Despite being clear, soltis packs in plenty of content assuring anyone who spends the time to understand the material in this book will have an improved understanding of this opening. This is a prequelsidework to checkmate in my larger series brillancy. Insofar as i read the books i was learning with the white recommendation to play against the various better black responses. The kings gambit is a chess opening that begins with the moves. Shop for king s gambit chess books at us chess federation sales. The king s gambit is one of the most ancient openings and an opening which leads to a sharp struggle from the very first moves. Books by david robert lonsdale author of kings gambit. This dvd concentrates on the kings gambit accepted with 3 bc4. White sacrifices a pawn to build a strong centre and to open lines for an immediate attack against the enemy king. I once asked english gm mark hebden, who played the kings gambit for many years, what the most. Queens gambit accepted by raetsky and chetverik has about 50 pages on that variation. The town, at the time in the austriahungary empire, is now in modern croatia joe gallagher, winning with the king s gambit, henry holt, 1993, p. Far and away the greatest king s gambit book ever, and perhaps the greatest book ever written on a single opening. If black plays his queenside knight in front of his bishop, then we have 1.
Furthermore, although white would get an attack going along the f file in morphy s day, now the correct defensive ideas are known for black and white has a harder time of it. Search the chess games database, download games, view frequent practitioners and browse the opening explorer. Winning with the king s gambit, accepted and declined. The kings gambit by john maddox roberts librarything. It has a little more explanation than rizzitanos how to beat 1 d4, but less explanation than other starting out books ive seen. The kings gambit by john shaw, opening chess book by. Feb 22, 2019 follow me on instagram for extra content isidor gunsberg vs jose raul capablanca st. Jan 10, 2018 the king s gambit is an agressive opening for white, where sharp tactics and sacrifices tend to dominate play. In the glory days of paul morphy it was considered almost. The reason is that this opening exposes many weaknesses on both sides and players are obligated to play aggressively if they want to win. The kings gambit quality chess chess book by quality. In the late 20th century the opening got a little bit out of fashion, but lately it is popular again.
I recently bought the twovolume of work by gm andrew soltis. Certainly any king s gambit fan or potential fan should buy this book instantly. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. David robert lonsdale s most popular book is kings gambit accepted. This lethal trap may catch the unsuspected player unfamiliar with the king s gambit opening. So, if a person plays too safely then, from all aggressive chess openings, kings gambit is the ideal one to practice. The kings gambit is one of the oldest and most romantic openings in the game of chess. The company was founded by three chess players and editors, grandmasters john nunn and murray chandler, and fm graham burgess. The kings gambit is one of the oldest openings in chess and for good reason. The kings gambit is one of the most important openings a player should know.
Chess had a golden era when the kings gambit was the favorite opening of every attacking player. That said, the king s gambit is a great weapon at the club. Mar 09, 2019 the kings gambit is one of the most important openings a player should know. Jul 19, 20 the king s gambit is a fantastic publication that is clearly the result of a tremendous amount of work by shaw, for which he deserves immense credit. While the kings gambit accepted was a staple of romantic era chess, the opening began to decline with the. White weakens his own king s position with the idea of gaining a lead in development, a central pawn majority, and control of a half open ffile. It is not mentioned in the king s gambit specialist books by korchnoi and zak, estrin and glaskov, or gallagher. If white moves his kingside knight in front of the bishop for his second move, then we have 1. From here on two branches are to be seen, black can accept the gambit by taking. Click to read more about the king s gambit by john maddox roberts. The fascinating king s gambit by thomas johansson while i am more familiar wiht the kjng s knight gambit, i wouldnt mind learning the bishop gambit instead should this turn out to be a good opening winning with the king s gambit by joe gallagher thanks. I have tried where possible to use games from joe gallaghers popular book. Black has an extra pawn knocking out the f4 pawn often leads to the white king being exposed. Glorious sacrifices, unexpected tactics and checkmating attacks.
Believe it or not, he had to exercise considerable editorial discretion to keep it down to only 680. The king s gambit is considered inferior because white is sacrificing king safety along with a pawn on move 2. Some say its hard to tell the truth in chess when it comes to openings, but ive got the feeling that this book comes extremely close to it. I wish i could give you some illustrative lines but the material is so vast that it would not fit in 10 posts or even more. Mar, 2009 the king s gambit is a sharp attack against the king side of black. Kings gambit chess books shop for kings gambit chess books. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. I once asked english gm mark hebden, who played the kings gambit for many years, what the most effective defences against it were. How to set a trap in the kings gambit accepted opening as white. David robert lonsdale has 64 books on goodreads with 19 ratings. Rizzitanos book has about 60 pages on that variation with more densely packed info. So, if a person plays too safely then, from all aggressive chess openings, king s gambit is the ideal one to practice.
Heres a zipthrough the main lines of the king s gambit, using complete games. Thus when you turn the page from this preface you will. The name comes from a tournament, played in abbazia in 1912, in which all the games had to be a king s gambit accepted. If you could write in a few lines on how the book was, that would be great. White gives up a pawn to start the game in exchange for a lead in development. Dec 05, 2019 here is a famous trap you can set up in the king s gambit accepted opening in chess while playing as white. Steinitz always said that the best way to refute a gambit is to accept it, and accepting the gambit is probably the most popular response at all.
The king s gambit for the creative aggressor by thomas johansson. Ever since fischers famous article a bust to the kings gambit published in 1961 after his loss to spassky in a kings gambit in mar del plata 1960, the variation as a whole seems to have been under a cloud. The king s gambit is a chess opening that begins with the moves. This is statistically white s best approach against the king s gambit accepted, in that white wins only slightly fewer games than black does. If you intend to play king s gambit as white, or you play 1. Certainly any kings gambit fan or potential fan should buy this book instantly. The kings gambit by john shaw, opening chess book by quality. Some books start slowly and simply, then build up to the most difficult material. But im sure grandmaster shaw could easily have gotten to pages. Here s my favorite demo board for leading a chess class. Moving the kings pawn up two squares on the first move would be 1. In the romantic era of chess the kings gambit was often to been seen.
Kings gambit ideas, principles and common variations. The kings gambit is one of the most aggressive opening on whites menu. White scores well, including with the natural and almost invariably played 4. It s not a book for passing the time on public transport, but if the reader is willing to put in the effort to really digest the analysis, there s a lot to be gained. This is scoring incredibly well even by king s gambit standards. We offer the widest selection of king s gambit chess books at the lowest prices with sameday shipping. With blake webb, rebecca galarza, reggie peters, wade hunt williams. Kings gambit guide, one of the most old and aggressive openings. So the first opening i learned and then played was the kings gambit and some. The key e1 diagonal to the king is weakened by the absence of the f2 pawn, and black often manages to exploit that to create an attack.
Black calls whites bluff and captures the pawn on f4. This is a games collection that gives a repertoire on how to play the king s gambit accepted 1. The first is to play d4 and bxf4, regaining the gambit pawn with central domination. Since in most openings white wins rather more games than black by virtue of going first, this is a considerable fall from grace for the king s gambit since the romantic era of chess in the 19th century. The king s gambit accepted is the key test of the king s gambit. Get shaws book and have fun playing the most funclassical white opening. Whereas in the ruy lopez white lays siege to black s pawn on e5 slowly, over a large number of moves, in the king s gambit while begins to storm black s central pawn right away with his second move, without regard for the resultant weaknesses or for the forced. Gambit publications a dedicated chess book publisher, whose aim is to produce a select range of quality chess books aimed at players of all levels. After boris spassky defeated him in the kings gambit in their game played in mar del plata in 1960. King s gambit is an independent, liveaction feature film set in presentday florida about bryce, a man who uses a mystic journal to alter the world around him. Winning with the kings gambit accepted continues that tradition and is as good a book on this opening as i have found. His playing style is very aggressive, preferring attacking chess to positional grinds, hence why he is perfect for dvds on the kings gambit and mazing moves. John shaws book, the kings gambit is an outstanding work on an opening which is no longer so popular. Even if one doesnt play either side of the opening it might be worth getting the book just for the games.
Fischer defense kings gambit opening theory youtube. The author has invested a lot of time and effort, and the presentation is clear and careful, as with all books published by quality chess. This book is key to the kings gambit and the best book which was ever written on this opening and probably will ever be written. King s gambit accepted 1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 nf3 g5 4 nc3. One of blacks key strategies is to hold onto the pawn and thus restrict the bc1.
Hopefully a new kings gambit book by quality chess coming soon. It s got to be worth a punt with the king s gambit when a player like gary lane can go wrong on move four. Hebden later gave up the kings gambit in favour of offbeat 1. It s almost needless tot say that almost all world champions and top players have played the queen s gambit with both the white and the black pieces. Play the classical dutch got voted, in new in chess, as one of the top 10 chess books of all time. If black plays the same move as white, then we have 1. The possibilities the opening presents have intrigued the greatest chess minds for years including greats such as spassky, tal, and fischer. And when players decided to decline the gambit, black won once, drew six times and lost eight times.
Fm graham burgess, in his book the mammoth book of chess, noted the discrepancy between the kings gambit. White, on the second move challenges blacks center and begins an attack at the black kingside. Considering adding it to my getthemoffbook repertoire but it seems risky. The variations of the kings gambit exeter chess club. Winning with the kings gambit accepted and volumes 1 and 2 by. Wield the power of the kings gambit the boldest, most brazen opening in chess. The queens gambit is one of the most popular openings on all levels. The kings gambi t is an agressive opening for white, where sharp tactics and sacrifices tend to dominate play. Perhaps the baden masters were influenced by what happened in the first round. The alternative plan is to play nf3 and bc4 followed by 00, when the semiopen ffile allows. If black accepts the gambit, white has two main plans. The systematic kings gambit movetrainer course chessable.
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