Okay, but is the starting position of the book after 4...dc4 5 e4 Bb4 6 Bg5, or after 4...dc4 (i.e. are 6 Bxc4; 5 e3; 5 Qa4+, etc. covered?). Sorry if you answered this already and I misunderstood.

IsaVulpes wrote on 07/07/18 at 11:58:08:


That‘s chapter 6 dealing with (4 Nf3 dxc4 5 Bg5 Bb4 6 e4 c5) 7.Bc4 
and all deviations not leading to chapters 1-5 .

(A typo/omission but not my mistake but one of Everyman or Niggemann)

tracke 

Almost every game in the index of variations has 4...dxc4. I haven't seen any discussion of 5.. dxc4 in the book so far. I haven't got that far Isa, I'll have a look later...yardwork.

Yes, mn, only about 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Nf3 Bb4 5 Bg5 dxc4 !!

Of course many of the featured games have other move orders,
very often 4 ... dxc4 5 e4 Bb4 6 Bg5 but also things like 
3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Bg5 dxc4 5 e4 Bb4+ 6 Nc3 ...
But these move orders are not discussed and alternatives not mentioned. 
The commentary always starts (at the earliest) in positions that could 
have arisen from 4 Nf3 Bb4 5 Bg5 dxc4!

Nothing about 4 ... dxc4 5 e4 Bb4 6 Bxc4 . 
To build a black repertoire on 4 ... dxc4 you have to add other sources!

tracke 

So, to clarify, the book starts after 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Nf3 Bb4 5 Bg5 dc4 and not 4...dc4, yes?

003 About the Authors

005 Introduction

016 Introduction to the Main Line: 7 Bxc4 cxd4 8 Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9 bxc3 Qa5

020 1 The Main Line: 10 Bb5+ Nbd7 11 Bxf6 Qxc3+ 12 Kf1 gxf6 13 h4 a6 14 Rh3 Qa5

045 2 The Main Line: 10 Bb5+ Nbd7 - Deviations

072 3 The Main Line: 10 Bb5+ Bd7

110 4 The Main Line: 10 Bxf6

137 5 The Main Line: 10 Nb5

163 6 Bxc4 - Deviations

202 7 7 e5 cxd4 8 Qa4+ Nc6 9 0-0-0

229 8 6...c5 - Deviations

259 9 Black plays 6...h6

289 10 6 e4 - Deviations

303 11 White avoids 6 e4

328 Index of Variations

335 Index of Complete Games 


tracke 

an ordinary chessplayer wrote on 03/20/18 at 01:46:53:

Not a book, but Part 2 of Gustafsson's "Black Repertoire vs 1.d4" Series on chess24 covers the Vienna.
However, he has also stated that it is definitely "the weak spot" of the repertoire (mostly because of the line I mentioned) and that he would now probably recommend the Ragozin (with the Vienna transposition after Bg5) instead, if he could start from scratch.

Of course this isn't a forced loss, and eg Caruana was unafraid to enter the Vienna via the classic moveorder against Aronian in the Candidates -with Levon not testing the prep against Bc4:, but just going for Bg5- but that even moreso would make some coverage of it very interesting to me. 

And again, I am not sure how to fill 400 pages with the position after 4. ..Bb4 5.Bg5 6.dc4: alone - Pert covers this in 90! 
.. in fact, with the entire Ragozin on top + the funny 3.Nc3 Bb4 line + the Catalan, his book clocks in at 430 pages total, without leaving a feeling of having cut all too many corners.