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	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 »	36	45105	08/20/23 at 01:53:09 By: AndyFeng35
	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	30768	09/11/17 at 07:52:48 By: GMTonyKosten
	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 »	74	132127	09/09/24 at 13:54:03 By: cathexis
	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	39637	09/18/20 at 15:58:24 By: Jupp53
	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 ... 8 9 10 all »	142	172291	12/21/25 at 23:36:13 By: up and comer
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	Kinetic Patterns in Reactive Chess (book) Gene Milener (2018) Kinetic Patterns in Reactive Chess https://www.amazon.com/Kinetic-Patterns-Reactive-Chess-Milener-ebook/dp/B07C9RT1... This is a thought-provoking book. Probably I'm oversimpli... Started 01/24/23 at 22:35:47 by an ordinary chessplayer « Pages 1 2 all »	25	7727	06/27/26 at 18:37:42 By: Gene.M
	My 60 Memorable Games: Reprinted! Something I just saw: My 60 Memorable Games (Bobby Fischer) # 384 pages £14.24 # Publisher: Batsford Ltd; 1st edition (8 Dec 2008) From the Synopsis ....The controversial alterations that we... Started 09/06/08 at 16:32:54 by Viceroy « Pages 1 2 all »	17	8844	03/28/26 at 22:46:42 By: FreeRepublic
	Fischer's Advice on How to Improve. John Donaldson (IM) explains that Fischer might have recommended to read MCO (modern chess openings) and when done to read it again apparently... Personally I dont like MCO but NCO (nunns chess o... Started 01/15/26 at 02:38:17 by FMCharless	3	654	01/16/26 at 20:17:25 By: FreeRepublic
	Winning Chess Middlegames This is the title of Grandmaster Ivan Sokolov's new book on middlegame structures. Anybody have it yet? Do you like it? Could you give a review of it? Any information is welcomed Started 01/29/09 at 02:53:26 by Seth_Xoma « Pages 1 2 all »	26	17239	01/14/26 at 16:36:04 By: MarinFan
	Classifying openings: sharpness, theory-heaviness I tried to classify all openings in three categories: - Sharp and theory-heavy (the openings where one single mistake can be fatal) - Intermediate and balanced - Slow, quiet and theory-... Started 05/29/23 at 05:42:27 by Marc Benford	1	1551	01/08/26 at 22:46:45 By: up and comer
	Who is at fault? Who is at Fault? Computer Pairings Player A vs. Player B Player B won the game. However, the scoresheet submitted by the players indicated: Player B 1 – Player A 0, when it sh... Started 09/28/25 at 16:37:09 by henrovsky	5	1270	12/05/25 at 05:48:42 By: Confused_by_Theory
	End of an era With disappointment I noticed that Quality Chess per se does not exists any more. Merged with New in Chess they vanished. What to say....money kills all... Started 10/07/25 at 15:29:10 by rossia	7	1375	11/02/25 at 21:31:26 By: Nernstian59
	Course idea: Health and fitness for chess players Hey Everyone, This isn’t a sales pitch or anything like that, so please do not ban me. As someone with around two decades of experience and self-study in the realms of both chess and healt... Started 10/01/25 at 01:01:28 by BigTy	2	752	10/03/25 at 04:20:16 By: BigTy
	International Chess Day - July 20 Hi, a kind reminder to look out for various discounts coming on Intl Chess Day - July 20. Started 07/15/25 at 17:38:41 by Kerangali	0	693	07/15/25 at 17:38:41 By: Kerangali
	Wesley So on Positional Play American Chess Magazine #44 features a list of the fifteen top positional players as compiled by the publication's editorial team. Wesley So (Spoiler Alert: he's #5 on the list) was interviewed as par... Started 07/11/25 at 02:33:19 by Nernstian59	8	1710	07/15/25 at 15:52:43 By: Michael Ayton
	Be2 vs. every sicilian Hi friends, does anyone know the book which recommends Be2 versus every sicilian? Started 05/30/25 at 07:12:55 by FMCharless	11	2591	06/11/25 at 03:32:47 By: an ordinary chessplayer
	Why not play delayed morra gambit after Nf3 If you have a knight on f3 and black declines the Gambit with Nf6, then you aren't transposing to the alapin, are you? Sure he can play g6 but why would you be afraid of that? Started 01/11/25 at 05:07:35 by Heuristic2025	2	1074	01/12/25 at 03:00:33 By: an ordinary chessplayer
	Everyman Chess Does Everyman Chess still publish eBooks? I browsed their website today and found no way to add an eBook to my cart. Started 10/16/24 at 16:21:04 by FreeRepublic	13	5089	01/12/25 at 02:09:04 By: Nernstian59
	Poll: How many defenses do you play as Black? There is no option for 1 because you can't play only 1 defense. You must have at least 2 defenses: one against 1.e4 and one against 1.d4/Nf3/c4. Defenses which you know and which you played in th... Started 01/11/24 at 18:53:15 by Marc Benford	5	3266	01/07/25 at 13:58:20 By: ReneDescartes
	Is this "Quick Chess" a proper game? Hi, I'm a beginner chess player and have this "quick chess" game which is designed to teach chess. I was wondering if this "quick chess" would actualy make a good, balanced and playable game in itself... Started 12/01/24 at 16:57:56 by Dave B	2	1079	12/02/24 at 18:35:37 By: an ordinary chessplayer

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