Som han selv introduserer boka

When most people learn to play chess, they usually memorise the movements of the pieces and then spend years pummelling away at each other with little rhyme and even less reason. Though I will show you how each piece leaps around, what it likes to do on holidays, the real purpose of this book is to teach you to understand the four major principles of my Seirawan method: force, time, space and pawn structure. Each is easy to understand and each is a weapon that will enable you to defeat most anyone you challenge to a game

Denne boka er samtidig en god opptakt til Seirawans populære serie med innføringer i spillets ulike deler: "Winning Chess Openings", "Winning Chess Endings", "Winning Chess Strategies, "Winning Chess Tactics", "Winning Chess Combinations" and "Winning Chess Brilliancies".