Joplin Chess

Dedicated to chess in and around the Joplin, Missouri area.

Chess E-books

| July 11, 2012
Category: Articles, General, Reviews | 3 Comments »

Chess Books: Electronic vs Paper
Here a while back I was perusing Amazon for chess books and I came across Christopher Scheerer’s Blackmar-Deimer Gambit: A Modern Guide to a Fascinating Chess Opening. Given my love for Unorthodox and Gambit Openings, I simply had to have it. I didn’t want to wait for it to ship so [...]

PC Chess Club, A Review

| August 7, 2009
Category: Reviews | 12 Comments »

*edited after publication*
First, I want to apologize for bringing this drama to the site. However, I feel it is my duty to provide full disclosure in regards to this club and its head. After I quit the club, the PC Chess Club founder put up a website about his club (as can be seen in [...]

Review: How To Think Ahead In Chess

| October 30, 2008
Category: Reviews | 1 Comment »

Click to buy at Amazon
Last month I picked up How To Think Ahead In Chess: The methods and techniques of planning your entire game by I.A. Horowitz and Fred Reinfeld, from the Fireside Chess Library. I got it at a decent price and the title and back cover text made is sound like a good [...]