For this effort Kuzmin was awarded the 2018 FIDE Book of the Year award.

This was followed in 2018 by Together with the Candidates, a collection of puzzles drawn from Candidates matches and tournaments. His first, Together with Morozevich (2017), uses the games of the Russian genius to present readers with complex problems for solving. Together with Mamedyarov is GM Alexey Kuzmin’s third book with Thinkers Publishing. This month we’ll check out three such titles, along with a “kindred spirit” just out from Everyman Chess. While Thinkers has tended to target a more advanced readership in the past, they seem to be expanding their enterprise, with new releases clearly aimed at improvers. Thinkers Publishing has been churning out new books at a furious rate, and no less than ten titles recently appeared in a giant box on my doorstep. Practical Chess Puzzles: 600 Positions to Improve Your Calculation and Judgement. Chess Calculation Training for Kids and Club Players. My thanks to the good folks at Chess Life for allowing me to do so.Įdouard, Romain. Minor differences exist between this and the printed version. A penultimate (and unedited) version of the review is reproduced here. This review has been printed in the April 2020 issue of Chess Life.

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