Bibs wrote on 06/04/13 at 12:40:06:

This will be a big selling point for Tony's book of course. And 3.Nc3 coverage too.

Both the author and the editors at Everyman should be capable of better English and organization than CE (understatement of the year)!

I acknowledge that C&L's book is mostly fine on a theoretical level (I have some minor quibbles, but they're not worth reproducing here, as it's obviously going to look like I'm biased anyway), but I agree with what everyone is saying - the organization, typesetting, editing, call it whatever, is just horrendous.

I think even if I had the English copy, I wouldn't want this to be my first book on the Kalashnikov (again, somewhat biased) - it reminds me of an old, well-researched Nunn analysis/database explosion that's somehow been transported through time! 

I have the French version.
It is indeed remarkably difficult to keep track of what is where.
Just Really Badly Organised.
Needs to be more broken up into MANY more sample games. Not just oodles and oodles dumped into single games. Just masses of subvariations to wade through, and poorly signposted. Reeks of a CB 'file merge' effort on a grand scale.
And this is someone who has played the Kalashnikov on and off for more than 20 years, so very familiar with the lines. Some interesting stuff when I have been able to spare some time to wade, but it is soooo user unfriendly.
*Grumpy face*

Chess Evolution is run by a bunch of strong grandmasters, I believe. So "decent knowledge of the subject" (chess) is certainly in place. It's the English language skills and/or the realization that they need a competent translator/editor that's lacking.

Or maybe their readers don't care enough about correct language to make it worthwhile, economically...

Flear gave the French edition a glowing review, which is probably justified purely from the point of view of the chess content, but I found the layout, although superfically attractive, very user-unfriendly indeed, rather as in Sakaev's book on the Slav, from the same stable. So I hope they've improved on that in the English edition - but I'm not holding my breath....

To judge from the sample, the so-called translation has been done on the cheap. The authors may even have done it themselves, with predictable results.

When will publishers wake up to the fact that, to produce a good translation of a chess book, you need a native speaker, as well as someone with a decent knowledge of the subject?

Looking at the pdf, I'm excited to see it seems Cornette and Libiszewski are trying to revive Black's case in the old, sharp main line 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 b5 8.Nd5 Nge7!?. This is what I always played when I used the Kalashnikov, and when I lost too many games with it, I gave up the entire opening (the quieter 7...Be7 never appealed to me).

11...Bd7 "!" in the contents must mean they believe Black is alive. So now I only need to find something I like against 3.Bb5 and 3.Nc3 (the other big headaches of Kalashnikov players), and I will have a sharp new/old defence to 1.e4.

Thats great! But I believe in Rotellas book when I see it on the bookshelf 

Will it be published finally ? I now see it is delayed till August 2013 and October for the U.S.  Whats going on ?

http://www.newinchess.com/The_Complete_Kalashnikov-p-7273.html


pdf : http://www.newinchess.com/Shop/Images/Pdfs/7273.pdf

Very interesting. Anyone got it ?