Let the Voting Begin

by Mark Donlan

ChessCafe.com 2014 Book of the Year

Round One

It is time to begin the first round of voting for the ChessCafe.com 2014 Book of the Year. Voting in this round will remain open until January 18, when the three highest vote-getters will advance to round two.

Round two will then be open for voting from January 19 until February 1. The title then receiving the highest number of votes will be the ChessCafe.com 2014 Book of the Year. The winner will be announced February 2, 2015.

You can vote for one of the titles listed below or nominate a title that you feel deserves to be on the list. The three highest vote-getters will advance to round two. Nominees will be updated throughout the week.

Email your vote or nomination to info@chesscafe.com. Comments for or against a particular title may be written below.

First Round Nominees to Date

(Nominees will be updated throughout the week.)

100 Chess Master Trade Secrets by Andrew Soltis

Bologan’s Black Weapons in the Open Games by Victor Bologan

Bent Larsen’s Best Games by Bent Larsen

Carlsen’s Assault on the Throne, by Vassilios Kotronias & Sotiris Logothetis

The Classical Era of Modern Chess, by Peter J. Monté

Finding Chess Jewels, by Michal Krasenkow

For Friends and Colleagues Volume 1 by Mark Dvoretsky

A Game of Queens, by Judit Polgar

Grandmaster Preparation: Endgame Play by Jacob Aagaard

Johannes Zukertort: Artist of the Chessboard, by Jimmy Adams

John Nunn’s Chess Course, by John Nunn

Mannheim 1914 and the Interned Russians, by Anthony Gillam

Mikhail Botvinnik: The Life and Games of a World Chess Champion, by Andy Soltis

The three titles receiving the highest number of votes will advance to round two. Email your vote or nomination to info@chesscafe.com. Comments for or against a particular title may be written below.

Previous ChessCafe.com Book of the Year Winners

2013

Pump Up Your Rating

by Axel Smith

Quality Chess

2012

Aron Nimzowitsch, 1886-1924

by Per Skjoldager and Jørn Erik Nielsen

McFarland

2011

Invisible Chess Moves

by Yochanan Afek & Emmanuel Neiman

New In Chess

2010

Chess Duels

by Yasser Seirawan

Everyman Chess

2009

Chess Strategy for Club Players

by Herman Grooten

New In Chess

2008

Forcing Chess Moves

by Charles Hertan

New In Chess

2007

Silman’s Complete Endgame Course

by Jeremy Silman

Siles Press

2006

Van Perlo’s Endgame Tactics

by G.C. Van Perlo

New In Chess

2005

Learn from the Legends

by Mihail Marin

Quality Chess

2004

Pal Benko: My Life, Games and Compositions

by Pal Benko & Jeremy Silman

Siles Press

2003

Chess Strategy in Action

by John Watson

Gambit Publications

2002

Excelling at Chess

by Jacob Aagaard

Everyman Chess

2001

Understanding Chess Move by Move

by John Nunn

Gambit Publications

2000

Shady Side: The Life and Crimes of Norman Tweed Whitaker

by John S. Hilbert

Caissa Editions

All previous reviews are available in the ChessCafe.com Archives. ChessCafe.com members enjoy access to the Checkpoint column in which IM Jim Rizzitano reviews the newest opening books and more. Also, be sure to vote next week in the first round of the 2014 ChessCafe.com Book of the Year award!

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