How to Reassess Your Chess – 4th edition by Jeremy Silman review by Vahini Sadhuvenkata
“How to Reassess Your Chess,” by Jeremy Silman, is split into many chapters, but the central part concerns the imbalances. They include piece activity, pawn structure, space, material, key files/squares, […]
The Gijon International Chess Tournaments, 1944 – 1965: A History with Biographies and 213 Games by Pedro Mendez Castedo and Luis Mendez Castedo
Not all stories need 100,000 words. McFarland Books recognized this and has begun to expand past the large thorough biographies they are known for publishing into historical works that examine […]
Fred Reinfeld: The Man Who Taught America Chess with 282 Games by Alex Dunne
Fred Reinfeld: The Man Who Taught America Chess with 282 Games by Alex Dunne, who is the correspondence chess director for U S Chess. Dunne’s lightly researched book attempts to […]
Tal, Petrosian, Spassky and Korchnoi: A Chess Multibiography with 207 Games
Andy Soltis’ new book, Tal, Petrosian, Spassky and Korchnoi: A Chess Multibiography with 207 Games explores the lives of four of the top Soviet chess players during the Fischer era. […]
The American Football League: A Year – by – Year History, 1960 – 1969
To tell the history of a league, not a team or a year, but an entire league, is the goal of Ed Gruver in his 1997 book, The American Football […]
Pro Football Championships Before the Super Bowl: A Year – By – Year History, 1926 – 1965
Pro Football Championships Before the Super Bowl: A Year – By – Year History, 1926 – 1965 by Joseph S. Page introduces football fans to championship games played prior to […]
Neumann, Hirschfeld and Suhle: 19th Century Berlin Chess Biographies with 711 Games
Neumann, Hirschfeld and Suhle: 19th Century Berlin Chess Biographies with 711 Games by Hans Renette and Fabrizio Zavatarelli is the most recent in McFarland’s coverage of nineteenth century European chess […]
Pass Receiving in Early Pro Football: A History to the 1960s
Slingin’ Sammy Baugh, Sid Luckman, and Otto Graham – the average football fan probably recognizes these famous Hall of Fame quarterbacks but likely has no idea who they threw the […]
Just Too Good: The Undefeated 1948 Cleveland Browns
Gary Webster’s recent work Just Too Good: The Undefeated 1948 Cleveland Browns, goes beyond just a game-by-game analysis of the Browns’ perfect 1948 season to examine the challenges faced by […]
Football’s New York Giants: A History by Lawrence A. Pervin
Football’s New York Giants: A History by Lawrence A. Pervin is an ambitious undertaking that tackles the history of a sports franchise that nearly spans a century. The book attempts […]