Title: Starting out, or don't even start?
Review: The winawer variations is covered fairly well, where he gives useful tips and warnings and present important games.The rest of the book however is pretty worthless if you are looking for a book to get you started with the french. For example, in the 3.Nd2 variation, he shows a wild position arising (it is all theory) and gives no help at all to the black player:1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd 8.cxd f6"There are wild complications after 9.Nf4 Nxd4 10.Qh5 Ke7 11.Ng6+ hxg6 12.exf6+ Nxf6 13.Qxh8."Well yes, thanks a lot, but I would like to know how I should continue if I don't want to lose in a few moves. But Byron stops right here...Many of the games in other main lines are also examples of black getting killed instantly, and the notes won't give you much help either. You're on your own in the middle of some highly popular and theoretical positions.The part of the winawer is fine, the rest is just very very bad. Can't be recommended.
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