I think there are move-order issues that remain unresolved.  GM10 gives 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4, saying that this is "the most principled reply."  I suspect that 4...Nc6, while "[giving] us less choice," is much more in the spirit of the Tarrasch.  After 5.e3 a6 is a mistake, and 5...Nf6 only receives coverage after 6.cxd5 exd5 in ch 16.

I just put a review of GM10 up on my blog.  Interested parties may want to give it a read.

http://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/2013/03/12/gm10/

Comments are always welcome, here or there.

That is disputed by Aagaard and Ametanoitos in the latest Yearbook.

PANFR wrote on 05/10/12 at 18:48:21:


I was looking at lines after 15...0-0.  It appears that White maintains a slight edge (but I think Black is fine.)   16. Nxb6 axb6 (it seems this is superior to 16... Qxb6 as otherwise White can push his a and b pawns in some lines forcing the Queen to lose time.) 17. Bf4 Bd5; 18. Qd3 Bxg2; 19. Kxg2 Qd5+ (not 19...g5; 20. Qb3+ and Black's King position becomes a problem later) 20. f3 b5; 21. Rfd1 Ra4; 22. Rac1 Re8; 23. Rd2 Rc4 and so on.

Perhaps there is a better alternative earlier as you suggest.

Bill

Yes, Black may draw this, but not before suffering for many, many moves, without any meaningful counterplay.
I'd rather look at 13...Bb6 more closely - defending this position is extremely unpleasant.

How could i miss it? Halkias is from my country and his games have always been an inspiration for me. Also his insights, analysis and the stories he tells in this survey are excellent. On the other hand i didn't see his antidote to the Schandorff's line to be honest (in this ...Qa5 variation), but his coverage of the Ne5+f4 Rubinstein line was valuable.

PANFR, thank you for your corrections and comments. Me and Jacob have collected hundrends of them already and this makes me feel like a fool when i remember myself believing that a "close-to-perfect" book is possible to produce. The variation you reffered to (in page 251) was brought to my attention just days before the book going to printer while i was at Porto Carras in assistance to Jacob Aagaard for the European Teams Championship. IM Greet discovered this a3 line while proofreading and this shows how important is the job of the editor. The story is that we had written this chapter before even we imagine the problems Black faces in the similar 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.a3 line, so in the "without-Nc3" line we didn't even consider the move a3 at all!

The other line after 10.a3 Ne4 you mention has already been corrected by some chesspub members earlier in this thread for the book and this together with many other lines (such as the 10.a3 Ne4 game between Bacrot and Delchev played after the publication of the book) will be covered in an upcoming NIC YB survey (most probably in the 104 issue). Fortunately, the ...Ne4 idea has held well untill now. None believed in it the first time i showed it (and i showed it to many people!) but, like a miracle, the concept convinced everybody at the end or at least none has send me a refutation yet! I'll look closely to the a3-not-Nc3 lines when i find the time.