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Reply #46 - 02/03/22 at 17:11:32
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fluffy wrote on 02/03/22 at 13:44:05:
which they stole from Metropolitan Chess. not sure it can be a flagship brand considering some of the offerings with that moniker.


Do you know for sure that Thinkers stole the "Modernized" brand from Metropolitan Chess? From memory Metropolitan produced 3 or 4 books under this brand then stopped producing books. Perhaps there was some agreement reached around the use of Modernized, the chess publishing community is pretty small and they all seem to know each other.
  
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Reply #45 - 02/03/22 at 13:44:05
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TopNotch wrote on 02/01/22 at 15:19:12:
an ordinary chessplayer wrote on 02/01/22 at 02:00:39:
It doesn't bother me. I used the word offensive in a third person sense, as in what Chessable might find offensive. I think Punished would make a better series title than say Modernized.


I think 'Modernized' has now become Thinkers Publishing's flagship brand, similar to chessable's Lifetime Repertoires.


...which they stole from Metropolitan Chess. not sure it can be a flagship brand considering some of the offerings with that moniker.

also I didn't care so much about the Trash thing, I just wanted you to be aware that it already existed.
  
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Reply #44 - 02/01/22 at 16:25:35
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Maybe you could switch from DC to Marvel as The Punisher?
You'll have to contact Tony to add a new avatar between paintingbird and redcreature
  
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an ordinary chessplayer wrote on 02/01/22 at 02:00:39:
It doesn't bother me. I used the word offensive in a third person sense, as in what Chessable might find offensive. I think Punished would make a better series title than say Modernized.


I think 'Modernized' has now become Thinkers Publishing's flagship brand, similar to chessable's Lifetime Repertoires.
  
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Reply #42 - 02/01/22 at 15:12:34
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Keano wrote on 02/01/22 at 11:22:47:
The Berlin seems a strange choice for the amateur player, or is it just me?


It's definitely not just you.
  
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Reply #41 - 02/01/22 at 15:11:13
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Konstriktor wrote on 02/01/22 at 11:11:51:
Maybe Defusing the Dangerous & Dubious?

As Dismantling is already used this could be an alternative.
I would go for Dangerous & Dubious or Dangerous & Dodgy because you need to know how to handle them, as in cutting the right wire to defuse the bomb.



Thanks for the very clever suggestion, I will add it to my shortlist. Smiley
  
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The Berlin seems a strange choice for the amateur player, or is it just me?
  
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Reply #39 - 02/01/22 at 11:11:51
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Maybe Defusing the Dangerous & Dubious?

As Dismantling is already used this could be an alternative.
I would go for Dangerous & Dubious or Dangerous & Dodgy because you need to know how to handle them, as in cutting the right wire to defuse the bomb.

  
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Reply #38 - 02/01/22 at 02:00:39
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It doesn't bother me. I used the word offensive in a third person sense, as in what Chessable might find offensive. I think Punished would make a better series title than say Modernized.
  
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Reply #37 - 02/01/22 at 00:55:14
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an ordinary chessplayer wrote on 01/31/22 at 23:36:53:
TopNotch wrote on 01/31/22 at 22:33:31:
I fear that chessable is very conservative though, preferring not to risk offending any one group, be it Gambiteer or Woodpusher.

Hah! So you offer a more offensive synonym, and when they object you "tone it down" to the one you wanted all along.

https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/punish
try "mutilate"


You are not a fan of the title I'm guessing, but I'm open to all reasonable suggestions as nothing is set in stone yet. Personally speaking though, I always seek to punish opponents that wave a red flag in my face, 'chessically' speaking of course. Smiley
  
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Reply #36 - 01/31/22 at 23:36:53
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TopNotch wrote on 01/31/22 at 22:33:31:
I fear that chessable is very conservative though, preferring not to risk offending any one group, be it Gambiteer or Woodpusher.

Hah! So you offer a more offensive synonym, and when they object you "tone it down" to the one you wanted all along.

https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/punish
try "mutilate"
  
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Reply #35 - 01/31/22 at 22:33:31
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MNb wrote on 01/31/22 at 07:14:49:
I like Punishing the Provocateurs. Perhaps even better just Punish the Provocateurs. That's probably because I like to provoke myself.

The Gambiteers Worst Nightmare is a bad one - it's not refutation that's feared, but dull, dry, too equal positions like the Capablanca Defense against the Danish/Göring.


Loving the constructive feedback, I like that one myself, and also Punishing Annoying Chess Openings also appeals to me. I fear that chessable is very conservative though, preferring not to risk offending any one group, be it Gambiteer or Woodpusher.
  
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Re: Chessable LTR Berlin by Shankland
Reply #34 - 01/31/22 at 07:14:49
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I like Punishing the Provocateurs. Perhaps even better just Punish the Provocateurs. That's probably because I like to provoke myself.

The Gambiteers Worst Nightmare is a bad one - it's not refutation that's feared, but dull, dry, too equal positions like the Capablanca Defense against the Danish/Göring.
  
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Reply #33 - 01/31/22 at 02:15:12
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Bibs wrote on 01/31/22 at 01:20:39:
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Yes. '1.e4 Countering the Gambits' seems decent.  That would seem both appealing and clear.

And two more lines that might be useful to cover.
Same theme:
1. Scotch 4K - black’s immediate Nxe4!?
2. Petroff / Russian 3...Nxe4?!


Useful indeed, but GM Sethuraman has already provided excellent coverage of both lines in his 1.e4 course for White and 1..e5 course for Black, the latter of which he actually recommends the under-rated Nxe4!? against the 4 Knights Game.

Chessable has covered a lot of stuff, and its stable of accomplished authors is growing rapidly.  Smiley
  
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Re: Chessable LTR Berlin by Shankland
Reply #32 - 01/31/22 at 01:45:59
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TopNotch wrote on 01/31/22 at 01:03:35:
Bibs wrote on 01/30/22 at 04:32:35:
'1.e4 - Mopping up'

'1.e4 - Beat the offbeat lines'

something like that?


I'd like to see the Portuguese Scandi in there too if you can. Narrowish, iirc, but fairly busted.


Interesting suggestions indeed, but there are so many courses with  'Beat the' in the title already, and Mopping up the Morra already exists on chessable, so I was trying for something slightly more original. 

Unfortunately for me, the 'bust' I had in mind for the Portuguese Scandi has recently been published by Mihajlov, Sebastian in his chessable  Energetic 1.e4 course. So good news for 1.e4 chess fans and bad news for Team Scandi.

The Chessable team did suggest the title Countering Gambits: 1. e4 but I wasn't thrilled by that idea, as it seems a bit too run-of-the-mill to me, but maybe I'm being too picky.


Below are a few title ideas I've been tossing around:

  • Dismantling the Dodgy and the Dubious: 1. e4 edition
 

  • Fun but Flawed! - 1. e4 edition


  • Punishing the Provocateurs - 1. e4


  • Punishing Annoying Chess Openings - 1. e4


  • A Gambiteers Worst Nightmare - 1. e4


  • Spoiling their Fun - 1. e4 edition


  • All Gambits are not Created = 1. e4 edition


  • Busting Trendy Gambits the EZ Way: 1. e4
 

  • Tricky Openings Exposed and Disposed of: 1. e4 edition


I'm hoping the forum lets me know if they find any of the above titles interesting and would consider them to have appeal to a wide-ranging chess audience.
  
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