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UPDATES FOR MAY
From this point on, material will be posted throughout each month at random times
INSTRUCTION & OTHER
 (April 5) IM Silman answers a reader's question about a new 8th move in the SMITH-MORRA GAMBIT ... MORE
(Feb. 9) IM Silman talks about DYING WITH YOUR BOOTS ON:
His brother (who was also playing at the event) rushed to his side and Cecil whispered something into his ear. Then he died. His final words? One might imagine something like, "Tell my wife I love her." Or "The gold is hidden under the bedroom floorboard." But no, this is a chess player and so his last thoughts were about chess. His dying message to his brother: "I have a win, but it will take time!" ... MORE
(Feb. 5) IM Silman tells the tale of THE MASKED GRANDMASTER:
Of course, Mills won the brilliancy prize, and none of us could do anything but applaud him. Truly a fantastic creative effort and, perhaps, the greatest game by a non-master of all time... MORE
(Jan. 7) Postal Master Manuel Gerardo Monasterio tells us HOW TO DEAL WITH THE CHIGORIN DEFENSE ... MORE
(November 12) Grandmaster van der Weide gives us Part 15 of THE PAIN AND ANGUISH OF OPENING THEORY ... MORE
(October 07) Larry Tamarkin gives us Part Four of his entertaining series, MEMOIRS OF A CHESS FISH ... MORE
(September 07) IM Silman presents ENDGAME OF THE MONTH 4 ... MORE
BOOK REVIEWS
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(May 7) IM Donaldson reviews DANGEROUS WEAPONS, 1.e4 e5:
With sections by Emms, Flear, and Greet, I was particularly impressed by IM Andrew Greet's coverage of the Centre Game (over 100 pages!) which is to my knowledge the first real modern examination of this old relic. Greet shows that it is not only practical as it circumvents the Petroff and Philidor, but definitely has some punch. That he practices what he preaches is shown by the following recent victory over a highly-rated Bulgarian Grandmaster ... MORE
(May 7) IM Donaldson reviews FROM LONDON TO ELISTA:
The heart of this book is the contribution by Evgeny Bareev, who is not only a world-class player but also an excellent annotator with a pronounced if dry sense of humor that has been preserved by the translators Jimmy Adams and Sarah Hurst. One difference between his annotations and those by Veslin Topalov in ON THE EDGE IN ELISTA is that Bareev covers the opening phase of the game in detail, explaining not only what both sides are trying to achieve but also putting things in context with previous theory and developments in the match ... MORE
(May 7) IM Donaldson reviews JON SPEELMAN'S PUZZLE BOOK:
What this book lacks in positions to solve -- it has about 300 -- it more than makes up for in the quality of examples selected by the former World Champion Candidate. Speelman has organized the material in each chapter so that the student builds on previous knowledge with each quiz position coming with a hint. At the back of the book there are helpful explanations of the solutions ... MORE
(May 7) IM Donaldson reviews CHESS ON THE EDGE:
Grandmaster Suttles' creative and uncompromising play, which found him constantly challenging the established rules of chess strategy, won him many fans. For his admirers, the three volumes of CHESS ON THE EDGE, containing all of Suttles available games, is a treasure trove of riches ... MORE
(May 7) IM Donaldson reviews DANGEOUS WEAPONS, QUEEN'S GAMBIT:
If you play 1.d4 and are perhaps searching for a new weapon against the 4...a6 Slav or Albin, if you already play the Slav as Black and are looking for second weapon without much more study (think 5...Bg4 6.Ne5 Nbd7) or just looking for something completely new against 1.d4 (non-theoretical QGA) then this book will be a very useful acquisition ... MORE
(April 5) IM Saidy reviews EL FASCINANTE MUNDO DEL AJEDREZ ... MORE
(April 5) IM Donaldson reviews CHESS EXPLAINED THE NIMZO-INDIAN ... MORE
(April 5) IM Donaldson reviews THE ACCELERATED DRAGON ... MORE
(April 5) IM Donaldson reviews HOOKED ON CHESS - A MEMOIR ... MORE
(April 5) IM Donaldson reviews PLAY THE SEMI-SLAV ... MORE
(April 5) IM Donaldson reviews STARTING OUT - SICILIAN GRAND PRIX ... MORE
(April 5) IM Silman reviews CHESS TIPS FOR THE IMPROVING PLAYER ... MORE
(April 5) IM Silman reviews THE SURVIVAL GUIDE TO COMPETITIVE CHESS ... MORE
(April 5) Anthony Rotella reviews PLAY THE GRUNFELD ... MORE
(March 17) IM Donaldson reviews HOW TO PLAY CHESS ENDGAMES ... MORE
(March 17) IM Silman reviews 50 WAYS TO WIN AT CHESS ... MORE
(March 12) IM Silman reviews the new translation of CHESS PRAXIS ... MORE
(March 8) IM Silman reviews DANGEROUS WEAPONS THE SICILIAN ... MORE
(March 4) IM Silman reviews SAN LUIS 2005 ... MORE
(March 4) IM Donaldson reviews PLAY THE ENGLISH ... MORE
(March 4) IM Donaldson reviews NICK'S BEST SELECTED GAMES OF BRYAN NICKOLOFF ... MORE
(Feb 12, 08) IM Saidy reviews THIS CRAZY WORLD OF CHESS ... MORE
(Feb 2, 08) IM Silman reviews THE SAMISCH KING'S INDIAN UNCOVERED ... MORE
(Feb 2, 08) IM Donaldson reviews Marin's A SPANISH REPERTOIRE FOR BLACK and BEATING THE OPEN GAMES ... MORE
(Feb 2, 08) IM Donaldson reviews TRUE LIES IN CHESS ... MORE
(Feb 2, 08) IM Donaldson reviews GAMBITEER II ... MORE
(Feb 2, 08) IM Donaldson reviews FIGHTING THE ANTI-SICILIANS ... MORE
(Jan 7, 08) IM Silman reviews A SPANISH REPERTOIRE FOR BLACK ... MORE
(Jan 4, 08) IM Donaldson reviews THE FABULOUS BUDAPEST GAMBIT ... MORE
(Jan 4, 08) IM Donaldson reviews KING'S GAMBIT: a Son, a Father, and the World's Most Dangerous Game ... MORE
(Jan 4, 08) IM Donaldson reviews VICTOR BOLOGAN SELECTED GAMES 1985-2004 ... MORE
(Jan 4, 08) IM Donaldson reviews STARTING OUT: CLASSICAL SICILIAN ... MORE
(December 20) IM Donaldson reviews TOPALOV-KRAMNIK, 2006 WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP ... MORE
(December 20) IM Silman reviews BEATING THE OPEN GAMES ... MORE
(December 5) IM Donaldson reviews CHESS GEMS ... MORE
(December 5) IM Donaldson reviews KARLSBAD 1907 ... MORE
(December 5) IM Donaldson reviews NIC YEARBOOK 82 ... MORE
(December 1) IM Donaldson reviews CHALLENGING THE NIMZO-INDIAN ... MORE
(November 14) IM Silman reviews KARLSBAD 1907 ... MORE
(November 5) IM Donaldson reviews THE MAROCZY SYSTEM ... MORE
(November 3) IM Silman reviews NEW IN CHESS YEARBOOK 84 ... MORE
(November 2) Guest reviewer Anthony Rotella reviews CHESS EXPLAINED MODERN BENONI ... MORE
(November 2) IM Donaldson reviews CHESS EXPLAINED THE MODERN BENONI ... MORE
(November 1) IM Donaldson reviews CHESS EXPLAINED THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED ... MORE
(November 1) IM Donaldson reviews PLAY 1...Nc6! ... MORE
(November 1) IM Donaldson reviews PLAY THE GRUNFELD ... MORE
(October) IM Donaldson reviews PRACTICAL ENDGAME PLAY ... MORE
(October) IM Silman reviews CHESS GEMS: 1,000 COMBINATIONS YOU SHOULD KNOW ... MORE
(October) IM Silman reviews VICTOR BOLOGAN SELECTED GAMES 1985-2004 ... MORE
(October) IM Silman reviews TOPALOV-KRAMNIK 2006 WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP ... MORE
(October) IM Silman reviews PLAY THE GRUNFELD ... MORE
(September) IM Saidy reviews SECRET NOTES ... MORE
(September) IM Silman reviews HOW TO PLAY THE ENGLISH OPENING ... MORE
(September) IM Donaldson reviews PERFECT YOUR CHESS ... MORE
(September) IM Donaldson reviews CHESS EXPLAINED - MERAN SEMI SLAV ... MORE
(September) IM Donaldson reviews HOW TO PLAY THE ENGLISH OPENING ... MORE
Click to see all our chess book reviews in our ENORMOUS REVIEW ARCHIVE.
Also check out our ARCHIVE OF READER'S LETTERS, our ARCHIVE OF RAVES, our ARCHIVE OF INTERVIEWS, and our ARCHIVE OF CHESS PUZZLES, our POSTAL ARCHIVES, GM Joel Benjamin's humorous and enlightening theoretical musings can be found in his OPENING SHORTCUTS ARCHIVE, IM Andrew Martin's offerings in his BITS & PIECES ARCHIVE, GM VAN DER WEIDE'S PAIN AND ANGUISH ARCHIVE, our amazing archive on OPENING THEORY, GM Ziatdinov's series, TRAINING TIPS, can be viewed in ZIATDINOV'S ARCHIVE, IM Tim Taylor's fine body of work can be viewed in TAYLOR'S TRUE COMBAT ARCHIVE, IM Orlov's excellent series of endgame articles can be viewed in ORLOV'S ENDGAME ARCHIVE, IM Orlov's instructive middlegame series can be viewed in ORLOV'S MIDDLEGAME ARCHIVES, GM Larry Christiansen's fun and instructive series on attack can be viewed in CHRISTIANSEN'S HOW TO ATTACK ARCHIVE, National Master Randy Bauer's fantastic series is a personal favorite of mine. Check it out in BAUER'S INSTRUCTIVE ARCHIVE, National Master Dan Heisman's instructive series can be found in HEISMAN'S INSTRUCTIVE ARCHIVE, and finally, to access some of Silman's instructive offerings, click on SILMAN'S INSTRUCTION FOR BEGINNER'S ARCHIVE, THE STUDY OF MASTER GAMES, MY GAMES AND STYLISTIC PROGRESSION |
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