Recently i have become interested again in a particular way of declining the king s gambit, my favorite. Free movebymove guide to chess thinking pdf regular contests with prizes, such as free analysis of your games by a national master access to a supportive community who wants to make your chess journey a success. In the glory days of paul morphy it was considered almost cowardly to play anything else. A collection of chess historys best and most famous king s gambits. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading chess. This lethal trap may catch the unsuspected player unfamiliar with. Black may or may not accept the pawn sacrifice, and this changes the character of the game. Perhaps the baden masters were influenced by what happened in the first round. Nov 28, 2012 in case you are not familiar with the king s gambit, it comes after the moves. This means that the king s gambit gives more opprotunities for white, but at the same time gives black some of his own. The king s gambit is one of the most famous chess openings in the history of the game. The first is to play d4 and bxf4, regaining the gambit pawn with central domination. Kings gambit grandmaster guide pdf for free, preface. Here is a famous trap you can set up in the king s gambit accepted opening in chess while playing as white.
The variations of the kings gambit exeter chess club. 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. 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. Compare this to the ruy lopez, where white can play 20 easy, automatic moves, and emerge with an advantage against most black responses. 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. Winning with the king s gambit batsford chess library gallagher, joe on. Adults will expect the ruy lopez while juniors are more used. How to set a trap in the kings gambit accepted opening as. The immortal game, most famous of kgs anderssen vs kieseritzky, 1851 c33 king s gambit accepted, 23 moves, 10. Kings gambit chess books shop for kings gambit chess books. Typically black accepts the gift, and then fascinating positions arise which are rich in possibilities for both sides.
Anyone who plays the kings gambit will need to buy this book. We also briefly look at the crazy 3 be2 3 d4 and 3 nc3. Ideally white would like to take over the center and regain the pawn on f4. They are not theoretical works in the traditional sense, but more a series of lessons from a chess expert with. White weakens his own kings position with the idea of gaining a lead in development, a central pawn majority, and control of. White sacrifices the fpawn to knock out blacks central e5 pawn. The variations of the king s gambit here s a zipthrough the main lines of the king s gambit, using complete games. Oct 03, 2017 the kings gambit has the reputation of being a wild, attacking, tactical opening. Hebden later gave up the kings gambit in favour of offbeat 1.
In part 1, we look at a few entertaining games where white wins. The chess players manual by gossip and lipschutz, published in 1874. If black accepts the gambit, white has two main plans. Queens gambit declined matthew sadler 2000 everyman chess. The kings gambit has lost popularity, but not sympathy. John shaws longawaited magnum opus the kings gambit is an impressively objective attempt at covering one of the sharpest openings. White sacrifices a pawn to get counterplay and an advantage in development. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The gambits are organized into sections by the parent chess opening, giving the gambit name, eco code, and defining moves in algebraic chess notation.
Do you have to learn a lot of complicated lines to play the kings gambit. I have tried where possible to use games from joe gallagher s popular book. Of the many variations, perhaps the most violent of them all is the muzio, where white freely gives up a piece and launches a fierce attack on the black. The king s gambit is a chess opening that begins with the moves. Analysts treat it with kid gloves and seem reluctant to demonstrate an outright refutation. Chess explained is a new series of books about chess openings. Winning with the kings gambit batsford chess library. Since there is a lot of interest in the club with the king s gambit, i thought you might find this as interesting as i did. From russia with love one of the best games every played spassky vs bronstein, 1960 c36 king s gambit accepted, abbazia defense, 23 moves, 10. The kings gambit by john shaw, opening chess book by. White, on the second move challenges blacks center and begins an attack at the black kingside. A monster that will kill you if you are not careful.
Because if your opponent plays e5, then you will have a good answer and the answer is kings gambit. The king hunt instead king huntpaperbackproduct21584033. If white moves his kingside knight in front of the bishop for his second move, then we have 1. For white, a player should first learn the kings gambit, queens gambit, ruy lopez and the english. The ancient kings gambit is an opening beloved by romantics.
The king s gambit was one of the most popular openings for over 300 years, and has been played by many of the strongest players in many of the greatest brilliancies, including the immortal game. This is statistically whites best approach against the king s gambit accepted, in that white wins only slightly fewer games than black does. Our forefathers brilliant combinations, their imaginative attacking plans and even certain endgame analysis have entered forever into the thesaurus of chess. Mar, 2009 the king s gambit is a sharp attack against the king side of black. 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. The kings gambit is found in the works of ruy lopez 1561, polerio 1590, and greco 1619. My own opinion of this magnificent gambit concurs with that of david bronstein who, in his book 200 open games page 8, singled it out for special praise. A very enjoyable gambit that gives white a lot of the same ideas in the kings gambit but without as much danger.
For help with downloading a wikipedia page as a pdf, see help. White offers his fpawn to divert blacks epawn from the center so that white can build up a strong center. New submitter smarq2 writes chessbase reports that chess programmer im vasik rajlich has solved the king s gambit chess opening with technical means. The kings gambit is more of a way to get to the middle game that is not like from point a to point b, its almost akin to driving up pikes peak at break neck speeds. Kings gambit grandmaster guide pdf chess books, chess. The king s gambit according to the database has a win percent in the 40 s for white, and the high 30 s for black. 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. Hell, i would even choose the vienna gambit over the king s gambit, simply because there s only one good black response, so i could prepare the line deeply and count on my better understanding of the structure. Chess had a golden era when the kings gambit was the favorite opening of every attacking player. The possibilities the opening presents have intrigued the greatest chess minds for years including greats such as spassky, tal, and fischer. 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. In the king s gambit, white offers a pawn sacrifice with 2.
The kings gambit is an agressive opening for white, where sharp tactics and sacrifices tend to dominate play. Chess explained the taimanov sicilian, james rizzitano, 2006, games, 111 pages. Gm simon williams aka gingergm, one of my favorite onlinevideo chess instructors, explains. The first thing to know is how to set up a chessboard. White is offering the fpawn for capture and hopes that he will get a long lasting initiative when black captures the fpawn. If black does not capture the pawn, it is the king s gambit declined kgd. Morphy defeated anderssen 51 in a kg match, the most famous. Champion bobby fischer international grandmaster the king s gambit has lost popularity, but not sympathy. Rybka solves the kings gambit chess opening slashdot.
White offers a pawn sacrifice and sometimes more in order to grab the centre, a lead in development and a strong initiative. White hopes that black will accept the gambit and try to hold on to the pawn advantage. Chess openings this is a wikipedia book, a collection of wikipedia articles that can be easily saved, imported by an external electronic rendering service, and ordered as a printed book. The first meeting between spassky and fischer spassky vs fischer, 1960 c39 king s gambit accepted, 29 moves, 10. 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. Ideas behind the kings gambit exeter chess club nice lesson. Contributing editors larry evans bobby fischer edward lasker joseph e, peckover a bust to the kings gambit by u. There was a golden era when the kings gambit was the favourite opening of every attacking player. Dec 05, 2019 how to set a trap in the king s gambit accepted opening as white. 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.
This is statistically white s best approach against the king s gambit accepted, in that white wins only slightly fewer games than black does. I have given the reader a full repertoire, that they can play with 3 nf3, so all lines are covered. The kings gambit is one of the most popular openings for white and has many different ways to defend against it. Search the chess games database, download games, view frequent practitioners and browse the opening explorer. Kings gambit modern defence chess gambits harking back. Kings gambit ideas, principles and common variations. While its important to understand concepts more than memorizing moves of a particular opening there are a few specific openings that all chess players should start with because they are so widely played. 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.
The kings gambit according to the database has a win percent in the 40s for white, and the high 30s for black. Shop for king s gambit chess books at us chess federation sales. There are some complicated lines, but i have tried to put more emphasis on the general ideas behind the moves so that the viewer can be confident playing the opening, even if he cannot remember the theory. Gm michael adams, daily telegraph the kings gambit is a fantastic publication that is clearly the result of a tremendous amount of work by shaw, for which he deserves immense credit. The chessboard is made up of an 8 square by 8 square board with alternating light usually white and dark usually black squares. The perfect guide for all players of all levels who want to learn this classical opening.
Gm simon williams aka gingergm, one of my favorite onlinevideo chess. Nf3, develops a piece, brings white closer to kingside castling and stops black from playing 3. If black plays his queenside knight in front of his bishop, then we have 1. The kings gambit, 20, 680 pages, john shaw, 1906552711. The point of chess is to attack the enemy king and checkmate the king so that it cannot move to any square without also being attacked. Jonathan schrantz looks at a dubious opening, the kings gambit. Kings gambit how to play it, how to counter it, and its. White is offering the fpawn for capture and hopes that he will get a. When black captures the pawn, it is the king s gambit accepted kga. Kings gambit c30c39 opening theory the bishops bounty.
The king s gambit is one of the oldest openings in chess and for good reason. For those players that decide to decline the gambit. The kings gambit is a chess opening in which the following moves are played. I have included a lot of novelties and interesting attacking variations that should wet the lips of any attacking player, looking for an interesting way of meeting 1. If black plays the same move as white, then we have 1. I once asked english gm mark hebden, who played the kings gambit for many years, what the most effective defences against it were. Oct 14, 2016 sorry this offer has expired you can buy.
Its 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, theres a lot to be gained. And when players decided to decline the gambit, black won once, drew six times and lost eight times. It s also a father and son story, as hoffman grapples with the bizarre legacy of his own dad, who haunts hoffman s. A complete in depth repertoire against blacks different ways of declining whites pawn offer is also provided. 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. Its also a father and son story, as hoffman grapples with the bizarre legacy of his own dad, who haunts hoffmans.
In less than 200 pages one gets more than an introduction, but rather a proper repertoire of the qgd is presented. How to set a trap in the king s gambit accepted opening as white. How to set a trap in the kings gambit accepted opening as white. Moving the kings pawn up two squares on the first move would be 1. Kings gambit is a very sharp opening, white sacrifices a pawn and in return, white gets quick development. Legends such as spassky and bronstein kept the flame burning in the 20th century, but its popularity faded as players became distrustful of whites ultra. How to deal with the good, the bad, and the ugly over the chess board. Winning with the king s gambit batsford chess library. Chess openings learn how to play the top 60 openings. With the berlin opening now leading to dull equal positions, it may well be time to start taking a look at the kings gambit in more detail. A gambit which is not the same thing as an opening involves a sacrifice of material chess pieces, usually pawns for positional gain. White s pawn on f4 is attacked, which is the whole point of the king s gambit.
Very exciting opening white goes for the initiative unusual positional themes cons. We offer the widest selection of king s gambit chess books at the lowest prices with sameday shipping. Key concepts of gambit play king s indian warfare kotronias on the king s indian classical systems. The fascinating king s gambit by thomas johansson this work is probably the first book devoted to investigating the entire bishops gambit.
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