Book Reviews
Chess Books
My Four-Month Journey With How to Reassess Your Chess: A Simple Review
NM
November 18, 2025
In July 2017, I felt stuck. My blitz rating on Chess.com was 1724 and it had stayed there for months....
Chess Books
Is The World’s Most Instructive Amateur Game Book Worth Buying?
XB
November 17, 2025
If you’ve ever stared at a grandmaster game and thought, “Cool… but I would never reach this position,” then Dan...
Chess Books
100 Endgames You Must Know Review: the Most Recommended Endgame Book
XB
November 15, 2025
The practical endgame bible every improving player ends up buying. Mastering the endgame changes your chess forever. Not “maybe,” not...
Chess Books
Chess Structures: A Grandmaster Guide – Book Review
XB
November 9, 2025
If you’ve ever reached a middlegame and frozen, unsure of what to do next, Chess Structures: A Grandmaster Guide is...
Chess Books
Amateur to IM by Jonathan Hawkins — Full Review (Is it worth buying?)
XB
November 7, 2025
Amateur to IM by Jonathan Hawkins is a 372-page endgame and thinking workbook that helped the author gain 400 Elo....
Chess Books
Does The Woodpecker Method Actually Work? Full Review with Results & Tips
XB
November 7, 2025
Is The Woodpecker Method the key to sharper tactics and better results in chess? Discover our in-depth review of this...