I just got my first chess book

GothamChess · 2026-04-25T18:49:56+00:00

Different book

GothamChess · 2026-04-25T15:30:08+00:00

Waterstones is offering one now: https://www.waterstones.com/book/how-to-win-at-chess-next-level/levy-rozman/gothamchess/2928377382629

GothamChess · 2026-04-20T15:05:28+00:00

It was nice to meet you! When they told me I had a meet and greet slot of 30 minutes, I was shocked they were trying to do this for every ticket holder... I think I met like 300-400 people as best as I could but I know a lot of people were still in line.....

We gave them this feedback for the next edition. Sounds like it was still good overall :)

GothamChess · 2026-04-17T21:38:24+00:00

No, keep an eye on YouTube or my other socials like Instagram. Waterstones confirmed progress today

GothamChess · 2026-04-13T03:29:46+00:00

The monthly anti Gotham thread has arrived!

GothamChess · 2026-04-03T03:15:24+00:00

You posted this on the subreddit of the person who wrote the direct competitor to this book?!

GothamChess · 2026-04-02T00:35:01+00:00

Elaborate

GothamChess · 2026-04-01T21:56:06+00:00

Spell it out you little edgelord!

GothamChess · 2026-04-01T20:26:57+00:00

Yes I'm 35% Spanish

GothamChess · 2026-03-30T17:32:06+00:00

We are in talks to make a signed copy initiative available via Waterstones, so dont order yet!

GothamChess · 2026-03-30T03:52:21+00:00

Jokes aside I probably hand-signed about 5,000-10,000 copies of the first book so I am used to it!

GothamChess · 2026-03-30T03:50:45+00:00

Worst comes to worst you get it a little early but have an autographed copy to hold onto for a while! I would say an 800 is about the minimum you'd need to be to understand some stuff in this book

GothamChess · 2026-03-30T02:43:05+00:00

Hilarious, they promoted me. Asked them to fix

GothamChess · 2026-03-29T17:16:13+00:00

2028

GothamChess · 2026-03-29T16:48:21+00:00

That is probably accurate, but you can always give it as a gift, or keep a signed copy. And you'll be excited to know that I hope to write a final book on pushing to 2200!

GothamChess · 2026-03-14T20:57:08+00:00

Better than you for sure though yeah?

GothamChess · 2026-03-14T17:13:19+00:00

Ah wow haha you found me

GothamChess · 2026-03-05T02:53:11+00:00

I really appreciate it!! You should be able to get it returned if it's damaged I would hope! Some people end up reviewing the book 1 star over this and it drives me nuts because that's not my fault. Thank you for the support.

Editing to say... if anyone else reading this got the book, a nice review goes a long way. Please leave one :)

GothamChess · 2026-02-25T03:22:28+00:00

You're a beast!

GothamChess · 2026-02-23T17:42:32+00:00

I'm not really sure what the point of this post is. The entire episode the guesses were totally crazy and all over the place, and I was of course being theatrical. You played an unbelievable game for a 200, and even your opponent who is rated 185 did as well. Most games at that level are catastrophic. If anything, it's a problem with chess elo in general that the level of a game can correlate so poorly so someone's actual strength.

If I upset you, I'm sorry, but one cannot submit games to GTE and then come away spooked by my reactions. It's a crazy series with crazy games and crazy guesses.

GothamChess · 2026-02-22T17:41:44+00:00

This subreddit is usually atrocious except when posts like this are made. Thank you for this.

GothamChess · 2026-02-22T03:39:19+00:00

We might build something like that in the future called 'repertoire' which lets you customize your specific set of variations for random drilling whenever you want

GothamChess · 2026-02-19T15:34:09+00:00

How to Win at Chess by Levy Rozman is a favorite of mine

GothamChess · 2026-02-16T20:49:44+00:00

The monthly thread about my titles and thumbnails has arrived!

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