Javier Posted February 19, 2007 Report Share Posted February 19, 2007 ISBN: 1-901983-07-2 Publisher: Gambit Year of publication: 1998, 1999 Pages: 272 A tremendously popular book! Personally, I don't like it. The word that comes to my mind when I think about this book is "superficiality". John Watson kind of describes a revolution, a word that is bound to get a big audience but in reality, he just covers some very exceptional positions where the general rule doesn't apply. He doesn't really deepen into the subjects that he talks about, he treats them very, very lightly. Some of the book contents: The center and development Minorities, majorities and passed pawns Pawns: in chains and doubled up The evolution of the IQP Radical rooks Modern pawn play The modern bishop Bishop vs knights The exchange sacrifice Prophilaxis, etc. I give this book a 4, mainly because it's thought provoking, but unless you are a player with a sound knowledge of chess strategy this book might actually create a lot of confusion!. Then again, don't forget that this book won the book of the year award, and has been reprinted... (Review originally posted on June 10 2002) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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