Quote:There is no viable Black improvement mentioned in the thread referred to above, in fact the lines I gave there show White doing extremely well and nothing has changed since then. Having said that, I still believe 2...Bc5 is a sound and safe line against the Kings Gambit provided he plays
6...0-0!, this under-rated move has been incorrectly assessed by official theory in my opinion, which considers
7.f5 to be the antidote, but I do not believe it.
After wading through this entire thread again, even the endless upon endless pages devoted to the 'merits' of Pressurize, Pressure and Re-cuperate, I decided to give this book a miss. Based on the many arguments made for and against I felt that too many critical lines were not dealt with properly in this book. Nevertheless I would be curious about what he had written about the exchange Ruy and disappointed that this variation was not included in the companion volume instead. Nevertheless I still decided to order his companion volume, as the Ruy Lopez proper is a topic that an 1.e4 e5 player from either side of the board cannot have too much information about, especially from a strong GM.
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