I like the Ntrilis book better.  I find his explanations and presentation to be clearer than Bologan's.  I agree that both books are excellent, but I tend to use the Ntrilis book as my main book and the Bologan books more for reference.

Now it's almost 2018; is this considered the 'better' repertoire book for club players comparing it with the two tomes from Bologan?

I really enjoyed Ntirlis books on the Tarrasch and the French he wrote together with Aagaard. ..But I am still not completely sure wether I should buy this book or not.. Somebody wants to convince me ?



As I am currently flirting with the Marshall-Gambit (maybe i'll switch to Breyer later on with all this material available currently - Ntirlis, Bologan, Eljanov, Kaufman)  I'm mostly interested in Ntirlis recommended lines against the Ruy-deviations.

Is the author going for the safe and sound, old and reliable, well trusted, tested and analyzed lines against these ? (for example 5..Nd4 against the Spanish 4 Knights or the Endgame-Mainline of the Scotch 4 Knights) , or is Ntirlis trying to get some more excitement going in offering less popular / known variations ? (like Martin Lokander did in his recent work)

Some questions concerning Ntirlis repertoire:

- In the centre game is he recommending Be7 or Bb4 ?

- Goring/Danish-Gambit: Accepted or declined (with ..d5; endgame variation) ?

- Vienna Game 5..Bc5 or 5..Be7 ?

- Four Knights : Something exciting against the Scotch 4 Knights ? And what about the Spanish 4 Knights - 4..Bd6 / 4..Nd4 / 4..Bc5 or 4..Bb4 ?

- 4..Be7 or 4..Bc5 in the Italian two knights with 4.d3 ? What style does he prefer ? opening up quickly with the central break d5 or keeping it more closed with d6 ?

- 4.d4 exd4 Two Knights : What does Ntirlis give after A) 5.0-0 ; Max Lange starting with Bc5 or the more liable 5..Nxe4 (if so with Qh5 or Qa5 ?) B) 5.e5 -> 5..d5 6.Bb5 Ne4 7.Nxd4 Bc5 or Bd7 / or maybe even 5..Ng4 ??

- Mainline 4.Ng5 : How does Ntirlis work compare to the ones of Bologan and Lokander ? Many similarities in the recommended choices or is there enough variety ?

Thanks for any help

Normally I play 1.c5 and am really booked up but some time ago I got the feeling I could improve my chess when I would also start playing 1.e5 but there were no good (new) books on the market. This changed and I started reading Bologan´s book but somehow got stuck.

Yesterday I got your book and read it whole day and night! I simply love it and especially your recommendations!!!

The minor lines are interesting and of course I was interested to play the Breyer so happy to see it here.

But my question as I´m not yet there:
Does something change so drastically in the Scotch? I played it some time ago (with dembo´s book and the negi DVD) and the line with Nb6, Qe6 and Bb4 never looked really promising to me

Very curious to find out your improvements..

dfan wrote on 02/23/16 at 00:17:35:


Thanks for your responses, they have been very helpful.

Regards,

Toppy

dfan wrote on 02/22/16 at 01:58:30:


I like Lokander's coverage of the Two Knights Defence a lot, and was wondering if Playing 1.e4 e5 - A Classical Repertoire compares favourably, for example Lokander advocates the following lines:

• 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Qf3 Rb8 9.Bd3 Bd6

• 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 Nd5 9.h4 Bc5!?

Do the recommendations overlap here as well.

Regards,

Topper

dfan wrote on 02/22/16 at 00:45:00:


Is there a lot of overlap between the two books, in particular The Two Knight's Defence recommendations?

TopNotch wrote on 02/20/16 at 19:15:00:


I suppose I should have explained myself a bit better. To the best of my knowledge the following quoted line:

"One exception is perhaps the line against the Ponziani 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.d4 Nxe4 5.d5 Bc5!? where Black is supposed to sacrifice two (!) pieces - perhaps a bit unpractical against a rare opening like this."

is advocated by Martin Lokander in his book The Open Games with Black . Does the material in Lokander's work overlap with Playing 1.e4 e5 - A Classical Repertoire or vice versa?

Regards,

Toppy