Door OliverDeHert Mijn 22e recensie gaat over het boek “The Magic and beauty of Quiet Chess Moves”, met als subtitel “Mastering the Art of Subtlety.” Dit boek is geschreven door twee…
Chess coffee table books are as rare as hen’s teeth, so when one comes along it attracts the attention. Fred Lucas is one of the biggest names in chess photography,…
Door OliverDeHert Mijn 21e recensie gaat over het boek “FIDE President Folke Rogard” van Henrik Malm Lindberg (1973). De volledige titel gaat: “FIDE President Folke Rogard. The lawyer who organized modern…
Difficulty: Advanced Category: Thinking process Readability: 8/10 Usefulness: 5/10 The Tournament Battleplan, or how to outprepare your opponents on and off the board is a toolbox of both useful and…
Difficulty: Advanced, Master Category: Middlegame Readability: 7/10 Usefulness: 9/10 Lessons on Uncompromising Play is a book meant for strong players who are willing to do hard work to progress further.…
Difficulty: Advanced, Master Category: Middlegame Readability: 7/10 Usefulness: 10/10 Supreme Chess Understanding explains the difference between static and dynamic advantages, highlighting the importance of being able to do so while…
Difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced Category: Biographies and Players Readability: 9/10 Usefulness: 4/10 A student of mine recently asked me if I knew of any “bedtime” chess books. Books he could…
I am sure we are all familiar with the uncomfortable experience of cramming in a large amount of opening theory into the memory banks, only to be surprised and disappointed…
The latest book in the Forgotten Genius series by Thinkers Publishing, The Life and Games of Dragoljub Velimirovic (Volume 2) by Georg Mohr and Ana Velimirovic-Zorira. Picking up immediately after…
The Life and Games of D.Velimirovic: Volume 1 by George Mohr & Ana Velimirovic-Zorica (Velimirovic’s daughter) is a treasure of exciting games and new information on the ‘forgotten genius’ sometimes…