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Question: What was the best Opening book of 2011


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Grandmaster Repertoire: Grunfeld (2 vol) ~ Avrukh 14 (20.0%) Attacking Chess: King's Indian (2 vol) ~Vigorito 7 (10.0%) Attacking Chess: The French ~Williams 4 (5.7%) The Ragozin Complex ~Barsky 5 (7.1%) The Ruy Lopez Move by Move ~McDonald 5 (7.1%) Petroff: An Expert Repertoire for Black ~Sakaev 7 (10.0%) The Complete Hedgehog vol.2 ~Shipov 8 (11.4%) The Scotch Game ~Dembo and Palliser 1 (1.4%) Nimzoindian Move by Move ~Emms 5 (7.1%) 1.d4 Beat the Guerillas! ~Bronznik 3 (4.3%) GM Repertoire:The Tarrasch ~Aagaard & Ntirlis 11 (15.7%) Total votes: 70 « Last Modified by: Smyslov_Fan on: 02/27/12 at 21:29:52 »

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Boris Avrukh wins ChessPub Book of the year, 2011! (Read 66256 times)

Gilchrist is a legend God Member Offline Posts: 1039 Location: Manchester, UK Joined: 03/02/10	Re: Boris Avrukh wins ChessPub Book of the year, 2011! Reply #78 - 03/15/12 at 20:18:51	Post Tools	Print Post
	Avrukh's books are extremely difficult to surpass in terms of quality. I still consider his Grandmaster Repertoire 2 as the best book I ever read in chess (and probably ever, since most books I read are chess books). But his Grünfeld volumes were extremely good as well.

	Creo lo que creo no importa lo que creen los demás.
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Antillian God Member Offline Brilliance without dazzle! Posts: 1757 Joined: 01/05/03 Gender:	Re: Boris Avrukh wins ChessPub Book of the year, 2011! Reply #77 - 03/15/12 at 17:56:29	Post Tools	Print Post
	Amazing that for the third year in a row a Grandmaster Repertoire book has won the award. Quality Chess has indeed raised the bar!

	"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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Willempie God Member Offline I love ChessPublishing .com! Posts: 4312 Location: Holland Joined: 01/07/05	Re: Boris Avrukh wins ChessPub Book of the year, 2011! Reply #76 - 03/15/12 at 17:11:25	Post Tools	Print Post
	A bit of cheating with 2 books counting for one

	If nothing else works, a total pig-headed unwillingness to look facts in the face will see us through.
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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 of the year, 2011! Reply #75 - 03/15/12 at 16:02:01	Post Tools	Print Post
	In defense of the poll being open for two weeks instead of one: There were about 16 votes cast in the second week. The goal wasn't to keep the viewers' interest, but to get a full vote for the ChessPub's book of the year. This year's contest was very close. In fact, after ~5 days, *Grandmaster Repertore: The Tarrasch* was leading the vote! Congratulations to all the finalists! And of course, congratulations to Boris Avrukh for winning the ChessPub book of the year for 2011!


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Mortal Games God Member Offline Posts: 587 Joined: 07/24/04 Gender:	Re: Book of the year, 2011! Reply #74 - 03/15/12 at 09:51:16	Post Tools	Print Post
	Grandmaster repertoire Grunfeld by Avrukh was a clear winner since the begining but the Safest Grunfeld by Delchev deserved to be part of the group since it is probably the best Chess Stars book so far.

	It has been said that chess players are good at two things, Chess and Excuses. It has also been said that Chess is where all excuses fail! In order to win you must dare to fail!
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KampongBoy YaBB Newbies Offline I love ChessPublishing .com! Posts: 32 Location: Vancouver Joined: 10/18/04 Gender:	Re: Book of the year, 2011! Reply #73 - 03/15/12 at 05:11:43	Post Tools	Print Post
	Was this poll for the 2011 or 2010 Book of the Year?


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Gilchrist is a legend God Member Offline Posts: 1039 Location: Manchester, UK Joined: 03/02/10	Re: Book of the year, 2011! Reply #72 - 03/14/12 at 20:28:43	Post Tools	Print Post
	The poll should probably have been open for no longer than one week. I already forgot when I voted.

	Creo lo que creo no importa lo que creen los demás.
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Gilchrist is a legend God Member Offline Posts: 1039 Location: Manchester, UK Joined: 03/02/10	Re: Book of the year, 2011! Reply #71 - 03/14/12 at 19:04:34	Post Tools	Print Post
	The poll probably took too long.

	Creo lo que creo no importa lo que creen los demás.
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Göran Senior Member Offline ChessPublishing is great! Posts: 454 Location: Sweden Joined: 02/13/08 Gender:	Re: Book of the year, 2011! Reply #70 - 03/14/12 at 18:22:52	Post Tools	Print Post
	Must admitt that I lost interest. Don't know why.

	What kind of proof is that?
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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 of the year, 2011! Reply #69 - 03/14/12 at 15:45:46	Post Tools	Print Post
	Last day to vote!


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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 of the year, 2011! Reply #68 - 03/08/12 at 21:51:42	Post Tools	Print Post
	Less than a week before the poll closes!


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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 of the year, 2011! Reply #67 - 03/07/12 at 15:47:15	Post Tools	Print Post
	We've been stalled at 54 for a few days, so I'm bumping the thread. Personally, I think 54 votes is a good representative figure for our active users. Only members are allowed to vote this year. (I'm not sure whether that was true last year).


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KampongBoy YaBB Newbies Offline I love ChessPublishing .com! Posts: 32 Location: Vancouver Joined: 10/18/04 Gender:	Re: Book of the year, 2011! Reply #66 - 03/04/12 at 04:46:29	Post Tools	Print Post
	The number is 45 at present!


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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 of the year, 2011! Reply #65 - 03/03/12 at 16:31:20	Post Tools	Print Post
	Not only that, but every book has received at least one vote!


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Ametanoitos God Member Offline The road to success is under construction Posts: 1429 Location: Patras Joined: 01/04/05	Re: Book of the year, 2011! Reply #64 - 03/03/12 at 11:27:55	Post Tools	Print Post
	And now 36! How many did we have last year? If i remember correctly it was over 100, right? For Bronzink's book. I like this author very much. I would like to see him write in a more mainsteam opening. I saw Kaufman claiming some minor improvements in his book in the Schara Gambit. I'd like to see Stefan's opinion on that if he has seen them.


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