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It happens and we have to come to terms with it. That is kind of how I feel about this book, surprise and misery. After reading the book "Creative Chess Opening Preparation" it was clear to me that Eingorn had both a strong idea of what to tell readers of lesser strength and a clear sense of what words would convey the message. Also, as he is a leading proponent of the French with a number of interesting ideas to his credit, this seemed like a perfect match. Something happened though as the book proved a total disappointment. It appears this book was put together in rather a hasty fashion based on the organization. This is neither a repertoire book nor a compendium, more of a quick review of possible lines. Quite a bit of material is skipped over with a breezy tone. One example is on page 24 in Chapter 2 on the Tarrasch with Nf6, game 5 is Ulybin - Berg Santa Cruz 2005 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4 f6 9.exf6 Nxf6 with the comment "This is the main line, but 9...Qxf6 is also played, though it does not change the main ideas of the position." Wow! This is kind of like commenting on 3.Bb5 in the Spanish Game that 3.Nc3 will be followed by Bb5 with similar ideas! The very next game, page 29 Game 6, Smirin - Cheprianov Calvio (ol) 2004 starts 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bd3 c5 7.c3 Nc6 8.0-0. Here the two most "common" moves for Black, 8...a5 and 8...g5, receive some brief coverage while the main game goes 8...h5!? This is not a mainline, either of the two moves given brief coverage are. This is terribly inconsistent as it denies the book being a survey of mainlines or a quick synopsis of fresh ideas in the French. Also, the Exchange variation is given short shrift in a passage in game 16, a Winawer with exd5! There is no other coverage of the Exchange! Considering that Kasparov has played the Exchange against Korchnoi and Bareev among others, I can only assume that this is a philosophical decision.
The
amount of valuable material in this book is certainly not worth the price of
the book or the effort to find it. This book is best suited for the table
of a dentist's reception area. It would take your mind off the root canal,
but not much more. From the Publisher's Website:
Other volumes in the Chess Explained series reviewed here at Chessville: Chess Explained: The c3 Sicilian by IM Sam Collins (Gambit, 2007) reviewed by Michael Jeffreys Chess Explained: The Classical Sicilian by Alex Yermolinsky, reviewed by S. Evan Kreider Chess Explained: The English Opening by Zenon Franco, reviewed by S. Evan Kreider Chess Explained: The Meran Semi-Slav by GM Reinaldo Vera (Gambit Publications, 2007) reviewed by NM Bill McGeary Chess Explained: The Queen's Gambit Declined by James Rizzitano (Gambit, 2007) reviewed by Rick Kennedy
Chess Explained: The
Taimanov Sicilian by
IM James Rizzitano,
reviewed by S. Evan Kreider
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