Sabino Brunello’s first book, Attacking the Spanish, is getting ever nearer to ready. This started me thinking about the Schliemann variation (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5), one of three lines the book covers, with the Marshall and the Gajewski. For decades most GM’s believed that the Schliemann was unsound, but in the last few […]
Reputations: the Schliemann Read Post »
1.d4 d4 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Qb3 This is a line recommended by Boris Avrukh in Grandmaster Repertoire 1: 1.d4. The usual replies are 8…Qb6 and 8…Qc7. In January this year Sweden’s No.1, Tiger Hillarp Persson, introduced a stunning new idea: 8…b5!!? Last month, in a training
Tiger’s Novelty in the Slav vs. Avrukh’s 1.d4 Read Post »
It’s a continuing theme of Authors in Action. IM Sabino Brunello’s book Attacking the Spanish is nearly finished, so last week he played in the Italian Team Championship and scored 7/7. 100% is always impressive, but it’s incredible against a field that included two GMs and two IMs. Sabino’s rating is well over 2500, so
IM Sabino Brunello: 100% in Italian League Read Post »
Scottish GM Colin McNab won the recent Coulsdon GM tournament. His unbeaten score of 9/13 put him a point clear of his nearest rivals. Colin McNab is one of our regular proofreaders at Quality Chess, so we congratulate Colin while making the dubious claim that reading our books is entirely responsible for his success. John
McNab wins Coulsdon International Read Post »
We have published a number of opening books, and I would like to hear from readers how well (surely not badly?) they have worked when you put them into practice. I also like to keep an eye on whether top-level players are using the lines our authors have suggested, and the new ideas that they
Opening books in practice Read Post »
Our authors usually either start as our friends or end up that way, so we like to see them playing well: Mihail Marin has just finished first equal in the Reykjavik Open, with his 1.c4 repertoire scoring heavily. The April FIDE rating list shows Tiger Hillarp Persson as Sweden’s new Number 1 at a chunky
We try to keep our website up-to-date with details of reviews of our books. For example, today I added a few quotes from a great review by IM Jeremy Silman on Boris Avrukh’s Grandmaster Repertoire 1. Opinions on our books are always welcome, including constructive criticism. John Shaw