Prizes

Prizes, Publishing Schedule

How I Became a Chess Grandmaster – Hardcover and Prize!

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 […]

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FIDE Book of the Year!

Congratulations to Jan Markos and David Navara for winning the FIDE Award for the best book published in 2021! The Secret Ingredient impressed the jury of three respected Grandmasters: Antoaneta Stefanova, Thomas Luther, and Boris Gelfand. You can read the full announcement on the FIDE website here, along with details of the runners-up and other

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ECF Book of the Year!

Congratulations to Mickey Adams and Philip Hurtado, whose Think Like a Super-GM won top prize as the English Chess Federation’s 2022 Book of the Year. You can read the ECF judges’ full remarks at the previous link, but a few highlights are: “The two authors, in conjunction with the publisher, have produced a book of

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Candidates 2020 Part II

Last year John was hoping that the Candidates tournament would go ahead without any disruptions from viruses or anything else. We all know how that worked out. Here we are again, waiting for the second part to start in 10 days, so let’s have a second quiz, in addition to the one from last year;

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