As far as I can see, the Rubinstein System in the Symmetrical, from Black's perspective, is not very well covered either in the forum or in existing literature. 

So I wanted to ask about its current theoretical state and up-to-date ressources that I might have missed. Or whether someone knows that something is planned to be released soon.

I'm interested because I enjoy playing the White side of the Maroczy Bind, with 1.Nf3 as the repertoire basis, and I remember that e.g. Dean/Ippolito gave the Rubinstein a lot of respect in Wojo 3. In general, this system is often described as ambitious. Of course I have no illusions that being down a tempo would not makes a world of a difference, and I know that White can throw a lot of spanners in the works on the way to the Bind.

Also, I guess that there are a lot of early deviations to keep in mind, like 1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4/5.d4, that produce completely different positions. So another question would be: how practical would it be to have the Rubinstein as the backbone to a 1.c4-repertoire for Black in terms of its wideness? For a non-profesional, that is.


A Black repertoire based on the Rubinstein should work well against 1.Nf3 too, shouldn't it?

Thanks to everyone in advance!