Polls

This happened to one of my friends. Besides it being a funny story, it leads to a moral dilemma. He was playing in the last round for the first place. He was better, though not winning, in the ending and the opponent was running out of time. At some moment the opponent claimed a draw. […]

Not surprisingly Boris Avrukh did very well in the voting for the book of the year from Quality Chess, but he was overtaken by Martin Weteschik. This book certainly has longevity and some very dedicated fans, which is marked by the jump from obscurity to first place overnight in the middle of the voting period.

We have debated a little bit which companies have the best designs. But I think it makes more sense to talk about books. Can you please give me some suggestions and second those suggestions you agree with. I will then put two polls together and we can see what people really think :-). Best and

So, John is our most desired author? In that case it is good the world did not end in 2012 and he can be allowed to impress us with his great insights… And then of course there is the issue of Main lines. Do you like them or not – and what are they really?

I will leave this one to speak for itself. All I want to add is that we always appreciate the feedback.

After a very close run it was decided that White has compensation in the Morra Gambit. I personally do not feel inclined to accept it after reading Esserman’s book…