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Title: Good, though dated
Review: Of course, when a world class player like Reshevsky writes a book on chess, it cannot possibly be horrible.Unfortunately, like Tarrasch's musings, it is not set in stone. Just like Tarrasch's theories were later regarded as not the only acceptable ones, much water has flowed under the bridge since the time of this book (1976).So, yes, the title explains itself. It's the (somewhat to me) rudiments of positional play, according to him (and being a world-class player - one of the best in the world at the time! - it counts for something). The games are presented with variations (and naturally, before the invention of the modern chess playing PC, some errors, though we can hardly fault him for this), no more, no less, with such well-known players as Portisch, Korchnoi, Spassky, ad infinitum.There are some typos, sadly, but one shouldn't have too many problems.
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