Chess students love a Puzzle Rush. And solving tactics puzzles certainly helps you improve your pattern recognition and will help you find good moves in tournament games. But there is a downside to most tactics puzzles — we always know who is supposed to win!Chess in real life is different, not just because no one taps us on the shoulder and tells us to look for a tactic. Sometimes tactics work, and sometimes they don't. Sometimes your opponent has a few tricks up their sleeve, too...

In 1973 legendary organizer Bill Goichberg created the model for what would become an iconic American chess tournament. The deal at the World Open was plain and simple: high entry fees, big prizes, and no frills.From that moment onwards grandmasters and amateurs have been flocking to the World Open in an annual pilgrimage. Every year around the 4th of July, Philadelphia – the home of the World Open barring a few excursions to other cities – has been the scene of countless epic batt...

Every chess fan marvels at the wonderful combinations with which famous masters win games. How do they find those fantastic moves? Do they have a special vision? And why do computers outwit us tactically? This rich book on chess tactics proposes a revolutionary method for finding winning moves. Charles Hertan has made an astonishing discovery: the failure to consider key moves is often due to human bias. Your brain tends to disregard many winning moves because they are counter-intuitive or...

Pawn endings do not arise out of nowhere. Before emerging as endgames with just kings and pawns, they ‘pre-existed’ in positions that still contained any number of pieces. Liquidation is the purposeful transition into a pawn ending. It is a vital technique that is seldom taught. Strange, because knowing when and how to liquidate can help you win games or save draws. In this book, former US Chess Champion Joel Benjamin teaches you all you need to know about successfully liquidating into paw...

A young man loses his entire family to a regime hell-bent on destroying religion. Devoured by his own grief and guilt he becomes a shadow in the night, determined to reveal the line between right and wrong has faded. For two years he trains to become the greatest warrior in the country. Using only his fists, feet and blades he hardens his body. When it won’t get any harder he takes on the government agency by agency. Believing he too has died with his family, his humanity slips and the sha...

Finding strong moves does not simply depend on how much you know about chess. In fact, greater knowledge often makes choosing a move more complex because it increases the number of directions your mind can take. It’s about the way you think.His many years as a chess trainer have taught grandmaster Joel Benjamin how fundamental failings in their thought process cause his students to make mistakes. Pointing out the moves his students missed was just half the job. He needed to explain...

Each of the 14 songs from Beatles For Sale and 4 assorted singles are “profiled” in this volume of Beatle Song Profiles.   Beatle Song Profiles are concise commentaries on every Beatle song. The song profiles describe the song’s origins and inspiration, what The Beatles themselves said about it, what was unique about the music and/or production of the arrangement or vocals, and the deeper meaning of the lyrics...

Why The Beatles Are Relevant is the second volume of essays of the research study BeatleMusings- an anthology of scholarship that examines the historical and musical legacy of The Beatles. The Beatles sculpted the thinking of the late 20th century society.  They were not just a musical landmark – but a general landmark in all western civilization. They essentially wrote a “requiem for the Modern Age.”  Why The Beatles Are Relevant docu...

What I Forgot To Learn About How the World Really WorksDo you know how the world really works? Or do you just think you know? Are you even interested in how the world really works, or if it works at all? Maybe you think it doesn’t work, or at least not rationally.If the thought that all is irrational with the world makes sense, or is a rational thought, What I Forgot To Learn About How the World Really Works will hit a spot with you. It’s a side-splitting laugh at some of t...

Each of the 13 songs from  Please Please Me and three assorted singles are “profiled” in this volume of Beatle Song Profiles. Beatle Song Profiles are concise commentaries on every Beatle song. The song profiles describe the song’s origins and inspiration, what The Beatles themselves said about it, what was unique about the music and/or production of the arrangement or vocals, and the deeper meaning of the lyrics.

The Musical Legacy Of The Beatles is the first part of the research study Beatle Musings –an anthology of scholarship that examines the musical and historical legacy of The Beatles.The book objectively analyzes the value of the musical contributions each of the four members of group contributed to their overall sound. The research revealed a number of astonishing conclusions regarding the core of Beatle music: it was Ringo and George’s musicianship that defined the...

Giving Thanks: Why Dogs Should Be Celebrated Man has embraced dogs more than any other creature. What is the driving force behind this 12,000 year relationship? While what actually bonded man to dog remains an enigma, the history of this specie and the contributions it has made to the development of human society is no secret. Giving Thanks: Why Dogs Should Be Celebrated is a very informative, concise and extremely well-written research study which begins by describing the exalted role dogs h...