I also received the book yesterday. It seems to deliver  what one needs, specially in these openings, verbal explanations. With Databases around, one can improve on the moves given (to suit individual tastes) but what moves cannot provide is the explanatory remarks, missing in some books of the late nineties.

For example, a very thin book by Nunn (classical King's Indian) was excellent, but the later co-autored with Burgess I find a jungle of moves! (And it actually came in two dense 320 page tomes!)

The moves are available to everyone since databases and chessbase (and internet!). Good explanatory remarks make the difference...

Thanks lads, I think I will buy the book!

I have just received my copy (of the English version) but have not had a chance to look at it really, so I can't comment on its quality in chess terms.

It seems to be nicely presented, though, with a good index, clear layout, and a suggested repertoire with both colours.

Interestingly, Kinsmann also does this in his much earlier Batsford book on the subject, but other than that I haven't seen anybody do this until John Cox's Alekhine book and now this from Kindermann. No doubt there are other examples which I haven't come across.

One very unimportant glitsch: although it is right on the cover, on the spine of the book the German spelling "Spanisch" has survived.  It does no harm, I suppose, to be reminded that the book was originally in German.

Has anyone seen this book?  I was wondering if it was any good.  I would assume it is just by the fact of who the author is.

I play this opening but have never been able to find a decent book on it.