 Chess on the Web
New Edition by Sarah Hurst, Richard Palliser and Graham Brown
Batsford, 176 pages, £9.99.
Review by James Vigus
Chess on the web, like virtually anything else on the web, can be a time-wasting
addiction or a fruitful source of pleasure and interest, all depending
on how you handle it. It was with trepidation that I first opened this
book, due to a paranoid fear that it might somehow induce me to become
one of sad addicts of internet chess. But I finished the book much reassured,
having received clear guidance on exactly which websites are worthwhile
and why... |
 Test Your Chess
by Steffen Pedersen
Gambit, 160 pages, £13.99
Review by Richard Palliser
Pedersen departs from the world of opening books to provide a self-test
work which is split into two parts: problems and then games in 'How Good
is Your Chess' style. In the latter readers have to work out the moves
for one side for a whole game, receiving so many points for each correct
move, the total score being converted into a rating... |
 The Queen's Gambit & Catalan for Black
by Lasha Janjgava
Gambit, 192 pages, £14.99
Review by Richard Palliser
For those who like to learn their openings from books containing lots
of useful explanatory text, such as Sadler's Queen's Gambit Declined,
steer well clear of learning the QGD from this Georgian GM's effort...
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 Khalifman: Life and Games
by Gennady Nesis
Everyman, 208 pages, £16.99
Review by James Vigus
Alexander Khalifman did not enjoy great fame until his surprising victory
in the 1999 FIDE World Championship. Since this tournament lacked several
top-ranked players, most crucially Kasparov, Karpov and Anand, many journalists
dismissed it as a farce. Moreover the sudden-death knockout format put
a premium on the players' ability at rapidplay - meaning that many games
were decided by blunders rather than skill. But Khalifman did not win
by chance... |
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