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Bologan - Bologan's King's Indian 2 (5.4%) Cornette - The Complete Ragozin 3 (8.1%) Georgiev - Fighting the London System 3 (8.1%) Marin - Grandmaster Repertoire: The Pirc Defence 5 (13.5%) Montany - Opening Repertoire: The Modern Samisch 7 (18.9%) Moret - My First Chess Opening Repertoire, Black 0 (0.0%) Ntirlis - Playing 1.d4 d5: A Classical Repertoire 8 (21.6%) Panjwani - The Hyper Accelerated Dragon 2 (5.4%) Smith - e3 Poison 5 (13.5%) de la Villa - Dismantling the Sicilian, Revised 2 (5.4%) Total votes: 37 « Last Modified by: IM_Serious on: 04/08/18 at 02:58:57 »

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CanadianClub Senior Member Offline Greetings from Catalonia! Posts: 416 Joined: 11/11/12 Gender:	Re: ChessPub Book of the Year 2017 Reply #30 - 03/28/18 at 09:23:57	Post Tools	Print Post
	IM_Serious wrote on 01/10/18 at 04:47:27: ErictheRed wrote on 01/10/18 at 01:05:17: I nominate Pert's Playing the Ragozin published by Quality Chess. My copy of the Repertoire says 2016. However, "The Complete Ragozin" by Matthieu Cornette is published 2017. Cornette' book is really impressive. Not the best layout ever (sadly, because the material is excellent) but a very great piece of work.


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nestor Full Member Offline Posts: 137 Location: London Joined: 05/10/09 Gender:	Re: ChessPub Book of the Year 2017 Reply #29 - 03/28/18 at 07:13:08	Post Tools	Print Post
	Are we going to do this? The essential distraction of the Candidates tournament is finished, and we've had long enough to take a good look at books published in 2017....


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bragesjo God Member Offline CCE at ICCF 2021 and CCM at ICCF 2023 Posts: 1829 Location: Eskilstuna Joined: 06/30/06 Gender:	Re: ChessPub Book of the Year 2017 Reply #28 - 02/07/18 at 15:29:06	Post Tools	Print Post
	TN wrote on 01/08/18 at 15:37:00: I nominate 'Dismantling the Sicilian' (2017 edition) by GMs Jesus de la Villa and Max Illingworth. It will be my vote when the poll comes up.


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Leon_Trotsky Senior Member Offline Кто был никем — тот станет всем! Posts: 499 Location: Barcelona, CAT Joined: 08/11/17 Gender:	Re: ChessPub Book of the Year 2017 Reply #27 - 01/31/18 at 23:24:30	Post Tools	Print Post
	Grandmeister Repertoire: Pirc Defence by Marin undoubtedly, is my choice.

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IM_Serious Junior Member Offline Bibliophile Posts: 50 Joined: 06/04/16	Re: ChessPub Book of the Year 2017 Reply #26 - 01/31/18 at 16:04:28	Post Tools	Print Post
	I'll nominate Bologan's King's Indian (2017) from New in Chess. I understand the material has evolved from Chess Stars (2009) and ChessBase (2016). A cynical reviewer has even called the material 'recycled', but this is the book I've used the most from 2017.


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semper_fidelis YaBB Newbies Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 39 Joined: 01/21/18 Gender:	Re: ChessPub Book of the Year 2017 Reply #25 - 01/24/18 at 19:42:50	Post Tools	Print Post
	I'd like to nominate 'Opening Repertoire: The Modern Samisch'. The long awaited book that lives up to the expectations


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Smyslov_Fan God Member Correspondence fan Offline Progress depends on the unreasonable man. ~GBS Posts: 6902 Joined: 06/15/05	Re: ChessPub Book of the Year 2017 Reply #24 - 01/13/18 at 03:41:11	Post Tools	Print Post
	Thanks guys, for getting the ball rolling without me! If you need help setting up the poll, let me know.


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Fllg God Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 647 Joined: 05/30/09 Gender:	Re: ChessPub Book of the Year 2017 Reply #23 - 01/12/18 at 16:06:20	Post Tools	Print Post
	ErictheRed wrote on 01/11/18 at 16:11:07: If we already included it in last year's voting, I don't think that we should include it this year. Oh, I didn´t notice it was already in last years poll. Then, of course, I agree.


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RoleyPoley YaBB Moderator Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 741 Location: London Joined: 12/29/13 Gender:	Re: ChessPub Book of the Year 2017 Reply #22 - 01/11/18 at 20:50:31	Post Tools	Print Post
	I'd like to nominate Vincent Moret's My first chess opening repertoire for black. I appreciate it isnt everybody's cup of tea in regards to the openings it chooses - Gambit lines of the scandinavian, Albin and stonewall, but i think it does what it aims to do in presenting the material in a very reader friendly way and so anyone studying this book could pick up those openings quite quickly. As much as i love Smerdon's book, i found it somewhat easier to understand Moret's presentation perhaps precisely because it starts the introductions to the openings with the 'ideal' set up and attacking themes, has fewer variations in each line and also includes sections for testing the thematic moves at the end of each chapter to aid pattern recognition. I also think the lines it presents are covered in a much more thorough way than in his first book that covered playing with the white pieces. Its definitely a style of presentation i would love to see replicated.

	"As Mikhail Tal would say ' Let's have a bit of hooliganism! '" Victor Bologan.
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Stigma God Member Offline There is a crack in everything. Posts: 3265 Joined: 11/07/06 Gender:	Re: ChessPub Book of the Year 2017 Reply #21 - 01/11/18 at 20:17:56	Post Tools	Print Post
	ErictheRed wrote on 01/11/18 at 16:11:07: If we already included it in last year's voting, I don't think that we should include it this year. That's typically why we wait until later to start the nomination process--to give books published at the end of the year a chance to get into readers' hands. We probably jumped the gun this year. I agree on both counts. If we started looking for nominations earlier than usual this year, I suggest we just leave the nominations open for longer - until the end of February, perhaps? Or whatever has been the normal timeframe.

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ErictheRed God Member Offline USCF National Master Posts: 2533 Location: USA Joined: 10/02/05	Re: ChessPub Book of the Year 2017 Reply #20 - 01/11/18 at 16:11:07	Post Tools	Print Post
	If we already included it in last year's voting, I don't think that we should include it this year. That's typically why we wait until later to start the nomination process--to give books published at the end of the year a chance to get into readers' hands. We probably jumped the gun this year.


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Fllg God Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 647 Joined: 05/30/09 Gender:	Re: ChessPub Book of the Year 2017 Reply #19 - 01/11/18 at 15:54:25	Post Tools	Print Post
	Well, Pert´s book was published 21 December 2016, so it´s likely that most people read it in 2017. Therefore I think the nomination of the book should be allowed. What do the others think?


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ErictheRed God Member Offline USCF National Master Posts: 2533 Location: USA Joined: 10/02/05	Re: ChessPub Book of the Year 2017 Reply #18 - 01/11/18 at 15:12:13	Post Tools	Print Post
	IsaVulpes wrote on 01/11/18 at 12:46:22: IM_Serious wrote on 01/10/18 at 04:47:27: ErictheRed wrote on 01/10/18 at 01:05:17: I nominate Pert's Playing the Ragozin published by Quality Chess. My copy of the Repertoire says 2016. Yup, it was already up for vote last year I checked my copy and of course you guys are correct. I blame Google Books, which says that it was originally published March 7, 2017!


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IsaVulpes Senior Member Offline No. Posts: 345 Joined: 12/09/07	Re: ChessPub Book of the Year 2017 Reply #17 - 01/11/18 at 12:46:22	Post Tools	Print Post
	IM_Serious wrote on 01/10/18 at 04:47:27: ErictheRed wrote on 01/10/18 at 01:05:17: I nominate Pert's Playing the Ragozin published by Quality Chess. My copy of the Repertoire says 2016. Yup, it was already up for vote last year


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CarriedbyGg Junior Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 82 Joined: 02/06/15 Gender:	Re: ChessPub Book of the Year 2017 Reply #16 - 01/10/18 at 07:21:19	Post Tools	Print Post
	Of course, this is just a nomination. Perfectly fine for you to do that


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