I have rarely seen a piece trapped so nicely as in this little game I just played on PlayChess with Black. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Na4 Be7 11. Be3 Bg4 12. […]
Fun little Tarrasch Game Read Post »
A few weeks ago we finally sent Grandmaster Repertoire 10 – The Tarrasch Defence to the printer. They will finish printing it on Friday and we will have it on the way to everybody about a week thereafter, with the 12th being the day they are posted from Glasgow. You can find the excerpt here.
GM10 – The Tarrasch Defence (and what else we are up to) Read Post »
The long road leading to Grandmaster Repertoire 10 – The Tarrasch Defence seems to be coming to an end. The boys will upload the book tomorrow or maybe even today. Meanwhile I have been testing the lines in the European Team Championship in Greece. So far two draws, against strong opposition. As I have managed
Today I saw NIC Yearbook 100 for the first time. It had some very interesting stuff and is far beyond what you normally can expect from this aging publication. Even if you have been wondering in the past why you bought one of them, please do get this one. Interesting for us is the article
Dear Quality Chess Reader, In the long gap since our previous newsletter we have kept busy editing and publishing books. We also managed to move office; our fancy computers survived the trip, so we’ll call the move a success and forget the logistical chaos. Our recent books include: Boris Avrukh’s two volumes on the Grünfeld:
Quality Chess Newsletter – six new books and much analysis Read Post »
As some of you will have noticed – our website has been somewhat broken – making it impossible to buy stuff. Not a great business model. Blame the webmaster and play ignorant is my tactic :-). On the 30th we will move office from the current location just opposite Glasgow Central to five blocks up
Pazzwordz, Moving Offize, Going Crasy – and wildly guessing at editing times! Read Post »
These weeks we are finishing a few books, all ready about the same time. The following books are all but done: Tactimania (pdf excerpt) Grandmaster Battle Manual (pdf excerpt) Grandmaster Repertoire 8 – The Grunfeld Defence (pdf excerpt) Grossmeister Repertoire 5 – Die Englisch Eroffnungen (pdf excerpt) My apologies for spelling mistakes and missing umlauts.
From the “deathbed” of Jacob Aagaard Read Post »
At times we have to admit to great limitations when it comes to planning. We believed that Grandmaster Repertoire 8 – The Grunfeld Defence was going to be 550 pages – but as we are getting closer to finishing the book, we have realised that 700 pages is more likely. We cannot do this; it
Change to the Grandmaster Repertoire Series – Grunfeld in two volumes Read Post »