"I have in my now 15-year-long career as a trainer enjoyed abusing the Modern Benoni, but recently I have had second thoughts. It is enjoyable how powerful the written word can be. After having read Marian Petrov's ‘The Modern Benoni' from Quality Chess I am seriously contemplating playing the opening myself – with Black! Also, I could not help noticing that a number of the top stars have this opening in their repertoire, especially when they need to win. For we are really talking about an opening for fighters."
GM Simen Agdestein, Verdens Gang "The coverage that Petrov extends to the Flick-Knife Attack is typical of what he offers throughout the book. He gives the essentials – the lines he feels are most pertinent and suggests improvements, but goes well beyond this with much original analysis. Petrov also points out positions that bear further investigation and may become important in the future. To make the book accessible to non GM/IMs the author includes plenty of explanatory prose and summarizes his findings at the end of each chapter." - IM John Donaldson, Chess Today "I take each new book written in the Grandmaster Repertoire series always in the hope and expectation that it will match the high quality of its predecessor. "The Modern Benoni" does what it promises as a member of the outstanding opening series… Conclusion: From me there is a very strong recommendation to buy."
Uwe Bekemann, www.bdf-fernschachbund.de "In Beating 1.d4 Sidelines, GM Boris Avrukh provides a compact opening reperoire for Black against 1.d4 byways such as the Torre Attack, the London System and the Colle System. These are precisely the systems that you and I encounter most frequently in tournament life and so the practical benefits of this book are correspondingly high… An outstanding repertoire book, just as essential as the air that you breathe!" - Martin Rieger, Rochade Europa