Michael Basman Legacy

 

This is Pure Gold for Basman's Fans!

YouTube Channel description:
"International Master Michael Basman, who died on 26 October 2022 at the age of 76, was an innovator who passed on his love and deep knowledge of the game to countless players in Surrey and beyond. He was founder of the U.K. Chess Challenge, a prolific author, and most of all an innovator both on and off the chessboard. This channel collects together his Audio Chess cassettes produced during the 70s and 80s, a perfect vehicle for active learning as listeners are invited to think for themselves."

And I'd like to add that PDFs are downloadable too!

Click HERE to access it

RIP IM MIchael Basman

Thank you Maestro! 💜 

"U cannot be serious!" by IM Gerard Welling and IM Michael Basman

A wonderful new book about Mike Basman's chess will be released at the beginning of April 2021! (And this is not an April Fools Joke 😉)

Two of the most esteemed chess players in the world of Unorthodox Chess Openings combined their efforts to produce the FINAL word on Basman's unusual openings.

A new book with 304 pages!

A real labour of love.

Content

004 Symbols and bibliography

006 Contents

007 Introduction

011 Chapter 1 Basmania in Biel

047 Chapter 2 Basmania in Belgium

061 Chapter 3 St. George’s Opening with Black and White

099 Chapter 4 Grob’s Inheritance

161 Chapter 5 Global Opening Play

217 Chapter 6 Basmania for the 21st Century

293 Chapter 7 Outro

299 Index Games

Here you can read a detailed description and a 18 pages sample as well!

I can't wait to read the whole book!

IM Mike Basman's YouTube Channel & Web Site

IM Basman has a new YouTube Channel & web site ! Click HERE & HERE to see them.

IMPORTANT: on his website Basman offers chess lessons! What an amazing opportunity to study Basman's unorthodox chess openings under the Master's own guidance!

Here's a YouTube Grob & St. George Video

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Mike Basman's new - old book - "Bas-Man : My best games 1951-1961"

A new old book has been published.

The title is "Bas-Man : My best games 1951-1961" , 40 pages 30 annotated games with many diagrams.
Written in 1961 and first published in 2019 by :
Chess Ambassador Ltd.
ChessFest
7 Billockby Close
Chessington, Surrey
KT92ED England

Mike Basman's current email address where you can contact him is
surreyhundreds@gmail.com

The price is 5,95 British Pound

On the backflap text we read :

"Mike Basman is one of the most famous eccentrics of the chess world - but was he always like this ?
This book of his early years, written when he was about 15 year old, shows a more orthodox player,
who, steeped in the books of the great chess popularisers Fred Reinfeld and Irving Chernev,
played regular openings such as the Giuoco Piano. Queens Gambit and Sicilian Defence.
As such, the books is a marvellous instructional work for any young player hoping to rise up from the amateur and novice ranks to become a succesful performer on the national and international stage.
How far can YOU go ? "

PS I want to express my appreciation to IM Welling for letting me know about it.

eBook on sale: "La Difesa du Chattel: Un sistema universale"

We talked about the eBook "La Difesa du Chattel: Un sistema universale" in a previous blog post (see HERE).

Now the eBook has been published as an ePub/Kindle file and you can purchase it at the following links:
ePub:    HERE    
Mobi:   HERE    or  HERE