Dear Quality Chess Reader,
Recently we have experimented by printing some of our books in hardback. It was a success both in the favourable feedback we received on our blog and in terms of the sales. In fact, the hardbacks disappeared so quickly that we at Quality Chess did not even get to keep a personal copy. For this and other reasons we are reprinting more hardback versions of Soviet Chess Strategy and GM Repertoire 7: The Caro-Kann. We hope they will be available in 3-4 weeks.
GM Boris Alterman was on John Watson’s ICC Radio show Chess Talk. Boris talked about about his book The Alterman Gambit Guide – White Gambits which John Watson spoke about very favourably. A few quotes (from Jacob’s memory): "A great section on the Panov… Designed with the average player in mind. Can also be used by club players and other more experienced players… A very well produced book, typical of Quality Chess."
The Quality Chess Puzzle Book and GM Repertoire 6 – The Sicilian Defence will both be out in early July. Some of our readers generously contributed to the puzzle book by sending in their best chess moments, which we used to create a chapter called Contributions from our Readers
Regards, Quality Chess
Publication Schedule (with predicted page numbers)
Lubomir Ftacnik Grandmaster Repertoire 6 – The Sicilian Defence July 356
John Shaw Quality Chess Puzzle Book July 256
Christian Bauer Play the Scandinavian July/August 320
Artur Yusupov Boost your Chess 2 July/August 288
Mihail Marin Grandmaster Repertoire 4 – The English Opening vol. 2 August 480
Mihail Marin Grandmaster Repertoire 5 – The English Opening vol. 3 August 320
Tibor Karolyi Karpov’s Strategic Wins: Volume 1 – 1961-1985 September 360
Tibor Karolyi Karpov’s Strategic Wins: Volume 2 – 1986-2009 September 360
John Shaw The King’s Gambit September/October 256