Two pieces of news about How I Became a Chess Grandmaster by GM Vinay Bhat. Firstly, a hardcover version of this title will be published on August 30th – the same day as Playing the English will appear. Secondly, the book won a prize from the Chess Journalists of America in the category Best Chess […]
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Today, the final day of November, is also the final day at work of our friend and colleague Colin McNab, who has decided to take early retirement to enjoy a well-deserved life of leisure. Colin has worked with us for 12 years and 1 day, mainly as an editor and proofreader. His contribution will be
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Congratulations to Jan Markos and David Navara for winning the FIDE Award for the best book published in 2021! The Secret Ingredient impressed the jury of three respected Grandmasters: Antoaneta Stefanova, Thomas Luther, and Boris Gelfand. You can read the full announcement on the FIDE website here, along with details of the runners-up and other
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Congratulations to Mickey Adams and Philip Hurtado, whose Think Like a Super-GM won top prize as the English Chess Federation’s 2022 Book of the Year. You can read the ECF judges’ full remarks at the previous link, but a few highlights are: “The two authors, in conjunction with the publisher, have produced a book of
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Quality Chess nominated three titles for the FIDE Book of the Year prize. And we are delighted that all three were selected for the shortlist – more than any other publisher. The FIDE announcement can be read here. Best of luck to all our contenders! The three titles we nominated are: Decision Making in Major
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Last year John was hoping that the Candidates tournament would go ahead without any disruptions from viruses or anything else. We all know how that worked out. Here we are again, waiting for the second part to start in 10 days, so let’s have a second quiz, in addition to the one from last year;
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Let’s hope the Candidates tournament goes ahead without any disruptions from viruses or anything else – let’s keep the drama on the chessboard. So we will continue our tradition of having a quiz before major events, so you can either show your expertise or guess wildly. Winner gets 10 Quality Chess books (you choose 5
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We have been planning to announce the winner of our World Cup Quiz for a while now, but we wanted to announce all the winners at once. Yes, there was a tie for first when all the correct answers were known. Five winners, but only three have replied to our emails. So congratulations to Vilka
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