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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.

 

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.

 

Swedish Team Championship 2025-2026

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Playing on a team is one of the greatest joys of being a chess player, and playing badly for a team kills most of that joy. This season my club, Växjö Chess Club, was relegated from the Swedish first division, and I wish I had been able to do more to stop it from happening. It will be part of my “why” when I try to up my game in the coming year; to be able to do better next season.

There were lots of interesting games played in the last three rounds, and I often found myself thinking that a certain position would be a good starting point for explaining some aspect of chess. When analysing the game below, I was reminded of how difficult chess is, and how important it is to have enough time left at critical moments:

Chess is hard. I would not like to have it otherwise.

Swedish Championship. Not so happy game.

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At the end of the tournament my energy was low, and I lost two games where my sense of danger completely abandoned me. This is one of those.