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Comment on What I am trying to do with the Grandmaster Preparation series by Gilchrist is a Legend

Gilchrist is a Legend — Thu, 17 May 2012 20:02:03 +0000

Is it likely that GM6 2nd Edition will be published before September? I am going on holiday in September and would like to take GM6 2nd Ed to read with me, if possible.

Comment on What I am trying to do with the Grandmaster Preparation series by Jacob Aagaard

Jacob Aagaard — Wed, 16 May 2012 06:50:00 +0000

@Tomasz Chessthinker This will be a bit down the line, I think. We will not sell the 5 for 4 6-9 months in advance as there will always be someone complaining that it is not sent out now or one by one and so on. And financially we can only send them out in one go and only inside the European Union (should it still exist in 9 months time!). But I have argued that many local shops will make the 5 for 4 deal with anyone paying in advance if you ask them.

Comment on What I am trying to do with the Grandmaster Preparation series by Jacob Aagaard

Jacob Aagaard — Wed, 16 May 2012 06:47:39 +0000

@Paul The DVD could be used last, but is a worse version of what CALCULATION is trying to do.

Comment on What I am trying to do with the Grandmaster Preparation series by Jacob Aagaard

Jacob Aagaard — Wed, 16 May 2012 06:47:10 +0000

@Antillian Yes, there is a lot of truth in that. But we are going by our general principle not to sit on books. And it really has to be the book written in the end as it has to refer to all the other books. I could have released all of the books together – and we are doing this in paperback. But we decided to send out the hardbacks early on to have a few more people discover them and to get some talk about the series before the real release.

Comment on What I am trying to do with the Grandmaster Preparation series by Tomasz Chessthinker

Tomasz Chessthinker — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:07:42 +0000

Jacob

What is the date of publishing all the “Box” (series) in hardcover? When is it possible to make an order by your website? 1st of September or a bit sooner? I am really willing to test theses books as they are difficult (but digestible) and want to see what will be the effect in practical play .

5 for the price of 4 and every book contains 300 pages: it might be quite long holidays as you sit on the beach drinking pina colada checking the royalties tick in on his 3g Ipad . But anyway – I believe it is great ratio containing quality in comparision to price .

Comment on What I am trying to do with the Grandmaster Preparation series by Paul

Paul — Tue, 15 May 2012 13:56:45 +0000

As prep for the Calculation book about to come out, in addition to reading the everyman book does the Chessbase dvd of positions you put together with Esben Lund still have relevance?

Comment on What I am trying to do with the Grandmaster Preparation series by Antillian

Antillian — Tue, 15 May 2012 13:07:27 +0000

Jacob,

I am bit confused on the order of the release of your Grandmaster Preparation series. Isn’t “Inside the Box” the first book that a student should tackle since this covers the training methods etc. But it seems this book is not being released until 2013. Perhaps, I misunderstood?

Comment on What I am trying to do with the Grandmaster Preparation series by Jacob Aagaard

Jacob Aagaard — Tue, 15 May 2012 05:35:06 +0000

@decredico Chess4Less will have them. Chess Books from Europe buy from us directly sometimes only. You can always nudge Emanuel to get these books, especially as we will have two more in the middle of next week for him to get.

Comment on What I am trying to do with the Grandmaster Preparation series by decredico

decredico — Mon, 14 May 2012 20:29:40 +0000

Jacob, actually NOT buying through Amazon but am going through a company called Chess Books from Europe and sometimes through chess for less and often I buy from UK sites. I will look into this vendor you mention…thank you!

Comment on What I am trying to do with the Grandmaster Preparation series by Jacob Aagaard

Jacob Aagaard — Sun, 13 May 2012 16:14:25 +0000

@boki The main thing is to train doing it right. In the book we are dealing with eight thinking techniques. Slow down and make sure that you are doing it right. I seriously doubt that you will be able to do more than an hour when you are fully concentrated anyway. It is tought work in the beginning to do it right, later on it becomes a little easier.