Paul Cumbers wrote on 02/14/22 at 12:58:06:


This reminds of something I think Joe Gallagher said about the Kings Indian, that some times we have to remember we are playing black and so a draw isn't the end of the world 

Thanks for the heads-up on this . I'll be most interested in the King's Walk Kxf1 stuff - The sample at https://www.niggemann.com/en/the-benko-revisited-volume-2.html suggests he'll be recommending ...Nbd7 with ...Qb6. We've discussed some ideas in the thread "Is there still hope in the King Walk variation ?" https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1585774390.

My main concern is (early move-order may vary): 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6 9.g3 Bg7 10.Kg2 0–0 11.Nf3 Nbd7 12.a4 Qb6 13.Qe2 Rfb8 14.Nb5 Ne8 15.h4!? Even if Kovalchuk has a good answer to that, there's still 13.Ra3 Rfb8 14.Nd2 to deal with. Perhaps he'll suggest swapping ...Nbd7 and ...Qb6 over, i.e. 11...Qb6 12.Qe2 (12.a4 Na6!) Nbd7 13.a4 etc., but this does allow 11...Qb6 12.Re1 Nbd7 13.h3 Rfb8 14.e5 which can get very drawish.

I'll have to wait and see what Kovalchuk comes up with!

  
The Benko Revisited (2 Volumes)  
by Alexey Kovalchuk
Thinkers Publishing ; March 2022 
424+350 pages ; 35+33 €

Content Volume 1

004 Key to Symbols
006 Bibliography
007 Preface

013 PART I – Minor Systems Without 3.d5
015 Chapter 1 – Various 3rd Move Sidelines
049 Chapter 2 – 3.e3 d5 4.Nf3
103 Chapter 3 – 3.e3 d4 4.Nc3

159 PART II – 3.Nf3 – Transposition Into the English
161 Chapter 4 – Early Sidelines
201 Chapter 5 – Various 6th Moves
257 Chapter 6 – 6.g3

305 PART III – 2. Nf3 c5 3.d5 – The Anti-Benko
307 Chapter 7 – Various 4th Moves
325 Chapter 8 – 4.Bg5

341 PART IV – 2.c4 c5 3.d5 Toward the Mainline
343 Chapter 9 – Various 4th Moves
377 Chapter 10 – 4.Nd2
385 Chapter 11 – 4.a4 – Sosonko Variation
393 Chapter 12 – 4.Qc2
405 Chapter 13 – 4.Nf3

Content Volume 2

004 Key to Symbols
006 Bibliography
007 Introduction

017 PART I – White Refrains from Taking on a6
019 Chapter 1 – Zaitsev Variation – 5.Nc3
059 Chapter 2 – Dlugy Variation – 5.f3
097 Chapter 3 – Advance Variation – 5.b6
133 Chapter 4 – Modern Variation – 5.e3

175 PART II – White Accepts Taking on a6
177 Chapter 5 – Rare Lines after 6.Nc3 g6
207 Chapter 6 – The Old Main Line: 7.e4 with 12.Re1
225 Chapter 7 – The Improved Main Line 7.e4 with 12.h3
255 Chapter 8 – The New Main Line 7.e4 with 12.a4
287 Chapter 9 – Fianchetto System – Sidelines
329 Chapter 10 – Fianchetto System – With 10.Rb1

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