Whereas in the ruy lopez white lays siege to blackspawn on e5 slowly, over a large number of moves, in the king s gambit while begins to storm blacks central pawn right away with his second move, without regard for the resultant weaknesses or for the forced. In the 18th century, it was recommended by phillip stamma and is sometimes known as the aleppo gambit in his honour. Jonathan schrantz lectures on the urusov gambit in the bishops opening. I play a 15 move checkmate from the kings gambit opening in chess which is very beautiful and one of the best chess games to see ever hope you all enjoy. Ray haines and graham cooper chased me enough that by 1974 i fled the open game for the carokann.
But i kept coming back to the king s gambit from both sides of the board. While novices can begin to learn to play the game, experienced players will be primed for a masterful strategic crush. Nigel short played the kings gambit to beat garry kasparov in 15 moves. Fm graham burgess, in his book the mammoth book of chess, noted the discrepancy between the kings gambit and wilhelm steinitzs. Search through more than 3,000 opening lines to find the perfect chess opening for you. The complete englishlanguage list of gambit chess publications is given here.
The first is to play d4 and bxf4, regaining the gambit pawn with central domination. And when players decided to decline the gambit, black won once, drew six times and lost eight times. 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. The kings gambit 1 in chess is a type of gambit in chess which involves giving up a kingside pawn here, whites f pawn for generating a quick attack.
White s best practical alternative is probably the transposition to the king s gambit with 2. Shaw has thick sections for each subvariation of the king s gambit, many with representative games, which he uses to demonstrate a lot of variations that could have been played, and examines their relative worth. Fm graham burgess, in his book the mammoth book of chess, noted the discrepancy between the king s gambit and wilhelm steinitz s accumulation theory. 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 in most chapters. A classic gambit book on the market again gm simen agdestein, verdens gang a must have repertoire book john elburg, chessbooks. The opening basically gets you into a tactical mess every game. In the encyclopaedia of chess openings, the fischer defense is given the code c34. Whites pawn on f4 is attacked, which is the whole point of the king s gambit. The kings gambit quality chess chess book by quality chess.
You will become exposed to unusual positions and many different tactical motifs. The gambits are organized into sections by the parent chess opening, giving the gambit name, eco code, and defining moves in algebraic chess notation. Apr 20, 2017 the last copies of the fischer kings gambit by timothy taylor, im, the last copies of the fischer kings gambit have come down to 5. Beautiful kings gambit checkmate in only 15 moves youtube. In part 1, we look at a few entertaining games where white. There are dozens of different openings, and hundreds of variants.
Shaws book kings gambit speaks of this variation with an early nc3 that is less taxing on the memory and allows white to simply ply chess. White is offering the fpawn for capture and hopes that he will get a. He has coached many grandmasters and assisted a number of elite players with their opening preparation. The possibilities the opening presents have intrigued the greatest chess minds for years including greats such as spassky, tal, and fischer. White moves the bishop to give his king a place to go with 4. On move 1 black has mirrored whites central occupation, so on move 2 we set out to destroy. The fischer defense to the king s gambit is a chess opening variation that begins with the moves. You are given publishers, page counts, notation, and critical. When the book came through, i arranged for our contributor martin seeber to take a look and share his thoughts. Trade order form printed books only download a word file of the complete gambit list here. Learning chess through history is a unique book that starts at the very beginning, first exploring the origins of how chess was created, along with how the game was passed on to different cultures and people dating.
The kings gambit is a chess opening that begins with the moves. The kings gambit by john shaw, opening chess book by quality. You can browse our entire chess database from this line, move by move. The king move to f2 would have been even stronger after the other.
The cunningham defense in the king s gambit accepted begins 1. Kings indian defense chess openings other english opening reti opening unusual openings queens gambit chess books. The king s gambit is one of the oldest documented openings, as it was examined by the 17th century italian chess player giulio polerio. Nf3 leads to the reti openings a strong chess opening for white. Its no surprise, therefore, that opening theory from the 17th century onwards has largely evolved around variations involving an early c2c3 and d2d4, trying to block the bishop and achieve castling after all. He is an expert in computer chess and one of the most indemand chess trainers on icc. Openings chess books and ebooks page 2 everyman chess. I once asked english gm mark hebden, who played the kings gambit for many years, what the most. At the amateur level, most games are won or lost in the opening through mistakes or falling in a book trap. The term can refer to the initial moves by either side, white or black, but an opening by black may also be known as a defense.
The queens gambit is one of the most popular openings on all levels. The king s gambit the nemesis gellers greatest games the queens indian defence. How to set a trap in the kings gambit accepted opening as. The king s gambit for the creative aggressor by thomas johansson. Quality chess puzzle book questions of modern chess theory questions of modern chess theory. The company was founded by three chess players and editors, grandmasters john nunn and murray chandler, and fm graham burgess. You can join my kings gambit group where we are explaining every line in the kings gambit and all the mistakesblunders, and showing what moves are good after another, and what moves are bad also i can send you a link of a pdf format kings gambit book that i. Heres my favorite demo board for leading a chess class.
His previous book for gambit, applying logic in chess, has been widely praised. Jonathan schrantz looks at a dubious opening, the king s gambit. The unbeatable urusov gambit chess openings explained. Having fun with the kings gambit chessbase chess news.
A monster that will kill you if you are not careful. The king s gambit is a chess opening that begins with the moves. 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. The queens gambit is a chess opening that starts with the moves. Black had better be careful, or the white queen and bishop will be kicking him. Kings gambit comments all videos on kings gambit related ecos c30.
Hopefully a new kings gambit book by quality chess coming soon. Chess had a golden era when the kings gambit was the favorite opening of every attacking player. White, on the second move challenges blacks center and begins an attack at the black kingside. The book was to do with the best games of chess ever played, and there inside. Explore openings variations and find matching master chess games to study. White gives up a pawn to start the game in exchange for a lead in. Sep 11, 2007 in king s gambit, he interweaves a gripping overview of the history of the game and an indepth look at the state of modern chess into the story of his own attempt to get his game back up to master levelwithout losing his mind. The king s gambit is a sharp attack against the king side of black. Gambit publications is a dedicated chess publishing company, whose aim is to produce a select range of quality chess books aimed at players of all levels. Rf3 the wild and sharp kings gambit, with early moves of the white.
Perhaps the baden masters were influenced by what happened in the first round. The best book on the kings gambit is playing the ruy lopez, or the scotch plain, or four knights. In the glory days of paul morphy it was considered almost cowardly to play anything else. If black accepts the gambit, white has two main plans. It s also a father and son story, as hoffman grapples with the bizarre legacy of his own dad, who haunts hoffman s. Here is a famous trap you can set up in the king s gambit accepted opening in chess while playing as white. Legends such as spassky and bronstein kept the flame burning in the 20th century, but its popularity faded as players became distrustful of whites ultraaggressive approach. C32 king s gambit declined, falkbeer counter gambit, 17 moves, 10. Kings gambit chess books shop for kings gambit chess books.
Probably the most important part of a chess game for the amateur chess player is the opening. Shop for king s gambit chess books at us chess federation sales. A chess opening or simply an opening refers to the initial moves of a chess game. The kings gambit is an agressive opening for white, where sharp tactics and sacrifices tend to dominate play. Mar, 2009 the king s gambit is a sharp attack against the king side of black. In the system hans berliner advocates a repertoire with 1. From my early years of chess, the king s gambit had an amazing impact on my life. The positional themes of the kings gambit are classical and clear. It is important to study the openings and know what traps and pitfalls may arise from a. Take john sanford s virgil flowers or michael connelly s harry bosch, drop the guy into the last years of the ancient roman republic, add a physician that is a protoforensic scientist, throw in a couple of underworld figures, and you get the king s gambit.
As a young man, paul hoffman was a brilliant chess player. The oxford companion to chess lists 1,327 named openings and variants. The kings gambit quality chess chess book by quality. Openings chess books and ebooks published by everyman. A gambit which is not the same thing as an opening involves a sacrifice of material chess pieces, usually pawns for positional gain. The second was an article by bobby fischer, a bust to the king s gambit, which claimed that 3.
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. The gambit is, when he that first gives the pawn of the kings bishop, in the second move for nothing, the other keeps it, or takes another for it, if he is obliged to lose. Bc5 is an annoying little move preventing an early castling for white. The first thing that strikes one on flipping through this book is the colossal depth. Having fun with the kings gambit chess news chessbase. Shaw s book kings gambit speaks of this variation with an early nc3 that is less taxing on the memory and allows white to simply ply chess. It was a fun read, and the broad strokes of history are accurate enough. The kings gambit is one of the oldest openings in chess and for good reason.
Quade spielmann vs leonhardt, 1912 c37 king s gambit accepted, 23 moves, 10. 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. I purchased about every book on the kg written in the past 40 years. Yes, as of may 18 there are now only 5 copies left.
I havent read other books on the king s gambit other than a brief go over in modern chess openings, but i have very much enjoyed working with shaw s book and would recommend if youre serious about studying the king s gambit. And probably the last book on the openings i have bought was twenty years ago. This lethal trap may catch the unsuspected player unfamiliar with. In king s gambit, he interweaves a gripping overview of the history of the game and an indepth look at the state of modern chess into the story of his own attempt to get his game back up to master levelwithout losing his mind. Chess openings and book moves search through more than 3,000 opening lines to find the perfect chess opening for you. A complete in depth repertoire against blacks different ways of declining whites pawn offer is also provided. Anyone who have read kings gambit opening repertoire books, please suggest me some of them. The fascinating king s gambit by thomas johansson this work is probably the first book devoted to investigating the entire bishops gambit. 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. King s gambit accepted 1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 nf3 g5 4 h4. Froms gambit chess gambits harking back to the 19th century. Using micawbers outstanding distillation of forum analysis from, i picked up the modern defence via the falkbeer move.
In the late 50s early 60s, boris spassky played the gambit twice in the 1960 ussr championship, his game with bronstein featured in the james bond movie, from russia with love. King s gambit at kings tournament from the carlsen chronicles part i wonderboy by moonlitknight. We offer the widest selection of king s gambit chess books at the lowest prices with sameday shipping. The kings gambit is the most romantic chess opening in chess. In this video i will discuss chess ideas, chess trick, strategy, tips and moves to play against chess opening king s gambit. White weakens his own kings position with the idea of gaining a lead in development, a central pawn majority, and control of a half open ffile. Any modernday fan of the king s gambit knows that 2. Further continuation moves of the gambit lines are not specified because that would lea ve. Anyone who plays the kings gambit will need to buy this book.
In case you are not familiar with the king s gambit, it comes after the moves. Steinitz had argued that an attack is only justified when a player has an advantage, and an advantage is only obtainable after the opponent makes a mistake. Follow the links for more information about each book. A son, a father and the worlds most dangerous game here on chess tales. The first was the rise of a more defensive and positional style of chess, which was lothe to create any weaknesses in its own position, and which therefore shied away from the king s gambit. How to set a trap in the king s gambit accepted opening as white. The kings gambit is a sharp attack against the king side of black. The kings gambit by john shaw, opening chess book by. White gives up a pawn to start the game in exchange for a lead in development.
The queens gambit is one of the oldest known chess openings. This immense book will be the definitive king s gambit bible for the next 1520 years. In king s gambit, he interweaves a gripping overview of the history of the game and an indepth look at the state of modern chess into the story of his own attempt to get his g. Mar, 2009 this is a follow up video on the king s gambit that discusses various lines that you may come across.
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