Markovich wrote on 02/02/12 at 17:26:21:
It seems you're convinced that the Noteboom is bad for White. I'm not. Completely independently of current theory, I think that some sort of strong line of play will eventually emerge for White. In fact, this book may hasten its arrival. My point of view is that White is White, and he has played nothing but good moves. Black on the other hand, tsk.
But Sherbakov's contributions on Chess Publishing have been so impressive that I'm sure this will be a great book.
I play the triangle against 1.d4/c4/Nf3 for three years now in correspondence chess, most of the time against 2000 - 2350 (ICCF rating) competition scoring 64% with Black and for the same time I´m promoting it here in the forum.
If I only got a dollar for every time I read
1) "There has to be a good line in the Noteboom for White since all he did was playing good opening moves"
or
2)"Black has problems in the line 3.Nf3 and 4.Qc2! and therefore should only enter the triangle after 3.Nc3"
1) If we learned anything about chess in the last 20 years, it is that there is no principle in chess without exceptions. And until someone proves the Noteboom players wrong, the Noteboom is a highly complicated, but safe equalizer against 1.d4/1.c4/1.Nf3, if White allows the Noteboom mainline. Maybe there is an exception to the rule that playing only (in principle) good opening moves should give you a chance to play for advantage?
2) The line may be White´s best try to get an advantage, but after 4.Qc2 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Nf6 I really can´t see Black facing more problems than in other Semi-Slav mainlines. White is White in this line and that´s much better than he does entering the Noteboom mainlines and even better than playing 4.e3, allowing all kinds of Semi-Slavs (he might did not want to play) and a good version of the Stonewall, where White usually gets only a little more than nothing.
So White has two lines against that whole triangle/stonewall complex where he can fight for an advantage. That´s not too much, regarding that the has absolutely nothing against the Noteboom and in most stonewall setups.
In my games, in 4 of 5 games I equalise pretty easy, the rest are fighting games. In 53 games, I scored 65%, loosing only 5 games, two of them due to unforced errors (analysing the wrong position).