GMTonyKosten wrote on 04/11/12 at 11:37:33:


Tony, no offense intended at all. I really like Chesspub, and I subscribe to all sections. But, I just wanted to point out that there was no coverage of this specific line, which is not too uncommon at club level, simply because the variation is not as theory heavy as other lines. IIRC, there was even an author of a Slav book writing he's used the line because he was a bit lazy to use another response (Burgess?).

Funny that you mention an email, it might have been somebody that realized he needs to prepare this line as Black, and hoped for some coverage in the files, because that reader likes to use the new playable ebooks 

fling wrote on 04/10/12 at 20:54:26:

Of course, but ChessPublishing.com was never intended to be an encyclopaedia, as it analyses important novelties from the previous month. Theory should be driving the content - many years ago we received complaints that the Marshall was poorly covered ... and some years later we received a complaint from a subscriber that there was too much on the Marshall!!
Ruslan has a particular problem as his section covers about 80 ECO codes, but as several 2700+ players have asked me for a subscription simply to access Ruslan's material I think it is fair to say that is an important resource for any 2200+ player who is serious about his chess.

fling wrote on 04/09/12 at 16:32:27:

Who mentioned that? The original post, in case you missed it:

Gilchrist is a legend wrote on 03/16/12 at 04:56:34:

All four lines are extremely well covered, aren't they?

GMTonyKosten wrote on 04/09/12 at 10:48:48:


But there is nothing on 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 b5, though.

I search for the book on the website of chess book sellers, such as ChessDirect...

Which one?

Thanks, I ordered the book. I needed a new update on all of the lines that are covered in that book since my last book on those lines is the Burgess book from 2001.