Instruct: Classify a given review as either positive or negative.
Query: Did not like it one bit

This book is an old, old inferior book that I have heard on more than one occassion was not even put together by Bobby Fischer (it has a ghost writter - get the point). He simply put put his stamp of approval on it for the money.And it shows. I did look over the other reviews and agree with the fact it doesn't encourange you to learn chess notation and doesn't cover anything else than the most simple checkmates that would be easy to learn in a beginning book like "Starting Chess" or "Chess For Juniors" by Snyder (my favorite) with both being excellent books and much better than this one to learn everything you need to know to be a half way decent player. This book is way over "hyped" as being good by those who have not really looked over some of the other checkmate books like "1001 Brilliant Checkmates" by Reinfeld, or "How to Beat your Dad at Chess" by Chandler.DO NOT WAISTE YOUR TIME ON THIS BOOK. Move on!