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	Game collections My favorite type of chess books are player's game collections (especially when they are written by the players themselves). They are my favorite because studying a great player's games is one of the... Started 08/14/05 at 23:25:26 by Prince-Nez « Pages 1 2 ... 7 8 9 all »	134	56760	09/20/20 at 19:02:34 By: JonathanB
	Poll: ChessPub Book of the year 2019 Hi All, Here is the book of the year poll for titles published in 2019. Closing date is 2 August. Best wishes, RP Started 07/11/20 at 21:33:54 by RoleyPoley « Pages 1 2 3 4 all »	50	4119	09/18/20 at 15:58:24 By: Jupp53
	Advertisements for other sites/forums Would anyone who wishes to advertise content on another site or Forum please have the courtesy to ask me first, otherwise your missive risks being deleted! Started 05/22/06 at 00:07:36 by GMTonyKosten « Pages 1 2 3 4 5 all »	72	88291	03/11/20 at 18:13:51 By: trw
	Poll: ChessPub Book of the Year 2018 Here is the poll for the 2018 openings book of the year. I've stopped the nominations, and I've also stopped new member registration. One vote per member, but you have one hour to change your mind!<br... Started 02/24/19 at 10:17:52 by GMTonyKosten « Pages 1 2 3 all »	34	19842	03/27/19 at 07:41:25 By: FightingDragon
	Before asking for help with improvement.... Hi all! Since 2003, chess publicans have been starting threads asking for chess improvement. PLEASE! Read the previous threads before starting a new one on this topic. If possible, add your c... Started 04/27/10 at 02:33:05 by Smyslov_Fan	11	20830	09/11/17 at 07:52:48 By: GMTonyKosten
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	Yusupov’s 9 Book Series The one that starts here:- http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/products/2/16/build_up_your_chess_1_-_artur_yusupo... Serious question: Are there any documented cases of someone working their w... Started 01/27/17 at 13:02:25 by JonathanB « Pages 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 all »	101	40146	10/22/20 at 19:31:05 By: ReneDescartes
	Igor Rausis caught cheating in Strasbourg Igor Rausis was caught using a phone at a tournament in Strasbourg and has admitted to cheating. Given the recent stories, and the reaction from a lot of professional players about the increase in his... Started 07/13/19 at 16:03:52 by RoleyPoley « Pages 1 2 3 all »	33	3731	10/17/20 at 14:15:32 By: Confused_by_Theory
	The end of Magnus Carlsen Streak 125 games Today Magnus Carlsen lost in round 5 of the Altibox Norway Chess 2020 classical tournament to GM Jan-Krzystof Duda (POL 2757) which ends his 125 game winning streak. He was undefeated since 8/1/2018 R... Started 10/10/20 at 19:50:14 by trw	5	434	10/12/20 at 22:33:24 By: trw
	Finding a heavy, squat old friend . . . Okay, kind of a strange request. Well over 50 years ago now, at the Canadian Open in Toronto I bought a set of plastic chess pieces. They were extremely heavy; but their best characteristics was tha... Started 10/06/20 at 14:40:40 by Wwqlcw	3	344	10/10/20 at 16:30:16 By: cathexis
	New exciting opening titles from Thinkers In the "coming soon" area of Thinkers Publishing there are some new exciting opening titles. Among them, from White's perspective the Ruy Lopez, the Italian, Beating the French with 3.Nc3 by top GM Pe... Started 10/02/20 at 13:10:39 by grandpatzer	10	630	10/09/20 at 10:48:03 By: Pawnpusher
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	Does anybody know which chess set this is? [IMAGE] Started 10/06/20 at 13:23:52 by TD	8	298	10/08/20 at 10:04:47 By: TD
	Tactics Testers Wanted Hi! I have a vague idea for a tactics course (on Chessable), the idea of which is essential to use empirical results to sort chapters by difficulty. That is to say, I give a "focus group" (so to speak... Started 10/05/20 at 18:35:24 by mn	8	343	10/07/20 at 19:05:15 By: an ordinary chessplayer
	Dvorkovich on cheating Hi. Fide president Dvorkovich has published some questions about computer-assisted cheating in chess for the whole wider chess community. https://www.fide.com/news/703 Somewhat interesting reading ... Started 08/25/20 at 07:05:41 by Confused_by_Theory « Pages 1 2 3 4 all »	55	3087	10/06/20 at 16:02:10 By: TopNotch
	Watson - A Strategic Opening Repertoire for White Has anyone any news on this forthcoming book ? Being by such a respected author, I would think it would stimulate at least as much discussion as the Kaufman book. From the Gambit website, it will be 1... Started 03/12/12 at 14:38:28 by Laramonet « Pages 1 2 ... 7 8 9 all »	121	79163	10/04/20 at 08:43:36 By: trw
	David R. Lonsdale Books on Amazon Mr. David R. Lonsdale (unknown title or ELO) has a lot of books - mainly on very risky and unusual openings - for sale on Amazon. I should be interested in purchasing a few of them, but I was wonderin... Started 10/02/20 at 05:03:59 by grandpatzer	5	285	10/02/20 at 17:45:04 By: kylemeister
	Correspondence Chess 2020 Hey. With less stuff to do because of Corona I am right now playing in my first correspondence chess tournament in I think 6 years. Beforehand I noticed there is a split in the corr community. Mo... Started 05/24/20 at 15:49:55 by Confused_by_Theory « Pages 1 2 3 all »	34	3217	09/28/20 at 21:37:51 By: Confused_by_Theory
	"Chess for Zebras" - $200 U.S., really? [I hate these boutique dealers that charge a fortune for hard to get books and then drive up the price for mere mortals.] Anyway,... I know this book has been discussed before but I think that wa... Started 09/25/20 at 00:00:16 by cathexis « Pages 1 2 all »	22	1180	09/28/20 at 09:30:08 By: Jupp53
	1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 (cxd4) Hi all, just wondering where this might be discussed. Black is trying for a Benoni, and trying to avoid the regular Catalan. White avoids the fianchetto lines of the Benoni by not playing d5. <b... Started 09/01/20 at 06:03:05 by Bibs	9	863	09/19/20 at 15:52:09 By: CanadianClub
	8 Queens puzzle For some reason I woke up this morning interested in the 8-queens problem. It's pretty easy to brute force the solution with an algorithm. I won't bore you with the algorithm I used, although you migh... Started 09/19/20 at 00:15:33 by an ordinary chessplayer	2	169	09/19/20 at 04:33:15 By: an ordinary chessplayer

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