Title: Way too advanced for even intermediate players
Product review: The only types of players that this book would benefit are tournament-level, who have memorized all 50 major openings. For the rest of us, the book is a study in arcane gibberish. The only thing I found helpful is how to position the pawns and pieces for a "break" into the opponents pawn structure. All other information was confusing. Even after Soltis described "why" one player's position won or lost the game, I STILL didn't understand why. The only advice I have for intermediate players is that, if you play black, the most important square to defend is e5. I use a variation of the King's Indian Defence (with Nd7 instead of Nf6), to close the center with black pawns at e5 and d4, then launch a kingside attack. Everyone thinks that getting pieces outside the pawn chain is an advantage, but if you advance pawns wisely, the opponent will be squeezed for space, and control of e5 by black hampers any white kingside attack.
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