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Title: Out Of Date
Review: This book suffers for having been published in 1997. Take for example this line in the Portuguese:1. e4 d52. exd5 Nf63. d4 Bg44. f3 Bf55. Bb5+ Nbd76. c4 e67. dxe6 Bxe68. d5 Bf59. Nc3 Bb410. Nge2 O-O11. Bxd7 Nxd712. O-O Ne5Here Anderson considers only b3? and Kh1 for White, but the simple Ng3, harrassing the bishop, followed by Qd4 if the bishop retreats, looks like bad news for Black. There are about six games referenced in The Scandinavian (2nd) by Emms and The Scandinavian Defence by Plaskett in which Black gets whipped in this variation. All of them are from 1997 or later. I don't think there is a known good way for Black here (and 12 ... Nc5 is equally unsatisfactory) which blows a pretty big hole in the Portuguese.
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