I don't think there is one.  Look at the hoops Everyman has to jump to fit all their explanatory texts into the .pgn format.  Basically you open up a game that is just text and no moves.  I don't think PGN is designed for anything other than game notation.

I agree with Matemax on the need for IMs and GMs to sift the grain from the chaff. If the first three chapters could be written and structured in a clear, concise, coherent and cogent manner for intermediate players to learn (self-learning), that would be a fantastic product.
MY priorities are for lines and explanations, model/exemplar games with explanations of common tactical tricks, positional tricks, and game plans.

As a Mac user, definitely pgn!

And not charged separately but part of package with small increase in subs if necessary.

Thanks Tony and Matemax!

baeron wrote on 11/20/13 at 14:11:16:


That's why we need our GMs and IMs here: they know which variations need to be separated and which ones can be combined. E.g. the Panov Attack leads to very different pawn structures than the Advance Variation within the Caro Kann and should therefore realized in two different books. The Closed Ruy Lopez on the other side could be something including Breyer, Chigorin and even the early d3-systems.

I don't think it is too difficult for Tony and his team to come up with a sensefull list of E-Books - mostly the will be the same as the ones already existing.

I second that it is something that sounds very very appealing, although aslo a lot of extra work - at least initially, given the sheer numberr of intersting/important variations/systems.

Sounds like a very good idea! Pretty similar to the format Chess-stars are using now.

Tony, I was not aware you were waiting for responses. I think it is brilliant for improving players but was not sure you would think it viable, hence did not respond. If this is available, I will certainly seriously consider re-subscribing to ChessPub.

Matemax wrote on 10/28/13 at 19:45:38:


I was waiting to see if this generated any interest from other members, but apparently not.

Matemax wrote on 10/25/13 at 04:48:30:


Good point, having the eBook is only slightly more convenient if you have HCE. ChessBase as well to some extent (using the 'Find position in ...' function, although I can't change the Reference database 'on the fly' to a PGN file in CB12 unfortunately).