In the attached PGN file, I present a position from page 367. The position is not very difficult, but I am not sure if I like it. 
What should Black play for? (The authors, as always, conclude their explanations way too early and give very few sample games.)

Given that COBE, 1st edition only provided a footnote's worth of coverage on 3.g3, I would assume that the 2nd edition would not even mention 3.a3 (please correct me if I am incorrect). In any event, 3...d5 is a good reply, when the position is very similar to 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c5 3.e3, with colours reversed. In that instance, 3...a6 would not be a useful move for Black, as any Bb5 ideas are completely innocuous.

Incidentally, I was going through some old Checkpoint reviews by Carsten Hansen and found he highly praised both the Black and White editions ... (and Hansen is no John Elburg)

alexbertonix wrote on 01/15/09 at 21:07:25:


Perhaps they are counting characters 

Antillian wrote on 01/13/09 at 23:26:02:


Yes, I always appreciate a healthy degree of ambiguity.

But seriously, thanks for your opinion of this book.  On your advice, I'll save my money.

Antillian wrote on 01/13/09 at 23:26:02:


COfW,E, from the sections I have seen (Caro-Kann, Sicilian GPA and the Open Games), indeed was an utter piece of ...... But there must be even worse around .....

exigentsky wrote on 01/13/09 at 19:34:55:


Page 368, the last page of the Bogo Indian section.

wolfsblut wrote on 01/13/09 at 16:32:27:


Tried it without the - and got a website that is not up and running yet.

Can You give us correct link to their website?

wolfsblut wrote on 01/10/09 at 15:19:30:

Does your advice apply mainly to the 1.e4 section, the 1.d4 section or to both?

Hi,
I have worked a little bit with the new edition...- in my eyes you should not buy it, if you have already the first one. There are only few changes, which you can do by yourself, if you look up new games in the openings in question...
The moveorder 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 they give now 1 page und you know what that in their books means....
They say you can become a member at ChessOpeningsExplained.com.....

greetings

wolfsblut

Antillian wrote on 12/18/08 at 13:58:41:


Well, I went ahead and bought it. I just received my copy. I have not spent enough time with it to give a thorough assessment.  My fist impression was positive since  looks just like my Pirc Alert, which is one of my all time favourite opening books. However my next impression was  that it appears to be a very shallow book - large font, small pages, diagrams galore, lots of glamour and glitz, but short of real meat. I am disappointed. 

Hi.

A little more information picked from the chess shop at the Jeremy Silman site

"
This is the second, updated and fully revised edition of Chess Openings for Black, Explained. This new edition incorporates literally hundreds of changes, reflecting all relevant opening novelties and the author's ongoing research in the three and a half years since the publication of the first edition. The vast majority of the recommendations in the 2005 edition fully stood the test of time. The few that didn't have been improved or replaced in this 2009 work. What's more, we give you a number of interesting alternatives not discussed in earlier editions.

Here are just some major examples: In the Accelerated Dragon, we make some important corrections regarding the move 7. f3 (p.61). also, after 9. 0-0 (p. 64), we discuss White's recent successes in the 9... d6 10. Ndb5 line--and two promising alternatives for Black to 9... d6. In 'Defending against 4. Qxd4" (p. 110), we introduce a new, more promising line for black. We fine-tune a number of our recommendations against the Maroczy Bind. we take note of White's improvements in the Alapin (p. 223)-- and ways to counter it. We discuss how to play after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 against rare (but tricky) third moves, such as 3. g3 and 3. a3. And there are many more updates.
"

http://www.classicalgames.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=00...

Cheers / Anders 

Ps. 
Adding coverage of 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 is good as that was missing in the suggested repertoire.

No specific info mentioned about the Bogo-indian though.

Hi,
when will this book be available in Europe?
Thanks in advance!
wolfsblut

According to the author's (sic): "This new edition incorporates literally hundreds of changes." On the other hand: "The vast majority of the recommendations in the 2005 edition fully stood the test of time."

However, I must say I was fairly pleased with the first edition and will seriously consider getting the second (from what I can gather, the Black repertoire is much better than their White version, although I do not have the latter so cannot give a personal opinion).