I really enjoyed Ntirlis books on the Tarrasch and the French he wrote together with Aagaard. ..But I am still not completely sure wether I should buy this book or not.. Somebody wants to convince me ?
As I am currently flirting with the Marshall-Gambit (maybe i'll switch to Breyer later on with all this material available currently - Ntirlis, Bologan, Eljanov, Kaufman) I'm mostly interested in Ntirlis recommended lines against the Ruy-deviations.
Is the author going for the safe and sound, old and reliable, well trusted, tested and analyzed lines against these ? (for example 5..Nd4 against the Spanish 4 Knights or the Endgame-Mainline of the Scotch 4 Knights) , or is Ntirlis trying to get some more excitement going in offering less popular / known variations ? (like Martin Lokander did in his recent work)
Some questions concerning Ntirlis repertoire:
- In the centre game is he recommending Be7 or Bb4 ?
- Goring/Danish-Gambit: Accepted or declined (with ..d5; endgame variation) ?
- Vienna Game 5..Bc5 or 5..Be7 ?
- Four Knights : Something exciting against the Scotch 4 Knights ? And what about the Spanish 4 Knights - 4..Bd6 / 4..Nd4 / 4..Bc5 or 4..Bb4 ?
- 4..Be7 or 4..Bc5 in the Italian two knights with 4.d3 ? What style does he prefer ? opening up quickly with the central break d5 or keeping it more closed with d6 ?
- 4.d4 exd4 Two Knights : What does Ntirlis give after A) 5.0-0 ; Max Lange starting with Bc5 or the more liable 5..Nxe4 (if so with Qh5 or Qa5 ?) B) 5.e5 -> 5..d5 6.Bb5 Ne4 7.Nxd4 Bc5 or Bd7 / or maybe even 5..Ng4 ??
- Mainline 4.Ng5 : How does Ntirlis work compare to the ones of Bologan and Lokander ? Many similarities in the recommended choices or is there enough variety ?
Thanks for any help