openings: Open Sicilians
The Sicilian Defense, known for its complexity and richness, is a favorite among chess players seeking an aggressive response to 1.e4. In his book Starting Out: The Sicilian, 2nd edition,…
The Best Books of 2023
2023 was a big year for chess - we got a new World Chess Champion, a reigning Women's World Champion, and many amazing chess books that will be cemented in…
Latest Book Highlight: Oops! I Resigned One More Time!
Into the New Year we go, with all of our usual chess resolutions.Study more, avoid bullet chess, read more books, work on the endgame, drop the chess openings that are…
Chess Openings: King’s Indian Defense
We recently looked at what a "fianchetto" is in chess. Today we will explore an opening that is well known for its use of a kingside fianchetto: the King's Indian…
Review: Playing the Stonewall Dutch
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…