John Watson Chess Book Reviews
John Watson reviews chess books, electronic books and software.
An End to Openings (94)
31 books reviewed: Playing the Queen's Gambit - Lars Schandorff, Dangerous Weapons: Queen's Gambit - Richard Palliser, Glenn Flear & Chris Ward, Chess Explained: The Queen's Gambit Declined - James Rizzitano, Play the Queen's Gambit - Chris Ward; 175 pages, Starting Out: Queen's Gambit Declined - Neil McDonald, The Queen's Gambit Declined Exchange Variation - Nigel Davies, Chess Explained: The Main Line Slav - David Vigorito, Starting Out: The c3 Sicilian - John Emms; 207 pages, Chess Explained: the c3 Sicilian - Sam Collins, Sicilian Defence with 2 c3: Alapin Variation - Sergei Tiviakov, Dangerous Weapons: Anti-Sicilians - John Emms, Richard Palliser & Peter Wells, Kill KID 1 - Semko Semkov, Beat the KID - Jan Markos, Dangerous Weapons: The King's Indian - Glenn Flear, Richard Palliser & Yelena Dembo, Fighting the Anti-King's Indians - Yelena Dembo, The S?misch King's Indian Uncovered - Alexander Cherniaev & Eduard Prokuronov, The Classical King's Indian Uncovered - Krzsztof Panczyk & Jacek Ilczuk, Play 1 b3! The Nimzo-Larsen Attack - Ilya Odessky, 1.b4: Theory and Practice of the Sokolsky Opening - Jerzy Konikowski & Marek Sosynski, Play 1 b4! - Yury Lapshun & Nick Conticello, Beating Unusual Chess Openings - Richard Palliser, Dangerous Weapons: The Benoni and Benko - John Emms, Richard Palliser, Chris Ward and Gawain Jones, Chess Explained: The Gr?nfeld - Valentin Bogdanov, Play the Gr?nfeld - Yelena Dembo, My Best Games in the Gr?nfeld - Alexei Shirov DVD, Starting Out: The Accelerated Dragon - Andrew Greet, Scandinavian Defense: The Dynamic 3...Qd6 (2nd ed.) - Michael Melts, Dangerous Weapons: Flank Openings - Richard Palliser, Tony Kosten and James Vigus, How to Play against 1 e4 - Neil McDonald, A Strategic Opening Repertoire (second edition) - John Donaldson & Carsten Hansen and Bird's Opening - Timothy Taylor.
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The Never-ending Opening Project
IM John Watson | Thu 10 Sep 2009 09:42:00 AM UTC
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Opening Books en Masse, Part 3
IM John Watson | Sat 28 Feb 2009 12:05:00 PM UTC
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Getting to Know Kramnik and Anand
IM John Watson | Tue 14 Oct 2008 11:40:00 AM UTC
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My New CDs and Somebody Else's System
IM John Watson | Fri 19 Oct 2007 01:45:00 AM UTC
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Historical and Biographical Works, Installment 3
IM John Watson | Fri 07 Sep 2007 01:49:00 AM UTC
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Historical and Biographical Works, Installment 2
IM John Watson | Thu 06 Sep 2007 01:51:00 AM UTC
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Historical and Biographical Works, Installment 1
IM John Watson | Wed 05 Sep 2007 01:52:00 AM UTC
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Good...Good...Good...Disastrous
IM John Watson | Sun 02 Sep 2007 01:58:00 AM UTC
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More 2006 Opening Books and Complements
IM John Watson | Sat 01 Sep 2007 02:00:00 AM UTC
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Openings 2006: Complementary and Unusual
IM John Watson | Wed 31 Jan 2007 02:02:00 AM UTC
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The Best on Disc, and More Recommendations
IM John Watson | Wed 01 Nov 2006 02:15:00 AM UTC
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Favorites Part 2 and Recommended Products
IM John Watson | Sun 30 Oct 2005 02:22:00 AM UTC
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IM John Watson | Wed 14 Sep 2005 10:32:00 AM UTC
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In the Beginning There Was Theory Part 2
IM John Watson | Thu 18 Aug 2005 11:00:00 AM UTC
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In the Beginning There Was Theory
IM John Watson | Fri 08 Apr 2005 11:06:00 AM UTC
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The End [game] Comes Before We Know It
IM John Watson | Mon 31 Jan 2005 11:24:00 AM UTC
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IM John Watson | Sun 30 Jan 2005 11:28:00 AM UTC
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IM John Watson | Thu 12 Jun 2003 09:33:00 PM UTC
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Catching Up With Openings: Quality First
IM John Watson | Sat 22 Feb 2003 12:45:00 AM UTC
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The Real Champions, or Garry's Guys?
IM John Watson | Fri 21 Feb 2003 09:47:00 PM UTC
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The CD Deluge Continues - Biographies on CD
IM John Watson | Sun 02 Feb 2003 10:14:00 PM UTC
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IM John Watson | Sat 01 Feb 2003 10:24:00 PM UTC
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Some General Works and Ongoing Favorites
IM John Watson | Thu 09 Jan 2003 10:55:00 PM UTC
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IM John Watson | Mon 30 Dec 2002 11:02:00 PM UTC
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IM John Watson | Sun 22 Dec 2002 11:11:00 PM UTC
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CDs You Might Want to Know About
IM John Watson | Sat 09 Nov 2002 11:20:00 PM UTC
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The Chigorin Defence, Korchnoi, etc.
IM John Watson | Sat 28 Sep 2002 11:29:00 PM UTC
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One-book Repertoires, Online Bargain
IM John Watson | Thu 31 Jan 2002 11:41:00 PM UTC
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IM John Watson | Fri 28 Dec 2001 11:49:00 PM UTC
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IM John Watson | Mon 29 Oct 2001 11:53:00 PM UTC
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Kasparov's Story: A Video Biography
IM John Watson | Thu 24 May 2001 12:01:00 AM UTC
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IM John Watson | Mon 23 Apr 2001 12:12:00 AM UTC
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IM John Watson | Sun 22 Apr 2001 12:19:00 AM UTC
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IM John Watson | Sat 21 Apr 2001 12:28:00 AM UTC
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What Should the Average Player Study?
IM John Watson | Fri 30 Mar 2001 12:34:00 AM UTC
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IM John Watson | Tue 27 Feb 2001 12:37:00 AM UTC
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A Remarkable Publisher and Other Topics
IM John Watson | Fri 09 Feb 2001 12:41:00 AM UTC
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Some Products and Two First-Rate Books
IM John Watson | Thu 01 Feb 2001 07:30:00 PM UTC
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IM John Watson | Wed 20 Dec 2000 07:33:00 PM UTC
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Mini-Reviews of Noteworthy Releases
IM John Watson | Fri 01 Dec 2000 07:37:00 PM UTC
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The Complex Benko/Benoni Complex
IM John Watson | Fri 31 Dec 1999 07:00:00 PM UTC
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Electronic Instruction and an Excursion
IM John Watson | Wed 29 Dec 1999 07:03:00 PM UTC
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IM John Watson | Tue 30 Nov 1999 07:06:00 PM UTC
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IM John Watson | Thu 30 Sep 1999 06:25:00 PM UTC
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A New Approach to Internet Chess Study
IM John Watson | Sun 26 Sep 1999 06:28:00 PM UTC
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IM John Watson | Fri 17 Sep 1999 06:31:00 PM UTC
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Kings, Commoners, and Knaves; Edward Winter
IM John Watson | Thu 16 Sep 1999 06:33:00 PM UTC
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Comments on the Great Dvoretsky Project
IM John Watson | Mon 13 Sep 1999 06:36:00 PM UTC
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More NCO, Gambits and Repertoires
IM John Watson | Sat 11 Sep 1999 06:37:00 PM UTC
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IM John Watson | Tue 20 Apr 1999 07:24:00 PM UTC
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Odds and Ends #2: Improvement and the Openings
IM John Watson | Sun 18 Apr 1999 06:23:00 PM UTC
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Odds and Ends #1: Books for the Developing Player
IM John Watson | Sat 17 Apr 1999 06:20:00 PM UTC
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Two High-Quality Opening Books
IM John Watson | Thu 15 Apr 1999 06:18:00 PM UTC
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Chess Videos: Indulge Yourself!
IM John Watson | Tue 13 Apr 1999 06:16:00 PM UTC
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Reflections on Opening Repertoire Books
IM John Watson | Mon 12 Apr 1999 06:14:00 PM UTC
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IM John Watson | Sun 11 Apr 1999 06:11:00 PM UTC
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Four Small Publishers from the US
IM John Watson | Sat 10 Apr 1999 05:56:00 PM UTC
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IM John Watson | Fri 09 Apr 1999 05:52:00 PM UTC
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Three World-Class Games Collections
IM John Watson | Thu 08 Apr 1999 05:44:00 PM UTC
