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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	60056	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	5821	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	90175	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	20984	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	21302	09/11/17 at 07:52:48 By: GMTonyKosten
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	Fide approves online chess regulations It appears Fide have been busy. A fairly lengthy ruleset for online play has now been adopted. https://www.fide.com/news/889?fbclid=IwAR1cSZ_Eg2IFFd4V9F1YPRb6YpTZJzcCCW6fcfcsQ... Th... Started 01/07/21 at 08:04:40 by Confused_by_Theory « Pages 1 2 3 all »	36	1159	Yesterday at 13:35:35 By: an ordinary chessplayer
	Kotronias - How to play equal positions Freshly released on Forward Chess, https://forwardchess.com/product/how-to-play-equal-positions Kotronias' newest is about a topic rarely covered in chess literature - how to play "planless"... Started 12/18/20 at 10:09:37 by IsaVulpes	7	1075	12/31/20 at 10:59:34 By: TopNotch
	Swapping Wood into the Endgame - to win! Lately, I've begun to see some glimmers of success, whether playing white or black by doing this: Starting conservatively, 1.e4, 1...e5, etc., then begin vigorously, but not recklessly, exchanging pie... Started 12/09/20 at 22:29:38 by cathexis « Pages 1 2 all »	17	1079	12/28/20 at 14:55:10 By: TD
	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 ... 6 7 8 all »	105	43689	12/27/20 at 17:51:58 By: Sandman
	Regarding books on Great Games Greetings & Happy Thanksgiving (early), Recently, I was able to pick up two books that might be over my head in some ways but were too good a deal to pass up. They were: "Test of Time," and "Sorc... Started 11/23/20 at 00:06:20 by cathexis	13	981	12/25/20 at 06:22:24 By: doefmat
	King Hunting with Larry C After breaking through with a nice attack, sometimes the opposing king wriggles out to greener pastures. I've always found that chasing down an exiled king to be an annoying experience. All those che... Started 12/22/20 at 07:29:57 by iggystiv	1	161	12/22/20 at 14:53:40 By: an ordinary chessplayer
	Fairly recent books on chess programming? As subject above, are there any valuable, fairly recent books on chess programming, with code samples or complete code (not just general principles on AI, algorithms, etc.)? Started 12/16/20 at 21:47:54 by grandpatzer	4	347	12/17/20 at 11:38:40 By: Pawnpusher
	Chrome Extension for use with the Lichess site Hi everyone, Im a developer and I made Chrome Extension for Live Chess Analysis in Lichess.org games. Is really cool if you are streaming or seen another games lives. Unfortunately the exten... Started 12/14/20 at 18:14:00 by pawngun	1	341	12/15/20 at 02:29:01 By: Stigma
	Two new 1 d4 2 c4 Repertoires Cyrus Lakdawala: Opening Repertoire: 1 D4 with 2 C4 Viktor Moskalenko: An Attacking Repertoire for White with 1.D4: Ambitious Ideas and Powerful Weapons What are they going to reccomend? Started 02/14/19 at 15:31:31 by alyechin « Pages 1 2 ... 6 7 8 all »	109	35958	12/02/20 at 02:35:13 By: Stigma
	KIA rep Hi all, I been looking for a backup rep, and was thinking of the KIA. First would it be better to play e4 or nf3 on move one and why? Are there any lines that are good for black that are really good f... Started 04/13/20 at 05:50:22 by Mtal « Pages 1 2 3 4 all »	50	6209	11/30/20 at 04:18:03 By: Stigma
	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 »	44	5350	11/27/20 at 22:13:29 By: bragesjo
	Covid protocols and common sense Okay members, see if you can spot a problem in the photo here: https://ruchess.ru/en/news/all/cfm_botvinnik_school_and_mednyi_vsadnik_lead_russ.... Started 11/22/20 at 23:04:29 by Bibs	2	561	11/23/20 at 01:26:35 By: Bibs
	Help in finding a famous Sicilian Poisoned Pawn Hi all. I remember a beautiful miniature by Black in the Najdorf Poisoned Pawn, played by two Jugoslav GMs. It was played a lot of years ago. In an apparently lost position Black ended with ...Rb3!!.... Started 11/08/20 at 14:27:14 by grandpatzer	11	915	11/19/20 at 13:19:59 By: an ordinary chessplayer
	Chessbase discount day today 20201117 Hi. For your information dear forum. The Chessbase discount day is here: https://en.chessbase.com/post/the-big-discount-day-is-here Whenever I've wanted to buy something from chessbase I always reg... Started 11/17/20 at 07:37:45 by Confused_by_Theory	1	310	11/17/20 at 08:03:35 By: TD
	Does anybody know which chess set this is? [IMAGE] Started 10/06/20 at 13:23:52 by TD	10	857	11/14/20 at 14:42:07 By: Ron C

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