I´m curious, if semkov still evaluates 5.f4 0-0 6.Nf3 Na6 7.h4 e5 8.h5 as better for white;

boki wrote on 03/13/09 at 21:19:31:


Well, this is heady stuff indeed for us 4PA aficionados.  I will certainly buy this book.  But while I think that the 4PA is underrated, I'll be surprised if it guarantees +=.

Just checked the website and noticed that the actual title announced is "Kill KID 1" Unless that is a typo, it suggests that this is the first part of a series. So presumably the series will offer other repertoires against the KID or perhaps it is a serious of similar neanderthal repertoires against a range of systems with the KID just having been the first.

Yes, Antillian I wondered the same. I believe there are two reasons. One is that Publishers want a sexy opening choice (flashy, agressive). I also believe that authors choose variations in part, to ease their work and to avoid having to deal with too may options for the other side. If the book dealt with, say, the Petrosian KID, moves like c6, Na6, etc...would have to be examined. These two criteria tend to produce variations that rarely get outings at the 2700+ level.

Whew....for a minute there, I thought this was a thread advocating infanticide.  

I don't understand this persistence on repertoire books advocating the Four Pawns attack against the KID/Benoni. This will be the third major work advocating this suspect system that KIDers generally seem prepared for - actually fourth if you include Dunnington's 1. d4 repertoire book.