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Win with the Stonewall Dutch by Agdestein et al. 17 (32.7%) The English Opening, V. 1 by Marin 19 (36.5%) Playing the Queen's Gambit by Schandorff 16 (30.8%) Total votes: 52 « Last Modified by: Smyslov_Fan on: 02/09/10 at 05:12:46 »

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Marin wins Pub's Book of Year 2009! (Read 92938 times)

Antillian God Member Offline Brilliance without dazzle! Posts: 1757 Joined: 01/05/03 Gender:	Re: Opening book of the year Reply #130 - 03/08/10 at 16:07:21	Post Tools	Print Post
	GMTonyKosten wrote on 03/04/10 at 00:29:17: TonyRo wrote on 03/02/10 at 14:00:53: I'd willing to bet a decent amount of money that GM's get in free to ChessPub already. I wouldn't bet too much if I were you! Even some 2700+ guys pay! Pretty impressive. Even super GM's use Chesspublishing.com

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GMTonyKosten YaBB Administrator Offline Mr Dynamic? Posts: 3191 Location: Clermont-Ferrand Joined: 12/19/02 Gender:	Re: Opening book of the year Reply #129 - 03/04/10 at 00:34:30	Post Tools	Print Post
	Antillian wrote on 03/02/10 at 11:47:40: Maybe Tony would agree to give one year Gold membership as a token on chesspublishing.com to the winning author. Agreed, maybe Jacob could send me Marin's email address? Antillian wrote on 03/02/10 at 11:47:40: One other idea may be to write a composite review on the book and have a prominent link on the front page of the chesspub.com and chesspublishing.com websites, assuming Tony consents of course. Let those who voted give short reviews of the book and let someone take charge of pulling it all together in one central review. Already, many publishers and writers come to this board to discuss or defend their books. This award could be used as a tool to further raise the profile and influence of the board and by extension of chesspublishing.com That seems like a good idea, I'm happy to put the review on the ChessPublishing site, with a prominent link from the Home Page, but maybe this is superfluous as I've already written a brief review on the Flank section?


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GMTonyKosten YaBB Administrator Offline Mr Dynamic? Posts: 3191 Location: Clermont-Ferrand Joined: 12/19/02 Gender:	Re: Opening book of the year Reply #128 - 03/04/10 at 00:29:17	Post Tools	Print Post
	TonyRo wrote on 03/02/10 at 14:00:53: I'd willing to bet a decent amount of money that GM's get in free to ChessPub already. I wouldn't bet too much if I were you! Even some 2700+ guys pay!


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Markovich God Member Offline Posts: 6099 Location: Columbus, Ohio Joined: 09/17/04	Re: Opening book of the year Reply #127 - 03/03/10 at 21:10:40	Post Tools	Print Post
	Anonymous3 wrote on 03/02/10 at 06:25:43: Darn it! I voted for Win with the Stonewall Dutch. At least it came in second. Yeah, but I didn't vote, and I would've voted for Schandorff. So it's not really second, see?

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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: Opening book of the year Reply #126 - 03/03/10 at 20:28:39	Post Tools	Print Post
	TonyRo wrote on 03/03/10 at 20:25:26: A fine bottle of wine. Wine from a pub? I suppose. But doesn't exactly yell Chess Pub, does it? Maybe Tony has a nice cellar?


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TonyRo God Member Offline I'm gonna crack your skull! Posts: 1846 Location: Cleveland, OH Joined: 11/26/07 Gender:	Re: Opening book of the year Reply #125 - 03/03/10 at 20:25:26	Post Tools	Print Post
	A fine bottle of wine.


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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: Opening book of the year Reply #124 - 03/03/10 at 20:12:20	Post Tools	Print Post
	Tony's asked if the Pub members have any good ideas for how to reward GM Marin, beyond the obvious free subscription. Any ideas?


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Daniel Full Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 169 Joined: 05/29/06 Gender:	Re: Opening book of the year Reply #123 - 03/02/10 at 15:28:24	Post Tools	Print Post
	Was in my top 3 opening books of the year so not a big deal. Would be much worse if something with a few giant analytical holes like Kill Kid 1 won (still a good read though). For me: 1. Shipov 2. Barksky 3. Marin all are great books. Shipov's hedgehog book was easily the best book with Barksky over Marin simply as I am much more likely to play his lines.


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boki Full Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 181 Joined: 04/02/08	Re: Opening book of the year Reply #122 - 03/02/10 at 14:40:25	Post Tools	Print Post
	Great ! Marin really deserved that ! Maybe Toni should make it official


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Antillian God Member Offline Brilliance without dazzle! Posts: 1757 Joined: 01/05/03 Gender:	Re: Opening book of the year Reply #121 - 03/02/10 at 14:10:47	Post Tools	Print Post
	TonyRo wrote on 03/02/10 at 14:00:53: I'd willing to bet a decent amount of money that GM's get in free to ChessPub already. I doubt it. It is a business afterall. Unless the GM is a reviewer or is going to give such free PR, I can't see any advantage in giving away membership free to them.

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TonyRo God Member Offline I'm gonna crack your skull! Posts: 1846 Location: Cleveland, OH Joined: 11/26/07 Gender:	Re: Opening book of the year Reply #120 - 03/02/10 at 14:00:53	Post Tools	Print Post
	I'd willing to bet a decent amount of money that GM's get in free to ChessPub already.


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Antillian God Member Offline Brilliance without dazzle! Posts: 1757 Joined: 01/05/03 Gender:	Re: Opening book of the year Reply #119 - 03/02/10 at 11:47:40	Post Tools	Print Post
	Smyslov_Fan wrote on 03/02/10 at 08:12:06: The voting was close all the way through. Congratulations to Mihail Marin! Even though I voted for another book, I've been inspired to read two other books by Marin lately. Ok, what do we do now? Well, I voted for Marin. But I am impressed at how well the Stonewall book did. It makes me almost want to run out and buy it. What do other organizations that have such polls do when the result is known? At the very least, it is worth some bragging rights as I see Quality Chess has already broad-casted the result on their blog. That at least shows that opinion of this board is valued. Maybe Tony would agree to give one year Gold membership as a token on chesspublishing.com to the winning author. One other idea may be to write a composite review on the book and have a prominent link on the front page of the chesspub.com and chesspublishing.com websites, assuming Tony consents of course. Let those who voted give short reviews of the book and let someone take charge of pulling it all together in one central review. Already, many publishers and writers come to this board to discuss or defend their books. This award could be used as a tool to further raise the profile and influence of the board and by extension of chesspublishing.com

	"Breakthrough results come about by a series of good decisions, diligently executed and accumulated one on top of another." Jim Collins --- Good to Great
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Jacob Aagaard Full Member Offline Quality Chess says hi! Posts: 165 Location: Glasgow, UK Joined: 01/16/08 Gender:	Re: Opening book of the year Reply #118 - 03/02/10 at 09:32:45	Post Tools	Print Post
	At Quality Chess we are very proud that our core audience decided to pick not only one, but two of our very few 2009 titles to be in the top three. Thank you.


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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: Opening book of the year Reply #117 - 03/02/10 at 08:12:06	Post Tools	Print Post
	The voting was close all the way through. Congratulations to Mihail Marin! Even though I voted for another book, I've been inspired to read two other books by Marin lately. Ok, what do we do now?


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Anonymous3 Senior Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 307 Joined: 08/15/08	Re: Opening book of the year Reply #116 - 03/02/10 at 06:25:43	Post Tools	Print Post
	Darn it! I voted for Win with the Stonewall Dutch. At least it came in second.


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