http://www.everymanchess.com/chess/books/The_Triangle_System%3A_Noteboom%2C_Mars...

Does anybody know the current status of Ruslan's book?

fling wrote on 12/09/11 at 07:34:13:


Simply yes. I played 16 corrchess games with the black pieces in the Noteboom in the last three years and won 9 with 7 draws. In none of those games White had anything. The losses usually came from "fighting" in positions that should be a draw.

3.Nf3 e6 4.Qc2 is good idea, but only if you play Nf3 variations against the QGD: 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 and you need another weapon against the triangle.

Hello,

Rowson seems to think this is a reasonable idea. In this year's Scottish championship he played it against one of his former coaches. The game is annotated in BCM, think Aug issue.

Bye John S

p.s 

In another thread I asked about 1.d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 pxp 5.a4 e6. In most high -level games recently this has transposed to a QGA type position, with 6.e3. However, what has happened in the 6e4 Bb4 lines. In the past, this was thought quite bad for black, based on some Alekhine games...

My copy of John's book is shipping from Amazon UK today, apparently, although they show it as having 9 days leadtime to anyone else who goes to order it.  I suppose they must have got a copy from the US, although I only ordered it yesterday and it said 9 to 13 days delivery then.....?

I hope I can make more sense of it than Richard Palliser's Play 1d4!, which although a great book by all accounts (including my own view that it was exceptionally thorough), was a tad heavy for me.  Also the layout was pretty lousy - not Richard's fault, in an email he sent me he mentioned that he wasn't happy with the final layout, but that's the way it turned out and I think it may have deterred some players irrespective of the merits of the content.  Anyway, I'm hearing good things about this 'Starting Out' book so it may be easier for me to get to grips with despite it's advocacy of main lines, which I actually think is a great idea.  Perhaps someone could move this post to the other thread on John Cox's book, where it may be more appropriate, but I thought a direct response to the question of when the book was available in the UK was befitting here in view of the last post in this thread.

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Lol, you know there are just so many openings. What are you reconmending against the QGA?

Oh I think starting out books are great, and I am a d4 player so I cannot wait for this one to come out.

Well said Markovich! On a related note,  i even suspect the gambit attempts 5. Qc2 and 5. Bg5 against the 4... a6 Chebanenko Slav is not as bad as they say, while i also think the  QGA 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 gambit, the Botvinnik/Moscow Semi-Slav, and the QGD Vienna should all end up logically better for White on a "philosophical" level: straight development of pieces can't be wrong.

On the other hand, i've played all these dxc4 lines as Black too... so can only say, the better prepared player will prevail!

Unless one's an ardent Exchange man, meeting 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 with 3 Nf3 makes a lot of sense, if only so as to counter 3...c6!? with 4 Qc2 ! El Khalif gave this some coverage in his Kramnik repertoire and it's a reasonable try for the edge. White doesn't need to know much, only really one forcing line (4...Nf6 5 Bg5 Nbd7 6 e3 Qa5+!? 7 Nbd2 Ne4 8 Bf4 Bb4 9 a3 etc), although that may be Black's best option. FWIW, the more common ...dxc4 lines look quite pleasant for White to play IMHO.
Doesn't surprise me that White's struggling in the main line Noteboom, but is 11 d5!? (instead of 11 bxc4) also just dead? Objectively W can't force an advantage, but for aggressive white players it still looks like a reasonable practical try.