Quality Chess UK Ltd (known as Quality Chess) is a

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...

publishing company, founded in 2004 by

International Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

Ari Ziegler, Grandmaster

Jacob Aagaard Jacob Aagaard (born 31 July 1973) is a Danish-Scottish chess grandmaster and the 2007 British Chess Champion. He is Scotland's third-highest rated player as of July 2021, with an Elo rating of 2477. His peak rating was 2542. In 2004, he took ...

and Grandmaster John Shaw. The company is based in

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. The company focuses on quality of publications rather than quantity of books. In 2005, the book ''Learn from the Legends: Chess Champions at Their Best'' by Grandmaster

Mihail Marin Mihail Marin (born 21 April 1965) is a Romanian chess player and writer. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE. Marin's first major success in international chess was in qualifying for the Interzonal in 1987. He has won three Romanian ...

won the ChessCafe.com "Book of the Year" award. In 2007 ''San Luis 2005: How Chess Found Its Champion'' by

Alik Gershon Alik Gershon (born 3 June 1980, in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine) is an Israeli chess grandmaster. On 21 October 2010 he set the Guinness World Record for simultaneous games after playing 523 opponents in Tel Aviv. After 18 hours and 30 minutes, he wo ...

and Igor Nor won the

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's "Book of the Year 2007" award. Aagaard's ''Attacking Manual 1 & 2'' won the 2010 English Chess Federation book of the year prize.English Chess Federation BOOK of the YEAR 2010 , The English Chess Federation
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Published books

* Marin, Mihail (2004). ''Learn from the Legends: Chess Champions at Their Best''. Quality Chess. . *Rogozenko, Dorian (2005). ''Sveshnikov Reloaded''. Quality Chess. ; * Aagaard, Jacob (2006). ''Practical Chess Defence. Quality Chess''. . *Gershon, Alik; Nor, Igor (2006). ''San Luis 2005: How Chess Found Its Champion''. Quality Chess. . * Marin, Mihail (2007). ''A Spanish Opening Repertoire for Black''. Quality Chess. . * Marin, Mihail (2007). ''Beating the Open Games''. Quality Chess. . *Vigorito, David (2007). ''Challenging the Nimzo-Indian''. Quality Chess. . *Vigorito, David (2007). ''Play the Semi-Slav''. Quality Chess. . * Nimzowitsch, Aron (2007). '' My System'', . * Aagaard, Jacob (2008). ''The Attacking Manual: Basic Principles''. Quality Chess. . * * * Brunello, Sabino (2009). ''Attacking the Spanish''. Quality Chess. . * Aagaard, Jacob (2010).''The Attacking Manual 2: Technique and Praxis''. Quality Chess. . *

Boris Avrukh Boris Leonidovich Avrukh ( he, בוריס ליאונידוביץ' אברוך; russian: Борис Леонидович Аврух; born 10 February 1978 in Karaganda, Soviet Union) is an Israeli chess grandmaster. He was the World Under-12 champ ...

(2010) Grandmaster Repertoire 2 - 1.d4 volume 2. Quality Chess. . * Boris Alterman (2010) The Alterman Gambit - White Gambits. Quality Chess. Guide . *Milos Pavlovic (2010) The Cutting Edge 1 - The Open Sicilian. Quality Chess. 1 . *Alexey Suetin (2010) Soviet Chess Strategy. Quality Chess. . * Lars Schandorff(2010) Grandmaster Repertoire 7 - The Caro-Kann. Quality Chess. . * John Shaw (2010) The Quality Chess Puzzle Book. Quality Chess. . * Ľubomír Ftáčnik (2010) Grandmaster Repertoire 6 - The Sicilian Defence. Quality Chess. . * Artur Yusupov (2010) Boost your Chess 2 - Beyond the Basics. Quality Chess. . *

(2010) Grandmaster Repertoire 4 - The English Opening vol. 2. Quality Chess. . *

(2010) Grandmaster Repertoire 5 - The English Opening vol. 3. Quality Chess. . *

Christian Bauer Christian Bauer (born 11 January 1977) is a French chess Grandmaster (chess), grandmaster and author. He is a three-time French Chess Championship, French Chess Champion (1996, 2012, 2015). In 2005 he won the 2nd Calvia Chess Festival. In 2009, ...

(2010) Play the Scandinavian. Quality Chess. . * Artur Yusupov (2011) Boost your Chess 3 - Mastery. Quality Chess. . *Milos Pavlovic (2011) The Cutting Edge 2 - Sicilian Najdorf 6.Be3. Quality Chess. . *

& John Shaw (editors) (2011) Experts on the Anti-Sicilian. Quality Chess. . *Vladimir Popov (2011) Chess Lessons. Quality Chess. . * Tibor Károlyi (2011) Karpov's Strategic Wins 2 - The Prime Years. Quality Chess. . * Tibor Károlyi (2011) Karpov's Strategic Wins 1 - The Making of a Champion. Quality Chess. . *

Arkadij Naiditsch Arkadij Naiditsch ( az, Arkadi Naydiç; born 25 October 1985) is an Azerbaijani (since 2015) chess grandmaster who previously represented Latvia (until 2005) and Germany (2005–2015). Career In 1995 he won the European Under-10 champ ...

(2011) Chess Evolution. Quality Chess. . *

(2011) Grandmaster Repertoire 8 - The Grunfeld Defence . Quality Chess. . *

Vasilios Kotronias Vasilios Kotronias ( el, Βασίλειος Κοτρωνιάς; first name sometimes spelled ''Vassilios''; born 25 August 1964) is a Greek chess player and writer. He is a ten-time Greek champion (1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2006, ...

(2011) The Grandmaster Battle Manual. Quality Chess. . *

(2011) Grandmaster Repertoire 9 - The Grunfeld Defence Volume Two. Quality Chess. . *

Glenn Flear Glenn Curtis Flear (born 12 February 1959 in Leicester, England) is a British chess grandmaster now living in Montpellier, France. He is the author of several books, some on chess openings and some on the endgame. He was awarded the Internatio ...

(2011) Tactimania. Quality Chess. . * Artur Yusupov (2011) Chess Evolution 1. Quality Chess. . *

& John Shaw (editors) (2011) Grandmaster vs Amateur. Quality Chess. . * Boris Alterman (2011) The Alterman Gambit Guide - Black Gambits. Quality Chess. 1 . *

Lev Psakhis Lev Borisovich Psakhis ( he, לב בוריסוביץ' פסחיס; ; born 29 November 1958 in Tver (then Kalinin), Russia) is a naturalised Israeli chess grandmaster, trainer and author. Born in Siberia, he is also a two-time former champion of th ...

(2011) Advanced Chess Tactics. Quality Chess. . *Nikolaos Ntirlis and

(2011) Grandmaster Repertoire 10 - The Tarrasch Defence. Quality Chess. . *Martin Weteschnik (2012) Chess Tactics from Scratch. Quality Chess. . *

Mihai Suba Mihai Șubă (; born June 1, 1947) is a Romanian and Spanish chess player. FIDE awarded him the International Master title in 1975 and the International Grandmaster title in 1978. Born in Bucharest, Romania, Șubă, won the Romanian Chess Champ ...

(2012) Positional Chess Sacrifices. Quality Chess. . * Boris Alterman (2012) Alterman Gambit Guide - Black Gambits 2. Quality Chess. . * Artur Yusupov (2012) Chess Evolution 2. Quality Chess. . *

(2012) Grandmaster Preparation - Calculation. Quality Chess. . * Marc Esserman (2012) Mayhem in the Morra. Quality Chess. . *Lars Schandorff (2012) Playing 1.d4 - The Queen's Gambit. Quality Chess. . *Lars Schandorff (2012) Playing 1.d4 - The Indian Defences. Quality Chess. . * Judit Polgár (2012) How I Beat Fischer's Record (hardcover) - Judit Polgar Teaches Chess 1. Quality Chess. . *

(2012) Grandmaster Repertoire 11 - Beating 1.d4 Sidelines. Quality Chess. . *

(2012) Grandmaster Preparation - Positional Play. Quality Chess. . * Artur Yusupov (2013) Chess Evolution 3. Quality Chess. . *

Victor Mikhalevski Victor (Viktor) Mikhalevski ( he, ויקטור מיכלבסקי; born 8 July 1972) is an Israeli chess grandmaster who lives in Beersheba. his Elo rating was 2611, making him the #7 player in Israel and the 171st-highest rated player in the ...

(2013) Grandmaster Repertoire 13 - The Open Spanish. Quality Chess. . *Marian Petrov (2013) Grandmaster Repertoire 12 - The Modern Benoni. Quality Chess. . * Peter Romanovsky (2013) Soviet Middlegame Technique. Quality Chess. . *

(2013) Grandmaster Preparation - Strategic Play. Quality Chess. . * John Shaw (2013) The King's Gambit. Quality Chess. . *

(2013) Kotronias on the King's Indian Fianchetto Systems. Quality Chess. . *Richard Pert (2013) Playing the Trompowsky. Quality Chess. . *Axel Smith (2013) Pump Up Your Rating. Quality Chess. . * Emanuel Berg (2013) Grandmaster Repertoire 14 - The French Defence Volume One. Quality Chess. *

and Nikolaos Ntirlis (2013) Playing the French. Quality Chess. . * Judit Polgár (2013) From GM to Top Ten. Quality Chess. . * Emanuel Berg (2013) Grandmaster Repertoire 15 - The French Defence Volume Two. Quality Chess. . *

and Sotiris Logothetis (2013) Carlsen's Assault on the Throne. Quality Chess. . *

(2014) Grandmaster Repertoire 17 - The Classical Slav. Quality Chess. . * Tibor Károlyi (2014) Mikhail Tal's Best Games 1 - The Magic of Youth. Quality Chess. . *

Daniel Gormally Daniel William Gormally (born 4 May 1976) is an England, English chess Grandmaster (chess), Grandmaster. His peak rating is 2573, achieved in the January 2006 rating list. He was born in South Shields and was brought into the game of chess by ...

(2014) Mating the Castled King. Quality Chess. . *

(2014) Grandmaster Preparation - Attack and Defence. Quality Chess. . *

(2014) Grandmaster Preparation - Endgame Play. Quality Chess. . *

(2014) Grandmaster Repertoire 18 - The Sicilian Sveshnikov. Quality Chess. . *

Parimarjan Negi Parimarjan Negi (born 9 February 1993) is an Indian chess grandmaster. He achieved the grandmaster title at the age of 13 years, 4 months, and 20 days, which made him the second youngest grandmaster in history at the time. As of July 2021, he ...

(2014) Grandmaster Repertoire - 1.e4 vs The French, Caro-Kann and Philidor. Quality Chess. . * Esben Lund (2014) The Secret Life of Bad Bishops. Quality Chess. . * Judit Polgár (2014) A Game of Queens. Quality Chess. . *

Tiger Hillarp Persson Tiger Hillarp Persson (born ''Tigger Christopher Robin Hillarp Persson'', 28 October 1970) is a Swedish chess grandmaster. He is a three-time Swedish Chess Champion. In 2015 he attained the level of 1-Dan in Go. Chess career He won tournament ...

(2014) The Modern Tiger. Quality Chess. . * Ilya Maizelis (2014) The Soviet Chess Primer. Quality Chess. . *

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External links

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