LeeRoth wrote on 10/12/20 at 15:19:01:

Yes, I tipped Barrish off that he needed to cover 9...g6 after MNb brought it up in an earlier thread here. I think he added it in the first update - originally only 9...Bb4+ was mentioned.

White may well be objectively better in Barrish' line (I haven't analyzed it at all), but optically those positions with doubled e-pawns after e2-e4 / ...dxe3 e.p. / fxe3 don't appeal to me - it feels like they could backfire if White isn't super-accurate. So I'm still looking for my perfect solution to the Albin.

In practice I have often played 4.a3!? based on Glenn Flear's old "Dangerous Weapons" book chapter, with good results. But I know Black is supposed to have a path to equality there. The thing is, it's usually not stronger, well-prepared players who try to shock me with this gambit anyway...

LeeRoth wrote on 10/10/20 at 18:36:29:

Then I wonder if GM Shankland has looked at relatively recent corr. games. One Spanish corr. IM, Jesus Julio Remis Fernandez, has made a strong case for 5.Nbd2 Nge7 6.Nb3 Nf5 7.e4 dxe3 8.Qxd8+ Nxd8 9.fxe3 g6!? starting play against pawn e5. It's Nf5 that evt. will go to c6. It's a bit ironical, because for quite a time I maintained that 5.Nbd2 was at least as good as 5.a3 because of 7.e4.
5.Nbd2 Nge7 6.a3 Be6 7.Nb3 as recommended by GM Avrukh and IM Bronznik has been defused by FM Henris in his book on the Albin's, so White needs something else, like 7.b4 or 7.g3.

From what I've spotted on promotional video, it was Nd2 Benoni, e4 Budapest, mainlines vs. classical dutch and mainline (Perunovic) vs. Benko.