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. New submitter smarq2 writes chessbase reports that chess programmer im vasik rajlich has solved the king s gambit chess opening with technical means. The king s gambit accepted a fun white opening for blitz chess. 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. Kings gambit opening garry kasparov vs sergey karjakin at. It was a fun read, and the broad strokes of history are accurate enough. Nf3, that is if he even wouldve chosen the king s gambit in the first place. C33 kings gambit accepted, bishops gambit, bogolyubov variation. 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. The kings gambit is a sharp attack against the king side of black. Kasparov, the kings gambit and opening theory before castling. Ragozin vs botvinnik, 1947 c36 king s gambit accepted, abbazia defense, 34 moves, 01. Kings gambit guide, one of the most old and aggressive.
Countergambits if the gambit is not accepted, it is usually met by one of these lines. The kings gambit is a chess opening that begins with the moves. Falkbeer counter gambit david bronstein tal,mikhail c32 urstchriga, 1968. Often referred to as the adelaide and pioneered by the german player wahls and independently also by aleks wohl and the late tony miles. It is one of the recommended counters to the direct grand prix attack. My conclusion was that theres virtually nothing left of chess opening theory from the middle ages and that the introduction of the new bishop and queens moves changed everything. Kasparov s gambit, or simply gambit, is a chess playing computer program created by heuristic software and published by electronic arts in 1993 based on socrates ii, the only winner of the north american computer chess championship running on a common microcomputer. In a long game, kasparov probably wouldve played 3. 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. 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. A complete in depth repertoire against black s different ways of declining white s pawn offer is also provided.
Aug 18, 2017 in garry kasparov s first rated blitz chess game ever, he plays the king s gambit against sergey karjakin, dragging his opponent into a complicated position and serious time trouble. This is a follow up video on the kings gambit that discusses various lines that you may come across. How to set a trap in the kings gambit accepted opening as white. The current king s gambit bible is the book by john shaw. The reason for this is not to give away the slight opening advantage he has as white. This immense book will be the definitive kings gambit bible for the next 1520 years. In my last blog post, i wrote about lost traces of medieval chess opening theory. The fascinating king s gambit by thomas johansson this work is probably the first book devoted to investigating the entire bishop s gambit. Paraphrasing, but he argues that the king s gambit is no more busted than the ruy lopez, since if black is comfortable in the marshall attack then he s supposed to reach equality there as well. Garry kasparov grew up in baku, azerbaijan ussr and became the youngest ever world chess champion in 1985 at the age of 22. Several chess players question the tactic to offer as a gift the f file pawn.
The first is to play d4 and bxf4, regaining the gambit pawn with central domination. Is there a refutation of kings gambit in the accepted. Winning with the kings gambit accepted and volumes 1 and 2 by. Please note that these prices are in effect at chess house as of march, 2004. King s gambit accepted, lopezgianutio counter gambit, hein variation 1. The company was founded by three chess players and editors, grandmasters john nunn and murray chandler, and fm graham burgess. Black also has some aggressive intentions, most notably playing. Id like to play the king s gambit without getting into piece sacrifices, but fischer s defence is unsettling me. While the kings gambit accepted was a staple of romantic era chess, the opening began to decline with the. This would happen if he would play openings like colle, collezuckertort, larsen1.
Search the chess games database, download games, view frequent practitioners and browse the opening explorer. The king s gambit is a chess opening that begins with the moves. The queens gambit is one of the most popular openings on all levels. From here on two branches are to be seen, black can accept the gambit by taking the pawn or decline it.
White can kick out black s e pawn from the center of the board. Nf6, threatening the d5 pawn and gaining time in development. This lethal trap may catch the unsuspected player unfamiliar with. The king on e2 is surprisingly often not misplaced in these positions. Here is a famous trap you can set up in the king s gambit accepted opening in chess while playing as white. Chess openings encyclopedia of chess openings c37 kings. King s gambit opening garry kasparov vs sergey karjakin at blitz chess chessthe game of brain. 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. Mar 09, 2018 king s gambit opening garry kasparov vs sergey karjakin at blitz chess. If black accepts the gambit, white has two main plans.
Paul morphy, with this enigmatic statement near the end of his life that was either referring to this particular gambit of steinitz or was a criticism of steinitz as a whole. Russian gm alexander morozevich tries his luck by going for hazardous king s gambit vs world no. The alternative plan is to play nf3 and bc4 followed by 00, when the semiopen ffile allows. Kings gambit accepted 1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 nf3 g5 4 h4. Ng1 attempting to be impartial, i look at the board as white after 6. This is his most ambitious book to date, and was many years in the making. If you could write in a few lines on how the book was, that would be great. 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. Paul hoffman kings gambit paul hoffman the ph test. Rybka solves the kings gambit chess opening slashdot. The variations of the kings gambit exeter chess club. He can advance at d4 square, creating empty space for the other pieces. He lays out a pretty compelling case that the opening is sound to play as white. In the database the accepted variations do really well.
King s gambit by korchnoi and zak is the standard text, mostly analytical. Classical variation, black plays g5 to protect the pawn on f4. Russian gm alexander morozevich tries his luck by going for hazardous kings gambit vs world no. In garry kasparov s first rated blitz chess game ever, he plays the king s gambit against sergey karjakin, dragging his opponent into a complicated position and serious time trouble. Chess openings encyclopedia of chess openings c34 kings. Oct 15, 2011 shaw offers a book on a topic that he is passionate about, well researched and delivered with humor and in a way that feels like is speaking to you directly.
For years the falkbeer held centre stage, but white seems to have good chances in the main lines. The counter gambit is a gambit and i dont really like proving compensation. If white chooses to decline the gambit, it is usually done by 3. Dec 05, 2019 how to set a trap in the king s gambit accepted opening as white. He retired from professional chess in march 2005 to found the united civil front in russia, and has dedicated himself to establishing free and fair elections in his homeland.
It works reasonably well, but is unnecessary if the simple 2. Taking chess serious lately, and playing qga should broaden my chessknowledge with all the typical pawn structure and piece movements. The d5 move and taking on f4 later looks like the sundest option. Chess openings encyclopedia of chess openings c34 king s gambit, accepted, knight s gambit. Im looking forward to the new chess star the queen s gambit accepted by delchev and semkov. A modern view of a swashbuckling opening the king s gambit download book 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 first thing that strikes one on flipping through this book is the colossal depth. Hopefully a new kings gambit book by quality chess coming soon. Learning chess openings is an important part of any productive chess training. King s gambit accepted, muzio gambit, paulsen variation 1. Please post your comments so that we could learn from you, too. In kings gambit, hoffman interweaves gripping tales from the history of the game and revealing portraits of contemporary chess geniuses into the emotionally charged story of his own recent attempt to get back into tournament chess as an adultthis time without losing his mind or his humanity. I have played the king s gambit as white and play bc4 and 00.
Please know that prices may change when you click the link. Study chess openings by watching grandmaster gm games. White gives up a pawn to start the game in exchange for a lead in. Nf3, black s most theoretically critical response is to try to hold onto the extra pawn with 3. The king s gambit by mcdonald is a more modern treatment, some attempt at conceptual understanding is made by the author. The kings gambit is broken into two major variations. This is statistically white s best approach against the king s gambit accepted, in that white wins only slightly fewer games than black does. Shows that morphy was apparently keeping up on chess developments long after he stopped playing. Tarrasch s counter gambit goes down reti vs tarrasch, 1920. Garry kasparov books list of books by author garry kasparov. Use our huge chess games and chess opening database to. Here we are going to show you brilliant games of different variations employing the king s gambit.
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