Reviews for “Tiger’s chaos theory”

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My latest book, “Tiger’s chaos theory”, was published in 2024, but it took some time for the reviews to come in. Matthew Sadler, in “New in Chess Magazine“, wrote this review, and Carsten Hansen, in “American Chess Magazine“, wrote:

“This year has already provided us with numerous excellent books, but few are as creative in style and presentation as this one, as enjoyable and rewarding to read as this one, or as unique in every sense of the word. This book is a modern classic, and I urge anyone who enjoys chess to read it. You may understand some of it, you may learn something from the examples – and even from the entirely unnecessary puzzle section – but you will enjoy all of it. When I put it down, I wondered: will I ever be able to write a book like this one day? The answer for me, sadly, is probably no – but fortunately, we have someone like Tiger to do just that, and for that, I feel joy. Check it out.” (quoted from the New In Chess homepage)

I was obviously very happy about these reviews, and thought that was it. But then, only two weeks ago, Jacob Aagaard (who needs no presentation for people in the chess world) mentioned my book again in an interview with ChessBase India (around 56 minutes into the video):

…and as an effect it seems that others have also noticed the book:

and (at 18.38):

I have more than one writing project running simultaneously now, and there have been days when I feel like the era of books is coming to the end days, and that I am a dinosaur on the verge of extinction. These reviews gave me back some of my purpose. So, thx guys.

 

Paris International Go Tournament

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(”Reporting” from a café at Copenhagen Airport, with my phone. Misspellings are likely to occur.)

Today I am leaving for Paris to participate in the title tournament. Usually I only play one go-tournament a year, and for the last few years that one tournament has been the European go congress. However, with this years congress being played in Turkey, in August, and me being a sensitive creature with a low tolerance for heat, I decided toso Paris instead, in the spring (just saying). This also gives me an opportunity to stack up on sardines and chocolate, as such are my vices.

I am not able to embed the link to the tournament on my phone, so here it is: https://tournoi-de-paris.jeudego.org

The schedule will be intense, and I doubt I will post any games during the tournament, but I will share some impressions. If you are one of the handful of people reading this, then wish me good luck.

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The best go and chess channels on Youtube

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There are so many channels on Youtube dealing with chess, and I believe most chess players are better informed than I am about which channels are the best. I would like to just recommend my favourites:

Silicon Road, with Matthew Sadler, is the only chess channel I have ever watched with some consistency.

Killer Chess Training, run by Jacob Aagaard and Kallia Kleisarchaki, is a very serious channel, although it is mostly a channel for advertizing the courses that you can sign up for. I am a bit partial here, since I have worked for them.

Here is a video from one of my courses (the first of 6, or 8, I believe).

Go:

Go Game Series is simply the best channel that Youtube has ever seen, for more ambitious players. Jianqiu Chen, who runs the channel, is an excellent teacher, and he goes far deeper than any of the other channels.

Go Magic is mostly aimed at kyu players, but they also have some podcasts and other material.

Michael Redmond is the only Westerner to ever have reach 9P, and his channel is obviously top notch.

Dwyrin is a good channel for beginners and lower kyu-players.

 

European Pro Championship

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The “Tsinghua Weiqi Foundation Cup European Pro Championship” was won by Andrii Kravets 3p, and in the last round he played a game that I found very instructive. I was travelling by train between Stockholm and Malmö, and my headphones had discharged, so when I streamed the European Go Federation’s stream on Twitch, I did it with no sound, so as not to disturb my co-passengers. When I logged in, the game had already reached move 66 (see the game below) and I started out by counting how many safe points both sides had. It seemed that Black was leading by some margin, on points. Then I looked at the whole-board situation, and I realized that Black had two (perhaps even three) weak groups, and that White was in the process of separating and attacking them.

I have been working on my own game quite a lot in the autumn, and it has shown in my games. Still, these situations, when my opponents take lots of “safe” points, and then proceed to invade, are what I find most hard to deal with in games with shorter time. I still lack the right feeling for where to play, and from what direction to push my opponent’s stones. Watching and analyzing games like the one below is the way forward, for me:

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