gwnn wrote on 11/06/12 at 12:30:43:


Thanks for your kind words. The first reaction from a true reader! 
Until now I only heard that it must be a bad book since I´m too weak as a player, but nobody judging this way had read it.

A main advantage for everybody using the repertoire is that your opponent will not know about. Bad luck for Black after spending weeks on repairing his repertoire against Avrukh´s and Watson´s suggestions.

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Perhaps you should read the previous postings before judging ......
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Markovich wrote on 10/23/12 at 16:40:51:




In an OTB game I would be happy as Black, in CC I am not so sure (especially if chess engines are permitted). 

I am not sure what the best plan for White is but I would be most worried about 18. Nd2 and either Nce4,Nc4 or Nde4,Nb5 or even Nc4,Nb5 with perhaps Ra3 or Re3 to defend the king side against N/Bxh3 and Nf3. 
As Black I would probably play Qf7-g6 and then seriously consider h5 and g4. Bf5 is possible to take the pressure of d6 (if a knight shows up on e4) but I would not like to exchange that bishop. 

So my first suggestion for white is 18. Nd2 Qf7 19. Nde4 Qg6 20. Nb5.  Now Ra6 may be playable but I don't like it. The rook has trouble joining the attack on the king side. 20... Bd7 defends d6 as well After 21.Nbxd6 Nxh3,Nf3,Nh2,Be5 regains the piece and Black should be ok.  21. Nexd6 cannot be good but I have not looked at it. But after 21. Nc7 Rd8 (af6er Rc8 22. Ne6 looks good for White since d6 falls if Black takes on e6) I am not so sure about Black's position.

Any advice  for Black? 

Walczak - Morss, ICCF 2010 went 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Bf4 a6 8.a4 Bg7 9.h3 O-O 10.e3 Qe7 11.Be2 Nh5 12.Bh2 f5 13.O-O f4 14.exf4 Nxf4 15.Re1 Nd7 16.Bxa6 Ne5 17.Bf1 g5 and I was quite satisfied with my compensation.  Unfortunately I later misplayed and lost, but I regard my play in this game as a viable solution for Black.

I would be happy to debate this.

In one of the last QC newsletters i pasted a summary of the theory of this line for both sides. QC prepares a GM Rep book on the Modern Benoni and i think that the authors' solution will surprize many as it is very simple! Now i believe that Black is fine in this (very critical) Bf4 line.

Nice  Never mind the win, feel the psychological anguish of the second player....having to deal with that prospectless position for months on end, just waiting for the guillotine to fall...

The title is
Anzugsvorteil II - Druck machen mit 1.d4, by Andreas van Schyndel

You can find it with an excerpt on the Niggemann homepage:
https://www.schachversand.de/d/detail/buecher/12061.html

It is meant as practical repertoire for lower rated players, but more in relation to the analysed variations  - not to many mainlines, surprising variations that force the opponent to think early with a narrow margine for mistakes. The analysis itself is pretty dense in some chapters, since I can´t hide being a correspondence player, while being a "Patzer" at the board

7.Bf4 fits pretty well, since lower rated players tend to get too nervous defending the d6-pawn, not getting enough counterplay. Or they simply loose the pawn...

I did not find name for this variation, but I dealt with it in detail since I wrote a 1.d4-repertoire book in 2012 for a small german publisher (chesscoach). It was my choice against the Modern Benoni.

There is not much doubt, that 7...a6 is giving White some advantage, I chose the slow setup with a4, e3 and h3, following the game Meier,G (2663)-Rasulov,V (2457)/Rijeka 2010 with Kuzmins analysis. 

Gashimovs choice 10...Re8 may be a better chance for Black, but I guess White should obtain an advantage, too, at least against any player not named Gashimov. Even in the game  Eljanov,P (2751)-Gashimov,V (2734)/Astrakhan 2010 White can improve his play and retain somewhat better chances, but pretty late in the game.

7...Bg7 has a bad reputation and the mainline with 8.Qa4+ Bd7 9.Qb3 Qc7 confirms that, see the games
Johnson,B (2387)-Krzyzanowski,A (2306) corr 2011
Cuno,T (2493)-Nikolov,Y (2336) corr 2001
Georgiev,K (2675)-Fier,A (2570)/Benasque 2010

but the gambit 9...b5 is pretty dangerous. Nevertheless, White should retain an advantage as seen in 
Kuzmin,A (2570)-Womacka,M (2447)/Gibraltar 2004/
Gelfand,B (2746)-Jobava,B (2712)/Rogaska Slatina SLO 2011