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I promised to put this up and thought it would be more fun here than at position 37 on the discussion. The candidates system is the best possible system at the moment as it does what it is determined to do: get the right winner. We saw that in London, Mexico City and San Luis. […]
Dear Quality Chess Reader, Apologies for the long gap between newsletters – we have all had our heads down working on books. I can promise that our next newsletters will follow more swiftly. In the past few months, Quality Chess books have been awarded a couple of prestigious prizes. Judit Polgar’s How I Beat Fischer’s
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Quality Chess is in need of an assistant editor to work full time with our team in the centre of Glasgow. The job will mainly be editing of chess books, but other publishing-related tasks will be part of the job. It is important to note that the main part of the job is
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Dear Quality Chess reader, Today is the 40th birthday of GM Jacob Aagaard, my friend and business partner. Happy Birthday Jacob! To business – six new Quality Chess books were made available this past month. The King’s Gambit (by me) made its long-awaited appearance. Five years of analysis resulted in 680 pages of fun-filled
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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.
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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
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Dear Quality Chess reader, Happy New Year to all our chess friends. At the end of this month we will publish four books. Chess Evolution 3: Mastery concludes Artur Yusupov’s 9-book educational series. I cannot recommend this series strongly enough for any chess player who wishes to improve. Of course I am biased, but
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Dear Quality Chess Reader, Judit Polgar, author of How I Beat Fischer’s Record, achieved the remarkable feat of beating World Number 1, Magnus Carlsen. Judit won the battle but lost the war, as Magnus stormed back to win the UNAM chess festival in Mexico City. The pair will face each other again at the London
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