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Free ‘Book of the Month’ – September and October

September 5th, 2023 No comments

We are continuing our free-fourth-book offer – if you buy three books or more and live in the normal European Union zone (as defined by UPS – for example, they exclude some islands and remote areas) we will send you an extra book free.

Please note that if you buy a Special Offer and are in the EU zone, we will add one free book. For example, if a European buys the Special Offer on our award-winning Grandmaster Preparation series, then we would send the 6 hardcovers, plus one free extra book.

The previous default option on the free book was GRANDMASTER VERSUS AMATEUR (HARDCOVER).


For September and October, we will switch the default option to CARLSEN’S ASSAULT ON THE THRONE. But if you already have that book, or would prefer a different free book, then send us an email to salesgroup@qualitychess.co.uk with your order number, asking to have it replaced with one of the following titles:

ATTACKING THE SPANISH
CHAMPIONS OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM
CUTTING EDGE 1: THE OPEN SICILIAN
CUTTING EDGE 2: SICILIAN NAJDORF 6.Be3
GRANDMASTER BATTLE MANUAL
GRANDMASTER VERSUS AMATEUR (HARDCOVER)
REGGIO EMILIA 2007/2008
TACTIMANIA
THE ALTERMAN GAMBIT GUIDE – BLACK GAMBITS VOLUME 1
THE ALTERMAN GAMBIT GUIDE – BLACK GAMBITS VOLUME 2

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QC and other publishers will not participate in any FIDE Book of the Year Award for the time being

August 23rd, 2023 8 comments
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How I Became a Chess Grandmaster – Hardcover and Prize!

August 9th, 2023 9 comments

Two pieces of news about How I Became a Chess Grandmaster by GM Vinay Bhat. Firstly, a hardcover version of this title will be published on August 30th – the same day as Playing the English will appear.

Secondly, the book won a prize from the Chess Journalists of America in the category Best Chess Book – Instruction. Congratulations to Vinay!

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Playing the English excerpt

July 13th, 2023 131 comments

There is now an excerpt of Nikos’s excellent Playing the English repertoire. The book is a solid 440 pages, so we made it a generous 20-page excerpt. We don’t have a set-in-stone publication date yet, but either end of August or start of September will be right.

And at the same time will be Endgame Labyrinths, though an excerpt on that book will have to wait a few days.

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Free ‘Book of the Month’ – July and August

July 4th, 2023 2 comments

We are continuing our free-fourth-book offer – if you buy three books or more and live in the normal European Union zone (as defined by UPS – for example, they exclude some islands and remote areas) we will send you an extra book free.

Please note that if you buy a Special Offer and are in the EU zone, we will add one free book. For example, if a European buys the Special Offer on our award-winning Grandmaster Preparation series, then we would send the 6 hardcovers, plus one free extra book.

The previous default option on the free book was GRANDMASTER BATTLE MANUAL.
For July and August, we will switch the default option to GRANDMASTER VERSUS AMATEUR (HARDCOVER) edited by Jacob Aagaard and John Shaw. But if you already have that book, or would prefer a different free book, then send us an email to salesgroup@qualitychess.co.uk with your order number, asking to have it replaced with one of the following titles:

ATTACKING THE SPANISH
CARLSEN’S ASSAULT ON THE THRONE
CHAMPIONS OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM
CUTTING EDGE 1: THE OPEN SICILIAN
CUTTING EDGE 2: SICILIAN NAJDORF 6.Be3
GRANDMASTER BATTLE MANUAL
REGGIO EMILIA 2007/2008
SAN LUIS 2005
TACTIMANIA
THE ALTERMAN GAMBIT GUIDE – BLACK GAMBITS VOLUME 1
THE ALTERMAN GAMBIT GUIDE – BLACK GAMBITS VOLUME 2

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Free ‘Book of the Month’ – May and June

May 22nd, 2023 4 comments

We are continuing our free-fourth-book offer – if you buy three books or more and live in the normal European Union zone (as defined by UPS – for example, they exclude some islands and remote areas) we will send you an extra book free.

Please note that if you buy a Special Offer and are in the EU zone, we will add one free book. For example, if a European buys the Special Offer on our award-winning Grandmaster Preparation series, then we would send the 6 hardcovers, plus one free extra book.

The previous default option on the free book was CUTTING EDGE 2: SICILIAN NAJDORF 6.Be3.
For May and June, we will switch the default option to GRANDMASTER BATTLE MANUAL by Vassilios Kotronias. But if you already have that book(s), or would prefer a different free book, then send us an email to salesgroup@qualitychess.co.uk with your order number, asking to have it replaced with one of the following titles:

ATTACKING THE SPANISH
CARLSEN’S ASSAULT ON THE THRONE
CHAMPIONS OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM
CUTTING EDGE 1: THE OPEN SICILIAN
CUTTING EDGE 2: SICILIAN NAJDORF 6.Be3
GRANDMASTER BATTLE MANUAL
GRANDMASTER VERSUS AMATEUR
REGGIO EMILIA 2007/2008
SAN LUIS 2005
TACTIMANIA
THE ALTERMAN GAMBIT GUIDE – BLACK GAMBITS VOLUME 1
THE ALTERMAN GAMBIT GUIDE – BLACK GAMBITS VOLUME 2

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How I Became a Chess Grandmaster – The Interview

May 19th, 2023 2 comments

Sagar Shah of ChessBase India interviewed Vinay about his new book. See the interview here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4IIiYe5Vb8

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Update

March 13th, 2023 86 comments

Often people ask what is happening with this or that book, so I just wanted to give a little update on what we are working on at the moment.

Black and White Magic by Axel Smith and How I Became a Chess Grandmaster by Vinay Bhat are at the printer and will come out on the 12th of April.

Key Elements of Chess Strategy and Key Elements of Chess Tactics – both by Georgy Lisitsin (and incidentally the first classics not to get a classics cover, as other ideas won the day) have been edited and are now in the proof reading stages. It is our intention to publish these books together with the paperback versions of previously published books.

A little down the path from these, we are coming towards the final edit of Endgame Labyrinths by current study World Champion Steffen Nielsen and Jacob Aagaard (that’s I), Playing the English by our favourite, and yours, Nikos Ntirlis and Magic Moves by Michal Konopka.

Sam Shankland has delivered Theoretical Rook Endings and Jacob Aagaard (me) has finished the writing of Conceptual Rook Endings. Both are meant to be out in hardback August.

More of our coming books will come on Chesstempo.com. So far we have focused on making the Yusupov series available. They are almost at the end of the conversion process. As never books will be handed to them in more pliable formats, the process will be faster.

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