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The King's Gambit ~ Shaw    
  23 (32.4%)
The Open Spanish ~ Mikhalevski    
  6 (8.5%)
The Panov-Botvinnik Attack ~ D'Costa    
  0 (0.0%)
Kotronias on the King's Indian, V. 1: Fianch    
  4 (5.6%)
GM Repertoire 12: The Modern Benoni~ Petrov    
  3 (4.2%)
Playing the French ~Aagaard & Ntirlis    
  14 (19.7%)
The Ultimate anti-Grunfeld...~Svetushkin    
  2 (2.8%)
A Practical White Rep. w/ 1.d4 &2.c4~Kornev    
  4 (5.6%)
GM Repertoire 14: The French Defence v 1~Berg    
  0 (0.0%)
The Perfect Pirc-Modern ~Moskalenko    
  3 (4.2%)
GM Repertoire 14: The French Defence v 2~Berg    
  5 (7.0%)
Cunning Chess Opening Rep. for White~Burgess    
  7 (9.9%)




Total votes: 71
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Reply #27 - 01/10/14 at 12:15:00
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I'd like to add:

Emanuel Berg, The French defence 2 (published around Dec. 20)

but I am not sure whether this book needs to be considered together with volume 1.
  
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Reply #26 - 01/10/14 at 10:49:56
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Btw, for Nordic speaking chess book lovers, just before New Year Jan Löfberg finally published the first volume in a series on Bent Larsen, Vol 1 1935-1965, 1200 pages (including the index of about 100 pages.). He's been working on it since 1979!  Shocked

Unfortunately, it's in Danish so I guess it won't qualify for any of these Book of the Year awards...
  
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Reply #25 - 01/10/14 at 04:32:20
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http://www.chesscafe.com/Reviews/botyr2.htm
Content there is:
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The King's Gambit
by John Shaw

"Long awaited, it lives up to every expectation. It contains some very exciting and romantic chess, but is thoroughly sound and unbiased. Shaw's subdued and balanced writing style is an added boon." – Mathijs Janssen
} ---- (published by Quality Chess)

The Shaw book is one of the three finalists on ChessCafe.com for Book of the Year.

I have not seen Shaw's book, but I see the highly positive reviews on Amazon.com.
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Re: 2013 Opening Book of the Year
Reply #23 - 01/08/14 at 16:59:49
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Ametanoitos wrote on 01/08/14 at 14:41:29:
Ametanoitos wrote on 01/08/14 at 09:23:44:
The Svetushkin book by Chess Stars was a great opening book by a publisher other than QC (although it had an unfortunate name IMHO). So, i'd like to nominate that.


About the Da Costa book it was a BIG disappointment to me. Many lines are missing and many more are treated simply wrongly. I wanted a good supplement to the Alterman chapter on the Panov in his "White Gambits" book but....



I agree. I have not read the entrie book since I lended it to a friend for him to use in corr play.
I only quick looked at a critical position I play as black and in one of the notes was Kramnik-Kasparov wch 2000.
What the book failed to mention was the Kasparov maybee a terribe blunder in that game.
As a resut  the position in a sidelines was then for more than a deacade considered winnning for White utill some player came up with a major black improvment instead of fxe6 and suddenly it turned out that White  must either force a draw or end up in  a worse position where black gets a dangeroues attack.
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Ametanoitos wrote on 01/08/14 at 14:41:29:
TalJechin wrote on 01/08/14 at 12:27:16:
Ametanoitos wrote on 01/08/14 at 09:23:44:
The Svetushkin book by Chess Stars was a great opening book by a publisher other than QC (although it had an unfortunate name IMHO). So, i'd like to nominate that.


What's so unfortunate about the title: The Ultimate Anti-Grünfeld. A Sämisch Repertoire by Dmitry Svetushkin ? Sounds like a very descriptive title to me. It's on my "to get list" but not on BD yet, just like Berg's GM 14 - which looked like a given candidate to me after just seeing the preview.

Btw, I wonder a bit why QC and Chess-stars holding back their works from BD while being present at amazon? After all both are owned by Amazon, so BD is more like the European branch...


It is a book in the Saemisch System. The lines given in the bookhave these name for decades now. When i hear "Anti-Grunfeld" my mind goes to something else. Also, why belittle the King's Indian Defence? It is a book on how to deal the Grunfeld and it happens to deal with the KID by chance? 

"The Ultimate Saemisch" How to Deal with the Grunfeld and the KID by playing 3.f3! or anything along these lines would have been better to my eyes. But again, this is just my opinion which probably is as that because i have a soft spot for the KID  Smiley


Aha, probably the soft spot speaking then! Smiley 
- If I'd ventured a guess it would've been something along the lines of Ng1-e2-c3 not being a real Sämisch...

Not to belittle the KID which is a very interesting opening, but if d4-players had the choice between meeting the KID or the GI in an important game, then I'd guess a very large majority would prefer to face the KID, but then again, not everyone plays the Sämisch.
  
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Re: 2013 Opening Book of the Year
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TalJechin wrote on 01/08/14 at 12:27:16:
Ametanoitos wrote on 01/08/14 at 09:23:44:
The Svetushkin book by Chess Stars was a great opening book by a publisher other than QC (although it had an unfortunate name IMHO). So, i'd like to nominate that.


What's so unfortunate about the title: The Ultimate Anti-Grünfeld. A Sämisch Repertoire by Dmitry Svetushkin ? Sounds like a very descriptive title to me. It's on my "to get list" but not on BD yet, just like Berg's GM 14 - which looked like a given candidate to me after just seeing the preview.

Btw, I wonder a bit why QC and Chess-stars holding back their works from BD while being present at amazon? After all both are owned by Amazon, so BD is more like the European branch...


It is a book in the Saemisch System. The lines given in the bookhave these name for decades now. When i hear "Anti-Grunfeld" my mind goes to something else. Also, why belittle the King's Indian Defence? It is a book on how to deal the Grunfeld and it happens to deal with the KID by chance? 

"The Ultimate Saemisch" How to Deal with the Grunfeld and the KID by playing 3.f3! or anything along these lines would have been better to my eyes. But again, this is just my opinion which probably is as that because i have a soft spot for the KID  Smiley

About the Da Costa book it was a BIG disappointment to me. Many lines are missing and many more are treated simply wrongly. I wanted a good supplement to the Alterman chapter on the Panov in his "White Gambits" book but....

About the Lakdawala phenomenon, i heard that his last book on 1.b3 is quite nice. The "Play 1.b3!" by Odesky is one of my favorite chess books, so i may (difficult to decide!) to get this one by Lakdawala as well. I'd like to hear other opinions.
  
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Re: 2013 Opening Book of the Year
Reply #20 - 01/08/14 at 13:19:41
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I did not buy many opening books lasy year, i bought the Kings Gambit book for nostalgic reasons and the Panov book since I was interested in the opening.

I did howver buy some  dvd:s, do they count in this nomination?
  
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Volcanor wrote on 01/08/14 at 12:43:33:
Bibs wrote on 01/08/14 at 08:18:28:

Surprised to see the Panov book there. The writing was terse. But, different opinions, and that's fine.

Wasn't being sarcastic btw, about different opinions. That's the point of exchanging views in such an arena as this, and of a poll.

I also value different opinions and I didn't consider your remark as being sarcastic. I just wanted to explain my choice. And I learned a new english word, terse. From the definition I found (brief, concise and to the point), I'd say that it's a rather positive definition, either for a chess book or in general. But I feel you meant it negatievely, so is the word terse generally used in a negative way, implying a lack of detail or something else? And if you don't like terse chess books, you should be happy to read Everyman's books by Lakdawala Wink

Sorry for the digression, back to chess. Regarding the Panov book by D'Costa, I find it instructive by itself, and even more worthwile in combination with an older book from Karpov & Podgaets "Caro-Kann Defense, Panov Attack". The latter contains a lot of interesting chess variations, very poorly structurated and with poor (or lack of) commentary and position evaluation. The D'Costa goes straight to the point, explains the selection of variation discussed, and focusses very well on the target audiance for such a book, mainly amateurs between 1600 and 2000 Elo. In combination with the Karpov book, I think it can be worthwile up to 2300 Elo. But that's just my opinion...


Ah, but there is middle ground to be had. Terse (see also 'laconic') on the one hand. Versus verbal diarrhoea, rubbish metaphors vomited onto the keyboard, "look at me, ooh!!!", on the other.

In my own academic writing (and here too I guess) I aim for the middle road. Some life, without overreaching and being a tw@t. QC books have it about right. 

Yes, works well enough with K/P I guess. 
Sadler had the Socratic angle bang on, but few as strong as him have written chess books.

Again, IMHO, just one punter. And sorry for the tangent.

Back to the ranch....
  
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Reply #18 - 01/08/14 at 12:43:33
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Bibs wrote on 01/08/14 at 08:18:28:

Surprised to see the Panov book there. The writing was terse. But, different opinions, and that's fine.

Wasn't being sarcastic btw, about different opinions. That's the point of exchanging views in such an arena as this, and of a poll.

I also value different opinions and I didn't consider your remark as being sarcastic. I just wanted to explain my choice. And I learned a new english word, terse. From the definition I found (brief, concise and to the point), I'd say that it's a rather positive definition, either for a chess book or in general. But I feel you meant it negatievely, so is the word terse generally used in a negative way, implying a lack of detail or something else? And if you don't like terse chess books, you should be happy to read Everyman's books by Lakdawala Wink

Sorry for the digression, back to chess. Regarding the Panov book by D'Costa, I find it instructive by itself, and even more worthwile in combination with an older book from Karpov & Podgaets "Caro-Kann Defense, Panov Attack". The latter contains a lot of interesting chess variations, very poorly structurated and with poor (or lack of) commentary and position evaluation. The D'Costa goes straight to the point, explains the selection of variation discussed, and focusses very well on the target audiance for such a book, mainly amateurs between 1600 and 2000 Elo. In combination with the Karpov book, I think it can be worthwile up to 2300 Elo. But that's just my opinion...
  
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Ametanoitos wrote on 01/08/14 at 09:23:44:
The Svetushkin book by Chess Stars was a great opening book by a publisher other than QC (although it had an unfortunate name IMHO). So, i'd like to nominate that.


What's so unfortunate about the title: The Ultimate Anti-Grünfeld. A Sämisch Repertoire by Dmitry Svetushkin ? Sounds like a very descriptive title to me. It's on my "to get list" but not on BD yet, just like Berg's GM 14 - which looked like a given candidate to me after just seeing the preview.

Btw, I wonder a bit why QC and Chess-stars holding back their works from BD while being present at amazon? After all both are owned by Amazon, so BD is more like the European branch...
  
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Reply #16 - 01/08/14 at 11:28:42
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Kornev - A Practical White Repertoire with 1.d4 and 2.c4 Vol 1

Berg - French Defence Vol 1

Moskalenko - The Perfect Pirc-Modern

  
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Volcanor wrote on 01/08/14 at 08:56:44:
Bibs wrote on 01/08/14 at 08:18:28:


Surprised to see the Panov book there. The writing was terse. But, different opinions, and that's fine.

I prefer the 2 other books I mentioned (King's Gambit and Open Spanish) over the Panov book. But I tried to include a decent opening book (and the Panov one is definitievly one in my opinion) not published by Quality Chess. And I find it very difficult for 2013... I'm probably not the only one considering that up to now nobody mentioned a book from another publisher.

I predict the top 3 books for 2013 will be from Quality Chess. But let's try to open the first list of about 10 books to other publishers as well!


Yes valid point to open up to others. Wasn't being sarcastic btw, about different opinions. That's the point of exchanging views in such an arena as this, and of a poll.
The Kornev repertoire books for Chess Stars? Thoughts on those? Kinda useful.
I have the Svetushkin one as Amet notes, but I don't know enough there and haven't spent enough time on the book to judge. 
  
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The Svetushkin book by Chess Stars was a great opening book by a publisher other than QC (although it had an unfortunate name IMHO). So, i'd like to nominate that.
  
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Bibs wrote on 01/08/14 at 08:18:28:


Surprised to see the Panov book there. The writing was terse. But, different opinions, and that's fine.

I prefer the 2 other books I mentioned (King's Gambit and Open Spanish) over the Panov book. But I tried to include a decent opening book (and the Panov one is definitievly one in my opinion) not published by Quality Chess. And I find it very difficult for 2013... I'm probably not the only one considering that up to now nobody mentioned a book from another publisher.

I predict the top 3 books for 2013 will be from Quality Chess. But let's try to open the first list of about 10 books to other publishers as well!
  
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