"Off the Board Chess" by Andrew Smith

a review by Kevin Thurlow

Subtitled "The Best Games and Chess Experiences of Andrew Smith (FM)"

413pp, A4 format hardback, with more than 150 games and game fragments, annotated in varying amounts. This is a big book! I always find game collections interesting. Andrew is “only” a FM, but in many ways, this makes the book more interesting as it’s written by someone you see at tour…