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...

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...

Dynamize your chess YTRREFS

Some books are worth waiting for, and this one is exceptional in terms of waiting. When I ordered the book, it took over 6 months before it ...

All by myself YTRREFS

How do I study chess in the most effective way? This is a question most chess players ask themselves at some point. Once in a while there co...

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...