Jacob Aagaard – Forward Chess Author of the Month
Our friends at Forward Chess have a feature where they interview an author. The latest one is an interview with Jacob. So if you want to know more about Jacob, his books and the origins of Quality Chess, click that link.
The previous month featured an interview with Nikos Ntirlis. That interview also linked to a discussion about Nikos’s 1.c4 repertoire. The book is of course called Playing the English.
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In his interview Nikos says the Ruy Lopez is his favourite opening. Any chance of a white repertoire?
@Steve
We are certainly keen to publish more of Nikos’s excellent work, and so is Nikos. I can’t promise it will be exactly the repertoire you mention, but Nikos will return…
There is a very good review of Nikos’ English book by Mstthew Sadler in the latest issue of Nw in Chess magazine.
THIS IS GREAT NEWS NIKOS MUST RIGHT CHESS BOOKS MYO BE A TRAINING BOOK AND ONE ON CORR CHESS LOOKING FORWARD
@John Shaw
Maybe Nikos could lend his analytical skills to a team, to help complete a certain multi-volume white repertoire that was started over 9 years ago now?
Or we could continue waiting until Greta Thunberg becomes a reactionary conservative…
The main problem is that 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3? is refuted by the Elephant Gambit, as proved in 2020.
But if we can get around this, then yes it would be nice to complete the series at some point. We’ll see what we can do.
It would seem looking at the Coming Soon section that QC are no longer in the business of making chess opening books!
@The Lurker
I believe that Nikos is too busy helping George RR Martin finish up his multi-volume series.
It is long and tedious work. Paparazzi recently released a video of the two esteemed authors working together at a cafe in a sunny little town somewhere in Greece. On the blurry video, you can clearly hear Nikos angrily exclaim at one point, “Dear God, is there anybody you HAVEN’T killed off already? Do we have ANY characters left to finish this series with?”
@Andrew Greet
I have faith that QC can eat the Elephant. It’s the Damiano I’m worried about…
Seriously, all other things being equal, it would be nice if the series could be finished by the same author who thought out the first 5 volumes. But all other things are not equal. I would much more prefer that the series be finished in my lifetime; and by someone who still has a passion for the game, rather than a need for more money for college.