Stigma wrote on 06/08/17 at 19:41:04:
Kotronias' final King's Indian tome on the Sämisch and various others, from the Black side of course, is just out.
Eric, will you be able to have a look at it and (if at all necessary) squeeze in a few extra lines where the books cross paths? Book reviewers often mention this advantage of having the other book as a source when comparing books for White and for Black on the same line.
Hmmm, I'm not sure. I submitted the final manuscript nearly two months ago, so I suspect that it's going to the printers very soon. I could email Byron to see. I haven't seen Kotronias' analysis yet, and it may take a little while to get my hands on it. In the end I might not want to or need to change anything; Kotronias obviously hasn't seen
my analysis, either!
From his Table of Contents page, it looks like he goes for one of the main lines of 6.Bg5 c5 7.e5 e6 8.Qd2 ed 9.cd, but I have no idea which one. I'm of the opinion that the best players in the world from the later 90s (back when 6.Bg5 was extremely popular, though it still has a devoted following) were correct in thinking that this is Black's theoretically best continuation. I have a lot of improvements over older analysis from players like Sadler, Lautier, Kasparov, Dreev, etc. in my book; obviously I'm aided by strong engines, and every line was thoroughly checked, so I'm not worried.
If I can't get my hands on Kotronias' work before my book goes to publication, I'll of course be happy to discuss lines here.