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Question: ChessPub Opening Book of the Year?


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Squeezing the Gambits (Georgiev) 6 (5.3%) GM Repertoire V2 (Avrukh) 36 (31.9%) GM Repertoire V7 (Schandorff) 7 (6.2%) Wojo's Weapons Vol 1 (Hilton/Ippolito) 32 (28.3%) Killer French DVDs (Williams) 4 (3.5%) Gambit Guide W Gambits (Alterman) 1 (0.9%) How to play against 1.d4 (Palliser) 0 (0.0%) The Wonderful Winawer (Moskalenko) 13 (11.5%) Moscow and Anti-Moscow (Dreev) 2 (1.8%) GM Repertoire V6 (Ftacnik) 1 (0.9%) Cutting Edge Open Sicilian 1 (Pavlovic) 2 (1.8%) Mastering Chess Openings V4 (Watson) 9 (8.0%) Total votes: 113 « Created by: TN on: 02/03/11 at 05:49:36 »

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Avrukh wins ChessPub's book of the Year 2010 (Read 68454 times)

TN God Member Offline Posts: 3420 Joined: 11/07/08 Gender:	Re: Book Poll 2010 ? Reply #22 - 11/18/10 at 07:17:12	Post Tools	Print Post
	Bibs wrote on 11/18/10 at 06:18:13: I like this. Poll about a poll. Can we have a poll about a poll about a poll? Suggestions? I'd rather have a dream within a dream within a dream.

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Bibs God Member Offline Posts: 2338 Joined: 10/24/06	Re: Book Poll 2010 ? Reply #21 - 11/18/10 at 06:18:13	Post Tools	Print Post
	I like this. Poll about a poll. Can we have a poll about a poll about a poll? Suggestions?


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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: Book Poll 2010 ? Reply #20 - 11/18/10 at 05:47:03	Post Tools	Print Post
	TN, a poll doesn't make it so. If there aren't enough nominees, the point is moot anyway. The final decision will come down to Tony. I'm sure we could persuade him one way or another, but the poll alone won't change things.


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TN God Member Offline Posts: 3420 Joined: 11/07/08 Gender:	Re: Book Poll 2010 ? Reply #19 - 11/18/10 at 04:55:06	Post Tools	Print Post
	Smyslov_Fan wrote on 11/18/10 at 01:49:06: For all those suggesting two categories, are there any nominations for BOTH categories? I didn't vote in favour of both categories, but since that is the likely occurrence, I nominate Grandmaster Repertoire: 1.d4, Volume 2 by GM Boris Avrukh.

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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: Book Poll 2010 ? Reply #18 - 11/18/10 at 01:49:06	Post Tools	Print Post
	For all those suggesting two categories, are there any nominations for BOTH categories?


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TalJechin God Member Offline There is no secret ingredient. Posts: 2892 Location: Malmö Joined: 08/12/04 Gender:	Re: Book Poll 2010 ? Reply #17 - 11/17/10 at 20:27:37	Post Tools	Print Post
	There seems to be a majority for a two category poll, Best Opening Book and Best Chess Book But only 18 voters - the interest is staggering... Btw, since I'm bumping up the thread anyway, I might as well nominate a book as well: How to Play Against 1.d4 by Palliser.


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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: Book Poll 2010 ? Reply #16 - 11/10/10 at 17:52:09	Post Tools	Print Post
	I don't think there are enough great books this year for all these different categories.


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Göran Senior Member Offline ChessPublishing is great! Posts: 454 Location: Sweden Joined: 02/13/08 Gender:	Re: Book Poll 2010 ? Reply #15 - 11/10/10 at 17:35:26	Post Tools	Print Post
	How about 1. Best opening book for 2000- players and 2. best opening book forr 2000+ players I think lower ranked players and higher ranked players evaluate quite different criteria for "best opening book". I would guess e.g. most of the "Grandmaster Repertoire" are not very good for lower ranked players but highly appreciated by higher ranked players. E.g I think lower ranked players evaluate (verbal desciption, plans, ideas) much more than higher ranked (more analysis and current status/lines).

	What kind of proof is that?
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Göran Senior Member Offline ChessPublishing is great! Posts: 454 Location: Sweden Joined: 02/13/08 Gender:	Re: Book Poll 2010 ? Reply #14 - 11/10/10 at 17:24:43	Post Tools	Print Post
	How about DVDs? will they be included as "books"? e.g Killer French

	What kind of proof is that?
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TalJechin God Member Offline There is no secret ingredient. Posts: 2892 Location: Malmö Joined: 08/12/04 Gender:	Re: Book Poll 2010 ? Reply #13 - 11/10/10 at 15:57:35	Post Tools	Print Post
	Just added a Poll on the Poll to see what the majority wants.


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Dink Heckler God Member Offline Love-Forty Posts: 880 Joined: 02/01/07 Gender:	Re: Book Poll 2010 ? Reply #12 - 11/10/10 at 15:15:19	Post Tools	Print Post
	Sorry, didn't realise those were the rules. Opening books are like tears in the rain, though....

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Stigma God Member Offline There is a crack in everything. Posts: 3265 Joined: 11/07/06 Gender:	Re: Book Poll 2010 ? Reply #11 - 11/10/10 at 13:35:58	Post Tools	Print Post
	Alas, "Chess Duels" is not an opening book. Though I'm sure it's great, everybody has praised it.

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Dink Heckler God Member Offline Love-Forty Posts: 880 Joined: 02/01/07 Gender:	Re: Book Poll 2010 ? Reply #10 - 11/10/10 at 11:36:36	Post Tools	Print Post
	I'd like to nominate Seirawan's 'Chess Duels'; I find this book fantastic on a number of levels.

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LeeRoth God Member Offline I love ChessPublishing.com! Posts: 1520 Joined: 10/22/05	Re: Book Poll 2010 ? Reply #9 - 11/10/10 at 04:34:32	Post Tools	Print Post
	Keep the same rules as last year. If you change the rules each year, the poll becomes meaningless.


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TN God Member Offline Posts: 3420 Joined: 11/07/08 Gender:	Re: Book Poll 2010 ? Reply #8 - 11/09/10 at 20:26:32	Post Tools	Print Post
	As a fan of the GM Repertoire series, I nominate the book 'Grandmaster Repertoire 7: The Caro-Kann' by Lars Schandorff.

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