Until an employee that knows how to upload the catalogue returns from holiday, here is a 2023 Prediction Quiz…
Our 2023 Chess prediction quiz can be found here.
These are the images of the catalogue… Will be uploaded tomorrow as PDF I hope.
Categories: Publishing Schedule
This is sensational ! Thanks for the great work !
I don’t see ” A Matter of Middlegame Technique”. Postponed to 2024 ?
@LaJul
Most likely, yes. Three books from the same hack seems plenty 🙂
@Pierre
Technically, the works starts now…
Wow! Looks better than ever. I hope all these come to fruition, though I won’t have time to read them all.
Of course, but it was meant as an encouragement 😉
All kidding aside, thank you for the work you put into this. It is a pleasure for mere mortals, who will never be grandmasters, to be able to read books of such variety and quality.
So many beautiful and interesting titles…2023 will be an expensive year!
Interesting new titles! I am looking forward to read these books!
Browsing the books, it seems I want to buy almost all of them…
@rigao
I hope you do 😉
Good evening Jacob,
I hope you are well. Thank you for putting up this most interesting catalogue for 2023. I just wanted to ask if there is perhaps a loose publishing date for Niko’s new English book please? Defintely not before end of March 23, hopefully before end of June 23, that type of time frame will be a fine answer. I have his 1 e4 e5 and 1 d4 d5 books for black and I found them very enjoyable and instructive.
Thank you for your time.
Loads of good books on the way, as we have come to expect from Quality Chess. Really looking forward to the Georgy Lisitsin books and the Legends 2 book. Any update on Parimarjan Negi 6th book? His Grandmaster Repertoire series has been superb.
Thanks for all your great work guys.
I have a great interest in the Sveshnikov book, but is there any plans to follow it with a Anti-Sicilians repertoire? I know there is the Kotronias book, but it feels too theoritically heavy and generic as a companion to a “Playing” book.
The book publication forecast is a very good thing.
Besides, I have a question to see if there is someone who can answer me.
In which country of the European Union (or Europe) are there more FIDE tournaments for all levels throughout the year?
Thanks
Daniel – we have no such plans at present. Kotronias did a great job and if you can handle the Sveshnikov, you will be fine with his Anti-Sicilian work. (As with all opening books, there’s no need to memorize all of it.)
@Rob G
We don’t want to announce it. When it happens, it happens!
@James2
I hope that is the right time frame to get it out too
@Daniel Castro
Not right now
@Jose
You are welcome. Spain is generally great for events in my experience. Also a nice place to go!
Is there at least a plan for Negi 6?
Or is it “hope chess” (you hope Negi will one day finish the series)?
Can we take seriously the move 6.h3 in the Najdorf playing with White?
Yes.
Is there an approximate schedule yet for when Ntirlis’ book will come out and what his main systems will be?
@OneMoreKnight
Andrew will finish the editing in February, I hope and then the process is usually about 8-10 week at most.
@Jose
I take it very seriously.
@The Lurker
At the moment we are a bit in the hope category. But I would really want to see the book done and out.
@OneMoreKnight
I would also like to know this. Thx
Playing 1.c4 recommends the following against Black’s main options:
* 1…e5 2.Nc3, often but not always followed by g3
* 1…c5 2.Nf3 with some combination of Nc3/g3/d4
* 1…Nf6 2.Nf3 followed by a potent Anti-Grunfeld or Catalan with delayed d4
Obviously there are many more details, but this gives a brief idea of the main pathways and shows how the repertoire differs from the Marin trilogy. Editing is well underway and we’ll announce a publication date in due course.
Thanks for responding. I (and my OCD) really want to see the book done, too. I know some will balk at the thought of the 6th book being done by anyone else. But for the sake of “git ‘er done”, I think QC should seriously consider giving the job to someone other than Negi.
@Andrew Greet
Hi
What is the estimated page count? I’m guessing it’ll be around 400-500 pages?
This will be a very big book? published just before the summer
Will definitely get the Spassky series, and Lilenthal book. Am usually not so enthusiastic about the classic range because of overlap with slightly different source material to well known books. The only other english language book on Lilenthal as been out of print sometime, and never got it.
@The Doctor
It’s a bit early to estimate the page count but hopefully not above 400 – the aim is to offer detailed coverage in the right places while keeping things more succinct where appropriate.
By the way, I did a simul last night and couldn’t resist trying 1.c4 in some of the games. Obviously it’s not the same as a real tournament, but I think it’s a healthy sign that all the games were smooth wins involving maybe 7-8 moves of theory, followed by carrying out a well-defined Nikos plan which the opponents were unable to cope with.
Will it contain lines against 1…f5?
Will it contain some whole games of every main line?
Hello
I Hope c6,e6,f5,b6 will have complete covering.
@Jose
Yes, 1…f5 will be covered.
Some complete games are presented, typically in the chapter introductions where Nikos discusses the general strategy White is aiming for. The chapter then proceeds to a theoretical section. The format is similar to his previous work “Playing 1.d4 d5.”
Sounds great. I’m most curious about the approach to the King’s Indian (and to a lesser degree the pseudo-Grünfelds), but I’ll find out soon enough.
regarding Ntirlis: how can u cover 1.c4 with just 400 pages? Avrukh did 4 volumes 1.d4 and Marin 3 volumes 1.c4 back then? I don’t expect detailed coverage as today’s theory has exploded. i’d have hoped for at least 2 volumes
@gernot
Maybe the analysis in the book is about quality, not quantity?
@gernot
Cummings did a great job in his book with about the same page count!
avrukh did quality+quantity. i have ntirlis books e4 e5 and d4 d5. each book could have been 100-150 pages longer, it was not as detailed as i’d like see, missing lots of options.
@gernot
Ntirlis is about “Playing ….” not a G.M Repertoire, this explains that 😉
Good afternoon Andrew,
In the upcoming Playing The English can we hope for the Flohr-Mikenas to be covered, perhaps with the recently popular 4 cxd5 exd5 5 e5 being examined?
Thank you.
James
Could we have a PDF excerpt in May?
Regarding the length of the 1.c4 book, we will provide plenty of analytical detail where it is needed, while also avoiding getting bogged down trying to analyse every possible continuation. Many English variations involve thematic pawn structures with non-forcing, closed/semi-closed positions, so it’s quite feasible to cover a lot of ground by explaining the main plans. Nikos has done an excellent job at this.
The Flohr-Mikenas is not part of this repertoire.
As for timing, I will promise nothing other than editing the book to a high standard as soon as I can manage it. Further announcements will follow when we are ready.
The moveorder will be 1.c4, Nf6 2. Nf3. Then the Flohr- Mikenas is not possible. Also we then know that it will be kid with Nf3, so maybe fianchetto, classical or makagonov.
The early Nf3 might bring happiness to a hedgehog player (or to a QID player who isn’t attached to playing the light-squared bishop to a6 in the fianchetto variation), so it will be interesting to see the antidote to, say, 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6.
GM Ntirlis has released a course at KillerChessTraining on the English, which (if I understand correctly) is the basis for this upcoming book. If he hasn’t changed his variations, then it will be Andersson System vs Hedgehog and Bayonet Attack vs KID.
If you can’t wait for the book, then buy the course – I thought it was great.
Slight correction: He did some lessons on how to play positions resulting from the book – in advance.
I’d guess the antidote will be 3 g3 Bb7 4 Bg2 e6 5 0-0 Be7 6 Nc3 0-0 7 Re1 (although 7 d4 going into a main line QID is also an option).
I look forward to the book about Lilienthal!
I’m wondering if the Anti-Grunfeld Nikos may be recommending in his upcoming English book is going to be 1 c4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 Nc3 d5 4 cxd5 Nxd5 5 Qb3, with 5…Nb6 6 d4 Bg7 (6…Be6 also possible) 7 Bf4, considering that it was mentioned above he could be recommending the Bayonet against the King’s Indian?