IMJohnCox wrote on 12/08/14 at 12:38:57:

A clever approach!

That is probably the next book, right? 
His c3 sicilian book was very useful, his GP book was poor. The French Advance books were one divided into two, but interesting and useful.
This looks like one divided into three. He is getting better at fractions, clearly. 
He is opinionated, yes, but opinions are not always enough. Otherwise he would be min. 2750.

It's too bad 1.e4 c5 2.a4 isn't covered... I need something against 1.a4 and 1...c5 2.e4 would transpose.

TonyRo wrote on 11/28/14 at 23:33:55:


2.a4 is rare in practice, but plans to transpose moves and lure Black to unfamiliar territory. A decent reply would not necessarily require lots of analysis. It would be sufficient to explain how 2.a4 does not achieve the intended improvement upon Rossolimo lines, given that Black finds the right reaction. (I am not saying that such an antidote actually exists.) On second thought, maybe Sveshnikov plans to cover 2.a4 in the Rossolimo volume? Perhaps in a chapter "New Trends"?

Here is hoping that BPaulsen's coming work on 1.Nf3 covers 1...h6.

You're confusing me - that line doesn't contain 2.a4...

I'll confess my book does not cover this move either. In my decade of playing competitive chess both otb and online, I've seen 2.a4 precisely zero times.

This puts me in mind of a book by Sveshnikov that came out quite some years ago, "Sveshnikov on the Sicilian" or some such.  A rather slim volume covering 2. c3 and the Kalashnikov.  Not the best.  Wasn't long after I received it that I gave it to somebody ...