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Question: In your opinion, what was the best openings book of 2018?


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The Modernized Reti by Demuth 10 (14.7%) Bc4 Against the Open Games, Delchev 2 (2.9%) The Sicilian Najdorf by J & J Dojknas 4 (5.9%) First Steps: 1.e4 e5 by Emms 4 (5.9%) How to Beat the Open Games by Johnsen 11 (16.2%) Trompowsky Attack by Kryakvin 2 (2.9%) Leningrad Dutch DVD, Pruijssers & Williams 2 (2.9%) French defence and Sicilian Sidelines Shaw 5 (7.4%) Sicilian main lines by Shaw 3 (4.4%) Keep it Simple: 1.e4 by Sielecki 14 (20.6%) Chigorin bible by Sokolov and Salgado Lopez 8 (11.8%) GM Repertoire: Queen's Indian Defence, Roiz 3 (4.4%) Total votes: 68 « Last Modified by: GMTonyKosten on: 02/25/19 at 17:31:16 »

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AndyFeng35 YaBB Newbies Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 17 Joined: 08/02/23	Re: ChessPub Book of the Year 2018 Reply #36 - 08/20/23 at 01:53:09	Post Tools	Print Post
	Wow, that's interesting!


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Alex carey YaBB Newbies Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 3 Joined: 11/04/22	Re: ChessPub Book of the Year 2018 Reply #35 - 11/12/22 at 10:07:21	Post Tools	Print Post
	Best wishes to MrChessexplained! There isn't much more to say about that book than the fact that he set out with a goal and accomplished it.


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FightingDragon Senior Member Offline I love ChessPublishing .com! Posts: 267 Joined: 05/12/04	Re: ChessPub Book of the Year 2018 Reply #34 - 03/27/19 at 07:41:25	Post Tools	Print Post
	If this is the case it might just have slipped through my attention... I was mainly picking specific lines from the index. This is a strange concept anyway as the main book is in tree format.


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Stigma God Member Offline There is a crack in everything. Posts: 3272 Joined: 11/07/06 Gender:	Re: ChessPub Book of the Year 2018 Reply #33 - 03/26/19 at 21:17:56	Post Tools	Print Post
	FightingDragon wrote on 03/26/19 at 20:46:26: That's more or less what I thought. I have the first edition of "The Hyper Accelerated Dragon" by Panjwani, which is a great book. After browsing the second edition at a bookstall, I was not able to find any changes at all! I specifically checked some lines where I knew that there were theoretical developments, but couldn't make out any changes. So far it looks to me like a marketing trick to release the same book with very minor changes one year later. How closely did you look at the book? I heard from reliable sources that the Panjwani 2nd edition has a new 20-page afterword by Edouard with analysis of 11 recent games in the repertoire lines. Though the original book text is supposedly unchanged. It's an unusual and maybe not optimal way to update a book, but it's not fair to say there are no changes. I also have the first edition and still haven't made up my mind whether to upgrade. I don't know much about how good or detailed the new analysis is or which of the original evaluations need to be changed in view of it.

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FightingDragon Senior Member Offline I love ChessPublishing .com! Posts: 267 Joined: 05/12/04	Re: ChessPub Book of the Year 2018 Reply #32 - 03/26/19 at 20:46:26	Post Tools	Print Post
	Konstriktor wrote on 03/16/19 at 22:16:28: Stigma wrote on 03/15/19 at 21:43:47: Konstriktor wrote on 03/15/19 at 19:19:26: I thought they mostly reworded unclear sentences? OK. Did they say so themselves somewhere, or have you compared the editions? Frankly it's strange and misleading to call it a "second extended edition" if that's all they've done. Well... I don't know for sure! But I thought I read it somewhere. If you get the first edition on a sale it is not too bad I hope for An Ordinary Chessplayer. That's more or less what I thought. I have the first edition of "The Hyper Accelerated Dragon" by Panjwani, which is a great book. After browsing the second edition at a bookstall, I was not able to find any changes at all! I specifically checked some lines where I knew that there were theoretical developments, but couldn't make out any changes. So far it looks to me like a marketing trick to release the same book with very minor changes one year later.


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Chessexplained Junior Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 93 Location: Duisburg, Germany Joined: 02/03/12 Gender:	Re: ChessPub Book of the Year 2018 Reply #31 - 03/26/19 at 12:25:59	Post Tools	Print Post
	Thanks a lot for voting for my book! I just learned that it won the Book of the Year 2018 vote and I am happy that many people liked it. There was some good competition of which I liked the Reti and Chigorin books best (not knowing all the others of course). I also think that the Shaw books are excellent if you started out with some of my lines and want to sharpen it up in a still reasonable way. Again, thanks for including me in the poll and for the votes, it is very much appreciated.


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TN God Member Offline Posts: 3420 Joined: 11/07/08 Gender:	Re: ChessPub Book of the Year 2018 Reply #30 - 03/17/19 at 06:49:04	Post Tools	Print Post
	Congratulations to Christof for winning the award! I will have to check out his repertoire, I could do with some simplicity in my chess life

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Konstriktor Full Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 171 Joined: 02/21/10 Gender:	Re: ChessPub Book of the Year 2018 Reply #29 - 03/16/19 at 22:16:28	Post Tools	Print Post
	Stigma wrote on 03/15/19 at 21:43:47: Konstriktor wrote on 03/15/19 at 19:19:26: I thought they mostly reworded unclear sentences? OK. Did they say so themselves somewhere, or have you compared the editions? Frankly it's strange and misleading to call it a "second extended edition" if that's all they've done. Well... I don't know for sure! But I thought I read it somewhere. If you get the first edition on a sale it is not too bad I hope for An Ordinary Chessplayer.


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an ordinary chessplayer God Member Offline I used to be not bad. Posts: 1700 Location: Columbus, OH (USA) Joined: 01/02/15	Re: ChessPub Book of the Year 2018 Reply #28 - 03/15/19 at 22:03:20	Post Tools	Print Post
	Great poll. I did not vote because I only owned one book on the list (Johnsen), so I had no good basis for comparison. Sielecki and Demuth were on my radar already. Now that they have been voted highly in this poll, I did some internet research, and ended up ordering them (the 2017 edition for Demuth - thanks Konstriktor).


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Stigma God Member Offline There is a crack in everything. Posts: 3272 Joined: 11/07/06 Gender:	Re: ChessPub Book of the Year 2018 Reply #27 - 03/15/19 at 21:43:47	Post Tools	Print Post
	Konstriktor wrote on 03/15/19 at 19:19:26: I thought they mostly reworded unclear sentences? OK. Did they say so themselves somewhere, or have you compared the editions? Frankly it's strange and misleading to call it a "second extended edition" if that's all they've done.

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Konstriktor Full Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 171 Joined: 02/21/10 Gender:	Re: ChessPub Book of the Year 2018 Reply #26 - 03/15/19 at 19:19:26	Post Tools	Print Post
	I thought they mostly reworded unclear sentences?


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Stigma God Member Offline There is a crack in everything. Posts: 3272 Joined: 11/07/06 Gender:	Re: ChessPub Book of the Year 2018 Reply #25 - 03/15/19 at 18:28:05	Post Tools	Print Post
	an ordinary chessplayer wrote on 03/15/19 at 14:18:18: The first edition came out in 2017, the second edition in 2018. If you see a discounted price online, it's probably for the first edition. Hmm, does that mean it shouldn't have been eligible for this poll for 2018? I know we've discussed whether to allow new editions in the past, but I can't remember what we concluded. I delayed buying the Modernized Reti long enough that I ended up getting the second edition. I'm happy with that of course, but one annoyance (especially for those who already have the first edition) is it's not at all obvious what and how much has been changed/updated. A brief paragraph pointing to the most significant changes would have been nice, but I haven't found anything like that so far. So it's virtually impossible to tell whether it's worth upgrading from the first edition.

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an ordinary chessplayer God Member Offline I used to be not bad. Posts: 1700 Location: Columbus, OH (USA) Joined: 01/02/15	Re: ChessPub Book of the Year 2018 Reply #24 - 03/15/19 at 14:18:18	Post Tools	Print Post
	IM_Serious wrote on 03/15/19 at 01:59:52: To those who were disappointed that "The Modernized Reti" didn't win. You can try again next year with "The Modernized Reti, extended second edition" (2019) I can't help but feel betrayed that my shiny new purchase is already out of date. The first edition came out in 2017, the second edition in 2018. If you see a discounted price online, it's probably for the first edition.


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Marcellus Junior Member Offline Posts: 95 Location: FL Joined: 01/31/15 Gender:	Re: ChessPub Book of the Year 2018 Reply #23 - 03/15/19 at 04:37:15	Post Tools	Print Post
	If you bought it on FC, you can download the updated version for free (same as with the second edition of Panjwani's "The Hyper Accelerated Dragon").


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IM_Serious Junior Member Offline Bibliophile Posts: 50 Joined: 06/04/16	Re: ChessPub Book of the Year 2018 Reply #22 - 03/15/19 at 01:59:52	Post Tools	Print Post
	To those who were disappointed that "The Modernized Reti" didn't win. You can try again next year with "The Modernized Reti, extended second edition" (2019) I can't help but feel betrayed that my shiny new purchase is already out of date.


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