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GM Artur Yusupov’s groundbreaking series was recognised by the World Chess Federation as the best instructional chess books with the fi rst ever Boleslavsky Medal.

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Since our fi rst titles were published in October 2004, Quality Chess has found favour with the public and critics alike, winning the following Book of the Year awards: ChessCafe: Learn from the Legends (2005), Pump Up Your Rating (2013). Association of Chess Professionals: GM Preparation: Calculation (2013), From GM to Top Ten (2014). FIDE’s Boleslavsky Medal: Build Up Your Chess 1-3 (2008), Attacking Manual 1&2 (2011). ChessPublishing: GM Repertoire – Vol. 3 (2009), Vol. 2 (2010), Vol. 9 (2011), � e King’s Gambit (2013), 1.e4 vs. � e French, Caro-Kann & Philidor (2014), Playing 1.e4 e5 (2016). English Chess Federation: San Luis 2005 (2007), Attacking Manual 1&2 (2010), How I Beat Fischer’s Record (2013) & Positional Decision Making in Chess (2015).

In 2017 we sponsored the Dibyendu Barua Academy in Kolkata with a complete set of Quality Chess books.

� inking Inside the Box fi nished GM Jacob Aagaard’s Grandmaster Preparation series and was nominated for the ECF book of the Year and favoured in the Facebook group for Chess Book Collectors as the Best Chess Book of 2017

� inking Inside the Box Aagaard’s Grandmaster Preparation series and was nominated for the ECF book of the Year and favoured in the Facebook group for Chess Book Collectors as the 2017

“I can see that I’ve been rather spoiled by the excellence of Quality Chess’ off erings! ...it’s not really fair to expect the same level from other publishers...”

GM Matthew Sadler, New in Chess

Improvement Books Opening BooksImprovement Books

Aabling-� omsen & Agermose Jensen� e Electrifying Elephant Gambit

Danish Chess hooligans providing propaganda for the most direct way to face the open games. What’s not to like?

Michael Roiz� e Queen’s Indian Defence

Israeli International and second to the elite, GM Michael Roiz, delivers the follow-up to his best-selling Grandmaster Repertoire book on the Nimzo-Indian, completing his repertoire.

We will continue our tradition of bringing classics back to life, with Kotov: The Science of Strategy, Tal & Stetsko: � e Chess Alchemist and Efi m Geller: Killer Chess.

Vladimir Kramnik� e Inside Story

Kramnik’s long-term manager Carsten Hensel tells the inside story of working with the Russian ex-World Champion.

Boris Avrukh – 1.d42A KID & Grunfeld2B Dynamic Systems

Boris Avrukh completes his re-imagination of a 21st century 1.d4 repertoire.

John Shaw – Playing 1.e4French Defence & Sicilian Sidelines

Sicilian Main Lines

� ese titles complete this three-volume series, giving White a practical and aggressive 1.e4 repertoire.

Antonios Pavlidis� e Sicilian Taimanov

� e former Greek Champion delivers an obsessively researched and analysed repertoire for Black in the most fl exible Sicilian main line.

Viswanathan Anand

Michiel Abeln has been granted access to Anand and his coaches for this unique in-depth look at how a fi ve-times World Champion prepares for a clash at the highest level.

Jacob Aagaard

� e Chess from Scratch series of textbooks and workbooks are designed to take the reader from learning the rules of the game to playing competitively with skill and confi dence.

Other great improvement books published in 2018 are Jan Markos: Under the Surface, Jaan Ehlvest: Grandmaster Opening Preparation and Jacob Aagaard: A Matter of Technique.

Boris GelfandTechnical Decision Making in Chess

Gelfand’s award-winning series continues with a deep look at the fi nal phase of the game.

Sam ShanklandSmall Steps to Giant

Improvement

Double Olympiad gold medal winner and 2018 US Champion, Sam Shankland delivers a forensic investigation into pawn play.

Smith & Tikkanen� e Woodpecker Method

� e two Swedish Grandmasters explain and demonstrate the main aspects of the path they took to the title.