This week German grandmaster Artur Yusupov will answer your questions. Artur is the author of probably the best training series for club players ever produced, as well as being a former World No. 3, a serial Olympiad winner, a trainer for Anand and many others, and he is also an all-round fantastic guy. […]
Grandmaster Artur Yusupov Q&A Read Post »
We are very proud to announce that the Danish Federation, on the suggestion of the three national trainers (of which I am one and obviously biased and most pushy) have officially recommended Artur Yusupov’s nine-volume training series to their members. This is not just a “favour to Jacob” – as it took some time to
Artur Yusupov’s 9-volume series goes from strength to strength Read Post »
We enjoy hearing from chessplayers who study our books and feel the benefit. The photo below shows players from the Sachovy Klub Lipa in a pub in the Czech Republic working hard on Artur Yusupov’s Build up your Chess 2. At least I assume they are working hard.
Attacking the Spanish and Build up Your Chess 3 will be at our warehouse on the 15th of July. This means that they will be available in most shops over the following weekend, or on the following Monday. As always, it will take some time for the books to reach Amazon. The delay is intentional,
Attacking the Spanish (Brunello) and Build up Your Chess 3 (Yusupov) Read Post »
Often people ask what is happening with this or that book, so I just wanted to give a little update on what we are working on at the moment. Black and White Magic by Axel Smith and How I Became a Chess Grandmaster by Vinay Bhat are at the printer and will come out on
Dear customers, I do not know how many of you have noticed, but we had some small changes in shipping fees. For more than ten years we have kept the prices in shipping fees steady, despite the increases. In the past 3-4 months, Royal Mail in the UK and US Post Office have significantly raised
Changes in shipping fees and a new Special Offer Read Post »
We made a slight tweak to our Yusupov Special Offer. Instead of being 9 hardcovers for the price of 7, it’s now 10 hardcovers at 25% off (so a slightly bigger discount than before). The addition is Revision and Exam 1, as the idea of this Yusupov Special Offer was to include all the Yusupov
Special Offers and a Catalogue Read Post »
Today is the publication day of Artur Yusupov’s Build Up Your Chess 1 on Chessable. Yusupov’s series was, I believe, top of a Chessable users’ poll as the books they most wanted to see on Chessable. So I hope they are happy to see it. As is normal on Chessable, a new release is introduced
Chessable – Build Up Your Chess 1 Read Post »
My girlfriend gets upset with me whenever I claim to be old. She does not remember the fall of the wall at all, while I remember the Iran hostage crisis. I cry about the death/retirement of Rock ‘n Roll, while she sees it as a genre of Classical music, as I see Mozart, Gershwin or
Mykhaylo Oleksiyenko Read Post »
Those who have read Thinking Inside the Box may have noticed that there are a few pages in the end where I make the case for following a plant based diet. This is sometimes known as a vegan diet, but there is a substantial difference, as veganism is about ending animal cruelty, which I am
The Appendix is just an add-on! Read Post »