Well, I have my copy now
Looks ok, only had a quick glance so far, strange how they titled it 'Play the Alekhine' as it isn't a Black repertoire, it's a 'Chess Explained' through and through.

lg wrote on 12/02/09 at 18:22:03:


www.chesscafe.com

Scroll down to Checkpoint by C. Hansen, dated Dec 2nd

This review and comments on Taylor's Bird's Opening suggest that the author sometimes lets his enthusiasm replace cold, objective assessments of some opening variations.

Before I order, I'll wait to see if someone's book has shipped.  Would anyone ordering from NIC please post when you learn that yours has?  I like NIC, but I see no reason to loan my money to them.

@ alumbrado - I also ordered mine there following an email alert, after it showed as 'shipping within 24 hours' - that was on Thursday and my order is still showing as 'processing'
Mind you, they're normally pretty good, I must say. And the extra couple of days won't make any real difference to me - just impatient!

Chessvibes is advertising the book as "The Most Forcing reply to e4," hmmm, I wonder how Scandinavian players feel about that?

Ludde wrote on 11/24/09 at 11:02:38:

I "regularly" order books at the NIC store and I must say they are quite fast in delivering.

Craig

If you look at the pdf that gambit has put on his website, the exchange variation has not as many pages as I thought (which by the way, i dont mind)
As far as I see, 4PA, the old main line and the new main line (and others) have about 20 pages.
Exchange and Chase (?!) have about 14 pages,
moves different from 2.e5 about 20 pages, and
other replies on move 3, about 10.

So, I am intrigued about the small number of
moves on the exchange (although counting pages is certainly a wrong way to guess the contents).

I am going to read this book as a scientific romance, where most of all I would rather see
explanations for old and new lines, but I am not expecting the author to be detailed neither, by coincidence, focus on lines we have been debating here.

In my opinion, the analysis published in this site by some of us is quite good (for several times JW has picked it up), but is, in my opinion, about lines which are too specific and to the liking of some (see for instance the very long discussion on the 4PA with 9...Qd7 which was initiated a long time ago by Markovich). I am not expecting, in my lifetine, any book advocating such a line, but I see no reason not to play it.

I used the term scientific romance, because besides learning explanations, I also accept that books might help to extablish trends. If you look at the pdf, I think
the author will advocate, in the Miles, after
6. Be2 Bf5, the move 7. g4 that become famous,
or infamous, aftter a game by Kasparov with Short and which has been played against Short two more times (one draw and one win for Black). This move and Kasparov's subsequent pawn sacrifice have not been well seen by book theory (e,g, Cox's book).
However, it is curious to see the same sacrifice in a nice recent game Cheparinov- Narciso Dublan.
Since the "laboratory" Topalov-Cheparinov is well know, I wonder whether this was a consequence of some stufy after Topalov's loss (using a different line)
against Carlsen

Well, in terms of imprtant players, my guess and hope is to see Short playing it again soon.

I am also happy about the forthcoming book by Taylor since the two books will make a nice addition to the Alekhine literature (apparebtly they will be wuite different)