kylemeister wrote on 05/17/21 at 22:06:01:
By the way, a recent book in German by GM Michael Prusikin addresses the main line Exchange from a Black perspective.
A couple of things I'm a bit curious about:
--what is presented in the apparently 2 pages on how to effectively fight against the Botvinnik plan?
--what is it that he is calling the "soft" Carlsbad structure?
A recent post by tracke in the Anti-Sicilian section mentioned an upcoming book from New in Chess titled "Countering the Queen's Gambit" by GM Michael Prusikin. This appears to be an English translation of the German-language book in kylemeister's post. If I had known an English version was coming, I would have waited for it. However, having the original German book does allow me to respond to the questions in the earlier post, at least within the limits of my high-school level German and Google translate:
1) The two pages against the Botvinnik plan are devoted to the game Dejan Nestorovic - Miodrag Savic SRB Central-ch op-A Paracin 2015. This game features a relatively early ...b7-b5 in order to drive back White's c3 knight with ...b5-b4. However, this isn't the recommendation in Prusikin's theoretical section, which goes for the trendy ...h6 and ...Nh5 plan.
2) Prusikin says the term "soft" Carlsbad structure is his own invention. It's his unofficial name for the structure with Black pawns on a7, b6, c6, and d5, which typically arises after White plays cxd5 in the Tartakower Variation.
Note: I had to remove the link to Prusikin's "Das Damengambit" in kylemeister's message since I can't yet put up posts containing links.