Logical Chess (2)
As you saw last week, I wasn’t impressed with the annotations in the first game of Chernev’s Logical Chess Move by Move. Perhaps I was being a bit unfair. By…
Logical Chess (1)
I’ve written a few posts about the wrong chess books: books which are popular and often recommended by well-intentioned but ill-informed posters on social media. They might be the only…
Need sure points? Queen’s Pawn Game. London System edition
“Developed by the British player James MasonNamed after the 1922 London tournament”Wikipedia Many club players choose 1. e4 as their opening choice from very early in their chess careers. It…
Chess Apprentice
Sixty or so years ago, the pioneering books of Raymond Bott and Stanley Morrison played an important role in the popularisation of chess amongst primary school children. Their first book,…
Stefano Bruzzi
Former Italian international Stefano Bruzzi, who emigrated to England in the 1960s and played for Surbiton Chess Club for many years, died recently. I only had the honour of playing…
