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Beginners and even fairly advanced players agree on one thing: analyzing the strength or weakness of a position (material being equal) is the hardest part of chess to learn. It is also one of the hardest elements to teach, and there are some who claim it is unteachable. But this... Read Full Overview

A Guiding Light for the Royal Game

Almost 100 years ago, one of the classics of chess literature was published in French. It was How Not to Play Chess by Eugene Znosko-Borovsky. It clearly and very simply set forth the basic principles of the game and was immediately... Read Full Overview

Quand le ma tre Eug ne Znosko-Borovsky, champion de Saint-P tersbourg, bless de la Grande Guerre, d posa ses valises en France en 1920, il emportait dans celles-ci quelques-uns des secrets chiqu ens les mieux gard s de la Grande Russie d'avant la r volution d'Octobre que lui... Read Full Overview