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FM
Minckwitz
's Blog
10 Jun 2024
Review: Spassky's Best Games
Games (and bio) of lesser-studied world champions part 2
29 May 2024
Review: Max Euwe's Best Games by Jan Timman
Games of lesser-studied world champions part 1
6 Feb 2024
Review: The Perfect Pirc-Modern by Viktor Moskalenko
This is a review by FM James Vigus of Moskalenko's The Perfect Pirc-Modern
22 Oct 2023
Review: Some instructional and training works
Review by FM James Vigus of recent training/calculation books
22 Oct 2023
Review: Basman's Folly (1 g4) by Lakdawala and Hansen
Review by FM James Vigus of Lakdawala & Hansen's book on the Grob
22 Oct 2023
Review: The Hungarian Dragon by Junior Tay
A review by FM James Vigus of Junior Tay's 'The Hungarian Dragon'
15 Apr 2023
Review: The Chess Pub Quiz Puzzle Book by Dmitri Reinderman
A brief review by FM James Vigus of Dmitri Reinderman's The Chess Pub Quiz Puzzle Book
15 Apr 2023
Review: Alexey Vyzhmanavin by Dmitry Kryakvin
This is a review by FM James Vigus of Speed Demon: The Fascinating Games and Tragic Life of Chess Gr…
24 Feb 2023
Book review: The Scandinavian for Club Players by Thomas Willemze
This is a review by FM James Vigus of Thomas Willemze's The Scandinavian for Club Players
12 Jan 2023
The Marshall Defence, 1 d4 d5 2 c4 Nf6: Myths and Realities (part 1)
Myth 1: 'just bad'
29 Dec 2022
New books for improvers: review
This is a review by FM James Vigus of four recent instructional books
4 Nov 2022
Review: King's Kalashnikov Sicilian by Daniel King
This is a review by FM James Vigus of Daniel King's Kalashnikov Sicilian
4 Nov 2022
Review: Countering the Queen's Gambit by Michael Prusikin
This is a review by FM James Vigus of Michael Prusikin's Countering the Queen's Gambit
3 Nov 2022
Review: The Dragon Sicilian by Anish Giri
This is a review by FM James Vigus of Anish Giri's The Dragon Sicilian
28 Oct 2022
IM Mike Basman (1946-2022)
A tribute to Mike Basman and his Audio Chess project
19 Jun 2022
Review: The Basman-Williams Attack by Carsten Hansen
This a review by FM James Vigus of Carsten Hansen's The Basman-Williams Attack
19 Jun 2022
Review: Trompowsky Attack & London System by Viktor Moskalenko
This is a review by FM James Vigus of Viktor Moskalenko's Trompowsky Attack & London System
17 Jun 2022
Review: Winning the World Open by Joel Benjamin and Harold Scott
This is a review by FM James Vigus of Joel Benjamin and Harold Scott's Winning the World Open
17 Jun 2022
Book Review: From Ukraine with Love for Chess
This is a review by FM James Vigus of From Ukraine with Love for Chess
20 May 2022
Review: Attacking Strategies for Club Players by Michael Prusikin
This is a review by FM James Vigus of Michael Prusikin's Attacking Strategies for Club Players
13 May 2022
Review of Win with the Caro-Kann by Johnsen and Hansen
This is a review by FM James Vigus of Sverre Johnsen and Torbjorn Ringdal Hansen's 'Win with the Car…
10 May 2022
Book Review: Some recent puzzle books
This is a review by FM James Vigus of four puzzle books
22 Mar 2022
Book review: Magnus Carlsen, 60 Memorable Games, by Andrew Soltis
This is a review by FM James Vigus of Andrew Soltis's Magnus Carlsen: 60 Memorable Games
20 Mar 2022
Book review: Lakdawala's book of Nezhmetdinov's best games
This is a review by FM James Vigus of The Greatest Attacker in Chess: The Enigmatic Rashid Nezhmetdi…
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