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Does anyone know which book which won this ?

I can't seem to find a list of past winners online which go back that far.

A customer has informed me that 1989 went to Winter's book on Capablanca and 1991 to Dvoretsky's Secret of Chess Training.

Thanks.

Catherine
Glynn's Books

Catherine Glynn wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 03, 2020 6:14 pm

Does anyone know which book which won this ?

I can't seem to find a list of past winners online which go back that far.

A customer has informed me that 1989 went to Winter's book on Capablanca and 1991 to Dvoretsky's Secret of Chess Training.

Thanks.

Catherine
Glynn's Books

I consulted the BCF 1989 - 1990 yearbook and found no reference to Book of the Year.

John Saunders probably knows.

John Upham wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 03, 2020 7:16 pm

John Saunders probably knows.

Haven’t the foggiest. Sorry.

The 1990 prize was awarded to "Capablanca : A Compendium of Games, Moves, Articles, Correspondence, Illustration and Other Rare Archive Material on the Cuban Chess Genius Jose Raul Capablanca 1888-1942" by Edward Winter.

That would have been some book cover/title page.

From the ixian website

British Chess Federation Book of the Year

1988: Nunn, John, and Griffiths, Peter: Secrets of Grandmaster Play (1987)
1987 paperback, ISBN 0020531303

1989: Winter, Edward: Capablanca : A Compendium (1989)
1989 hardcover, ISBN 0899504558

1990/1991: Dvoretsky, Mark: Secrets of Chess Training (1991)
ISBN 0020081820
1996 reprint, ISBN 0713462876
2006 reprint, ISBN 328300515X

1992/1993: Hooper, David, and Whyld, Kenneth: The Oxford Companion to Chess (1993)
1984 1st edition, ISBN 0192175408
1993 2nd edition, hardcover, ISBN 0198661649
1996 2nd edition reprint, paperback, ISBN 0192800493

1994: Soltis, Andrew: Frank Marshall, United States Chess Champion (1994)
1994 hardcover, ISBN 0899508871
o positive review ("A great book about one of the most colorful
players from the first half of the 20th century") by Soren
Sogaard at:
<http://seagaard.dk/review/eng/bo_biogra ... iograpical>

1995: Nunn, John: John Nunn's Best Games (1995)
1995 paperback, ISBN 080503899X
2001 paperback, ISBN 0713477261

1996: Bronstein, David and Furstenberg, Tom: The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1995)
ISBN 1857441516
Review by Dave Regis at:
<http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/Books/bro_sorc.html>.
Positive review by Geoff Chandler at:
<http://www.textualities.net/writers/fea ... eind01.php>.

1997: Burgess, Graham: The Mammoth Book of Chess (1997)
ISBN 0786707259
2000 reprint as "Chess", ISBN 0785815163

1998: Anand, Viswanathan: My Best Games of Chess (1998)
ISBN 1901983005
o review at: <http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/jwatson1.html>
o glowing review ("a modern classic" and "a must-buy" and "one
of the best game collections I have seen so far") by Soren
Sogaard at:
<http://seagaard.dk/review/eng/bo_collec ... Collection>

1999: Watson, John: Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy (1999)
1999 paperback, ISBN 1901983072

2000: Sadler, Matthew: Queen's Gambit Declined (2000)
2000 paperback, ISBN 1857442563

2001: Korchnoi, Victor: My Best Games: Vol 1: Games with White (2001)
ISBN 3283004048

2002: Muller, Karsten, and Lamprecht, Frank: Fundamental Chess Endings (2002)
2001 paperback, ISBN 1901983536

2003: Kasparov, Garry: My Great Predecessors, Part I (2003)
2003 paperback, ISBN 1857443306
2004 hardcover, ISBN 1857443713

2004: Benko, Pal, and Silman, Jeremy: Pal Benko: My Life, Games, and
Compositions (2003)
2003 paperback, ISBN 1890085081

2005: Kasparov, Garry: My Great Predecessors, Part IV (2005)
2004 hardcover, ISBN 1857443950

2006: van Perlo, G.C.: Van Perlo's Endgame Tactics (2006)
2006 paperback, ISBN 9056911686

Without repeating Alex's long list, it looks as if the BCF decided on an award covering a typical chess season as shown 1990/1; 1992/3 for a period.
The award to Edward Winter was noted in September 1990 as the 1990 award however it probably should be for 1989/1990?

There is an award missing from the list namely for 1991/2 which was "Dynamic Chess Strategy" by Mihal Suba (1991) ISBN: 9789056916299

Many thanks Alex and Neil