Chess Review Archive: 101-150

Here's a handy - and constantly updated - guide to my chess reviews.

Review Articles 101-150


Killer French DefenceVolumes 1 & 2

By GM Simon Williams
Running Times:Volume 1, 4.5 hours; Volume 2, 5 hours (approx.)
A GingerGM Production


The Smith-Morra Gambit
By IM Lawrence Trent
5 hours and 25 minutes
ChessBase

1 d4 - A Classical Repertoire For White
By GM Lubomir Ftacnik
ChessBase

Chess Endgames 5
By GM Karsten Mueller
Four hours and 18 minutes
ChessBase

ChessBase Magazine 137

Emanuel Lasker2nd World Chess Champion
By Isaak and Vladimir Linder
264 pages
Russell Enterprises

London 1922
By Geza Maróczy
128 pages
Russell Enterprises

The Chess Cafe Puzzle Book 3
Test and Improve Your Defensive Play
By Karsten Müller and Merijn va Delft
216 pages
Russell Enterprises

Chess Duels
My Games With The World Champions
By GM Yasser Seirawan
427 pages
Everyman Chess

Play the Najdorf Sicilian
A new guide to the King of Chess Openings
By IM James Rizzitano
144 pages
Gambit Publications
Rybka 4 &Rybka Book
ChessBase

ChessBase Magazine #136

Nigel Short
Greatest Hits
Volume 2
5 hours+
ChessBase

Guide to the Tkachiev Ruy Lopez
By GM Alexei Shirov
6 hours
ChessBase

The Advance Caro-Kann
2nd Edition
By GM Alexei Shirov
7.5 hoursChessBase
Volume 4
By IM John Watson
320 pages
Gambit Publications

Nunn's Chess Endings
Volume 1
By GM John Nunn
320 pages
Gambit Publication

Jose Raul Capablanca3rd World Chess Champion
by Isaak and Vladimir Linder
272 pages
Russell Enterprises

Alekhine Alert!
A repertoire for Black against 1 e4
By IM Timothy Taylor
Everyman Chess

How To Win At Chess - Quickly!
By GM Simon Williams
192 pages
Everyman Chess

Why We Lose At Chess
By IM Colin Crouch
187 pages
Everyman Chess

http://marshtowers.blogspot.com/2010/05/chess-reviews-142.html

The Sicilian Rossolimo For White
By GM Viktor Bologan
ChessBase

The Fighting Philior
By GM Viktor Bologan
ChessBase

http://marshtowers.blogspot.com/2010/05/chess-reviews-141.html

Nigel Short's Greatest Hits
Volume 1
By GM Nigel Short
ChessBase

Powerplay 13:
The Squeeze
By GM Daniel King
ChessBase

O'Kelly Sicilian
By IM Andrew Martin
Four Hours
ChessBase

The 6 Bg5 Najdorf
By GM Alexi Shirov
Five Hours
ChessBase

The Slav and Semi-Slav Revisited
By GM Alexi Shirov
Eight Hours
ChessBase

ChessBase Opening Encyclopaedia 2010
ChessBase

Play Chess Like The PROs
By GM Danny Gormally
208 pages
Everyman Chess

Starting Out: Open Games
By GM Glenn Flear
318 pages
Everyman Chess

A Killer Chess Opening Repertoire
By GM Aaron Summerscale and Sverre Johnsen
192 pages
Gambit Publications

Understanding the Marshall Attack
by IM David Vigorito
192 pages
Gambit Publications

ChessBase Magazine #135

The Sicilian Kan Variation
by FM Valeri Lilov
4 hours 29 minutes
ChessBase

The Queen's Gambit Accepted
By FM Valeri Lilov
4 hours 23 minutes
ChessBase

Spanish Exchange Variation
By IM Andrew Martin
Four hours
By GM Alexandra Kosteniuk
244 pages
Mongoose Press

Wojo's Weapons
Winning With White Vol. 1
By IM Jonathan Hilton and NM Dean Ippolito
408 pages
Mongoose Press

Find the Right Plan with Anatoly Karpov
by GM Anatoly Karpov and Anatoly Matsukevich
256 pages
Batsford Chess

Elements of Positional Evaluation
How the Pieces Get Their Power
by NM Dan Heisman
4th Edition, Revised and Enlarged
216 pages
Russell Enterprises

The Final Theory of Chess
By Gary M. Danelishen
Phillidor Press
386 pages

Starting Out: The Scandinavian
By WGM Jovanka Houska
320 pages
Everyman Chess

Critical Moments in Chess
By Paata Gaprindashvili
271 pages
Batsford

Studying Chess Made Easy
By GM Andrew Soltis
256 pages
Batsford

The Ruy Lopez Revisited
By GM Ivan Sokolov
271 pages
New in Chess

Mastering Positional Chess
By Daniel Naroditsky
239 pages
New in Chess

New in Chess: The First 25 Years
An Anthology1984 - 2009
Edited by FM Steve Giddins
398 pages
By IM Lawrence Trent
Four hours and 45 minutes
ChessBase

French Defence Strategy
By GM Nigel Davies
Four hours
ChessBase

Building a 1 d4 Repertoire
By GM Nigel Davies
Five hours
ChessBase

Play the Ponziani
by Dave Taylor and FM Keith Hayward
301 pages
Everyman Chess

Chess Secrets:Heroes of Classical Chess
By IM Craig Pritchett
224 pages
Everyman Chess

Modern Ideas in Chess
By Richard Réti
132 pages
Russell Enterprises

The Giant Chess Puzzle Book
by GM Zenon Franco
288 pages
Gambit Publications

Killer Dutch
By GM Simon Williams
Running time:Approximately 6 hours and 30 minutes
A Gingergm.com production

Chess Exam: Matches against Chess Legends
You vs. Bobby Fischer
By IM Igor Khmelnitsky
192 pages

A Course in Chess Tactics
By GM Dejan Bojkov and GM Vladimir Georgiev
192 pages
Gambit Publications

ChessBase Magazine #134
ChessBase

My Best Games
By GM Yasser Seirawan
Five Hours
ChessBase

Power Play 12
The Hedgehog
By GM Daniel King
Five Hours
ChessBase

Shredder 12
ChessBase
By Brian Byfield and Alan Orpin
Illustrated by Gray Jolliffe
144 pages
Batsford 

Back to Basics: Openings
By FM Carsten Hansen

Olympiad United!
Dresden 2008
By Harald Fietz, Josip Asik and Anna Burtasova
304 pages
Verlag Schach Wissen Berlin

Dismantling the Sicilian
By GM Jesus de la Villa
336 pages
New in Chess

Revolutionize Your Chess
By GM Viktor Moskalenko
350 pages
New in Chess

http://marshtowers.blogspot.com/2010/01/chess-reviews-125.html

Open Files
By GM Wolfgang Uhlmann and Gerhard Schmidt
164 pages
Edition Olms

Chicago 1926
Lake Hopatcong 1926
Chess Tournaments
By Robert Sherwood
197 pages
Caissa Editions

http://marshtowers.blogspot.com/2010/01/chess-reviews-123.html

Magic of Chess Tactics
By FM Claus Dieter Meyer and GM Karsten Muller
Three hours and 30 minutes

1.e4 Repertoire
By IM Sam Collins
8 hours

Winning Structures
By GM Adrian Mikhalchishin
Five hours

The Trompowsky - The Easy Way
Second Edition
By IM Andrew Martin
4 hours

Fritz Powerbook 2010

http://marshtowers.blogspot.com/2010/01/chess-reviews-122.html

The Rules of Winning Chess
By GM Nigel Davies
190 pages
Everyman Chess

Zuke 'Em
The Colle-Zukertort RevolutionizedNew Edition
By David Rudel
312 pages
Thinkers' Press

ChessBase Magazine #133

Chess Secrets:
The Giants of Power Play
By GM Neil McDonald
239 pages
Everyman Chess

Play The Alekhine
By Valentin Bagdanov
127 pages
Gambit Publications

The Gruenfeld Defence
By GM Lubomir Ftacnik
Seven hours and 21 minutes
ChessBase

A Busy Person’s Opening System
By GM Nigel Davies
Four hours
ChessBase

Power of Planning
By GM Adrian Mikhalchishin
Three hours 19 minutes
ChessBase

Power of Exchange
By GM Adrian Mikhalchishin
Three hours
ChessBase

http://marshtowers.blogspot.com/2009/11/chess-reviews-119.html

Improve Your Chess by learning from the champions
By GM Lars Bo Hansen
192 pages
Gambit Publications

Bobby Fischer
The Career and Complete Games of the American World Chess Champion
By GM Karsten Müller
408 pages
Russell Enterprises

The Complete Hedgehog
Volume 1
By GM Sergey Shipov
532 pages
Mongoose Press

The Improving Chess Thinker
By Dan Heisman
220 pages
Mongoose Press

Bullet Chess
One Minute to Mate
By GM Hikaru Nakamura and Canadian Master Bruce Harper
248 pages
Russell Enterprises

Studies for Practical Players
Improving Calculation And Resourcefulness in the Endgame
By GM Mark Dvoretsky and Oleg Pervakov
216 pages
Russell Enterprises

Power Play 11
Defence
By GM Daniel King
Five hours and 25 minutes
ChessBase

The King’s Indian
By GM Viktor Bologan
Five hours and 10 minutes
ChessBase

1...e6: A Solid Repertoire
By GM Nigel Davies
Five hours
ChessBase

http://marshtowers.blogspot.com/2009/11/chess-reviews-113.html

Secrets of Creative Thinking
(School of Future Champions Volume 5)
By GM Mark Dvoretsky and GM Artur Yusupov
206 pages
Edition Olms

http://marshtowers.blogspot.com/2009/10/chess-reviews-112.html

ChessBase Magazine #132
ChessBase
The Fascinating Reti Gambit
1. e4 e6 2. b3!? A fun Anti-French!
By Thomas Johansson

Isaac Kashdan, American Chess Grandmaster
A Career Summary with 757 Games
Peter P. Lahde
348 pages
McFarland & Company

Pirc Alert! A Complete Defense Against 1 e4
Second Edition, Revised and Updated
By GM Lev Alburt & GM Alex Chernin
448 pages
Chess Information and Research Centre
W.W.Norton

Garry Kasparov on Modern Chess
Part Three: Kasparov v Karpov 1986-1987
By GM Garry Kasparov
432 pages 
Everyman Chess

The Queen’s Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation
By GM Nigel Davies
Four Hours
ChessBase

Arkhangelsk
By GM Adrian Mikhalchisin
Five Hours
ChessBase

The Budapest Gambit
By IM Andrew Martin
Four hours and twenty minutes
ChessBase

The Scandinavian - The Easy Way - 2nd Edition
By IM Andrew Martin
Four hours
ChessBase

The ABC of the King’s Indian - 2nd Edition
By IM Andrew Martin
Five hours
ChessBase

The Classical King’s Indian Uncovered
By IM Krzysztof Panczyk and Jacek Ilczuk
384 pages
Everyman Chess

Starting Out: The Trompowsky Attack
By IM Richard Palliser
269 pages
Everyman Chess

Chess For Rookies
By IM Craig Pritchett
352 pages
Everyman Chess

The New Sicilian Dragon
By GM Simon Williams
224 pages
Everyman Chess

The Budapest Defence
By IM Timothy Taylor
239 pages
Everyman Chess

Play The Catalan
By GM Nigel Davies
192 pages
Everyman Chess

http://marshtowers.blogspot.com/2009/09/chess-reviews-106.html

The Sicilian With 3. Bb5
By GM Alexei Shirov
Seven Hours
ChessBase

The f4 Sicilian
By GM Nigel Davies
Four hours
ChessBase

The Caro-Kann
By GM Viktor Bologan
Four hours and 40 minutes
ChessBase

Understanding Chess Endgames
By GM John Nunn
231 pages
Gambit Publications

The Most Valuable Skills in Chess
By GM Maurice Ashley
159 pages
Gambit Publications

ChessBase Magazine #130

ChessBase Extra # 130

Botvinnik - Smyslov
Three World Championship Matches: 1954, 1957, 1958
By GM Mikhail Botvinnik
287 pages
New in Chess

Chess Strategy for Club Players
The Road to Positional Advantage
By IM Herman Grooten
412 pages
New in Chess