Category: Reviews

Killer Grand Prix DVD

Killer Grand Prix DVD presented by Gawain Jones comes from the Ginger GM stable so I had strong expectations. I have replayed much of this DVD several times, not because the material is so engaging, rather because I realise that I had nodded off so had to wind it back. Don’t get me wrong, the video […]

Mickey Adams Simultaneous

On Saturday 17th, 25 chess enthusiasts had the pleasure of playing GM Mickey Adams in a simultaneous exhibition. The five times and reigning British Champion has, during his paying career, beaten the likes of Anatoly Karpov, Vishy Anand, Vladimir Kramnik and Magnus Carlsen and has been ranked as high as World #4. I was very pleased […]

Play Like Tal – Simon Williams

I really enjoy watching the highly entertaining (and instructional!) Blitz games by Simon Williams on YouTube, it is always a pleasure when my phone pings to inform that he has added another. Since there is no contribution mechanism, I thought that I should at least buy something from him so I sent for his ‘Play Like Tal’ double DVDs. […]