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Title: Just Not Very Helpful
Review: It is true that Sammy was one of the strongest chess players of the western hemisphere for many, many years, but it is not true that this book has a very helpful format.The book relies too much on sparsely annotated games. I simply don't recommend it, as it essentially just gives a list of pithy chunks of advice followed by games that illustrate the advice. The problem is that even moderately strong players understand many concepts without realizing when to apply them (or when they are to be overruled) in standard play. This text gives little insight into these issues.
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