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Does anyone know if any Canadian book retailer carries chess books by Chess Stars Publishing? There is a book on Alexey Dreev's best games that I'd like to purchase but I don't want the risk/duties/wait associated with purchasing overseas.
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Does anyone know if any Canadian book retailer carries chess books by Chess Stars Publishing? There is a book on Alexey Dreev's best games that I'd like to purchase but I don't want the risk/duties/wait associated with purchasing overseas.
"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office." - Aesop
"Only the dead have seen the end of war." - Plato
"If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination." - Thomas De Quincey
Thanks, Vlad. I seem to recall, some months or a year ago, asking Larry if he stocked the Dreev book. I believe his reply was that he was having difficulty maintaining a working relationship with Chess Stars because they weren't communicating with him in a timely manner (this is from memory - sorry, Larry, if I've misrepresented what you said about Chess Stars).
Anyway, did you enjoy Dreev's book and would you recommend it?
"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office." - Aesop
"Only the dead have seen the end of war." - Plato
"If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination." - Thomas De Quincey
Anyway, did you enjoy Dreev's book and would you recommend it?
I did enjoy it and would recommend it. Lots of verbal explanations and annotations of the hundred games as well as an interesting description in the introductory chapters of the life of a Soviet chess player who was blacklisted for a time for some offhand, careless praise of Korchnoi's chess legacy as a sixteen or eighteen year old. The chess is interesting.
There are a few colour photographs as well mostly of Dreev playing chess or with famous chess players but also a couple of him with his family. There are also black and white photos of his family and chess moments sprinkled through the introductory text.
Peter:
I did not mentioned NIC (you said you do not want to order overseas).
But if you have a change of heart, it is cheaper there: http://www.newinchess.com/Alexey_Dreev-pa-586.html
(my experience with NIC - also 100% good both on books and the magazine)
at amazon.com - if you ship to a Canadian address you will pay US$ 12.49 shipping (to a US address it would be only $3.99)
To Vlad:
Before my first posting, I checked the Strategy shop (online) and I did not see it available there.
Thanks, Vlad. I seem to recall, some months or a year ago, asking Larry if he stocked the Dreev book. I believe his reply was that he was having difficulty maintaining a working relationship with Chess Stars because they weren't communicating with him in a timely manner (this is from memory - sorry, Larry, if I've misrepresented what you said about Chess Stars).
Anyway, did you enjoy Dreev's book and would you recommend it?
Hi Peter,
Actually I enjoy working with the Stars distributor. I guess the book became available again and I missed it.
Thanks, Vlad. I seem to recall, some months or a year ago, asking Larry if he stocked the Dreev book. I believe his reply was that he was having difficulty maintaining a working relationship with Chess Stars because they weren't communicating with him in a timely manner (this is from memory - sorry, Larry, if I've misrepresented what you said about Chess Stars).
Anyway, did you enjoy Dreev's book and would you recommend it?
Dreev has a narrow-ish repertoire so the book is excellent for prepararing/reviewing openings/middlegames as he is playing
White
1.d4
Black
-Semi-Slav
-Caro-Kann
and is quite a specialist in the lines that he uses. There is also a detailed biography on his early rise which was quite interesting. I remember him mentioning details on his collaboration/training with Dvoretsky and his military service.
I second Emil. If you can't get it from the CMA, then NIC is a great alternative. Service is good and fast. Shipping is reasonable and is even a bargain if you place a large enough order.
They carry things that CMA doesn't such as Kingpin magazine, Moravian Press books and other smaller publishers. Prior to Larry working out an arrangement with Quality chess, they were the place to get their books if you didn't want to wait months.
En passant, Larry should be getting 2 good, new books from Quality fairly soon:
Advanced Chess Tactics by Psakhis and
Grandmaster versus Amateur - Aagaard and Shaw (editors)
Peter:
I did not mentioned NIC (you said you do not want to order overseas).
But if you have a change of heart, it is cheaper there: http://www.newinchess.com/Alexey_Dreev-pa-586.html
(my experience with NIC - also 100% good both on books and the magazine)
at amazon.com - if you ship to a Canadian address you will pay US$ 12.49 shipping (to a US address it would be only $3.99)
To Vlad:
Before my first posting, I checked the Strategy shop (online) and I did not see it available there.
"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office." - Aesop
"Only the dead have seen the end of war." - Plato
"If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination." - Thomas De Quincey
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