Chess Books, Movies and Articles
13/05/2021
Chess books, movies, articles and players I came across in my chess career are listed out below.
Shop for Recommended Chess BooksChess Books for beginners, advanced players, for adults and juniors recommended by an experienced coach and player Dagne Ciuksyte. DagneChess.
Chess Books
As you may know by now, I have a section on chess books I recommend for chess studying on my website https://dagnechess.co.uk/shop-for-recommended-chess-books/
Just to note, if you click on the links on my website and make a purchase, I get a small commission at no cost for you. I’m legally obliged to make it very clear.
Anyway, if I haven’t mentioned it to you already and if you/your child is finding it hard to understand what is what in chess, Nigel Short’s Chess Skills could be a way forwards. It’s a good overview book on chess in general.
Chess SkillsBuy Chess Skills Rev. ed by Short, Nigel (ISBN: 9780600580966) from Amazon’s Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
GM Matthew Sadler’s book Tips for Young Players which stands next to N. Short’s on my shop page, is similar to some extent.
Tips for Young PlayersBuy Tips for Young Players Illustrated by Sadler, Matthew (ISBN: 9781857442311) from Amazon’s Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
I like both of these books.
When it comes to playing accurately we need puzzles to help us to practice our calculation skill. Mark Dvoretsky’s books are a treasure.
Mark Dvoretsky – WikipediaMark Izrailevich Dvoretsky (Russian: Марк Изра́илевич Дворе́цкий; December 9, 1947 – September 26, 2016) was a Russian chess trainer, writer, and International Master.
For young juniors ‘Chess Camp’ books by Igor Sukhin are nice and simple, just I would advise skipping the first 2-3 as these are really simple. My favourite one is Volume 6 on Tactics in Attack and Defence.
Tactics in Attack and Defense: 06 (Chess Camp)Buy Tactics in Attack and Defense: 06 (Chess Camp) Illustrated by Sukhin, Igor (ISBN: 9781936277292) from Amazon’s Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
Puzzles to enjoy chess and make you curious about positions: I am a fan of Jeff Coakley.
** Jeff Coakley Chess | Winning Chess For Kids **Jeff Coakley Chess | Winning Chess For Kids | Chess Books | Chess Lessons
In Jeff Coakley’s website has Puzzling Side and under Archives you’ll find lots of interesting topics. I recommend: Triple Loyds, Rotating Quadruplexes, Illegal Positions, Switcheroos, Helpmates.
Chess Movies
1) Silent Movie Chess Fever 2) Pixar’ short movie Geri’s game 3) Documentary Magnus 4) Documentary Album 61 about GM Boris Gelfand.
Masterclass with GM Boris GelfandA six-time World Championship Candidate, and 2012 Challenger, GM Boris Gelfand, is hosting a 3-part Masterclass, to teach us how pieces play in the middlegame
This documentary can be found here 5) I’m not a fan of exaggerated fiction chess movies, even though I enjoyed watching Queen of Katwe with my children.
Chess Articles
Not all juniors enjoy this plain without sparkles chess training, therefore, I believe in feeding them with a ‘Wow’ factor now and again. I believe in some of the chess variants helping with our general chess training. I have written an article touching on some of the variants. If these can be played on a physical chess set, that’s brilliant!
Chess Variants: Entertaining, fun, instructiveClassical chess is fine and fun. However, variety might add some spice to your chess life. Which is why Dagne Ciuksyte enjoys chess variants. They are fun, they are surprinsingly instructive and they help your classical chess. Here are some chess variants you might want to try.
Chess.com is going crazy with chess variants.
The chess people to follow when choosing what is important in chess: Garry Kasparov, Robert Fischer, Mark Dvoretsky, Alexander Nikitin, Matthew Sadler, Aaron Nimzowitch. My philosophy is ‘Why read second-hand authors if there’s so many first-hand experience’ ones I haven’t read yet?’
Chess books, movies, articles and players I came across in my chess career are listed out below.
Chess Books
As you may know by now, I have a section on chess books I recommend for chess studying on my website https://dagnechess.co.uk/shop-for-recommended-chess-books/
Just to note, if you click on the links on my website and make a purchase, I get a small commission at no cost for you. I’m legally obliged to make it very clear.
Anyway, if I haven’t mentioned it to you already and if you/your child is finding it hard to understand what is what in chess, Nigel Short’s Chess Skills could be a way forwards. It’s a good overview book on chess in general.
GM Matthew Sadler’s book Tips for Young Players which stands next to N. Short’s on my shop page, is similar to some extent.
I like both of these books.
When it comes to playing accurately we need puzzles to help us to practice our calculation skill. Mark Dvoretsky’s books are a treasure.
For young juniors ‘Chess Camp’ books by Igor Sukhin are nice and simple, just I would advise skipping the first 2-3 as these are really simple. My favourite one is Volume 6 on Tactics in Attack and Defence.
Puzzles to enjoy chess and make you curious about positions: I am a fan of Jeff Coakley.
In Jeff Coakley’s website has Puzzling Side and under Archives you’ll find lots of interesting topics. I recommend: Triple Loyds, Rotating Quadruplexes, Illegal Positions, Switcheroos, Helpmates.
Chess Movies
1) Silent Movie Chess Fever 2) Pixar’ short movie Geri’s game 3) Documentary Magnus 4) Documentary Album 61 about GM Boris Gelfand.
This documentary can be found here 5) I’m not a fan of exaggerated fiction chess movies, even though I enjoyed watching Queen of Katwe with my children.
Chess Articles
Not all juniors enjoy this plain without sparkles chess training, therefore, I believe in feeding them with a ‘Wow’ factor now and again. I believe in some of the chess variants helping with our general chess training. I have written an article touching on some of the variants. If these can be played on a physical chess set, that’s brilliant!
Chess.com is going crazy with chess variants.
The chess people to follow when choosing what is important in chess: Garry Kasparov, Robert Fischer, Mark Dvoretsky, Alexander Nikitin, Matthew Sadler, Aaron Nimzowitch. My philosophy is ‘Why read second-hand authors if there’s so many first-hand experience’ ones I haven’t read yet?’