books that cover some variations against the anti benoni:

symmetrical english
and d4 deviations

I've also decided to play the benoni again btw, my absolute mainweapon now, before I played the QGD, the QGD is a very correct opening,
you can equalise very well in it, but not much more.
I think the benoni is perfectly playable, I don't know why everyone fears the flick-knife so much, the positions in modern mainline and fianchetto are equally dangerous in my opinion, and still you can very well play for a win!!! And I like these benoni positions very much anyway! The benoni must be playable at any level!
I see Ivanchuk, Topalov, Alekseev still using it on top level, from time to time, there is no refutation!

I also have the modern benoni DVD my mr martin

It's great for introductory purposes.. Too patchy to be a standalone source for playing the thing with black though..

I'd give a 7 out of 10 while for comparing purposes, I'd give an 8 to the Czech Benoni DVD and a 9 to the Queen's Pawn Openings from Black's point of view (which would be a 10 if the Relange vs Svetuskin game was missing)

LeeRoth wrote on 06/23/08 at 01:22:15:

Sure. But Black still may meet some tedious lines.
Your logic resembles "the Classical French contains no boring lines, because 3.exd5 is not a Classical French." And the French Exchange is not necessarily boring either. You seemed to argue that the Benoni is a fullproof remedy to avoid boring positions. That is not the case.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.h3 a6 9. a4 Nbd7 10.Nf3 and one advantage of Nh5!? immediately is revealed after 11.Bg5 Bf6 12.Be3 Ne5 13.Nxe5 (iso 13.Be2) Bxe5 14.Qd2 (14.0-0 Nf4) 0-0 15.0-0 and White has not been able to play f2-f4 yet. In a 1985 game 15...Re8 was played and Black went on to win.
I would think that a DVD is an excellent medium to point out the differences between the two lines (excluding or including castling). If Martin failed to do so he has missed a golden opportunity imo. I mean, the only thing he has to do is to shift two kings and two rooks!

LeeRoth wrote on 06/15/08 at 22:40:27:

Play can become rather boring if White answers x...c5 with y.c3.

You worry too much.    At amateur levels, the Benoni is perfectly playable.  Whatever the theoretical verdicts, Black usually manages to get enough activity to make a game of it.  Plus, its a good opening to have in your arsenal when you really need to win.  As many have pointed out, there are no exchange variations in the Benoni and no boring lines.  Check out Watson for repertoire suggestions and, even more importantly, repeated illustrations of the tactical resources Black has at his disposal.        

wcywing wrote on 06/15/08 at 17:20:58:

Hearing about the covered lines one gets the impression that it's the video introduction to John Watson's "Guide to the Moden Benoni", which really is a good book. Aside from Watson there's at least two other recent books I would consider: I've never looked at Vegh's Modern Benoni (Starting Out), but I liked the King's Indian 4-pawns attack book he co-authored. And then there's the Modern Benoni Revealed by Palliser, who is a good and dilligent author, so that's another option.