Soul food YTRREFS

Pawns are the soul of chess. Who said that? I can't remember, but it was probably someone famous. Regardless of who said it first, many ...

Sacs and Combos YTRREFS

Every chess player will sooner or later get into a grappling match with a tactics book. But which book is the best? While there is no clear ...

Think like a Super-GM YTRREFS

In my previous review I mentioned how I would like to see an improved version of The Improving Chess Thinker , and that a book had recently ...

Thinking about thinking YTRREFS

How should you think during a chess game? This is a critical question. Chess is a thinking game, and therefore, improving your game means im...

Lessons with a Grandmaster YTRREFS

If you had actual lessons with a grandmaster, would you be brave enough to publish the transcripts? Well, someone did. And that someone wrot...

David vs Goliath II YTRREFS

What is it that separates a grandmaster from an amateur player? This is a topic of several books, and it is also a question that I've as...

Judgement and planning YTRREFS

Some books "fly under the radar" and do not get the same attention as the evergreen classics. But sometimes, there is gold in old ...

Lessons from a legend YTRREFS

What if you could get chess lessons from a former world champion? Would you say yes? This is a question that Kostya Kavutskiy asked in a rec...