The eagerly anticipated World Cup began in Baku on Friday afternoon, and the chess community can undoubtedly look forward to over three weeks of high quality competition and drama. For Quality Chess aficionados, however, there was much more than a World Cup at stake. Just as the first turn is often the most exciting part of […]
World Cup Quiz – Round 1 update Read Post »
Quality Chess will send a box of 20 books to your home, wherever in the world that may be. 10 of them chosen by you, 10 of them chosen by us. All you have to do is to predict some results in the World Cup. We will contact the winner once the World Cup is
World Cup Competition Read Post »
I am wondering if we should call FROM GM TO TOP TEN for From GM to Queen of the Castle! Congratulations to Judit and Mihail; I hear they are opening the champagne bottle tonight! Anyway, Quality Chess continues its reign, holding on to all of the top awards: ACP, ECF, ChessCafe and Chess Publishing. The
Judit Polgar 2nd Volume Name Change!? Read Post »
Yesterday I finished the last chapter for Endgame Play. As usual when finishing a book, I feel empty, ill and slightly beside myself. There is more work to do, of course, but the difficult (read: brain in active mode) part of the work is done. I am considering updating my laptop. Any advice on a
Congratulations to Axel Smith! Pump up your Rating is the 2013 ChessCafe Book of the Year. From the moment I read the first draft of the first chapter, I had high hopes for this book and I am delighted other readers are just as enthusiastic. As the book’s publishers we are of course biased, but
ChessCafe Book of the Year – Pump up your Rating Read Post »
There are a number of different awards in chess, ECF, ACP, Boleslavsky and the Guardian are all decided by a group of selected people (though the ACP group is rather big!). The ChessCafe.com award is special as it is open for anyone to vote for. This year Quality Chess has two candidates on the three
ChessCafe book of the Year award 2013 Read Post »
Dear Quality Chess Reader, All modesty aside, we must announce another Quality Chess prize winner – in fact a 1-2. Jacob Aagaard won the Association of Chess Professionals’ 2013 Book of the Year prize for Grandmaster Preparation: Calculation. In second place, just one vote behind, was How I Beat Fischer’s Record by Judit Polgar.
Quality Chess Newsletter – ACP Book of the Year Prize Read Post »
Dear Quality Chess reader, On Friday 15th March we published three new books. Grandmaster Repertoire 12: The Modern Benoni by Marian Petrov provides a complete repertoire for Black after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6. The repertoire is sharp and ambitious but not overwhelming in the demands it places on Black’s memory. Strategic Play is
Quality Chess Newsletter – Three new books, special offers and a British Champion Read Post »