@Tony:

Wasn't Semkov's line against ...Na6 busted here on chesspub? I think also that Watson in his MCO Vol2 had a nice suggestion for White against ...Na6

@fluffy:

I agree with you. I just wanted to know if you know the refutation of Nataf's ...Rb8 move. Usually you look at every detail that's why you are so trustfull as an author .

The idea of 12...Rb8 is to play ...h6 Ne6 Bxe6 dxe6 Qc8 and if Nd5 (the typical reaction to this sequence) just Qxe6 as now Nxc7 is not with tempo on the Ra8. Also the b7 pawn is protected. It is a nice way to avoid tons of theory after 12...c6 and, as i said, i don't know of a strong line for White yet! I had prepared the line 12...c6 13.Qb3 in the past for White and i was happy with it but i was stuck in this 12...Rb8!?

Four Pawns will be ...c5, not ...Na6.

I do not know about this move ...Rb8 in the Bayonet. The books are based on main lines (which are much less likely to be refuted), not odd little side weapons. There are a few little suggestions here for secondary weapons, but ...Rb8 does not happen to be one of them. that does not mean you cannot follow the developments yourself (or on chesspub) though!

ANDREW BRETT wrote on 12/23/10 at 09:07:10:


Having played the White side of the 4PA for years, I feel sure of my opinion that the main line of the 4PA, 6...c5 7.d5 e6 8.Be2 exd5 9.cxd5 Re8, is Black's strongest, and also that it's fully adequate for Black.  The only drawback is the practical one that it requires learning a good deal of theory for a line that doesn't come up that often.  If White wants to try to demonstrate a theoretical advantage, he needs to look at 8.dxe6 instead of 8.Be2, an area where the pros and cons of things are still being disputed.

Other Black systems against the 4PA offer, in my view, at least slightly better chances to White.  I'm not saying that 6...Na6 loses by force or anything, just that it's not as good as 6...c5.

So I think that the 4PA is no theoretical challenge to the KID, but that it's a serious practical challenge nevertheless.  It appears that it's also a serious practical challenge to KID book authors (or maybe their editors), who don't seem to be willing to expend the space necessary to lay out the theory of the main line.

I'd be surprised if na6 is the answer to the 4PA. Mark Hebden has struggled against Simon Williams in this.

@fluffy: Do you know what you will recommend against the Fianchetto Variation, Four Pawns, Averbakh, etc. in Volume 2?

Come on friends, please answer the following:

a) do you like book layout?
b) quality of the paper compared with Quality Chess books?
c) explanations and conclusions?
d) estimated stregth: Elo 2000-2300?
e) why is this book unique?

My copy comes for Cristmas so I want to hear your thoughts before I make my own impression.

Thanks 

The Saemisch with Bg5 will be found in the next book?

Takeback_2 wrote on 12/02/10 at 13:25:57:


No, because Everyman already has Dembo's "Beating the Anti-King's Indians" and it meshes well with ACKI 1 & 2.