Overview :Many decently strong players aspire to become an international master. They see very clearly that the grandmaster title is most likely beyon... Read More
Overview :Who is the greatest chess player of all time, the GOAT? Who is in the top ten? Let the debate ensue! How do you measure greatness? Is Morphy... Read More
Overview :Are you a dove or a hawk? Is your natural instinct at the chessboard for caution and strategy or do you crave adventure and confrontation? T... Read More
Overview :The vast majority of chess games witness familiar strategies and well known tactical motifs. These are the games that you will find in the a... Read More
Overview :Mikhail Tal is a true legend of chess. He was the World Champion and also holds the world record for the longest unbeaten run in competitive... Read More
Overview :Jose Raul Capablanca is a chess legend, world champion and quite simply one of the greatest players in the history of the game. His achievem... Read More
Overview :Ian Nepomniachtchi, challenger to Magnus Carlsen's World Championship title in 2021, is an outstanding chess talent. "Nepo" as he is univers... Read More
Overview :Viktor Korchnoi is a chess legend. In a career which has spanned over 60 years, he won countless grandmaster tournaments, was a four-time So... Read More
Overview :Italian-American grandmaster Fabiano Caruana is the perfect role model for any aspiring player. Already a very strong grandmaster, he announ... Read More
Overview :Cyrus Lakdawala examines the many different variations of the Four Knights, studies the typical plans and tactics, offers repertoire options... Read More
Overview :This is a new series which provides an ideal platform to study chess openings. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing quest... Read More
Overview :The Sveshnikov Variation of the Sicilian Defence provides a battleground for one of the key conflicts in chess: structure versus activity. B... Read More
Overview :Cyrus Lakdawala examines the popular Scandinavian Defence, focusing on the modern lines with 3...Qd6. He presents a repertoire for Black and... Read More
Overview :The Scandinavian (also known as the Centre Counter Defence) occurs when Black meets White's 1 e4 with 1 ... d5, immediately countering in th... Read More
Overview :Goethe once wrote, "Everything is both simpler than we can imagine, and more complicated than we can conceive." He could well have had chess... Read More
Overview :These days the move 1 d4 is often used as the precursor to quieter opening choices such as the London System, the Colle System or the Trompo... Read More
Overview :Many players, of all levels, use their chess study time to concentrate almost exclusively on the openings. Very few players spend much time ... Read More
Overview :This series provides an ideal platform to study chess openings. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout... Read More
Overview :Bobby Fischer is a legendary chess figure, and many consider him to be the greatest chess player of all time. Fischer was a child prodigy wh... Read More