This book is excellent, and would get five stars if it were not for the poor typesetting which makes it hard to navigate.

This is the book I use to coach grown-up chess students. I have them work through it in sequence, and the sequence is very well designed to challenge, teach well, and leave no aspect of training untouched.

I think that Lev Alburt's comprehensive course is excellent, and the books are exactly what the titles promise they will be.

The problem is that the typesetting is a bit weird: sections are not marked clearly form each other, so you cannot navigate and look for parts of the book. I would not change the order or organization at all, just the page/heading layout.

It is a pity that they have not reissued this book with the kind of layout that characterizes Lev Alburt's other books, like his book on the pirc [b:Pirc Alert!: A Complete Defense Against 1. e4|1628870|Pirc Alert! A Complete Defense Against 1. e4|Lev Alburt|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1186083361s/1628870.jpg|1622969]

Still, it is easy to get over the typesetting "problem" by just going through the book in order and reading the material and working through the problems.