Latest Book Highlight: Basman’s Folly
We all like to play something a little different from time to time. Basman's Folly: Embracing Chaos with 1.g4!?, by the prolific duo of Cyrus Lakdawala & Carsten Hansen, will certainly tempt…
We all like to play something a little different from time to time. Basman's Folly: Embracing Chaos with 1.g4!?, by the prolific duo of Cyrus Lakdawala & Carsten Hansen, will certainly tempt…
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…
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…
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…
How would you feel playing White in the following positions? 2b1r1k1/pp4pp/1npq1p2/2N5/7P/1PQ1P1P1/P4PB1/4R1K1 b - - 0 1 Ntirlis - Elyoseph, ICCF 2020 White is ready to play b4-b5! Black managed to…
The English is a classic chess opening that is a flexible and strategic choice for White, beginning with 1.c4. It focuses on controlling the center and offers interesting pawn structures,…
A look at the legendary 10th World Champion and Russian Grandmaster Boris Spassky, and the new release Spassky's Best Games. Boris Spassky The name Boris Spassky is well known not…
One of the most daunting parts of learning a new opening is choosing the best lines, keeping up with new theoretical developments, and understanding what is important and what is…
Max Euwe's legacy in chess is marked by multiple milestones in his career - from being the 5th World Chess Champion (1935-1937) to leading FIDE as president (1970-1978), and even…
There's a new chess publishing house on the block - Chess Fortress! Co-founded by Grandmasters Branko Tadić and Miloš Perunović, their "goal is to create high-quality chess content that educates,…