Title: Worthless
Product review: Inside the book the author is described as both a master and former US Speed Chess Champion. Two problems: 1) I looked him up on the USCF's own site. He HAS NO rating, meaning he hasn't played enough games to get a rating or hasn't played any. 2) There is no such thing as the US Speed Chess Championship. I'm sure that, if there were, someone other than a bogus master would win it. So that's two lies before the actual book begins.So, what about the book itself? I don't even think it's any good as a beginner's book. The basics of opening theory can be learned in much better books; indeed, I am at a loss to think of a worse book on the subject. An average tournament player could write a book this good. Who needs a phony-baloney master to tell him this extremely elementary stuff?
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