Dear Quality Chess Reader, If you live near London you will soon have the chance to attend lectures by two of our authors. Grandmasters Jacob Aagaard and Boris Avrukh will be giving talks at the London Chess Classic. Jacob’s will be on December 14; Boris’s date has yet to be confirmed. On the same day […]
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After having worked for us as a freelancer for years, former World Team Champion in problem solving, GM Colin McNab has decided to join Quality Chess as a full time editor from December. With lots of projects on the way, we badly needed extra hands, and got not only this, but also the remarkable skills
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We have finally got a date confirmed from the printer. The Christmas catalogues are starting to get in and they need to be printed, but we managed to get slots for Play the Scandinavian (PDF excerpt) Grandmaster Repertoire 4 – The English volume 2 (PDF excerpt) Grandmaster Repertoire 5 – The English volume 3 (PDF
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I am away from the office playing in the Politiken Cup (4/5 so far). But here is a current estimate of when the various books will be available, and the order I expect them to come out. Christian Bauer Play the Scandinavian September Mihail Marin Grandmaster Repertoire 4 – The English Opening vol. 2 September
Today we are sending QUALITY CHESS PUZZLE BOOK to the printer. It will be 352 pages and we are very happy with it. We are also essentially done with BOOST YOUR CHESS 2 and we are also getting there with GM6 – THE SICILIAN DEFENCE (which will be a big book). Not long after comes
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Dear Quality Chess Reader, Recently we have experimented by printing some of our books in hardback. It was a success both in the favourable feedback we received on our blog and in terms of the sales. In fact, the hardbacks disappeared so quickly that we at Quality Chess did not even get to keep a
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We are delighted that IM Andrew Greet recently made his first GM norm after countless years of trying – two more norms are needed for the title. Andrew has worked for Quality Chess for a year, so we claim editing and reading our books is the key to success. In the last few days we
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Hi guys, just an updated publishing schedule… Author Title 2010 Jacob Aagaard Attacking Manual Volume 2 27 January 2010 Jacob Aagaard Attacking Manual Volume 1 2nd edition 27 January 2010 Artur Yusupov Boost your Chess 1 27 January 2010 Boris Avrukh Grandmaster Repertoire 2 – 1.d4 Volume Two 25 February 2010 Mihail Marin Grossmeister Repertoire
Spring 2010 – an overview Read Post »
As said earlier, I will stop giving exact estimated dates, as they are confusing people. An estimate is not a commitment, but how things will work out if everything runs smoothly. Alas, it rarely does, so I am coming with these rather vague dates instead. I hope they will concur better with people’s expectations. Three
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We are working very hard. We have finished Attacking Manual 2 and only need to perform a final proofread before it goes to the printer. No problems with the 13th January publication date, last time I checked with them. We will also be sending two classics, My System and Questions of Modern Chess Theory for
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