We are the fastest publisher by far. We publish the book when it is finished - not when it fits into some publishing schedule. Everyman, as an example, can spend up to a year before publishing a book, from when it was written. Chess Stars comes close, but are delayed by the translation process - but it is my impression that they are doing as well as they possibly can.

At the moment we are still analysing critical positions in the Najdorf book - in three days we are going to the printer with the final product. 

Regarding GM1 & GM2 - the author spent the time writing them (15 months apart) and not the publisher. We inserted new references and analysis the night (literally night) it went to the printer, it was out 3 weeks later.

GM6 is ready the 16th of July to shipping to the shops. We will ship it from our office the 20th, the shops will have it 1-2 days later.

Obviously we will not wait for the Khalifman book. It is not a matter of business, but a question of the material in our book being 400+ pages, and we will meet the Khalifman book on only 1 place (the nature of repertoires). If indeed there is a problem - which I hope there will not be - we will probably make an update for our website. 

Anyway, it is more fair like this - both teams not having seen the other sides analysis - publishing at the same time.

(I would never decide when to print a theory book because of money. I know it is not the intention to insult, but I am a bit hurt anyway. I think we have proved a long time ago that we are not thinking money first when we do things. The cynics can laugh all the want, but I did not give 5 years of no income to this project to be guided by imaginary financial gains. This does not mean that we are not a business, of course we are. We just produce things in the optimal way - and only then look at a way to make money out of it. We don't allow the money to make the strategy - among other things, it probably does not work anyway...)

Gilchrist is a legend wrote on 06/28/10 at 22:18:00:


QC has never had a problem with pushing their publication date further back so using it as an excuse is lame. I saw GM6 on Amazon early in 2009 and it was supposed to come out in fall of that year. Now it is supposed to come out in July of 2010 while there is not even a table of contents available! All I am saying is that the cost of waiting 2-3 weeks is nothing compared to its benefits. The lines in 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 are super sharp it is quite conceivable that Khalifman will have something they have missed. Plus Khalifman will have a year or so to bust the 6. Be3 e5 lines offered by Ftacnik ...

F22 wrote on 06/28/10 at 05:41:01:


You said it yourself. Why would QC want to delay GM6 even further? Who cares if Khalifman "updates" on GM6 or not? It's not fair to sit on the book and let people who expect and/or have pre-ordered GM6 have to wait even longer. QC have already addressed this issue anyway and do not plan to delay the publication of GM6 upon completion of editing.

Jacob Aagaard wrote on 06/28/10 at 08:10:48:



Excellent.   

I can't wait.  For those of us who play the Najdorf/Scheveningen this is a huge event.  Ftacnik is one of the top specialists in the world on these lines.

Jacob Aagaard wrote on 06/28/10 at 08:10:48:


Thanks for all the information but what would you lose by waiting to see Khalifman's work? Since you have already been late (if I recall correctly this book was announced in early 2009!) nobody will complain for an additional one month delay. On the up side however you avoid having a whole in your book (Khalifman is covering 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 in vol. 13). To me delaying the book seems like a no-brainer. 

Khalifman's Najdorf volume (Opening for White according to Anand, vol.13) will also be out in July. The Ftacnik book has been delayed for nearly a year now if I were QC I would wait one more month to see what Khalifman has in order to avoid an embarrassing "update" ...

According to the Quality Chess Website the book will also deal with the anti-Sicilians, but how inclusive that will be I don't know.

With the search function I didnt find anything about Kasparov´s DVDs - are they too superficial? I ask it, because nodody use them as a reference or as a starting question.