Do you know what you will be doing for the next six months? We do. The real question will be if we can do everything as fast as we want. For example: Boris Gelfand constantly gets all these annoying tournament invitations that distracts him from the book…
We do not really have dates for anything else than the Dragon books, published next, but I can give a few informal updates.
The next volume on 1.e4 vs the Sicilian is only a few weeks from going to the printer. It could theoretically be out late October. The Razuvaev book is far progressed as well. But most importantly, John has made great progress on the Playing 1.e4 books. I think the first one will be out in November and the second not long after. We considered publishing them together, but it did not really make a lot of sense to wait with one, while the other one is finalised. So, they will be out a few months apart.
| Gawain Jones | The Dragon Volume 1 | 9 September 2015 |
| Gawain Jones | The Dragon Volume 2 | 9 September 2015 |
| John Shaw | Playing 1.e4 – Caro-Kann, 1…e5 & Minor Lines | Autumn |
| Yuri Razuvaev | Key Concepts of Gambit Play | Autumn |
| Parimarjan Negi | GM Rep – 1.e4 vs The Sicilian II | Autumn |
| GERMAN | Vom GM zur Top Ten – Judit Polgar 2 | Autumn |
| Vassilios Kotronias | GM6A – Beating the Anti-Sicilians | Autumn |
| Nikos Ntirlis | Playing 1.e4 e5 – A Classical Repertoire | Winter |
| Ftacnik (Aagaard) | GM6B – The Najdorf | Winter |
| Victor Mikhalevski | GM Rep 19 – Beating Minor Openings | Winter |
| Boris Avrukh | GM Repertoire 1B – 1.d4 The Queen’s Gambit | Winter |
| GERMAN | Dame am Brett – Judit Polgar 3 | Winter |
| John Shaw | Playing 1.e4 – Sicilian & French | Winter |
| Tibor Karolyi | Mikhail Tal’s best games 3 – The Invincible | Winter |
| Boris Gelfand | Dynamic Decision Making in Chess | Winter |
| Vassilios Kotronias | King’s Indian – Volume 4 | Winter |
| Vassilios Kotronias | King’s Indian – Volume 5 | Winter |
What’s the correlation between kotronias’s anti sicilian and hours c3 work for informator ?
Looking forward to gelfands dynamic book.
Great line-up s usual!! Looking forward to practically all these books :-). Just out of curiosity: how is Thinking inside the Box progressing?
### Regarding Ftacnik (Aagaard) GM6B – The Najdorf 🙂 ###
I just hope that stubbornness shall abandon your office and that you will cover …e5 lines for black versus Be2 and Be3 lines!
If you can’t do it, pay someone to write those two damn chapters!!!
Only then you will target ALL Black players, not alone Scheweningers 🙂
@LE BRUIT QUI COURT
6…e5 WAS covered against 6.Be3. I agree it would be nice to cover 6…e5 against 6.Be2 & 6.f4, but there would be no obligation for them to do this. If they did so they should charge significantly more as they are in effect producing two books for the price of one.
Negi sicilian II will cover rest of Sicilians except nadjorf covered in sicilian I ?
So there is no sicilian III ?
@Ed
Three books on the Sicilian.
@J.
I did not like the first c3-line, so he got it published elsewhere.
@Jacob Will Avrukh be covering his answer to the King’s Indian, Grünfeld and Dutch in a third volume?
@James
I want to remember that Avrukh’s original 2nd volume will be updated as well, in >=2 volumes.
Any movements on the bets John dismissed in the January publishing update Negi would finish his e4 series before he did? 🙂
Joking aside, phenomenal list – will buy every English language book on it, and great books are worth waiting for.
Any luck finding an author for a NID repertoire?
what is the content of sicilian 2 of negi?
What is he recommending versus the dragon
Great to see the Polgar books in German. As in my head there was no more books in German from quality I thought I had to buy #2 and #3 in English and a mixed series. All in one language looks better in my board. 🙂
What versed in the book Playing 1.e4 e5 – A Classical Repertoire?
Which lines in the Mikhalevski book?
Looking forward to Avrukh’s improvement versus his improvement on his improvement against the Slav 🙂
@franck steenbekkers
I bet GM Negi will cover 9. Bc4 and 12. Kb1 main line against the Dragon, where trully white is better and if Topalov variation, than the main line 13. Nd5 – and where GM Jones gives a compensation for the sacrificed pawn for Black, GM Negi will state that the compensation is not enough for equality.
Whereas GM Shaw will most probably recommend 9.0-0-0 variation (rather not 9. g4 and for sure not 9. Bc4) and will try to find holes in GM Jones analysis of 12. Bd4 Bxd4 main line.
And then you can check them all with the engine to see who is right. Interesting stuff ahead!
@Ray
Me too. The Slav (And the Semi Slav) is a real pain 🙁 I can’t find a decent solution other than trying new and rare lines each times to sort of surprise my opponent. Hopefully Avrukh has a better solution
I am wondering will be Avrukhs 1B a book with a second Choice against d4 d5 c4 e6 (besides the catalan) or a repertoire for black. The latter would be nice.
@The Serious Kid
The problem for me is that I play 1.d4 with white and the Slav with black, so either way I’m playing against my own reportoire 🙂
@Jacob Aagaard
I’ve just noticed that:
Vassilios Kotronias GM6A – Beating the Anti-Sicilians
Ftacnik (Aagaard) GM6B – The Najdorf
Does it mean that the BAS book is a repertoire book focused on Najdorf players mainly and the book by Ftacnik won’t cover any anti-sicilians?
Is there any chance of Marin doing an update on his 2. g3 English?
When a new version of Marin’s trilogy?
@AJZ
My guess would be he’ll cover a variety catered for 2…d6, 2…e6 and 2…Nc6 players as this would reach a wider audience.
Nice to see a new book of Gelfand! I bet that there will be a delay on it 🙂
@AJZ
@The Doctor
Yes, Beating the Anti-Sicilians will be for more than just Najdorf players.
@Fer
If he gets into the World Cup final, there will be. But I will be happy if that happens, I promise you.
@Andrea
No such plans for a while for sure.
@Dmitry
Ntirlis will cover 1…e5 form Black’s perspective.
Mikhalevski will give a number of options for Black against everything but 1.d4 and 1.e4, so they fit players of the various main 1.d4 openings, or at least fit into their repertoires. The sibling is GM11.
What variations are in negi sicilian2
#25 john. GM6A B.A.S.
That’s good news for me since I play any Sicilian variation EXCEPT the Najdorf !
Yessss, that’s why I bet for the delay. I’d really like to see Gelfand there 🙂
For GM Repertoire 1B, will Avrukh be covering variations from 1.d4 d5 move order like Queen’s Gambit Accepted, Slav, etc?
Also for Kotronias on the KID, what variations are Volumes 4 and 5 about?
@RaidRaptors
Yes I am intrigued what VK will recommend in the Saemisch, Averbakh & 4PA in the KID.
I kind of hope he will try and rejuvenate the …e5 line in the Saemisch, as I know he plays this often. Would like to see …Na6 in the Averbakh and 4PA. If nothing else because is different to what Vigirito recommended in his awesome 2 volume KID series by that other publishing company.
@RaidRaptors
I think John said volume 4 is on other classical lines, such as the Petrosian, Gligoric & Makagonov etc.
Volume 5 (The one I am really looking forward to ?) will cover Saemisvh, Averbakh, 4PA and minor lines I assume?
@Franck steenbekkers
Dragon, Classical and a few others. Mainly the d6-systems, with e6-systems in the third and final Sicilian book. But not entirely like that, only 80-90% following that pattern, as I understand it.
@RaidRaptors
1B – yes, this is the plan. But we will have to see what Boris delivers!
Regarding the KID. I do not think there will be long between Volume 4 and 5 coming out – and both of them are not too far into the future either… Maybe 4-6 months!? We will start working on the editing very soon. First we need to finish the Anti-Sicilians…
Hi Jacob/John
What is the reply to the excellent question from Pawndemic above – hopefully some good news for a QGD book for Black – or at least from the White side
Pawndemic:
September 6th, 2015 at 09:48 | #18 Reply | Quote I am wondering will be Avrukhs 1B a book with a second Choice against d4 d5 c4 e6 (besides the catalan) or a repertoire for black. The latter would be nice.
@s.hansen
QGD on the long term schedule. Second question already answered.
QGD? Classic — and about as classic an opening as it gets. Quality Chess is undisputed! Thanks, guys.
I would love seeing ‘ Playing 1.d4 d5- A Cassical Repertoire’ by Nikos. I would hope that there will be also his ideas against lesser variiations after 1.d4 d5 and the Tartakower as his main variation (I don’t like the Tarrasch).
OK, Nikos?
Can’t wait for your ‘Playing 1.e4 e5-book’!
Jacob,
Will there be a GM repertoire series for white against e5 in the future?
@Jacob Aagaard
I’m not sure, is QGD the same as what we call ‘ortodox defense’ in spanish? 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Cc3 Cf6 4. Ag5 Ae7? Or does it include the Tarrasch, the Cambridge-Spring, the Viena, etc?
One would think it is the latter (as in spanish QGD only means 1. d4 d5 2.c4 e6 where no transposition into other defenses, ie stonewall, semieslav, etc, is made), but then, which one of the pletora of valid responses is the one selected?
Anyway I think your offer on those 1. d4 d5 positions is already exceptional (Tarrasch, Slav and Semislav), I think it is way more important to fill the gap in the Nf6 & e6 schemes.
@Gollum
No it does not include everything. And the Nimzo is a different story and I agree, more important. We have some real progress, but not enough to make a statement. It has been a jinxed project with three authors failing tobdeliver in the past…
@Jacob Aagaard
May I ask why they failed to deliver? Personal reasons or chess related problems (the variations didn’t stand the test of the time)? In the latter case I can give some advice as I failed to prove any edge against the nimzo in my correspondence chess experience and I’m quite sure black is ok in all variations today.
Regards
@garryk
Lack of motivation 🙂
@Jacob Aagaard
What a pity…the Nimzo is really one of the most interesting variation…for many years I though “I play 4 Qc2 or 4 e3 and I’m of course a little better” while now I think “I play 4 Qc2 or 4 e3 and I hope not to be already worse”.
@Richard Martin
I think the team have hinted the Ruy Lopez for White will be covered by Negi in the 5th Volume of his 1.e4 GM Rep series?
Maybe I’m wrong Im sure one of the guys will correct me if so.
@garryk
I tried 4.f3. 4.Qc2 and 4.e3 against the Nimzo but with no success. Now I switched to Avrukh’s reportoire with the Catalan. Problem solved 🙂
### Nikos on Breyer book ###
Hey Nikos,
You should check upcoming DVD “The Ruy Lopez Breyer Variation” by Pavel Eljanov, published by Chessbase 🙂
In November should be coming Solozhenkin work as well, based on Zaitsev.
Plenty of material for 1… e5 players.
Is the Anti Sicilian book quite near then? Before Christmas maybe
Great work by Gelfand. Really enjoying his Positional Decision Making in Chess book and look forward to seeing a preview of his upcoming Dynamic Decision Making….book when available. Kotronias did a nice job on the King’s Indian so far. I’m glad it was broken down into small chapers and separate volumes.
Well, winter is coming. But Winter in Scotland is not like winter on earth-it can last several years
I’m impatient to buy both John Shaw’s book on 1.e4. When can we expect
excerpts on those books. Thanks.
@darko_b
A month maybe. It will be a big book (the first one), but most of it is done and we are just finishing it at the moment.
Could be the Accelerated Dragon considered a serious opening for black?
When will Marin write a book on the PIRC or one on the English with more aggressive lines for White?
@Bebbe
I think that the english with an early d4 for white is more agressive
@jose
It is at least close. I find it a bit passive, but it is certainly not directly bad.
@Jacob Aagaard
In my experience the if White plays the Maroczy bind line half decently he will at least draw. Black’s winning chances are pretty small
@The Doctor
Replace that with another opening and the statement is still true…
Early d4 is more aggresive than Marins repertoire.
1.c4, c5 2.Nf3, Nf6 3.Nc3, Nc6 4.d4, cxd4 5.Nxd4, e6 6.g3, Qb6 7.Ndb5
1.c4, c5 2.Nf3, Nf6 3.Nc3, d5 4.cxd5, Nxd5 5.e4, Nb4 6.Bc4
1.c4, e6 2.Nc3, Nf6 3.e4
1.c4, e5 2.Nc3, Nf6 3.Nf3, Nc6 4.g3, Bb4 5.Bg2, 0-0 6.0-0, e4 7.Ng5, Bxc3 8.bxc3, Re8 9.f3
More of this kind of stuff.
@Bebbe
Maybe a 1 volume Playing the English in GM guide style
@The Doctor
Yeah I see what you’re saying I mean I have played White against players much higher rates with me in the Acc Dragon and they have struggled to win. White remains solid and gets s good position without taking many risks, unlike other openings I could mention.
@The Doctor
I think that black play could be solid too
New month – new info? I’m curious when Playing 1.e4 – Caro-Kann, 1…e5 & Minor Lines, GM Rep – 1.e4 vs The Sicilian II and GM6A – Beating the Anti-Sicilians will be released. Excerpts of them would be much appreciated too.
@AJZ
Been busy organising the Nigel Short seminar.
John is getting to the end of Playing 1.e4 Volume 1. He is distracted for the moment with proof reading on 1.e4 vs. the Sicilian II, which will go to the printer next week. The Anti-Sicilian is in the final stages of editing as well.
Which lines will 1.e4 vs the Sicilian II cover?
@Remco G
Dragons, Rauzer, Sveshnikov and Kalashnikov.
Can you please update Coming Soon section? I’m eager to see Nikos’ cover on 1… e5!
Shaw’s 1.e4 caro kann which move 4 for white will be looked at?
4.h4
### Nikos on Playing 1…. e5 ###
What are you planning against Paulsen’s Attack in Centre Game?
1.e4 e5
2.d4 exd4
3.Qxd4 Nc6
4.Qe3 Nf6
5.e5!?
Bologan gives in his book:
5…. Ng4
6.Qe4 Ngxe5
7.f4 d5
8.Qe2 Bg4
9.Nf3 Bc5
But is this really enough for Black??? This might be good alternative for White!
@LE BRUIT QUI COURT: “But is this really enough for Black??? This might be good alternative for White!”
Out of all White’s tries against 1..e5, THIS is the one you’re worried about??
I would literally PAY my opponent’s to play this line. Black is already better on move nine! 🙂
Komodo gives a “-.69” edge to Black after 9…Bc5.
This is edging between much better and winning for Black.
@Jacob Aagaard
Yeah guys, but when you face it over the board, and being an amateur like me, you have doubts when you calculate giving a piece for attack.
But yes, Black should win it 🙂
By the way, an era of 1.e4 e5 books for Black has come….
Even Everyman joined the race with upcoming “Opening Repertoire: The Open Games with Black” by Martin Lokander (December 31, 2015).
I’m waiting for Bologan’s new book on Spanish, an of course Nikos’ book 🙂
@Jacob Aagaard
My black repertoire vs 1.e4 consists of accelerated dragon, classical (rauzer) and kalashnikov. Guess this will be the first time I buy a white repertoire book because I play the line as black 🙂
Dear Jacob,
Which month you’ll publish:
* * * Nikos Ntirlis: PLAYING 1.e4 e5 – A CLASSICAL REPERTOIRE
* * * Victor Mikhalevski: GRANDMASTER REPERTOIRE 19 – BEATING MINOR OPENINGS
I can’t wait for them!
Is the book Playing 1.e4 – Caro-Kann, 1…e5 & Minor Lines with a tree format or with complete games?
@Wjvh
Mainly complete games.
@LE BRUIT QUI COURT
Nikos’ book is not too far into the future. Mikhailevski a bit longer. Sadly.
I was able to score a quick win in ICCF Word Cup 21 preliminary round in a line that is labeled as D2 in Chapter 12 of Dragon Vol. 2:
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 g6
6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.O-O-O Ng4 10.Bxg4 Bxg4
11.f3 Bd7 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Bd4 f6 14.Be3 Qa5 15.h4 Rfb8
16.h5 gxh5 17.b3 Qa3+ 18.Kb1 a5 19.Bh6 Bxh6 20.Qxh6 Be8
21.Rh3 a4 22.f4 h4 23.Qxh4 h5 24.Qg3+ Kf8 25.e5 axb3
26.cxb3 Bf7 27.exf6 exf6 28.f5 Bxb3 29.Qxd6+ Qxd6 30.Rxd6 Bd5+
31.Ka1 Ke7 32.Rxd5 cxd5 33.Nxd5+ Kf7 34.Rxh5 Kg7 35.Rh4 Ra5
36.Rb4 Rxb4 37.Nxb4 Rxf5 0-1
The Negi book is still not on the coming soon list. I guess it wont be out this month?! Are there any news on that subject?
The Negi book will appear on the Coming Soon list very soon – as in later today. Prediction: excerpt later this week, and publication in November.
@John Shaw
Great news! Can’t wait to compare Negi and Jones takes on the Dragon.
Will you publish Playing 1.e4 – Caro-Kann, 1…e5 & Minor Lines and Beating the Anti-Sicilians in 2015 too?
When is there a new publishing update?
What will be the next published book(s)
Negi??
It would be interesting to publish “playing the grunfeld” or “playing the modern benoni” for black, with anti-grunfeld and anti-benoni lines
@Franck Steenbekkers
Late November. Single publication.
Negi siciliaan 2?
For christmast a selection New books? ?
I’m planning on buying “The Spanish Main Road” by Solozhenkin to pair up with The “Open Games For Black by Lysyj/Ovetchkin”, and Nikos work as well when it’s ready.
Can someone advise on the level of “Bologan’s Black Weapons in the Open Games” work?
This will be completed soon as well with a second volume on Spanish (Breyer + another system as well I think).
Thanks for the help.
Hi man 🙂
I have Bologan’s book for a year! It’s outstanding repertoire which made other publishers very envy 🙂
Thank you, heard varied opinions here and there, since Bologan sometimes do some excellent work, sometimes less so.
Then I guess I’ll add his books as well, more options is always good.
Bologan’s book is great. One can have different opinion on the innovative layout, but the content is good. It contains just the right amount of analysis for a 2000 player. His repertoire is very aggressive. He tries to create winning chances especially against secondary lines. At the same time he doesn’t recommend rubbish.
Nikos will have to bring his A game to beat Bologan’s book.
Well, I’m used to GM Rep, not sure a 2000 repertoire would cut it!
Keep in mind I’m already in possess of Lysyj and Marin (though a bit too solid/outdated).
@Andre
I expect him to bring his AAA game…
Are you aware on the excerpt Negi dates it July 2014? Shouldn’t he mean 2015?
Maybe not my error, this is when the series started I imagine. Sorry forget my comments!!
@The Doctor
The series foreword is indeed written before the first volume…
When exactly? Before Christmas? How come that Niko’s doesn’t comments anything? We are waiting for him 🙂
On the other hand, we expect the ultimate for him cause Bologan made the paramount 🙂
@LE BRUIT QUI COURT
He has commented occasionally. For example, he mentions that he has an interesting surprise in the exchange variation in the main lines with 5…Bg4, but he’s keeping the rest secret. He also mentioned that he’ll recommend the Breyer. That’s all I really know.
Hello guys.
I think that it won’t be long before the book will be out. Whoever has a corr database can already guess some of the contents of the book as a lot of my own games have recently be finished.
*Heads over to ICCF*
@LE BRUIT QUI COURT
He is a bit busy at the moment. Unlike mine, his job description does not include keeping an eye with this blog…
What About
Anti sicilian of kotronias
And heating minor openings of mikhalevski
@Franck steenbekkers
Kotronias is being edited. The first half of the book is already typeset and proofed. We are talking a few weeks before it goes to print.
Mikhalevski is delayed a bit because he plays so much chess, but will happen quite soon, we hope.
Just curious:
– Ftacnik covered anti-sicilians in GM 6 (2010); albeit with 2. … d6 in mind, of course.
– “Experts on the Anti-Sicilian” (2011) covered quite a lot.
– Sidenote: even Jacob likes Tony Ro’s book a lot, which also contains recommendations on the Anti-Sicilians 🙂
So, my actual question: Is there really happening that much in Anti-Sicilians so that QC publishes a third book on the topic already?
By the way, I own the “Experts on the Anti-Sicilians” book and I think it’s great! I’d love to see more of those cross-author books. For instance, the “minor openings” covered by Mikhalevski (but permanently delayed…) would be a perfect topic. Unfortunately, I recall that I read somewhere that the “Experts on the Anti-Sicilians” wasn’t commercially successful…
None of these books is a GM repertoire. Bologan’s book keeps a 2000 player busy. There are more variations in it than in his other books, because the aggressive black lines need to be proven and the refutations (more or less) to all the white rubbish need precision too. He usually delivers two options against all important openings and he punishes the lesser ones hard.
Oh, I expect him too. Nikos will deliver good work. But this didn’t help his FR book in my eyes, because he almost exclusively chose lines I didn’t play when the FR was still part of my repertoire. 😉
When is the Razuvaev book coming? I’m still waiting for my free copy. 😉
@Andre
It will probably be in the next run. It is close to done.
@Tobias
It was not a disaster as well. You do have a point, but remember that we also publish books on what the authors want to write about! However, in this case we are talking about a total redoing of GM6 into two volumes, a Najdorf (6B) and 6A the Anti-Sicilians.
I have both Lysyj and Marin book and the analysis level is surely similar to a GM Rep level, though chosen variations are a bit dull here and there (Marin has some small holes in evaluations, but the book is so much more than just a repertoire, as usual).
Thanks for the comments on Bologan’s work, in the end I bought it anyway, always good to have more options.
Pretty surely I’ll buy both Solozhenkin and Nikos as well!
When will the Najdorf book be published?
This is a heavy update done by Jacob?
@Franck Steenbekkers
By Ftacnik, Nikos and I. New book from scratch almost.
@Jacob Aagaard
Looking forward to it
No further detail I take it, not even a little hint for your eager fans!!
Clever to mention the season of the publishing date, but not the year!
@Carlos Iljich Ivanovic
Indeed! We learned a lot from the King’s Gambit!!
This sort of humor is difficult for me….. I’ am eagerly awaiting any news on the first ”Playing 1.e4″- book…..
I’m starting to side with those who claim that Negi will finish before Shaw publishes the first of his books 😉
Yeah, John Shaw 1.e4 book is Autumn 2016. They give the season but don’t specify the year. ?
@Nikos Ntirlis
Nikos, your book comes out when already Bologan (:) Bologan’s Black Weapons in the Open Games & 🙂 Bologan’s Ruy Lopez for Black) and Martin Lokander (:) The Open Games with Black) made their contribution to the hard-hitting 1… e5 tribe 🙂
When can we exactly expect your book and why it isn’t in “Coming soon” section already? You can also give us more hints about lines you will cover because your competition already launched their aces!
LE BRUIT QUI COURT, is none of the books play the Marshall Gambit as the main line for black? i like to go for C89.
@LE BRUIT QUI COURT
I hardly think that Fide Master Martin Lokrander will be serious competition for Nikos’ book…
As for Bologon, i.m.o. his books are overrated. I compared his book on the King’s Indian with Kotronias’ books on the King’s Indian, and Kotronias wins hands down. Kotronias is developing new theory while Bologan is in many lines just giving a number of games without adding a lot of his own analysis. I prefer quality over speed any time!
I’m pretty confident the WC book on the Open Games will out sell the other three easily!
I meant the QC book of course (typo).
@Ray
Totally agree with you, Ray! Kotronias is my favourite author! Waiting for his anti-Sicilian defense and the rest of the KIDs. 🙂
I did not realize that I was in competition with Quality Chess!
Honestly, I’m glad Nikos writes a book on 1.e4 e5 since I’m sure he will produce excellent material. I have his book on the French and I really liked it (like most QC books).
Hopefully our variations will not collide too much, but I don’t think there should be any problems with that. 1 e4 e5 is big enough for several books to be written on it.
@Martin Lokander
I do like the look of your repertoire though. I might buy both!
can you give me some hint for the main variations of all 3 books? nikos is for breyer but others?
I think maybe you’re being kind of harsh comparing Bologan to Kotronias – the material in Bologan’s book is what, 7 years old or something now? And to publish a one book repertoire is always a very serious challenge compared to publishing 4 or so GM Repertoire books on the same subject. For what it is and was meant to be, I like Bologan’s book. To me it’s very similar in spirit to Gallagher’s “Play the King’s Indian”, which at the time was gold. But you look at it now, and maybe it’s simply not what you want to be using…
@Martin Lokander
Have looked at the pdf sample for this book and was highly impressed as there seems to be a lot of new ideas in lines that I actually play. Nikos will face a serious challenge in trying to improve on Martin’s book. Of course, I will probably buy both.
@hilmi: Lokrander’s book does not cover the Spanish!
@TonyRo: Maybe you’re right. However, I was not so much referring to the depth op the material (I do realise a one-volume publication has its limits) but more to the level of own analysis. I think Kotronias has much more of this than Bologan. If you scan through his book, you’ll notice at many places simply some game continuations quoted. Vigoritto also had severe space restrictions in his two volumes on the KID, but he gace more of his own views i.m.o. But maybe it’s largely a matter of taste 🙂 And last but not least, I also found Kotronias’ comments more insightfull than Bologan’s.
Do John Shaw has already revealed the core of his e4 repertoire?
If not, could you give us some hints (vs major lines e5, Sicilian, French and caro)?
Last time it was mentionned the repertoire was the following :
vs 1…e5 : Scotch
vs 1…e6 : Tarrasch
vs 1…c6 : Advance
vs Sicilian : mostly open Sicilian with Bc4.
Mostly an Adams/Rublevsky-like repertoire.
K.
I think John said against 1…e5 he was playing the Scotch, Tarrasch v the French, Advance Caro-Kann with 4.h4, Open Sicilians (no hints). I think that’s all the hints they have given.
@Kieran
@The Doctor
Kieran and The Doctor (Who?) have it right in general, but I would not commit to exactly which lines of the Open Sicilian yet. We have ideas and preliminary analysis, but things can change.
@Kieran
@The Doctor
@John Shaw
Thanks for your answers.
I’m looking forward to your books John.
Any ideas when the excerpt of the first book will be available?
@Grimsey64
Excerpt of first book in November would be my hope. Or December maybe.
@John Shaw
Not Dr Who!
I am an actual Dr!! ?
Looking forward to the first book of your in particular as I’m using Negi’s Rep v French & Siciiian.
@QualityChess
How is the GM Rep 19 – Beating Minor Openings comming along ? Is it about to be done, can we still expect release over the winter or ?
@Alexander
I wrote a small publishing update. Not sure when Colin/John will put it up
@Aagaard
Great stuff, looking forward to seeing it – thanks 🙂