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 ...

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 ...

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...

Stop and reassess! YTRREFS

In my very first post on this blog, I reviewed The Amateur's Mind by Jeremy Silman. That was my first step to understand chess strategy...

Simple attacking plans YTRREFS

“I had a fantastic position, but I couldn’t figure out what to do next!” Sound familiar? If so, then Fred Wilson’s Simple Attacking Plans w...

Keep it simple! YTRREFS

What is the best chess book? I see this question asked all the time. I always respond with a question: What is your level? If you are a begi...

Just common sense YTRREFS

Who is the greatest chess player of all time? Hard to say. But one of the people on the list is arguably Emanuel Lasker. He was the second o...