Well it looks indeed like the e-book will be available before the paper edition. I think that is pretty good news since I prefer the e books. Maybe Everyman has been reading my rantings on this forum about the late and random release of their e books. 

I'mglad that 4...Bf5 isn't covered! 

It will be nice to see coverage on 4...Bg4, I've always preferred this move in any case.

I see on the Everyman website that this book has been put back a month until April! 

I am very upset with Bibs! He always has something mean to say about my posts! I was just shocked that Vigus isn't covering 4...Bf5 because it is a lot more popular than 4...Bg4 and if you were only going to cover one of these moves, I would have thought that 4...Bf5 would be the one. So I am just wondering why 4...Bf5 isn't covered.

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If it helps any, Fluffy covers 4..Bf5 is his "Play the Semi-Slav" book against the ever so fearsome supercritical Slow Slav.

But really now, I find it silly that persons demand explanations because their preferred choice is not covered by an author in a repertoire book.    You can't expect  100%  of the choices in a repertoire book to please 100%  of the people. If you don't like a particular choice, do your own research.

Mr. Vigus

How do you not cover 4...Bf5 after 1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3? 4...Bf5 is a lot more popular than 4...Bg4?

Mr. Vigus, 

Does your book look at more than one option for black? For example after 1 d4 d5 2 c4 c5 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3, do you cover both 4...Bf5 and 4...Bg4 or just one of these moves?

I do indeed have a few new ideas in the 1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 Nc3 dxc4 line, but I didn't feel that I needed to repair major theoretical problems for Black here - rather that the rise of the ...a6 Slav and the Semi-Slav has caused 3...dxc4 to fade somewhat into the background. All the better, from my point of view!
 
I agree that the Schlechter Slav with ...g6 is still completely playable for Black, and a preferable back-up option to 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 e3 Bg4 (with which Kamsky had a nasty accident recently). But 3 Nc3 dxc4 is a critical choice which may actually make White think twice about his third move.

My book begins from 1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 - i.e. to keep the length within reasonable bounds, I don't cover 1 c4 c6 or the Reti. I have experimented with 1 c4 c6 2 e4 e5 3 Nf3 f5!?, which I think is better than a normal Latvian, and has the virtue of shocking opponents who associate the Slav with turgid solidity. 3...Qa5 is recommended by l'Ami in Secrets of Opening Surprises vol 6, but there is no doubt that 2...d5 is correct after all...Jovanka Houska's Caro Kann is good on this, and there are some interesting ideas for Black in Dreev's recent best games book.

I pretty much agree with Tracke's repertoire against the Reti, and think Black can often grab the c4-pawn and follow with ...Qd5!?.

1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 c6 3 Bf4 d6!? 4 Nf3 Nbd7, intending ...Qc7 and ...e5, perhaps? Has anyone tried this? But I don't know of any advantages of the 1...Nf6 move-order for Black, unless you're hoping for a Tromp...