The publisher of Kill KID is giving away the full chapter on the Modern Benoni transposition here. This variation is what most strong players play, so it's probably the most relevant chapter in the whole book.
Since my last tournament, I've made a serious effort to put together a complete 1.d4 2.c4 repertoire. Semkov's "Kill KID" variant of the Four Pawns Attack is my weapon of choice against both the King's Indian and the Modern Benoni. Semkov's approach combines those two mighty openings and leads to very unstereotyped play for the opponent. The play is more blown-open than most King's Gambits-- a far cry from Black's dark-square pawn strategy in the KID and Benoni! I find the opening manageable to play even though I've memorized little if any of Semkov's dense analysis. The most useful bit of practical advice is to aim to trade dark-square bishops (moves like Ne4, Bg5, Nf6+) and then attack the weakened dark squares around Black's king, as in the game below.
The publisher of Kill KID is giving away the full chapter on the Modern Benoni transposition here. This variation is what most strong players play, so it's probably the most relevant chapter in the whole book.
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Freelix
3/6/2011 04:47:50 am
How is the book?
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katar
3/7/2011 12:46:35 am
I've not really gotten much of a chance to play it, just in about 10 or so blitz games but not any rated tournament games. I can't really come to any firm conclusions, but i am happy with it so far. The book is really short, more of a pamphlet almost, but the content that is actually in there is good. An update of the best and most important chapter of the book is available for free at the publisher's website.
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