Book Review

Karsten Müller - Attack

Attacking in Chess: Rules of Thumb

Grandmaster Karsten Müller is the author of Attack: Rules of thumb for practice. His first rule of thumb is “All pieces should participate in the attack.” Bringing pieces to join in a chess attack can be creative and fun. More 🡢
The Human Factor in Chess

The Human Factor in Chess – The Testbook (book review)

Do you prefer to calculate concrete lines, or do you make your decisions more intuitively? Do you have a good sense of harmony and coordination? The Human Factor in Chess – The Testbook helps you discover your Player Type through tasks and exercises. More 🡢

Review of The Chess Bible by Vishnu Warrier

Thinkers Publishing’s The Chess Bible – Most Instructive Tips, Axioms, One-Liners & Mantras by Vishnu Warrier was published in 2022. Warrier is a tech consultant who loves chess. More 🡢
Albert W. Fox: A Chess Life On and Off the Board

Albert W. Fox: A Chess Life On and Off the Board

Chess historians adore Albert W. Fox: A Chess Life On and Off the Board and respect its author, John S. Hilbert. International Master John Donaldson describes Hilbert as “America’s premier chess historian.” Along with Donaldson, several chess historians provided blurbs for Hilbert’s Fox book. More 🡢
Memoir by Former UT Dallas Chess Coach Rade Milovanovic

Memoir by Former UT Dallas Chess Coach Rade Milovanovic

TheBookPatch, a print-on-demand self-publisher, published Rade Milovanovic’s International Chess Master My Family and Chess Story with Selected Games and Pictures. The book is 246 pages. Milovanovic completed it in September of 2021. It retails for $38.00 for a print book. It is also available as an e-book ($10.00). More 🡢
Understanding pawn endgames

Understanding Pawn Endgames (book review)

In 2022, Gambit Publications published Understanding Pawn Endgames by International Master Valentin Bogdanov. Bogdanov is from Ukraine and was the 2016 European Over-65 Champion. More 🡢
Problem Chess The Art and Magic on the Chessboard

Problem Chess: Art and Magic on the Chess Board

Gambit Publications published Problem Chess: Art and Magic on the Chess Board by Göran Forslund. Forslund died in September 2015, just before the publication of this print edition. Previously, this Gambit title was available only in an electronic format. More 🡢
Modern chess opening repertoire for white

Modern Chess Opening Repertoire for White

Gambit Publications published Modern Chess Opening Repertoire for White by International Master James Rizzitano. More 🡢