I am particulary interested in his chapter about the Russian Roullette Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd7 5.Nf3!? c5 6.dc5 Nc6 7.Bf4
Does he come up with some new fresh ideas in this line or is he just giving his analyses from the first edition ? 

Does he say something about the variations where black isn't winning back the pawn on c5 immedately but instead goes for a waiting strategy with ..a6, Be7(with the crude but annoying idea g5 in some lines to undermine the defense of the e5 pawn) ? 
Also interesting is the gambit continuation 7.. Bxc5 (Nxc5!?) 8.Bd3 a6 9.Qe2 Qc7 (f6 10.exf Nxf6 12.0-0-0 Russian Roullette!) 10.0-0 Nd4!? 11.Nxd4 Bxd4 12.Rfe1 

Would be very helpful to get a detailed answer

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Conveniently for Moskalenko, I suspect this is also less work for the author than taking responsibility for deep, up-to-date and accurate analysis, or presenting a coherent repertoire with all bases covered...

I have the original Flexible French, and it was inspirational, but the analysis needed to be expanded in many places. But OK, there are a lot of authors publishing really good, variation-heavy books on the French these days (Berg, Ntirlis, Watson, Vitiugov, Maksimovic/Antic as well as several "enemies" from the White side), so there should be room for some books that are more about explanations and ideas. (Btw, is it just my impression that the French is one of those openings that get a lot more books devoted to it than its actual popularity would suggest?)

One line I noticed that is popular recently: The Classical Steinitz with ...Be7, but without an early ...Nc6. This seems to give some extra/different options against the dxc5 lines, and also makes a quick ...b6/...Ba6 possible in other lines. Does Moskalenko cover this? I.e. 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Be3 0-0.

g3g6 wrote on 05/14/15 at 16:14:54:


Interesting POV ...

I like buying chess books about French Defence (and I have many now )...I can decide when it can be fruitful to buy or not to buy a new one, because I can guess it will enlightened some ideas I missed to record.

Jakovenko-Morozevich Moscow 2007 is viewable at
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1480807

11...Qe7 was given in chesspub updates : Shomoev-Chebotarev,Tomsk 2006 (september 2006) and Radjabov-Ivanchuk, Linares 2008 (may 2008)
12...f6!? in chesspub update (december 2007) and there as some analysis for chesspub paying members

For  Rajlich-Cato the Younger games or analysis,...,you can check on internet who are Rajlich and "Cato" before using the analysis of Boleslakvsky move Na4 

At current time, I focus more about news for variation of 7...Be7!? line. Game example : Pacher-Prusikin,Chur 2010 (given by Eingorn) or Kokarev-Maslak,Serpukhovv 2008 Russia cup final

Sometimes I check games in that kind of competition in Russia to get news about new OTB games with French defence.

g3g6 wrote on 05/13/15 at 20:44:55:


In the free sample pdf, you can read : 

"Also, I think that a new time has arrived for chess books on opening theory....Instead of copying thousands of games that are played each day and presenting extensive analyses by engines, it is much more effective – and more positive – to compose a book with articles according to a different concept: with space for background information, an instructive selection of the material and conclusions drawn from this material."

Moskalenko justifies exactly why there are not so much games in his new book : replacing the quantity of raw moves by words explaining the ideas.

Sure, some previous reviews  from his work had surely a psychologicial effect, about the writing of "Foreword" chapter ... no need to recall bad chessvibes stories 

For the "recent" qualifier, it's often the case that some theoritical lines have been dismissed  long time ago (for White or Black) because of one special games, moves or analysiis.

The previous work was a bank of ideas in the French Defence, like a braimstorming. Very interesting.

Every new book on the French is welcome, except the ones focused to help the White side 

A new book by Moskalenko. I wonder what will be the lines covered in this new book. Does anyone have an idea?