I agree most amateurs who play in club and swiss events will want a different defense. But not all. If they are young and ambitious, planning to be a GM someday, then the Petroff would be ideal paired with a sharper option, like the Sicilian for Makarichev, or the Winawer for Yusupov. I can see a huge demand for this title in India and China. Whether they will actually sell many copies in those countries is doubtful, unfortunately.

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TopNotch wrote on 04/17/20 at 22:01:26:


Interesting perspective. What are examples of black openings you think are better suited for amateurs?

Kingside castling in the modern mainline always looked pretty scary to me but maybe the book can convince me to try it.

Bb4 instead of the Four Knights also looks interesting.

PDF preview is out now, looks nice!
http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/products/1/371/playing_the_petroff_by_swapnil_dhop...

tracke

RoleyPoley wrote on 01/12/20 at 18:45:48:

Leon_Trotsky wrote on 01/12/20 at 23:01:42:


I have Fight Like Caruana and it is very good, excellent in fact, but I was referring to printed material. I haven't finished this course and unlike a book I find it hard to flick through and look at the more challenging lines for black. Chessable products are still a work in progress for me, great if you want to simply learn variations but for use as a reference source I'm not proficient enough with the product yet.

The two Lakdawala books are also very good reads and I was impressed with the fact that there was little cross over of material between the two books. But in the Opening repertoire edition if you look at the "new main line" as he calls it, he offers a number of different lines for black resulting in the level of depth in each option being a little on the thin side for a repertoire.

As for Or Cohen's book I have nothing but absolute admiration for the guy. He was pretty much unknown at the time and he put together an excellent book, one or two lines might have been on the edge but IMO that took nothing away from the finished product. Trouble is it is seven years old now and theory on the Petroff has moved on, hence I welcome Quality's new volume on this opening.   

doefmat wrote on 01/12/20 at 17:35:27:

Perhaps he is referring to print sources?

doefmat wrote on 01/12/20 at 10:25:23:


IMO the last authoritative book on the Petroff was written by Sakaev in 2011..hence the time has come for a up-date and I'm hoping this new book will provide that.