The author quotes textual words: "Note that 6...e5 7.Be3 would lead to transpositions after both 7..Nbd7 and 7...c6."
"So I would say it deals with the 6...e5 reply.
Also, I own the book. I'm not a player with a very high ELO but I find the book extremely useful, done very well and above all very instructive.
Cheparinov explains the ideas behind almost every moves and the plans for both sides.
Personally, I haven't read a book written so well by years."

I can only underline that. The best opening book I found for years with a great balance of basics and deep analysis.
Indeed, there ins no 6....e5 chapter on the Sämisch, because of the likely transpositions.

Chaparinov best job ist the choice of the variations. With 3.f3 he allows White to have such a narrow repertoire against two main black defences, that he even on amateur level can expect to be better prepared until move 10-12, because especially in the Grunfeld black has only a few decent ways to step away from mainlines.

This allows the author, to provide deep and original analysis in the most important lines on an Avrukh-like level without producing a book of 500 pages.

I am extremely interested which variations he will use in the upcoming parts of his repertoire.

Lauri Torni wrote on 02/20/20 at 09:53:27:


That was my impression as well, though I've never really played this line (I always go 6.Bg5).

LeeRoth wrote on 02/19/20 at 02:29:34:


I was thinking about the line 10..e5 11.d5 Nd4 12.Nb3 c5 13.dxc6 bxc6 14.Nxd4 exd4 15.Bxd4 Re8 16.Be2 d5 17.cxd5 and forgot about 17.e5!, which is stronger.  Does anyone know its current status? 

      

LeeRoth wrote on 02/19/20 at 02:29:34:

I'm not high enough rated to know, would love others to weigh in. I was surprised that he entirely skipped the line 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nge2 e5. It's possible it might be in there but I searched and couldn't find it. There is also no index to aid in looking up lines. I know 6...e5 is considered dubious but to me it would seem natural to just mention why. There are also four ways White can play against it so I was hoping to see a recommendation from the author.

kylemeister wrote on 02/19/20 at 03:04:31:


If I recall correctly, The Samisch King's Indian Uncovered had a good discussion about the differences between 9.Nc1 and 9.h4 h5 10.Nc1.

I flipped through this for a few minutes at a book store.  Not much to go on, but the analysis seemed a bit skimpy. 

Against the Panno (8..Rb8), it looked like he went for 9.h4 h5 10.Nc1, which afaik, is considered fine for Black.

I really wanted to like this book, so please tell me I’ve misjudged it.

TopNotch wrote on 02/15/20 at 23:43:22:

He recommends a rare move, 8.g4!?. I don't want to go into additional detail since he clearly put work into analyzing a rare position. But it is very exciting!