Micawber,

thanks for the feedback, as this is a book i was planning to get.

Pavlovics book has been released, there is a pdf extract on www.everymanchess.com

Looks quite interesting as he plays the Marshall quite often. Will be interesting to compare it with the qualitychessbook to be published in july

Mortal Games wrote on 05/04/09 at 14:24:07:


Thanks MG, now it strikes me that part three looks a little short to me. Especially for a club player.

Here is the table of contents: 


Preface 5
Introduction: The Ideas Behind the Marshall Attack 7

Part One: Gambit Lines

1 The Main Line 15
2 The Modern Rook Shuffle: 15 Re4 26
3 The Mysterious Retreat: 13 Re2 40
4 The Kevitz Variation: 12 Bxd5 cxd5 13 d4 45
5 The Dangerous 12 d3 49
6 The Tricky 12 g3 64
7 Declining the Marshall 69

Part Two: Anti-Marshall Lines

8 The 8 h3 Anti‐Marshall 75
9 The 8 a4 Anti‐Marshall 96
10 The 8 d4 Anti‐Marshall 107
11 The Steinitz Variation: 8 d3 119
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Part Three: Other Lines
12 The Worrall Attack 130
13 The Delayed Exchange Variation 137
14 Early d4 and Nc3 Variations 144
15 The Exchange Variation 156
Index of Variations 168

It is supposed to be a Complete Repertoire vs Ruy Lopez so the Anti-Marshalls are supposed to be covered if the Marshall is the main weapon of the book.

"Incredibly common," now there's an oxymoron for you.  But yes, if this book is done well will be quite interesting.  I would think it would be a challenge for the author to treat the Marshall and "other Spanish" well in a single volume.

Fighting the Ruy Lopez
Milos Pavlovic 

The Ruy Lopez is incredibly common at all levels of chess, and everyone who plays 1 e4 e5 as Black needs to have a reliable antidote to this powerful opening. In this book, Grandmaster and Lopez expert Milos Pavlovic provides the answer. Drawing upon his many years of experience facing the Lopez, Pavlovic devises a sound and yet ambitious repertoire for Black, the basis of which is provided by the legendary and ever-popular Marshall Attack. The Marshall is a perfect weapon, as it avoids passive positions and the so-called 'Spanish torture'of many other variations. Furthermore, Black's tactical and positional objectives are usually clear-cut, and often involve a plan of direct attack against the white king.

*A complete repertoire against the Ruy Lopez

*Covers the typical plans for both sides

*Emphasizes crucial tactical ideas

*Packed with original analysis.

Published March 2009 EU, April 2009 US | ISBN 9781857445909
Format Paperback, 192 pages

http://www.everymanchess.com/chess/books/Fighting_the_Ruy_Lopez