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Stigma God Member Offline There is a crack in everything. Posts: 3265 Joined: 11/07/06 Gender:	Re: ChessPub Book of the Year 2018 - Nominations Reply #44 - 02/22/19 at 19:01:26
	GMTonyKosten wrote on 02/22/19 at 09:49:33: Two weeks have passed, the nominations so far are: Playing 1.e4, volumes 2 and 3 by John Shaw (Quality Chess), Leningrad Dutch DVD's from Pruijssers & Williams, John Shaws two 1.e4 books: 'Sicilian main lines' and 'French defence and Sicilian Sidelines', Chigorin bible by Sokolov and Sokolov (?), Bc4 Against the Open Games, Alexander Delchev, Chess Stars, First Steps: 1.e4 e5 by John Emms, The Modernized Reti by Demuth, Trompowsky Attack, Dmitry Kryakvin, Chess Stars, The Sicilian Najdorf by J & J Dojknas, Everyman Chess, How to Beat the Open Games, Sverre Johnsen, Grandmaster Repertoire: Queen's Indian Defence Michael Roiz Any more? How shall I order the list, alphabetic? Looks like you have the Shaw 1.e4 books there twice? There should probably be one entry for each of them. I could nominate Keep it Simple: 1.e4 by Sielecki. I have only studied parts of it in electronic form, but I believe the contents is more or less the same as the book. NB: The Chigorin Bible is by Sokolov and Salgado Lopez.

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Jonathan Tait God Member Offline Posts: 614 Location: Nottingham Joined: 07/11/06	Re: ChessPub Book of the Year 2018 - Nominations Reply #43 - 02/22/19 at 13:29:56
	Nothing particularly excites me in that 2018 list. But for 2019, just give Matthew Sadler and Natasha Regan the award right now.

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GMTonyKosten YaBB Administrator Offline Mr Dynamic? Posts: 3152 Location: Clermont-Ferrand Joined: 12/19/02 Gender:	Re: ChessPub Book of the Year 2018 - Nominations Reply #42 - 02/22/19 at 09:53:49
	That means that there are no nominations for the following books on the original poll, unless I've made a mistake somewhere: The Modernized Najdorf, The Modernized Nimzo and The Modernized Benko Gambit all by Pavlovic, Keep it Simple: 1.e4 - Sielecki, Bologan's Caro-Kann - Bologan, The Art of the Tarrasch Defence - Bezgodov, The Full English Opening - Hansen, The Modern English, 1.c4 e5 - Georgiev & Semkov, Play 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6! - Kornev, The Modernized Caro-Kann - Fernandez, Play the Queen's Indian Defence - Solozhenkin


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GMTonyKosten YaBB Administrator Offline Mr Dynamic? Posts: 3152 Location: Clermont-Ferrand Joined: 12/19/02 Gender:	Re: ChessPub Book of the Year 2018 - Nominations Reply #41 - 02/22/19 at 09:49:33
	GMTonyKosten wrote on 02/08/19 at 10:52:00: I will leave it for another couple of weeks Two weeks have passed, the nominations so far are: Playing 1.e4, volumes 2 and 3 by John Shaw (Quality Chess), Leningrad Dutch DVD's from Pruijssers & Williams, John Shaws two 1.e4 books: 'Sicilian main lines' and 'French defence and Sicilian Sidelines', Chigorin bible by Sokolov and Sokolov (?), Bc4 Against the Open Games, Alexander Delchev, Chess Stars, First Steps: 1.e4 e5 by John Emms, The Modernized Reti by Demuth, Trompowsky Attack, Dmitry Kryakvin, Chess Stars, The Sicilian Najdorf by J & J Dojknas, Everyman Chess, How to Beat the Open Games, Sverre Johnsen, Grandmaster Repertoire: Queen's Indian Defence Michael Roiz Any more? How shall I order the list, alphabetic?


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Leon_Trotsky Senior Member Offline Кто был никем — тот станет всем! Posts: 499 Location: Barcelona, CAT Joined: 08/11/17 Gender:	Re: ChessPub Book of the Year 2018 - Nominations Reply #40 - 02/08/19 at 19:56:56
	Is the Grandmaster Repertoire: Queen's Indian Defence officially not on list ¿

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ReneDescartes God Member Offline Qu'est-ce donc que je suis? Une chose qui pense. Posts: 1236 Joined: 05/17/10 Gender:	Re: ChessPub Book of the Year 2018 - Nominations Reply #39 - 02/08/19 at 14:59:59
	Yeah, got two weeks to learn the Najdorf. .


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GMTonyKosten YaBB Administrator Offline Mr Dynamic? Posts: 3152 Location: Clermont-Ferrand Joined: 12/19/02 Gender:	Re: ChessPub Book of the Year 2018 - Nominations Reply #38 - 02/08/19 at 10:52:00
	GMTonyKosten wrote on 01/20/19 at 14:43:11: I will close this in a couple of weeks or so Maybe I will leave it for another couple of weeks, to give more time to read all the 2018 books?


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ErictheRed God Member Offline USCF National Master Posts: 2533 Location: USA Joined: 10/02/05	Re: ChessPub Book of the Year 2018 - Nominations Reply #37 - 02/05/19 at 17:42:43
	ReneDescartes wrote on 02/05/19 at 15:06:44: That was published this year? Then I second the nomination. I've been going through it on Forward Chess, comparing it to (print) Marin and Bologan. I love the format--for each section, a memorable game, then an outline of the main line, then a tree of variations. Seems to strike a great balance between being an indigestible tome and being light on detail. The lines are not too computer-y, despite what the blurb says. Yes, it's my favorite of the many 1...e5 repertoire books that have come out in recent years.


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ReneDescartes God Member Offline Qu'est-ce donc que je suis? Une chose qui pense. Posts: 1236 Joined: 05/17/10 Gender:	Re: ChessPub Book of the Year 2018 - Nominations Reply #36 - 02/05/19 at 15:06:44
	That was published this year? Then I second the nomination. I've been going through it on Forward Chess, comparing it to (print) Marin and Bologan. I love the format--for each section, a memorable game, then an outline of the main line, then a tree of variations. Seems to strike a great balance between being an indigestible tome and being light on detail. The lines are not too computer-y, despite what the blurb says.
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ErictheRed God Member Offline USCF National Master Posts: 2533 Location: USA Joined: 10/02/05	Re: ChessPub Book of the Year 2018 - Nominations Reply #35 - 01/31/19 at 06:16:16
	I nominate Sverre Johnsen's How to Beat the Open Games.


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Dink Heckler God Member Offline Love-Forty Posts: 878 Joined: 02/01/07 Gender:	Re: ChessPub Book of the Year 2018 - Nominations Reply #34 - 01/30/19 at 09:29:16
	It wouldn't be a BOTY thread if we didn't spend more time discussing procedure than we do discussing the actual books

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GMTonyKosten YaBB Administrator Offline Mr Dynamic? Posts: 3152 Location: Clermont-Ferrand Joined: 12/19/02 Gender:	Re: ChessPub Book of the Year 2018 - Nominations Reply #33 - 01/30/19 at 08:58:50
	ErictheRed wrote on 01/28/19 at 20:35:32: it's also why we usually wait a little longer to start the polls, so that people have had a chance to read those books that came out in November or December. I can always extend the period for nominations.


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ErictheRed God Member Offline USCF National Master Posts: 2533 Location: USA Joined: 10/02/05	Re: ChessPub Book of the Year 2018 - Nominations Reply #32 - 01/28/19 at 20:35:32
	We've always used the copyright date for the first printing in the past. There has to be some hard and fast cutoff; it's also why we usually wait a little longer to start the polls, so that people have had a chance to read those books that came out in November or December.


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Leon_Trotsky Senior Member Offline Кто был никем — тот станет всем! Posts: 499 Location: Barcelona, CAT Joined: 08/11/17 Gender:	Re: ChessPub Book of the Year 2018 - Nominations Reply #31 - 01/28/19 at 19:42:39
	proustiskeen wrote on 01/28/19 at 14:33:54: The Dojknas book isn't available as of today? I received my copy on 3th of January. But then is GM Repertoire Queen's Indian for 2018 or 2019 ¿ It was published even earlier

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proustiskeen YaBB Moderator Offline Hello from Omaha! Posts: 678 Joined: 08/11/08	Re: ChessPub Book of the Year 2018 - Nominations Reply #30 - 01/28/19 at 14:33:54
	The Dojknas book isn't available as of today?


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