Many recent opening works have looked at sidelines. That includes the Queen's Gambit Accepted (QGA), especially Dlugy's book. It sounds like he has a very well developed, personal repertoire. Is it based on holding on to the gambited pawn?

Looking at sidelines has merit. However, sometimes I want a more general work. Does anyone have Starting Out: The Queen's Gambit Accepted? What do you think? Is there a more recent general work on the QGA?

Back to Dlugy. From the material freely available, I get the impression that he provides his repertoire. It may be idiosyncratic, but that may be good. I can't answer Stigma's question about how it holds up in critical lines. However, I find that people seldom play openings precisely, at least not in speed chess.

kylemeister wrote on 10/28/23 at 03:25:04:

Thanks. Black's score with 13...Nc6 in OTB practice is pretty awful (both before and after 2005), but it may still be better than the alternatives. 

Still, Shankland claims White is much better with simple play - basically 14.Rd1 Qc7 15.Be3 followed by Rdc1, when threats of Knight jumps like Nb6 and Nce5 are hanging over Black's head. It doesn't look very pleasant...

Can Dlugy give me hope for Black's cause?

Shankland in his 1.d4 course on Chessable claimed to have found a big improvement on the Modern Chess database by Hungaski: 

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.O-O b5 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.a4 b4 9.Nbd2 c5 10.Qe2 cxd4 11.exd4 Be7 12.a5 O-O 13.Nc4 Nbd7 14.Bd2 Bd5 15.Bf4!

I would be very interested in this setup for Black if it could be made to work! So does anyone know if the Dlugy book has a convincing answer or deviation here?

I notice Dlugy himself deviated from the above line with 13...Ra7 in a 2006 US championship game. This move goes unmentioned by Shankland, but I'm not at all sure it really solves Black's problems. (Note that Dlugy actually played an early ...c5 there, but it transposed later to something typically reached from the early ...a6/...b5 move order).

[Event "USA-ch GpA"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bercys, Salvijus"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D28"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e6 4. Bxc4 a6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4 Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. a4 b4 12. a5 O-O 13. Nc4 Ra7 14. Bf4 Bd5 15. Nfe5 Nc6 16. Be3 b3 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Ne5 Bd5 19. Rfc1 Qa8 20. f3 Qb7 21. h4 Rc8 22. Rc3 Bb4 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8 24. Bd2 Bxd2 25. Qxd2 Rc7 26. Kf2 Ne8 27. Qb4 f6 28. Ng4 Bc4 29. Bxc4 Rxc4 30. Qxb3 Rxd4 31. Ne3 Rxh4 32. Rd1 Rh5 33. Nc4 Qc5+ 34. Ke2 Kf8 35. Qc3 Nc7 36. Nb6 Qe5+ 37. Qxe5 Rxe5+ 38. Kf2 Rxa5 39. Rd7 Rb5 0-1

I had a recollection of Dlugy as a QGA player from way back. I noticed that the book has coverage of 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 (6. 0-0 b5), which might be of interest to those wanting to avoid 5...c5 6. 0-0 a6 7. dxc5. 5...a6 was regarded as plus-over-equals in old theory; I wonder if that seems to have been overturned.

Has anyone seen the book from Dlugy, "The Queen's Gambit Accepted: A Modern Counterattack in an Ancient Opening"? Or have you seen any reviews?