A victory for the minority
I have always known that my dislike of increments puts me in a minority. But I was quite pleased to see how big that minority was!
A victory for the minority Read Post »
I have always known that my dislike of increments puts me in a minority. But I was quite pleased to see how big that minority was!
A victory for the minority Read Post »
This blog post is inspired by IM Lawrence Trent’s public announcement that he is retiring from competitive chess, but is by no means meant as advice to Lawrence or a comment on his very personal decision. But it is a small note on goal setting and the way you can set yourself up for failure.
Goal setting – or setting yourself up for failure Read Post »
At the moment I am helping John a little bit with his two 1.e4 books (they are happening, I promise you!). We are quite a far way with Playing 1.e4 – Caro-Kann, 1…e5 & Minor Lines, and I have begun working on a few lines that I have some experience with. Obviously this is just
A quick note on book prices and value Read Post »
We hope we have a solid publication date for Positional Decision Making in Chess, Python Strategy and Learn from the Legends – 10th Year Anniversary Edition. June 17th. The books will now be available for sale. Also, PDMiC will be available on Forward Chess from June the 10th. As said earlier, holidays and general busyness
We were away for the weekend, playing in the 4NCL. Back in the office today. Colin is sorting out all the websales and so that came Friday-Monday. So the delay is minimal. Worse is that our printer in Estonia has fallen behind schedule. The publication date for Python Strategy, Learn from the Legends 10 Year
Timing issues – Mainly bad news Read Post »
I was part of a ridiculous game on Saturday. Let me tell you the story just to amuse you. I played really poorly against Keti Arakhamia-Grant with Black and was quickly dead lost. For some reason she spent a lot of time and when we passed move 30 she was down to maybe 20 seconds.
Increments – Good or bad? Read Post »