glut wrote on 07/16/11 at 22:17:10:
is there any further feedback on this (as I am considering it for Summer pre-season and note carsten Hansen was fairly positive) - any thoughts would be appreciated
It was quite good, the weakest part of the rep was against the Samisch in which he offers the c5 gambit line, but like many authors/presenters before him he under estimates White's resources should the gambit be simply accepted. Indeed the current state of play indicates that Black must play quite precisely in these pawn down endgames just to achieve a draw, whilst White cheerfully plays for two results. Bologan's DVD offers a more promising Samisch solution in my opinion, in fact, provided one could afford it I would say these two DVD's compliment each other very nicely indeed.
The Four Pawns Attack was well treated, and along the way he destroys some analysis given by Semko Semkov in his contoversial Kill KID: Vol 1 book. Funnily enough the Semkov line was already refuted on the forum and the refutation is even more convincing than Bojkov's. In Bojkov's line there is a glimmer of hope for White to play on if he treads a very narrow tight rope, in the forum line there is no rope, tight or otherwise.
I also like his suggestion against the Fianchetto, although it would make some sense to have a back up line just in case, as his recommendation leads to very sharp unclear play. Although sharp unclear play is usually just what the doctor ordered against practitioners of the Fianchetto variation, who tend to like to massage their positions and squeeze their opponents to death in a slow controlled methodical manner.
The Classical coverage was quite reliable if not a little boring. KID players usually like life a bit more exciting than this, but then again who says one need play only one line vs the Classical.
The lesser lines were all covered adequately as well, and in particular he did a good job on the currently trendy h3 lines for White in its many forms.
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