Trial by Tactics is our member-only Daily Chess Puzzle. Members enjoy access to all archived content, including thousands of PDFs and hundreds of Ebooks - all free! To join: make a $25 (or more) tax deductible donation to ChessEdu.org and we will send your log in details for one-year access. (It may take up to 72 hours to receive your log in.) In Trial by Tactics you are shown the position just before the tactic occurs and then asked to visualize the winning sequence. Thereby emulating a real game scenario. We intersperse these puzzles with endgame studies and chess problems to explore the broad spectrum of chess creativity. We recommend using Trial by Tactics in conjunction with the … [Read more...]
Sicilian Repertoires and Unexplored Territory
Sicilian Repertoires and Unexplored Territory by Jim Rizzitano Reviewed this Month Sveshnikov vs. the Anti-Sicilians by Evgeny Sveshnikov Modernized: The Open Sicilian by Zhanibek Amanov and Kostya Kavutskiy The Killer Sicilian by Tony Rotella 1...b6 Move by Move by Cyrus Lakdawala This month I will review one title from New In Chess: Sveshnikov vs. the Anti-Sicilians, one title from Metropolitan Chess Publishing: Modernized: The Open Sicilian, and two titles from Everyman Chess: The Killer Sicilian and 1...b6 Move by Move. These four books should all appeal to a broad range of chess players. Sveshnikov vs. the Anti-Sicilians by Evgeny Sveshnikov, New In Chess 2014, Figurine … [Read more...]