By Alex Robins (Mechanics' Institute, San Francisco, California, USA) Spy's Mate is an engaging and fun novel that successfully combines historica! fiction, KGB intrigue, and the competitive world of international…
By IM John Donaldson, USA Olympic Team Captain and author AlphaBetChess - Volume 3: Rhyming Chess Chronicles by Vishnu Warrier is the third volume in a series designed to help…
By IM John Donaldson, USA Olympic Team Captain and author Business Checkmate by Zeev Zohar is not a chess book with chess in it but rather a book that uses…
By IM John Donaldson, USA Olympic Team Captain and author Andriasian’s Tactical Workout Book: 700 Armenian tactics is a unique book in that all the exercises are taken from great…
By IM John Donaldson, USA Olympic Team Captain and author The Lighter Side of Chess: Games, Goofs and Funny Facts by Grandmasters Adrian Mikhalchisin and Georg Mohr is the rare…
By IM John Donaldson, USA Olympic Team Captain and author Pushing Horizons: The Chess Legacy of GM Vladimir Akopian is a worthy tribute to an outstanding player. Akopian, who is…
By IM John Donaldson, USA Olympic Team Captain and author Thinkers Publishing is known for giving first time authors an opportunity and this risk taking has paid off in the…
By IM John Donaldson, USA Olympic Team Captain and author Serbian International Master Boroljub Zlatonovic pays homage to Akiba Rubinstein in his book which takes a novel look at the…
By IM John Donaldson, USA Olympic Team Captain and author Dragon Masters II Resurrection by Scottish Fide Master Andrew Burnett is the second volume of a trilogy that examines the…
By IM John Donaldson, USA Olympic Team Captain and author Battling the Slow Italian Game by Milos Pavlovic is a detailed treatment of an opening variation that is hugely popular…