Book Reviews
Chess Books
Herman Grooten’s Attacking Chess for Club Players: A Complete Review
For any club player, the dream is the same: to craft a brilliant, decisive attack that leaves an opponent stunned...
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Daniel Naroditsky’s “Mastering Positional Chess”: A Complete Review
Few chess books gain new meaning with time, but Mastering Positional Chess has done exactly that. What once felt like...
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Chess Book Review: Johan Hellsten’s “Mastering Chess Strategy”
For any chess player serious about improvement, the bookshelf begins to feel like a graveyard of good intentions. We collect...
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Book Review: Winning with the Petroff by Anatoly Karpov
For any serious student of the open games, holding a monograph written by the 12th World Champion, Anatoly Karpov, feels...
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GM Ramesh’s “Improve Your Chess Calculation”: A Complete Review
If you have been following the meteoric rise of Indian chess over the last decade, you have likely heard the...
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Comprehensive Review: Back to Basics: Strategy by Valeri Beim
Valeri Beim’s 2011 book, Back to Basics: Strategy, is a serious and methodical attempt to classify positional advantages and explain...
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Think Like a Grandmaster: Full Review (Is Kotov’s Classic Still Worth Reading Today?)
Few chess books have shaped the way players think as much as Alexander Kotov’s Think Like a Grandmaster. First published...
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Dvoretsky’s Endgame Manual (6th Edition) Review
Since its first publication in 2003, Dvoretsky’s Endgame Manual has been universally recognized as one of the greatest chess books...
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Mayhem in the Morra Review: Is Esserman’s Gambit Bible Still Worth Studying?
If you’ve ever wanted to play the Sicilian against Black rather than survive it, Marc Esserman’s Mayhem in the Morra...
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The Diamond Dutch: Strategic Ideas & Powerful Weapons — Full Review
Most opening books promise “dangerous ideas” or “powerful weapons.”Very few actually deliver them in a way club players can use...