Title: Not enlightening at all. Way overrated.
Product review: I can't understand why so many people praise this book. Sure, Soltis devotes chapters to many different structures, but he doesn't teach us anything in those chapters that a good specialized opening book wouldn't cover. The advice is very basic and the prose he gives is, to me, insufficient.He provides supplemental games that don't always fit well with the content of the chapter, and even if they do the notes to these games are very scant.This same author's Opening Analysis for Advanced Players (I have the 2nd part but have never seen the first part) is EXCELLENT. This one is not.There are a handful of chess authors (chess fans who have been around the game know who I'm referring to) who pump out tons of chess books. 1/3 to 1/2 of them are decent-to-well-done, and the remainder are trash. I wouldn't place this book in the "trash" category, but it leaves a lot to be desired.
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