I have the book, but it does not cover 1.c4 c6.
It suggests a solution only to the 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 move order -- 2..d4. (Named Reti Benoni in Davies' Dynamic Reti from 2004)
Here come
two questions about the 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 move order.
When...
A)...I am
on the _Black_ side of it.
I play the Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4), so with 3..Nf6 I would be on familiar grounds after 4.d4 but White can play tricks with 4.Qc2 or 4.Nc3. Then 4..Bg4 is not very good in either case, but I don't normally play the Meran. (I play only the open Slav.)
Question: What should I play on 4.Qc2 and 4.Nc3, respectively?
Is 4..a6 the only one that is left apart from accepting transposition to the Meran, which I wouldn't play otherwise? (Am I move-ordered to a kind of Chebanenko Slav?)
Request: Please recommend some literature on the subject.
B)...I am
on the _White_ side of it, playing tricks on Slav players.
(Yes, I like these opening tricks very much.)
Question: What are the advantages of 4.Qc2? And 4.Nc3?
Should I study the Meran or could another move-order trick be played on Meran adherents, too?
Request: Please recommend some literature on the subject.