Dan heisman new book

How many of you are looking forward to dan's book on the best of his novice nook articles? I know i am. I think it is scheduled for October. Stwils

Thanks!

Here is the buzz:

1) The book is due out at the end of October. I should be getting a review draft from Everyman in a week or two.

2) There are 3 1/2 new columns in the book, and about 45 existing ones. However, the existing ones have been changed in many ways:

a) Material has been updated

b) Similar NN's have been merged into one big topic and text melded to cover that topic more completely

c) Redundant text has been mostly removed

d) Thanks to Mike Montgomery, who checked every diagram with Rybka, several mistakes have been corrected and new analysis added where needed.

e) New text, where appropriate, has been added.

3) By re-doing the material this way, cross-reference links have either been updated or minimized to reflect the book format.

4) Not counting Mike's extensive work and the new NNs, it took me over 100 hours of work to update and reformat the material for book use. So buyers are not just getting the same material they would if they went to the archives on my website; the changes are rather extensive: not enough to fail to do justice the subtitle "Best of Novice Nook" but enough that faithful readers won't feel they are just getting the same material in book format.

Hope you will enjoy! Also, check out my "chess tip of the day" on Twitter under "danheisman"

I am!!!!

I am looking forward to it!

Just became a fan of you Mr. Heisman, can't wait for this, because I was about to print out every NN and staple them together anyway!  It's worth it to save me the trouble.

I also just bought "The Improving Chess Thinker" and LOVE it!

Thanks for all you have done for us beginners!

He has the best videos on the ICC

The book has just gone to print. It should be in the US warehouse in 3 weeks (mid-October) and then shipped out to retailers before the end of October. It will arrive in Europe end of November.

I can hardly wait!

I was very pleased with "A Guide to Chess Improvement" - I worked very hard (see previous post) to update and organize the material, add tons of new material, etc. It's one of those "fun to browse" books. To pick up on another thread, I just finished my 11th book "The World's Most Instructive Amateur Game Book" and that should be out by holiday season 2012...

Looking forward to another instructive annotated game book between two or atleast one non-Master.

Outside Euwe's Chess Master vs. Chess Amateur, there hasn't been too many "See a weaker player get punished for his mistakes vs. a stronger player" instructive game books out there.

Shivski, there's Grandmaster VS Amateur by Quality Chess (several GMs) which is pretty good.

Dan's book should make for a welcomed addition though.

@jontsef

Very nice!! Didn't know Aagard wrote a book like this. Will seek it out as well..thanks!