mangler wrote on 07/24/08 at 11:28:43:



Just to be pedantic it's Ponziani with 1 n

I don't think it matters so much since John Cox's book is now defunct, since I suspect all 1. d4 players will now be opening with 1. e4 with the hope of playing the Ponzanni with the recent discovery of the stunning 8. Nd2.

You have got to be kidding me. Cox makes it clear in the intro and on the back cover that his book is geared primarily for Nimzo players, with coverage for QGD players too. Here is the description from the publisher:

This book fills an enormous void in chess literature. There are a countless number of players who are very happy to defend the black side of the Queen's Gambit or play the Nimzo-Indian, Queen's Indian, Bogo-Indian or Benoni. However, more often than not they have been forced to muddle their way through a whole variety of annoying sidelines White has at his or her disposal, including the dreaded Trompowsky, the tricky Blackmar-Diemer Gambit and the tiresome Colle Variation. Now finally help is at hand! In this unique book John Cox reveals everything Black players need to know about all of White's offbeat tries, presenting Black with no-nonsense answers to every white option. Read this book and you will be fully armed to deal with anything that White can throw at you. In fact, you'll have all the White players running back to the main lines!





In case you did not notice, Dembo is coming out with a book on the Anti King's Indians.

http://www.everymanchess.com/display.php?id=470

Do you expect her to "update" Cox's lines for you?

And please note that neither book covers the Ponzanni.....