English Chess Forum

What edition of ATM1 did you see? I've been looking at the new edition recently. I've found it pretty useful. Since starting working through it I've sacrificed a knight twice. Before I started, I hadn't made any piece sacs this season (in double the number of games). Could be coincidence of course....

Can anyone comment on this book? I wasn't impressed with volume 1 but volume 2 seems to be a different kettle of fish altogether. Come to think of it, there haven't been that many books on attacking. There's Vukovic's old classic, a more recent book by Colin Crouch, Tal and Damsky's "Attack with Mik...

One thing that always annoyed me is that when a player produces a masterpiece that is it. Me or any other clown can put that game in a book and get paid for it. People reading this will have games they have played on a DB that is being sold at a profit and yet they will not get one penny. If memory...

To date this is the best novel I know of (on chess). I know that novels are slightly off topic here, but I also enjoyed the Queen's Gambit. My absolute favourite chess related novel is "Carl Haffner's Love of the Draw" by Thomas Glavinic, but there's also "The Luneberg Variation" by Paolo Maurensig...

I disagree about the Queen’s Gambit, I personally love it - okay its written by an average wood pusher, so some of Beth’s (the main character) ideas and mannerisms do come across as a bit unrealistic. The book is a right riveting read, I concede: I finished it in a single afternoon back in the ...

How about the character "Kronsteen" in the film, "From Russia with Love?" By the way, McAdams must have been a real chump not to see the defence, 1. ... Ne6. Leaving aside the arena of film and television, Anthony Glynn did author a book about forty years ago, titled "The Dragon Variation," which sh...

James Pratt wrote:“not satisfactory.”- ‘Sicilian: Lasker-Pelikán’ (Batsford 1978)

Not answering your question but Rogozenko's "The Sveshnikov Reloaded" would probably be a better reference (which I don't have with me at the moment).

I know it is not a fair comparison, but of the 5000 or so secondary schools in this country (state and independent) over 1000 enter the annual UK Team Maths Challenge for year 8 and 9 pupils. But only about 100 secondary schools enter the national schools chess tournament Mathematics is part of eve...

I would like to know of any recommendations for books, which aim to teach the rudiments of tactics, strategy, openings and endgames to novices, whilst assuming that the reader already knows how the pieces move. Written in language accessible to well read children of the age 10 - 13, say. Can anyone...

My sister has been telling me for years that I have high-level Asperger's Syndrome. I've often considered that it's merely a term thrown at people who like to think to excess. Treat it as a compliment. I hear 25% of math undergrads at Cambridge have it. At the higher levels of achievement in chess ...

Alex Holowczak wrote: So what?

Makes it difficult for them to be "media worthy."

We don't need a GM to represent British Chess; we need a grass-roots Northerner, Yorkshire born and Yorkshire bred by way of some upper-echelon University. We need someone who is a viable cross between Jonathan Mestel and Mike Tyson ... Isn't Lennox Lewis something of a chess player? I think he's c...

Is being "sellable" enough these days ? Maurice Ashley and Susan Polgar have both achieved unique things. Ashley was the first African-American GM (I think) and Polgar's credentials speak for themselves. I've met Ashley and he's a personable fellow but there's a rumour that FIDE encouraged a bunch ...

Library has been sold.