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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 66284 times)

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 #48 - 01/22/12 at 23:13:39	Post Tools	Print Post
	I'll set up the poll soon. In the mean time, I've reread the chesspub discussions over the past three years regarding whether we should vote for a book of the year or an opening book of the year. This year may be exceptional, but the chesspublicans have preferred to vote for an opening book of the year. We may want to cast a vote for a non-opening book as well, but it would be unofficial.


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Stigma God Member Offline There is a crack in everything. Posts: 3277 Joined: 11/07/06 Gender:	Re: Book of the year, 2011! Reply #47 - 01/22/12 at 20:14:00	Post Tools	Print Post
	LeeRoth wrote on 01/22/12 at 18:13:30: While our own poll seems to have stalled, the ChessCafe poll is down to three finalists. The 4th rehash of Silman's book, a book on invisible moves, and the Gulko/Sneed book. One wonders who votes in this poll. Where are Karolyi's books on Karpov, Avrukh on the Gruenfeld, Kasparov's latest, Vigorito's two volumes on the Kings Indian, Experts on the Anti-Sicilians, Yusupov, Delchev, Sakaev or Nunn? How can none of these be worthy of at least a top three finish? I wanted to vote at first, but realized I hadn't bought any of the supposedly excellent works you list (though I have the Karolyi books on order now), so better to abstain! I would have had to vote for Silman's 4th too since I have that one, actually... Maybe these "GM Repertoire" and similar opening books seem too advanced for the typical club player (i.e. more than 90% of chess players) so they stay away, no matter how good they are? Plus, of course, opening books only reach those who have/want to have the opening in question in their repertoire. The three finalists have more universal appeal (as do most of the previous winners at ChessCafe).
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LeeRoth God Member Offline I love ChessPublishing.com! Posts: 1520 Joined: 10/22/05	Re: Book of the year, 2011! Reply #46 - 01/22/12 at 18:13:30	Post Tools	Print Post
	While our own poll seems to have stalled, the ChessCafe poll is down to three finalists. The 4th rehash of Silman's book, a book on invisible moves, and the Gulko/Sneed book. One wonders who votes in this poll. Where are Karolyi's books on Karpov, Avrukh on the Gruenfeld, Kasparov's latest, Vigorito's two volumes on the Kings Indian, Experts on the Anti-Sicilians, Yusupov, Delchev, Sakaev or Nunn? How can none of these be worthy of at least a top three finish?


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Jesse Gersenson Full Member Offline Piece value = Mobility + targets Posts: 162 Joined: 09/12/09	Re: Book of the year, 2011! Reply #45 - 12/27/11 at 16:28:37	Post Tools	Print Post
	aidin wrote on 12/05/11 at 15:21:23: 2- Grandmaster vs Amateure ( by Quality chess) : an outstanding work by several world - class authors. I second this nomination. The book was a fantastic read.


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Daniel Full Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 169 Joined: 05/29/06 Gender:	Re: Book of the year, 2011! Reply #44 - 12/26/11 at 23:05:32	Post Tools	Print Post
	Both Grunfeld books have some good parts, some holes, and some rather uninspiring repertoire choices.


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TN God Member Offline Posts: 3420 Joined: 11/07/08 Gender:	Re: Book of the year, 2011! Reply #43 - 12/26/11 at 21:38:50	Post Tools	Print Post
	Gilchrist is a legend wrote on 12/26/11 at 19:52:05: Is there anyone that really analyses and writes opening books as well as Avrukh though? I think only Kasparov's books (namely the My Great Predecessors, Modern Chess and Kasparov on Kasparov series), Seirawan's 'Chess Duels' and the Dvoretsky series match Avrukh's books in terms of quality.

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MartinC God Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 2115 Joined: 07/24/06	Re: Book of the year, 2011! Reply #42 - 12/26/11 at 21:38:04	Post Tools	Print Post
	I wasn't sure if Shipov's book fell into this year or 2010 but it seems this one, so I'll second that. It really is a terrific book. Quite a rare sort of book too, even compared to super comprehensive repitoires and the like.


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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 #41 - 12/26/11 at 19:52:05	Post Tools	Print Post
	Is there anyone that really analyses and writes opening books as well as Avrukh though?

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zen_learner YaBB Newbies Offline Be nice to others! Posts: 32 Joined: 06/20/10	Re: Book of the year, 2011! Reply #40 - 12/26/11 at 19:30:52	Post Tools	Print Post
	Also, awfully sorry, but Delchev's Grunfeld and Avrukh's are simply not on the same league...


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zen_learner YaBB Newbies Offline Be nice to others! Posts: 32 Joined: 06/20/10	Re: Book of the year, 2011! Reply #39 - 12/26/11 at 19:27:49	Post Tools	Print Post
	I nominate BOTH Nunn's Understanding Middlegames (FANTASTIC, SUPERB) and of course, Emms book. What books! It makes me glad I bought all the other rubbish, because I got these two too Konstriktor wrote on 12/24/11 at 10:39:33: I nominate : Nimzo Indian : move by move. A great book. Oooops! I guess Nunn's is Gambit and Emms Everyman...


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Konstriktor Full Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 172 Joined: 02/21/10 Gender:	Re: Book of the year, 2011! Reply #38 - 12/24/11 at 10:39:33	Post Tools	Print Post
	I nominate : Nimzo Indian : move by move. A great book.


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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 #37 - 12/24/11 at 09:08:39	Post Tools	Print Post
	I got my copy of GM10 yesterday, certainly a candidate that.

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Daniel Full Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 169 Joined: 05/29/06 Gender:	Re: Book of the year, 2011! Reply #36 - 12/24/11 at 06:37:27	Post Tools	Print Post
	I'd also like to nominate GM Repertoire: The Tarrasch Defence by Aagaard and Ntirlis. Published by Quality Chess about a week ago.


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Daniel Full Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 169 Joined: 05/29/06 Gender:	Re: Book of the year, 2011! Reply #35 - 12/22/11 at 09:19:41	Post Tools	Print Post
	Chess Stars (or maybe just Mr Semkov on his own) typesets the Mongoose Press books so it's not inconceivable they design the covers too.


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Seeley Senior Member Offline Posts: 352 Location: UK Joined: 04/03/10	Re: Book of the year, 2011! Reply #34 - 12/22/11 at 01:35:04	Post Tools	Print Post
	gewgaw wrote on 12/21/11 at 22:28:41: Wojo´s weapons 2: publisher: Mongoose Press (usa) Cover Design: Creative Center - Bulgaria Printed in China It seems, the usa has no media designers and no printing machines?! It's quite simply significantly cheaper, even after factoring in shipping costs, to have books printed in China and transported to the US than it is to have the books printed domestically. I can't explain why the cover should have been designed in Bulgaria, though...


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