Toshak wrote on 12/11/17 at 22:32:58:


See

http://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1347006428

There is at least one important line missing in the book:

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Sc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. f4 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. f5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Qxb2 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Rxf8+ Rxf8 18. Qc1 Qxc1+ 19. Rxc1

2 pawns for a bishop, difficult to play for both sides, but maybe still some kind of dynamic balance.

New book by Boris Avrukh is out..
Did anyone get it yet and wants to share his recommendation against the Tarrasch ?

after 14...Re8 there's 15.Rac1 and where does the queen go? when I have more time, I can try to post more analysis

So is Black's play meant to be an improvement on Onischuk vs. (Tarrasch expert) Akobian?

Send an email to Jacob and ask him to put you in. As i answered i don't think that an amateur must spend time to memorise moves after the exchange sac. Play the variations once or twice, and then play the position if you like it. Play games at the internet or at the club and maybe note the games or interesting positions in a database you check once in a while, or before an important game. The only move you have to remember is to play ...c5! in order to make your pieces good and after that maybe one or two moves and plans. Nothing more. The analysis in the books is there only to prove that Black's position is fine, noone expect you to memorise it. Jacob played the Tarrasch consistently against GM opposition and you have to be sure that after the exchange sac he may remembered only the set-up of the Bishop to f6 and the pawn to c3, nothing more.

French will be out in May and it will conclude my original Greek project, but published in English! 

proustiskeen wrote on 03/13/13 at 15:39:52:

They do that too.

Hello. Nice review and well thought. All your arguments are resonable and thank you for giving me the chance to share my opinion.

My comment for the endgame in chapter 7 – 9…c4 10.Ne5 Be6 11.b3 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.bxc4 dxc4 15.e3 Qa5 16.Rc1 is that after having analysed it extensively and played it in countless training games is that the luck of dynamism in White's position is hard to spot if you don't sit in his shoes. All the breaks are on the Black side. I am reminded of a paragraph from Kasparov's book "How life immitates Chess" when in one diagramm of his he showed a position where White had a erfect structure and Black had a pair of doubled pawns and (surprizingly) claimed that players like Bronstein will favor definately the Black side due to its dymanic possibilities!

I remember clearly a game against one team-mate of mine who tried to "sit tight" with White and was blown away after g5-f5-Re8 and f4! And this is the nice point of the move ...Rc7!! it allows the Rook to have a flexible choice: b8-d8 or e8?

Also, i have adviced many times people who ask the same questions that in the main lines you don't have to go deep. Memorise untill the exchange sac or the piece sac that is features in 2-3 lines of the main lines. From there just play the lines in the book once or twice to get the feeling of the position, play this line in blitz and friendly games. Playing this against the computer makes no sense you'll get the feeling that you'll have to play perfectly to stay equal when you have an opponent (the PC) that plays perfectly. Try instead this line against a friend and you'll see its practical value.