There is not much to know, which I suppose is the main attraction of the line.  Here is a free video by an IM.  If that is considered spam, please delete and accept my apology.  Thx.
http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9937

kylemeister wrote on 06/05/13 at 17:55:50:


Yes, of course, you're right. I was thinking of 5...dxe5, 6.Qh5 e6. Edited my post to fix it. Thanks.

Ludde wrote on 06/05/13 at 13:57:54:


After 5.Bb3 black has at least 4 playable moves:

5...Nc6 (as suggested by Markovich) when black is developing very quickly so white really has to go 6.e6 if he is looking for an advantage. But I believe black is supposed to be fine in the resulting complications.

5...Bf5 (as suggested by Ludde). Now I think 6.Qf3 Qc8 is at least OK for black based on, amongst other games, Conquest-Baburin, Dublin 2008. On the other hand, 6.e6 (despite scaring Taylor off in his book) looks unconvincing to me after 6...Bxe6! This looks like it drops a tempo but with no knight on c6 to set up a fork by d5, this capture, swapping the light-squared bishops, becomes possible. I find it hard to believe that black is not just fine here.

5...dxe5, 6.Qh5 e6 is the old line and, while not clearly bad, seems to me to be a bit passive.

5...d5 is recommended by Taylor but I doubt many Alekhine aficionados who don't also have the French in their repertoires would be very attracted by this.

I think that Black is quite all right after 4...Nb6 5.Bb3 Nc6.  But 5...dxe5 is probably viable as well.

There really is no substitute for the Modern Variation, if White wants to win, I opine.

John Watson analyses this variation in his  1.e4 repertoire choice. It can be found on chessclub.com in his series 

"Sharpen your chess senses".

Watsons says :"Pretty simple and a lot better than I thought it was". Black can easily go wrong".

Thanks for the responses so far.  Anybody have exposure to more than one of the above?  Any input as to how objective they may or may not be?

Thanks again

This is the book you need, as it has a chapter of 22 pages on the line:

http://www.deslegte.com/boek/siebenhaar-erich-delnef-alexander-ottstadt-ralph/di...

and no, I won't sell my sample.

What would be the book or book(s) on the Alekhine with the most material on the Balogh variation?  Even if the book(s) is/are somewhat out of date -- there probably won't be that much material on the Balogh variation in any case (5/10 pages?)

Thanks in advance