Title: Waste of money
Product review: This was one of the first chess books I bought, and the last I will ever buy from Cardoza Publishing. It seems to be written for an absolute beginner, which while not automatically a bad thing, is not really the best thing for an opening book. At the level this book is written for, the readers opponents will be deviating from the book very very early, and in many cases the author does not explain why these other moves are bad. The only thing this book is useful for is learning the names of the openings, which can be easily done for free on the internet. Even absolute beginners should save the 10 dollars and either learn tactics, or if you must have an opening book, get the far superior book by Yasser Seirawan with the same name. I highly recommend his entire 'Winning Chess' series actually, it will take the absolute beginner very far and prepare him for more intermediate books.
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