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Reply #387 - 04/02/11 at 19:25:12
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Ametanoitos wrote on 04/02/11 at 17:27:55:
All the sidelines will be covered in a seperate book by Avrukh so that the Tarrasch book and the future GM Rep books (like the QGD and the Nimzo ones) will not require space for covering those. We predict that the Tarrasch book will be around 400 pages and we cannot easily decide what material not to include in the book because everything we have worked on is interesting. On the other hand the London, Colle stuff etc were very interesting also, so we are going to give in to Avrukh and he will work on it to include in his "Anti" book.

Imagine a Grunfeld book, a KID, a QGD etc including 100 pages on those stuff and leaving out really interesting lines on the real subject of the book. So i think that Jacob's idea of an Avrukh book on those is great.

@Chessy:

We are really confident about out coverage on the main lines but we expect after the book is out that some of the sidelines will become much more popular! We had difficult times to prove equality in many of those! A good thing about the book is the many new ideas we have discovered for White but in any case we tried hard to provide solutions for Black. 

95% of the analyis is over, so i am confident that the book will be out at June.


There's going to be a Nimzo Gm rep book? That's excellent if so, could you please tell me if there's plans to do a French one? Because this is the one I'd really love to see, I don't mind if it's 2+ volumes either.
  
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Reply #386 - 04/02/11 at 19:08:56
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Suits me.  I'd rather have the definitive book on the Tarrasch, first and foremost.
  
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Reply #385 - 04/02/11 at 18:18:18
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thx   

Well i ll buy one of sure!
  
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Reply #384 - 04/02/11 at 17:27:55
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All the sidelines will be covered in a seperate book by Avrukh so that the Tarrasch book and the future GM Rep books (like the QGD and the Nimzo ones) will not require space for covering those. We predict that the Tarrasch book will be around 400 pages and we cannot easily decide what material not to include in the book because everything we have worked on is interesting. On the other hand the London, Colle stuff etc were very interesting also, so we are going to give in to Avrukh and he will work on it to include in his "Anti" book.

Imagine a Grunfeld book, a KID, a QGD etc including 100 pages on those stuff and leaving out really interesting lines on the real subject of the book. So i think that Jacob's idea of an Avrukh book on those is great.

@Chessy:

We are really confident about out coverage on the main lines but we expect after the book is out that some of the sidelines will become much more popular! We had difficult times to prove equality in many of those! A good thing about the book is the many new ideas we have discovered for White but in any case we tried hard to provide solutions for Black. 

95% of the analyis is over, so i am confident that the book will be out at June.
  
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Re: The Tarrasch in Black and White
Reply #383 - 04/02/11 at 12:42:50
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I suspect one of the appealing features of this project for Aagaard was a chance to collude in writing a great book on a subject which he and Lund had previously issued a good one.

It'd be interesting to hear what he feels unsatisified with with regards to 'Meeting 1. d4', but I've no doubt all will be revealed in the new one.

One thing I'm looking forward to is a more expansive exposition on the non-Tarrasch position arising after 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4.  I don't have the book to hand, but I recall coverage being limited to something like '3... Bd6 4. Bg3 .... and what can we say other than Black has already equalized?'.  Even though it's not exactly a critical position, and any author could be forgiven, when restricted by a lack of space, for not investigating further, Quality Chess seldom let you down in this regard.  Even with the GM repertoire series they know hobbyists like myself need a little hand-holding.

Aagaard can quite scathing about the quality of some of his early books.  Well, the Kalashnikov work, anyway...
  
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Reply #382 - 04/02/11 at 10:31:23
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I just would like to add that I think Aagaard has written some very good books, but i am wondering what he thinks about the quality of his old book "meeting 1.d4" ?



  
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Re: The Tarrasch in Black and White
Reply #381 - 04/02/11 at 10:16:59
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I am really curious about your book, as I play the Tarrasch for nearly 10 years now. In my opinion the existing theory has lots of wrong evaluations.  In my experience it is very hard for black in the mainlines while it is rather easy for black to create active play in sidelines.

In my opinion a GM rep. should mainly prove itself against the mainlines.

To analyse moves such as g4 and b3 in a GM Rep. books seems rather funny.

To play the Tarrasch set up against all and everything except e4 can not be in the spirit of a serious GM Rep.  Besides its rather easy to fine a set up against such lines.

Even in meeting 1.d4 they do not recommend a Tarrasch set up against the reti....

In my games players below 2200 often play some sidelines while players above goes for the mainlines (Bg5). To give a reliable answer to all the resulting mainlines after Bg5 (which deserve to be called "gransmaster Rep.) is  allready a very difficult task, if you really can provide this, you have already done an amazing job! 



  
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Reply #380 - 03/28/11 at 08:57:28
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You mean 1.g3! like in the game Svidler-A.Mastrovasilis?
See: http://www.chessintranslation.com/2011/03/the-future-belongs-to-1-g3/
  
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Reply #379 - 03/28/11 at 08:06:13
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g4 is really loss of time, but 1.g3 with his numerous transposition possibilities would be great   Smiley
  
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Re: The Tarrasch in Black and White
Reply #378 - 03/27/11 at 15:48:31
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MNb wrote on 03/16/11 at 17:25:51:
Ametanoitos wrote on 03/16/11 at 13:39:57:
At present i haven't get my hands on things like 1.f4, 1.g4, 1.b4 etc but after 1.c4 and 1.Nf3 we already have our lines.

Don't do it. The transpositions are relevant of course (plus their deviations), but three people buying your book will want to play four different defences against 1.f4 etc.


I agree.  Stick to the Tarrasch.
  
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Re: The Tarrasch in Black and White
Reply #377 - 03/27/11 at 14:52:57
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Ametanoitos wrote on 03/16/11 at 17:16:39:
That is what i was thinking also. After 1.f4 and 1.b3 there are some relevant lines to a Tarrasch player but against other moves not really. I thought for a while to analyze 1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 Bxg4 3.c4 dxc4 (as was suggested by Palliser some time ago) but i really think that it may be just a loss of time!


I am looking forward to this book greatly, I have heard that the Tarrasch is a good opening to play as a developing player because it improves piece play. This is why I'm going to take up the Tarrasch, I hope you will include all the various first moves you mentions because it will be greatly appreciated by intermediates like myself.
  
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Re: The Tarrasch in Black and White
Reply #376 - 03/16/11 at 17:25:51
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Ametanoitos wrote on 03/16/11 at 13:39:57:
At present i haven't get my hands on things like 1.f4, 1.g4, 1.b4 etc but after 1.c4 and 1.Nf3 we already have our lines.

Don't do it. The transpositions are relevant of course (plus their deviations), but three people buying your book will want to play four different defences against 1.f4 etc.
  
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Reply #375 - 03/16/11 at 17:16:39
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That is what i was thinking also. After 1.f4 and 1.b3 there are some relevant lines to a Tarrasch player but against other moves not really. I thought for a while to analyze 1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 Bxg4 3.c4 dxc4 (as was suggested by Palliser some time ago) but i really think that it may be just a loss of time!
  
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Reply #374 - 03/16/11 at 14:50:53
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Ametanoitos: As for myself, 2100 FIDE rated, about to take up the Tarrasch, I don't really see a need to include a repertoire vs 1.b3, 1.b4, 1.g4, 1.Nc3 etc. I can construct a repertoire vs these myself - perhaps some short text should be OK, but no need to spend a lot of time on it.
Maybe 1.g3 needs a bit more thought since that could transpose to normal main line Tarrasch, just like 1.c4 and 1.Nf3.
  
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Reply #373 - 03/16/11 at 14:17:17
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Ametanoitos wrote on 03/16/11 at 13:39:57:
Patience my friend!  Smiley We are going to cover everything besides 1.e4, yes. At present i haven't get my hands on things like 1.f4, 1.g4, 1.b4 etc but after 1.c4 and 1.Nf3 we already have our lines. I don't know to what extend readers would be interested to get recommendations against more rare first moves. I would be interested very much of everybody's thoughts and suggestions on that. For example, in my life i have only once faced 1.b3 in a tournament game and this was the only rare first move i have ever faced. I reacted classicaly over the board (without any kind of preparation) and i won rather easily. Should the readers want cover of such moves also? I guess that, at least 1.f4 will be covered (i have in my mind a Tarrasch-like solution) and also 1.b3 because we can use again a Tarrasch set-up. Ideas for other moves?


It's good that you will cover 1.c4 and 1.Nf3 because they often transpose to 1.d4 openings. Tarrasch is one of the universal responses to those moves. 

As 1.g4, 1.b3 et c are less common to transpose, I don't really see it necessary to include these moves.

How interested are you in old references? In the 90's IM Ari Ziegler wrote a series on the Tarrasch in the swedish magazine "Schacknytt". It was decent I think, but it didn't inspire me to take up the opening as black.
  
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