This has been a helpfull discussion.  I'm 1900 uscf and play the Tarrasch and Sicilian Kan as black.  When white plays Nf3 and e3 instead of fianchettoing in the Tarrasch I have found that black has nothing better than to transpose to a QGA to try and score the full point.  I might stick with Rizzitano's book but I thought that a dvd might hold me over until I am inspired to complete such a detailed work.  I will look forward to the comments on the Kan DVD by the same author as if I decide to just try one first that will give me some idea as which to choose.

Same, especially given the Euro vs. dollar situation. Almost 30 Euros, plus shipping from Europe? Please! You spend a bunch of money, wait forever for it, and then you watch it once or twice and buy a book that's much better. I'm with Mark though - If they were on Netflix, or you could download the content for under 10 bucks, I'd own a ton of them.

I've had similar thoughts, e.g. that US $20 seems about the maximum suitable price for this kind of thing.  I wonder if they are available for rent anywhere.  Though I'm not much inclined toward such videos, there are certainly a few of them I would have rented, had I come across them on Netflix or some such.

How could you form the opinion that a book is THE best book in a current opening and then you say that you don't know about the Rizzitano book? Semkov's book is also good even though has has holes that Avrukh discovered.

FM Valeri Lilov – The Queen´s Gambit Accepted
ChessBase Fritztrainer DVD ; 2010 ; € 27,50

01      (02:25)            Intro

02      (28:56)            3.Nc3 [3…a6] and 3.Qa4 [3…Nd7] (Alterman–Raetsky, Rostov 1993)
03      (10:53)            3.e3 [3…e5] (Short–Bareev, Pula 1997)

04      (11:21)            3.e4 Nc6 4.d5 (Volkov–Ibragimov, Moscow 1995)
05      (12:09)            3.e4 Nc6 4.Nf3 (Yakovich–Kharlov, Kazan 1997)
06      (11:23)            3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nc6 (Petursson–Anand, Wijk an Zee 1990)
07      (13:09)            3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 (Volkov–Mikhalchishin, Batumi 1999)
08      (11:28)            3.e4 c5 (Gelfand–Anand, Linares 1993)
09      (12:52)            3.e4 e5 3.Nf3 Bb4+ (VanWely–Azmaiparashvili, Ohrid 2001)
10      (12:31)            3.e4 e5 3.Nf3 exd4 4.Bxc4 Nc6 (Karpov–Anand, Dos Hermanas 1997)
11      (11:54)            3.e4 e5 3.Nf3 exd4 4.Bxc4 Bb4+ (Vyzmanavin–Rublevsky, Moscow 1991)

12      (12:48)            3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 [4…b5?, 4…a6, 4…g6] (Kasparov–Petrosian, Tilburg 1981)
13      (11:17)            3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qa4+ [4...c6 5.Qxc4 Bf5] (Ljubojevic–Anand, Belgrade 1997)
14      (11:59)            3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 (Kasparov–Timman, Prague [1]1998)
15      (12:23)            3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 (Antunes–Miles, Wijk an Zee B 1996)

16      (11:59)            3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.0-0 Nc6 (Ulibin–Raetsky, Abu Dhabi 2001)
17      (12:17)            3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.0-0 a6 [7.a4, 7.e4] (Botvinnik–Petrosian, Moscow [10]1963)
18      (12:55)            3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.0-0 a6 [7.Qe2] (Jussupow–Anand, Dortmund 1997)
19      (13:10)            3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.0-0 a6 [7.Qe2] (Petrosian–Smyslov, Moscow 1950)

20      (12:57)            Model game I [7.Qe2] (Lukov–Dlugy, Palma de Mallorca 1989)
21      (11:48)            Model game II [7.Qe2] (Leitao–Ponomariov, Lausanne 1999)

22      (01:12)            Outro

total playing time 4h 23min 46sec

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tracke 

Does anyone have the scoop on this new offering?  I was wandering if the lines would mesh well with Rizzatano's QGA work?