We are continuing our special offer – if you buy three books or more and live inside the European Union (as defined by UPS) we will send you an extra book free. Recently the default option on the free book has been Grandmaster Battle Manual but we will change that now to POSITIONAL CHESS SACRIFICES […]
Free ‘Book of the Month’ – November/December Read Post »
I do not want to come with a big comprehensive update at this point, but just a look at where we are with the immediate projects. Grandmaster Repertoire 1.e4 – vs. The Sicilian II by Parimarjan Negi This will be out on 18th November. Grandmaster Repertoire 6A – Beating the Anti-Sicilians by Vassilios Kotronias The
Minor Publishing Schedule – the near future Read Post »
The chess season in the UK runs from roughly October-May, so now seems like another good time to ask about your own playing habits. The majority of games are played in midweek league matches or weekend congresses, and there are also 9 round international tournaments on the continent almost every week (and a growing number
How much chess do you play? Read Post »
A few weeks ago Tobias told us in a blog comment that the Forward Chess version of Grandmaster Repertoire 17 – The Classical Slav did not work correctly. The navigation did not guide the reader through the book as it should. We checked and Tobias was absolutely right. The best fix was to start from
The Classical Slav on Forward Chess – feedback and our reaction Read Post »
Do you think less of Magnus Carlsen after his emotional outburst at the World Blitz Championship? A few days ago I had a discussion with a friend on Skype about Carlsen’s swearing and throwing of a pen during the World Blitz Championship. The best way to bring my point across is to give a slightly
Carlsen disappointed Read Post »
It has been a couple of weeks since the World Cup finished in Baku, which also meant that we had reached the end of the road for our World Cup Quiz. Roughly 20 contestants made it through the initial qualifying questions, and there were several still on the same score by the time the semi-finals
World Cup Quiz Winners Read Post »
Today is the third and final day of the World Rapid Championships, with the Blitz equivalent taking place on Tuesday and Wednesday and seemingly receiving an extra injection of players straight from the Isle of Man. Most of us can only dream of being in Berlin, but I’m sure we all enjoy the occasional blitz
We had four days of very interesting lectures from former challenger Nigel Short on attacking chess. It was simply exceptional. One participant described it as the most enjoyable 15 hours in his chess career. In one game Nigel showed us how he self-forked his pieces. It seems he was a bad influence on himself: Alon Greenfeld –
Nigel Short Lecture Read Post »