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Book Reviews

Here you will find a list of publications that have been reviewed by our resident reviewer Dr. Adam Spencer.

Play the Caro-Kann: A complete chess opening repertoire against 1. e4. Jovanka Houska - London: Everyman Chess 2007.

Chess for Life. M. Sandler & N. Regan - London: Gambit Publications 2016

World Champion at the Third Attempt. Grigory Sanakoev - London: Gambit Publications Ltd. 1999

Arkell's Odyssey: The autobiography of a chess Grandmaster. Keith Arkell - Exmouth: Keverel Chess Books 2012

Chess Strategy for Club Players: The Road to Positional Advantage. H. Grooten - Alkmaar: New In Chess 2017

Winning at Correspondence Chess: Tim Harding 1996

Ulf Andersson's Bulletproof Strategic Repertoire for White: Lakdawala C. Alkmaar: New in Chess.

The French Defence Properly Played: Uhlmann W. 2018 Eltmann: Joachim Beyer Verlag

Lasker Move by Move: Franco, Z. Everyman London 2018.

Arkells Endings: Arkell, K. Ginger GM Ltd. London 2020.

The Life and Games of Vasily Smyslov: Vol 1 The Early Years 1921-1948 Terekhov, Andrey 2020. Milford: Russell Enterprises Inc.

Playing 1.e4 e5 & 1.d4 d5 A Classical Repertoire: N. Ntirlis. Glasgow: Quality Chess 2016 & 2017.

The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games: Burgess, G., Nunn, J., and Emms, J., 2010. London: Robinson.

From Ukraine with Love for Chess. Ponomariov, R. (ed) et al. 2022.Alkmaar: New In Chess.

The Potter Memorial. Sutton Coldfield. Messere, K. 1979 Chess Ltd.

The Chess Battles of Hastings. Brustkern, J., and Wallet, N., 2022.

Grind Like a Grandmaster. Carlsen, M. and Howell, D., 2023

Petrosian, T., 2015. Python Strategy