Today we received 132 copies of GM2. Here at 12:50 Andrew and John have just taken off to the post office with the first 40 websales. They will soon be back for the next batch. The final result comes in at 1,025 grams (2.25 lbs) at our office scale (which was expensive) and looks damn […]
Shipping of GM2 has commenced Read Post »
The first copies of GM2 have started to arrive various places. By luck, Niggemann seemed to get the books earlier than usual. People are telling us it is great – but we have not yet seen it! We have moved a few things around in the publishing schedule, but with a new employee starting in
GM2 out in the world! + updated Publishing Schedule Read Post »
Friday night 1.15 am we uploaded GM Repertoire 2 – 1.d4 Volume Two to the printer in Estonia. Today they have started printing, using more than 6 ton of paper! We are very excited about this book. It is clearly our best book to date, I think, if you look at the chess content. The
Grandmaster Repertoire 2 – 1.d4 Volume Two at the printer Read Post »
On the 9th of December we will publish GENIUS IN THE BACKGROUND and REGGIO EMILIA 2007/2008, if everything goes right. We are working away on the other books to the best of our ability. Andrew has edited AM2 and typeset 5 out of the six chapters. I am about to begin typesetting AM1 (2nd edition).
Genius in the Background and Reggio Emilia out on December 9 Read Post »
There has been some recent chat about Avrukh’s line against the Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3) and whether 4…Bg4 is a complete solution. Avrukh’s line continues 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Nh4!? when some have echoed Boris’s observation that this is tempo down on another Slav line (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
Avrukh against the Slav Read Post »
New reviews are always interesting, but especially so when the reviewer is a major expert on the subject. So I am particularly happy that GM Tony Kosten, author of The Dynamic English, is a fan of Marin’s GM Repertoire 3: The English Opening Vol.1. A few highlights: “It is immediately evident that this book is
Kosten reviews Marin Read Post »
Finally! Yesterday we got a copy of Marin’s new book, Grandmaster Repertoire 3 – The English Opening Volume One, here at the office. There was a general skirmish before John managed to take the copy aside as his own. I am of course deeply biased, but I think Mihail has done it again and produced
Grandmaster Repertoire 3 – The English Opening Volume One is available 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 »