Chess Books

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January 14, 2026

For any chess player dedicated to improvement, the most formidable opponent isn’t a person across the board; it’s the plateau....

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January 11, 2026

Another chess book lands with a thud. The cover is crisp, the title ambitious: Grandmaster Preparation – Strategic Play. For the...

January 3, 2026

The arrival of AlphaZero on the chess scene was electric. For decades, the chess world had grown accustomed to the...

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December 31, 2025

As a dedicated, self-taught chess player, I’ve spent countless hours navigating the labyrinth of opening theory. The journey of a...

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December 30, 2025

For any serious chess player, there comes a point when the old methods of improvement begin to fail. For years,...

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December 29, 2025

Every improving chess player knows the feeling. You’ve played a brilliant opening, navigated the middlegame with care, and built a...

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December 17, 2025

For any club player, the dream is the same: to craft a brilliant, decisive attack that leaves an opponent stunned...

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December 12, 2025

Few chess books gain new meaning with time, but Mastering Positional Chess has done exactly that. What once felt like...

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December 10, 2025

For any chess player serious about improvement, the bookshelf begins to feel like a graveyard of good intentions. We collect...

December 5, 2025

For any serious student of the open games, holding a monograph written by the 12th World Champion, Anatoly Karpov, feels...