my latest books
"Re-Engineering the Chess Classics"
Nominated for the 2023 Chess.com Book of the Year
"The Silicon Road to Chess Improvement"
"Game Changer" won the ECF Book of the Year 2019 and the FIDE Book of the Year 2019
Compulsion to attack!
This was one of the round 8 games from the 3rd Cambridge International which attracted a lot of attention together with a sizeable crowd that had gathered in the commentary room! Wells,Peter K (2350) – Bosiocic,Marin (2511) [E06] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O read more…
An unexpected exchange
This next game from round 9 of the Cambridge International featured one of my unusual engine ideas, a surprising exchange of minor pieces and a virulent attack along the g-file! Camacho Collados,Marcos (2462) – Sowray,Peter J (2219) [B09] 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qd2 read more…
3rd Cambridge International: Fernandez-Dasgupta Round 6
A recent trip to the Cambridge International Open (https://lichess.org/broadcast/3rd-cambridge-international-2025/round-6/Wa4LxDIM) to do some commentary together with Natasha Regan (recordings are here for the next 2 weeks: https://www.twitch.tv/wim_natasharegan) reminded me how much fun commentating is and how nice it is to walk around the tournament hall and watch some games. One game that couldn’t fail to catch read more…
A developing move is not enough!
In my last blog post, we cast our minds into the nightmare of endgames future and saw some evidence that we need to play decisively as Black in the middlegame and not allow ourselves to drift into a passive situation. Just in case we still aren’t totally convinced, it’s also instructive to look at the read more…
"The secret of my success: with every move I force the opponent to think for themselves!"
- Alexander Alekhine
about
I am a Chess Grandmaster and writer, and one of England's top players. When I am not doing my job as an IT Consultant, I fill my free time with as much chess as possible
my work
Writing and discussing chess has always been one of my passions. I review chess books in a regular column for New in Chess magazine and have written 8 books myself. I also contribute to chess videos regularly.
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"How many moves do I consider when analysing? Only one, but it's always the best one!"
- Emanuel Lasker
