Regarding the FKG Kindle version

I just happened to notice several complaints on Amazon about the Kindle version of the FKG, I don't have a Kindle, but apparently it's quite hard to read as it's scanned as a picture. So, be warned: don't buy it unless you know a way to get around that problem.

By the way, the Kindle version was Trafford's idea, they didn't even ask me... :/
Since a few years back it's not Canadian anymore but an American company that tries hard to maximise profits. For one thing, they keep calling me every three months or so, a new book agent every time, usually trying to talk me into buying my own book or a spot for the book in some NY book fair for newly published fiction books...
- All the FKG apparently needs is some more exposure, so that everyone can enjoy my "wonderful handling of the plot and interesting character development" etc etc. - I actually tried to tell that guy that it was a chess book, not fiction, but that only got him even more enthusiastic about my writing skills and plot handling! :))

When my current corr games are finished I hope to get some time over for the paper work of unpublishing the FKG, so if you really want it in book form, then I guess it might be a good idea to order it within the next six to nine months.

(Btw, I still haven't gotten around to check the Lulu option for ebooks (since someone asked for a FRG Kindle version a few months ago), but I'd assume that it might have a similar problem - though I'm not sure, as Lulu were able to accept a Word or pdf manuscript iirc.)

And of course, if any European chess publisher would be interested in publishing a FKG 2.0, I'm open to suggestions, especially if it involves a strong co-author, as I definitely won't be spending another two years on it...

A new can of worms for Reti gambiteers!

If you're watching this blog in hope of new ideas in the KG or the Reti Gambit here's a little treat for y'a

I've just started a thread on ChessPub to discuss a new idea in the RG, i.e

1.e4 e6 2.b3 d5 3.Bb2 dxe4 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f3!?

Here's the link: New idea in the Reti Gambit

Lifesign...

A long time since last update and will probably take a similar amount of time until the next... I've got some ideas for a novel or three but don't seem able to get started. I recently got side-tracked into a chesspub discussion on the Hanstein gambit with 8.Qa4, and at the moment Shirov is in town at the Sigeman tournament...

Anyway, the other day Bob Dylan celebrated his 70th birthday so here's a mix of some of his songs.