Hi,

I just bought Golubevs book. I only had a brief glimpse at Gallaghers PTKID and decided against it because he seems to advocate only the c5-line at the Saemisch.

Both books seem to be a repertoire book, they cost more or less the same, both are actual and comparable in quality as far as I could see. The bottom line for chess players should be wether the advocated lines meet their taste and repertoire.

Therefore I give the lines covered by Golubev, it might be helpful if other members give the lines covered by Gallagher and in other books.

Golubev:
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 and now:

- Classical 5.Nf3 00 6.Be2 e5 7.00 Nc6 8.d5 Nd7 Mar del Plata variations including Bayonet, Ne1 etc..

- Classical 7.Be3 with exd4, h6, Na6 (Ng4 is explained as a sideline).

- Classical 7.d5 Petrosian deals mainly with a5.

- Classical 7.dxe5 Exchange variation with dxe5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8 9.Bg5 and now he gives Re8, c6 and Nbd7.

- 5.Nf3 00 6.h3 with e5 and Na6 

- 5. Be2 006.Bg5 Averbakh mainly with c5 and Na6

- 5.f4 00 6.Nf3 Four Pawns with Na6

- 5.Nf3 Saemisch with 00 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Qd2 a6 8.Nge2 Rb8

- 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 00 5.Bg2 d6 6.00 Nbd7Fianchetto mainly with the Gallagher variation.

The book deals with various white sidelines as well, but I didn´t bother to list them as they are not in the focus of the black side.

Best wishes, Lou

That might be true for books in Europe but in amazon.com it says--

Availability: This item has not yet been released. You may order it now and we will ship it to you when it arrives. Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. 

I don't know anything else. 

You might also have a look at the thread King's Indian books. Alias posted the folowing link

http://www.gambitbooks.com/pdfs/31XSamp.pdf

Can you drop a link on me? I don't know where to find it.

Tommy Curry