Thoughts on chess improvement YTRREFS

I was recently interviewed by Kevin Scull  for his podcast  Chess Journeys: Tales of Adult Improvement . When I got the request, I started t...

The Queen's Gambit - accepted YTRREFS

Almost everyone has heard of Beth Harmon by now. The miniseries has been seen by millions of people around the world. But how many have read...

Visualize this! YTRREFS

Visualization is perhaps the most important skill of a chess player. It is often said that it the ability to play through moves in your head...

It's all in the mindset YTRREFS

I first heard about Barry Hymer and Peter Wells on the perpetual chess podcast where they were interviewed about their new book on chess imp...

Let’s Go! YTRREFS

Now it's time for something completely different. As you probably know, I usually review chess books. But during summer I have spent so...

Estimating playing strength YTRREFS

Have you ever felt like your chess rating doesn't represent your actual playing strength? Sometimes we want to be able to estimate playi...

What is average anyway? YTRREFS

The term 'average chess player' comes up every now and again. But what does that even mean? I am sure that every person who has ever...