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Chessable Course Review: Identifying Critical Moments in Chess by NM Ben Johnson
An excellent offering for club players from Chessable
Oct 11
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Book Review: Alexander Alekhine Complete Games Collection Volume 2: 1921-1925
Alekhine's play levels up, but the translation is a slight downgrade.
Sep 7
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Book Review: Nimzovich's My System FastTrack Edition, Edited by Alex Fishbein
Fishbein trims the fat on a century-old classic and retranslates it for the modern world
Aug 17
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Chessable Course Review: The Checkmate Patterns Manual
About as "modern classic" a Chessable course can get
Jul 27
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Book Review: Winning Chess Strategies by Yasser Seirawan
Taking lessons from Yaz and the classics, even though the book is starting to show its age.
Jul 6
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Blitz Book Review: 1001 Chess Exercises for Beginners
One of many good basic chess tactics books, but a cut above due to sheer volume of puzzles.
Jun 15
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Book Review: Ding Liren's Best Games by GM Davorin Kuljasevic
A wonderful biography and collection of one of the greats
May 4
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Book Review: Origins: Ruy Lopez - Book II: Specialty Lines after 3...a6
Everything except the absolute main lines.
Mar 16
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Chessable Course Review: Calculation: A Complete Guide for Tournament Players
Retrospective review. A club player special. This course will teach you *how* to calculate. Work hard... but work smart too.
Feb 24
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Book Review: New York 1924 by Alexander Alekhine
A first-time reader's retrospective take on a tournament book now a century old.
Feb 10
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Reti: Move by Move by Thomas Engqvist
Of the Capablanca-era Move by Moves, my clear favorite.
Jan 27
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Book Review: Alexander Alekhine Complete Games Collection Volume 1: 1905-1920
The early Alekhine's games contain a lot of promise, and a lot of instruction, thanks to his clear style of analysis and annotation.
Jan 13
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