Book Reviews

In which our reviewers tackle the thorny question of the age: With so many new chess books published every year, how am I ever going to be able to tell which ones are any good? Our reviewers introduce themselves.

Alphabetical listing

• The …a6 Slav by Glenn Flear. Reviewed by Sam Collins.
• Anti-Sicilians: A Guide For Black by GM Dorian Rogozenko. Reviewed by Sotiris Logothetis.
• The Best of Chess Cafe. Reviewed by Sam Collins
• Bobby Fischer Rediscovered by Andrew Soltis. Reviewed by Andy Ansel
• Can You Be a Positional Chess Genius? by Angus Dunnington. Reviewed by Sam Collins
• Chess Endings Made Simple by Ian Snape. Reviewed by Andy Ansel
• Chess Endgame Training by Bernd Rossen. Reviewed by Don Aldrich.
• Chess Strategy in Action by John Watson. Reviewed by Don Aldrich
• Chinese School of Chess by Liu Wenzhes. Reviewed by Johannes Fischer
• The Critical Moment, by Iossif Dorfman. Reviewed by Don Aldrich (PDF Format)
• Excelling at Chess by Jacob Aagard. Reviewed by Sam Collins
• French Nd2 by Lev Psakhis. Reviewed by Don Aldrich (PDF Format)
• The Grunfeld Defence by Nigel Davies. Reviewed by Sam Collins
• How To Build Your Chess Opening Repertoire by Steve Giddins. Reviewed by Sam Collins
• The Human Comedy of Chess: A Grandmaster’s Chronicles by GM Hans Ree & Storming the Barricades by GM Larry Christiansen. Reviewed by Sam Collins
• King's Indian Battle Plans by IM Andrew Martin. Reviewed by Don Aldrich
• Knockout Nimzo a video by GM Tony Kosten. Reviewed by Sam Collins
• Learn Chess From The Greats, by Peter Tamburro, Jr. Reviewed by Andy Ansel
• Learn Chess Tactics, by GM John Nunn. Reviewed by Graham Brown
• Learn From Your Chess Mistakes, by Chris Baker. Reviewed by Andy Ansel
• Leko’s 100 Wins, by Sergei Soloviov. Reviewed by Don Aldrich.
• Main Line Caro-Kann by Neil McDonald. Reviewed by Sam Collins
• My Great Predecessors by Gary Kasparov. Reviewed by Sam Collins
• Offbeat Spanish by Glenn Flear. Reviewed by Sam Collins
• Open Ruy Lopez by Glenn Flear. Reviewed by Sam Collins
• Play the Open Games as Black, by John Emms. Reviewed by Sam Collins
• Purdy On The Endgame compiled by Ralph Tykodi. Reviewed by Don Aldrich.
• School of Chess Excellence 1: Endgame Analysis, by Mark Dvoretsky. Reviewed by Don Aldrich (PDF Format)
• School of Chess Excellence 3: Strategic Play, by Mark Dvoretsky. Reviewed by Don Aldrich
• Secrets of Positional Play, by Drazen Marovic. Reviewed by Don Aldrich
• Shall We Play Fischerandom Chess?, by GM Svetozar Gligoric
• Starting Out: The Ruy Lopez, by John Shaw. Reviewed by Sam Collins
• Shirov’s 100 Wins, by Sergei Soloviov. Reviewed by Don Aldrich (PDF Format)
• Super Tournaments 2002, by Sergei Soloviov. Reviewed by Don Aldrich.
• Tony Miles: It's Only Me, by Geoff Lawton. Reviewed by Don Aldrich
• Winning Chess Brilliancies, by GM Yasser Seirawan. Reviewed by Graham Brown (PDF Format)
• Winning Chess: Play Winning Chess, by GM Yasser Seirawan with Jeremy Silman. Reviewed by Graham Brown (PDF Format)
• Winning Chess Strategies, by GM Yasser Seirawan with Jeremy Silman. Reviewed by Don Aldrich (PDF Format)
• Winning Chess: Tactics, by GM Yasser Seirawan with Jeremy Silman. Reviewed by Graham Brown (PDF Format)
• Winning With Reverse Chess Strategy by William Reuter. Reviewed by Andy Ansel