Boris has written a bit about GM Repertoire 1 at his site. Visit it at: http://avrukhboris.wordpress.com/my-first-book/

Although not individually, this time… We have promised to recommend people to go to http://avrukhboris.wordpress.com/2009/05/25/we-are-the-champions/ if they are looking for top training from one of the best players in the world, Boris Avrukh. There you will also find the story behind the headline. Jacob

In the recent Mitropa Cup Sabino Brunello seemed on his way to make his final GM-norm, but for some reason Italy did not field the strongest team in the 8th round, and Brunello was elevated from the 3rd to the 2nd board, and for this reason did not play a third grandmaster, which he would

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

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