Title: Does not meet its stated goals.
Review: In the introduction, Pandolfini explains that this is not a book full of opening lines "that charts numerous moves, with little or no commentary." Unfortunately, this book does not provide a useful analysis of the openings to the amateur player. Instead, an extremely bad position is shown where the opponent has made one or more blunders followed by Pandolfini's explanation of how to exploit the blunder. This book also suffered from numerous printing errors. There is an error in the very first diagram! This book is a fun exercise in how to destroy a weaker opponent, but helps little to improve your game.
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