Do masters methodically cut their way through the branches of a tree of analysis? Is it true that attacking players calculate a dozen moves ahead, while positional specialists rely on abstract principles? What exactly does it mean to "calculate," anyway? In The Inner Game of Chess, GM Andy Soltis sh[...]
There are more than 30 moves you can choose from a typical chess position. Yet masters regularly manage to select the best moves - and they do it faster, more confidently and with less calculation than other players. The reason is that masters supply shortcuts that enable them to think more efficien[...]
R ti's "Other" ClassicAsk most chessplayers about the works by Richard R ti, and most will quickly reply Modern Ideas in Chess. His Masters of the Chessboard will be a distant second and that is unfortunate, because in many ways Masters is more comprehensive and instructive than its better-known pre[...]
The Stuff of Legend A great tournament deserves a great book. That's what grandmaster Miguel Najdorf produced in his account of one of the greatest and most important chess events of all time, the 1953 Z rich Candidates Tournament, in which 15 of the world's top players battled for the right to chal[...]
The World Chess Champion Series The first official world champion, Wilhelm Steinitz was a towering figure in the chess world in the last quarter of the 19th century. For nearly three decades, he never lost a serious match. His opening innovations have resonated for more than a century. For example, [...]