Maybe it's because Amazon.com is the most powerful reseller these days - so they might have demanded that they shoud have the first release?

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Well, Everyman works in mysterious ways... As for the Shirov/Philidor thread, I think black has sounder defences than accepting the pawn, so that glitch didn't bother me so much - especially since I don't play the Hanham anyway, and I don't think Bauer does either(?!). So, hopefully it will be more interesting to see what he has to offer after ...exd4 and 5...Be7 / 5...g6 which he does play...

Prince-Nez wrote on 02/13/07 at 18:39:55:


One can of course only speculate. For example, Bauer's new Philidor book has apparently been out more than a month by now in the US, but why is it still not available in Europe?!

On Wells' CK, my guess is that it has to do with timing - there's two (or more?) recently published volumes by Karpov & Co plus a CK rep book for black by Houska, so they wouldn't want it drown in the flow...

Do note though that they will get those dates from the publisher (or the publisher's distributor). They're not their estimates. Publishers vary wildly in their capacity to maintain and make known updated information (I write as someone with years of relevant experience as an acquisitions librarian and a bookseller). Though of course it's possible that Amazon do receive updated information and do not perform well when it comes to amending their own records.

My least favourite chess publisher in that regard are actually Everyman, who, last time I called them in London to obtain information on a proposed release, tried to refer me to somebody in their US office!

According to Amazon in the UK, Collins' book has been delayed until 31 august 2007, I'm afraid
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Attacking-Repertoire-Black-Sam-Collins/dp/0713490292/sr=...

Prince-Nez wrote on 01/19/07 at 21:19:51:


Well the Quality Chess website could certainly apply for an award for the worst website on the net: missing or hard-to-find info on books, strange classification of books etc.

To find info on the Stonewall book, go to the news page http://www.qualitychessbooks.com/news.aspx, click on "7 June 2006 - Our autumn catalogue is now available", and a window with the autumn 2006 catalogue pops up. Scroll down and you will find "Die Stonewall Verteidigung II, Jacob Aagaard, 2006" and further down there is "Holländskt: Stenmuren II av Jacob Aagaard, 2006", i.e. German and Swedish versions of the book in question. No indication of an English version, which is quite surprising since Aaagaard is probably more familiar with English language than with German and Swedish. In the details on the German version: "Dieses Buch ist eine vollständig überarbeitete Neufassung der nun fünf Jahre alten ersten Auflage", i.e. "this book is a complete updated and revised version of the five year old English edition".

Here are the themes and games. I'll include a few game links in case that generates more interest in the Dutch Stonewall!

p. 37-39. White exchanges cxd5
Beliavsky-Yusupov 1-0, Linares 1989 http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1385365
Conquest-Short 0-1, Bundesliga 1987 http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1124242
Plaskett-Karlsson 1-0, Copenhagen, 1985 http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1277061
Gulko-Short 0-1, Paris 1990 http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1054041
Malaniuk-Vaiser 1/2-1/2, Yerevan, 1996

p. 40-42, White plays a2-a4
Kozul-Yusupov 1-0, Belgrade 1989 http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1385374
Gulko-Milov 1-0, Bern 1994 http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1054365
Ibragimov-Shabalov 1/2-1/2, New York 1998

p. 43-44, General plans for black. When should black attack?
Dokhoian-Bareev 0-1, Rome 1990
Ross-Tukmanov 0-1, Canada 1989 
Bareev-Krasenkow 0-1, Groningen 1997 (g7-g5 idea) http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1242017

Btw, I think Aagaard is writing a second edition, see Quality Chess web page

I might be missing something, but did you buy the book? If so, can it not be returned to the vendor and replaced with a complete copy?