Easy Guide to the Dragon

Rating:
Summary: Easy "as it gets" Guide
Review: ... How about we change the title to "Easy as it gets" guide to the bla bla opening? How much easier can you make the Dragon? Mr. G covers all the main lines, most of the obscure ones, and through my study of this book I've been able to gain excellent positions. As someone who knew a "little" about the dragon, this book has been an excellent "next step". So far I haven't felt the need to get another book on this opening.

Rating:
Summary: Easy Guide(?) - A misleading title
Review: There is very little verbal explanation in this book - one is simply shown masses of variations. Tis is typical of sharp lines like the Sicilian Dragon - hence, there is no point in really claiming to write Easy Guides on such Openings.

However, the book scores highly on all other points - good writing/translation and evaluations and assessments of critical and off beat lines by the author( a Dragon expert and GM practitioner who has introduced a few novelties in this opening). I prefer this book to the Gufeld-Stetsko book on the same opening, though I think players new to the Dragon should not expect to find loads of words that make thier lives easier.

Highly recommended to any Dragon player, and is content-wise deserving of 5 stars. However, that misleading title...