FIDE Book Awards 2024 – Call for nominations

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11/10/2024 – The FIDE Trainers' Commission (TRG) is now accepting nominations for the prestigious Yuri Averbakh / Isaac Boleslavsky Book Awards 2024. Open to chess books published in 2023, authors and publishers may submit up to three titles, with nominations closing on 21 November 2024. Judged by a panel of three prominent chess experts, the awards will recognise instructional excellence in chess literature, with the winner and two runners-up announced in mid-December.

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Press release by FIDE

The FIDE Trainers' Commission (TRG) invites you to submit nominations for the Yuri Averbakh / Isaac Boleslavsky Book Awards 2024.

Eligible are chess books published in 2023. Authors/Publishers can submit up to three books. The nomination form must be submitted by November 21, 2024.

Once confirmed, the TRG will advise where copies of the books should be sent to the judges for review. The panel of judges will consist of three prominent chess personalities. The winner and two runners-up will be announced in the middle of December.

The Isaac Boleslavsky FIDE Book Award was launched in 2009 for the best chess book and publications of remarkable instructional value. In 2019 the award's name was changed to the Yuri Averbakh / Isaac Boleslavsky Award out of respect for these two giants of chess literature.

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