I am yet to hear anything good about the book. Silman really trashed it on his site. Funny enough, I am sure I saw a post by one of the authors here some weeks ago defending the book, but the post seems to have disappeared.  

alumbrado wrote on 11/20/07 at 19:47:52:


I have that book too, and it was well written for its time. Sadly its of little value today, and following that analysis will only get black killed.

The Gallagher book is very good and thorough and even though its quite dated now, although not as dated as Watson's, much of the analysis still holds up.

I do not have the Ward book but would imagine that it mustbe quite useful for White being written by a lifelong successful advocate of the system. I wonder if my loss to him in this line was included, somehow I have the sinking feeling that it might be, ohh well.

Opening books/cd's/dvd's written from both points of view are usually no more than a summary of current and past theory and often lack a certain commitment from the author. This lack of commitment often translates to a mundane and uninspirational final product.

Toppy

The book is out and I have had a quick look at it. It's more of a games explaining themes and some topical theory. What it doesn't do is cover every line in detail. You will need something extra to cover that. Yet there is clearly some original input - get the book and you'll see a few new ideas/suggestions but be warned some of you might find it a bit superficial.............