This lethal trap may catch the unsuspected player unfamiliar with the king s gambit opening. I have tried where possible to use games from joe gallaghers popular book. John shaw view sample pages pdf the king s gambit 1. John shaw is a chess grandmaster who has been scottish champion three times. The king s gambit for the creative aggressor by thomas johansson. 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. It has a long history, yet it still manages to mystify and intrigue us in this modern era.
The king s gambit is a book published in 20 and written by gm john shaw. Mar, 2009 the king s gambit is a sharp attack against the king side of black. Anyone who plays the kings gambit will need to buy this book. Today s players, under the influence of their computer programs, are more. The systematic kings gambit movetrainer course chessable. The company was founded by three chess players and editors, grandmasters john nunn and murray chandler, and fm graham burgess. Ragozin vs botvinnik, 1947 c36 king s gambit accepted, abbazia defense, 34 moves, 01.
His the kings gambit for the creative aggressor deals exclusively with 3. 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. In the glory days of paul morphy, in the nineteenth century, to play anything else was regarded as almost cowardly. Kings gambit by paul hoffman overdrive rakuten overdrive. 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. Winning with the kings gambit by joe gallagher free books.
John shaws book on the king s gambit loudly claimed the refutation of the bc4 variation by trotting out the nc6 line in a whole chapter on it. I have played the king s gambit as white and play bc4 and 00. This is statistically white s best approach against the king s gambit accepted, in that white wins only slightly fewer games than black does. It is infrequently seen at master level today, as black has several methods to gain equality, but is still popular at amateur level. White is offering the fpawn for capture and hopes that he will get a long lasting initiative when black captures the fpawn. Get free shipping on the king s gambit by grandmaster john shaw, from. The kings gambit by john shaw meet your next favorite book. Buy the kings gambit grandmaster guide book online at low. Search the chess games database, download games, view frequent practitioners and browse the opening explorer.
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. Book kings gambit by john shaw play chess openings. As a young man, paul hoffman was a brilliant chess player. Legends such as spassky and bronstein kept the flame burning in the 20th century, but its popularity faded. The variations of the kings gambit exeter chess club. I, rex duke, gambit s official parade connoisseur, look forward to a week of celebration and splendor. Chess had a golden era when the kings gambit was the favorite opening of every attacking player. If black does not capture the pawn, it is the king s gambit declined kgd. Three hundred years ago, french colonials established an encampment directly across the mississippi river from the yearold settlement of new orleans. C32 king s gambit declined, falkbeer counter gambit, 19 moves, 10. In the king s gambit, white offers a pawn sacrifice with 2. Buy the kings gambit by grandmaster john shaw with free. Hebden later gave up the kings gambit in favour of offbeat 1.
This immense book will be the definitive king s gambit bible for the next 1520 years. Fischer vs larry evans, 1963 c33 king s gambit accepted, 36. White hopes that black will accept the gambit and try to hold on to the pawn advantage. 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. 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. In kings gambit, he interweaves a gripping overview of the history of the game and an indepth look at the stat. With blake webb, rebecca galarza, reggie peters, wade hunt williams.
When black captures the pawn, it is the king s gambit accepted kga. Wield the power of the kings gambit the boldest, most brazen. Winning with the king s gambit free pdf books from bookyards, one of the world s first online libraries to offer ebooks to be downloaded for free. But im sure grandmaster shaw could easily have gotten to pages. It s not a book that promises how to win with the king s gambit. The grandmaster repertoire books are an excellent series, and i was particularly helped by schandorff s book on the caro kann, but i got bogged down playing the vienna as white and really wanted to try the king s gambit. 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. The king s gambit is a sharp attack against the king side of black. This is his most ambitious book to date, and was many years. The king s gambit is considered inferior because white is sacrificing king safety along with a pawn on move 2. Far and away the greatest king s gambit book ever, and perhaps the greatest book ever written on a single opening. John shaws book, the kings gambit is an outstanding work on an opening which is no longer so popular.
Winning with the king s gambit free pdf books from bookyards, one of the worlds first online libraries to offer ebooks to be downloaded for free. I once asked english gm mark hebden, who played the kings gambit for many years, what the most effective defences against it were. The kings gambit by john shaw a grandmaster guide amazon uk. The king s gambit was one of the most popular openings until the late 19th century, when improvements in defensive technique led it to decline in popularity. How to set a trap in the kings gambit accepted opening as white.
The kings gambit by john shaw, opening chess book by quality. 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. There was a golden era when the kings gambit was the favourite opening of every attacking player. However after looking through the vol 1 dvd of simon wil. 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. Fm graham burgess, in his book the mammoth book of chess, noted the discrepancy between the king s gambit and wilhelm steinitzs accumulation theory. In the glory days of paul morphy it was considered almost. 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 the most romantic chess opening in chess, no question about that. 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. Bronstein vs m20, 1963 c34 king s gambit accepted, 23 moves, 10. This is his most ambitious book to date, and was many years in the making. Johansson is a practitioner of the opening, you can feel the enthusiasm. In the glory days of paul morphy it was considered almost cowardly to play anything else. When i first picked up this book by john shaw i thought, wow. A monster that will kill you if you are not careful. That said, the king s gambit is a great weapon at the club.
And when players decided to decline the gambit, black won once, drew six times and lost eight times. 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. A bust to the king s gambit by bobby fischer, larry evans ed. Gm john shaw has been scottish champion three times. The kings gambit by john maddox roberts set in the 1st century ancient rome, this murder mystery will have you hooked and wanting more. Chess had a golden era when the king s gambit was the favorite opening of every attacking player. White gives up a pawn to start the game in exchange for a lead in development. Nf3, while the fascinating kings gambit is centered on 3. 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. 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. 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. In the time of crassus and pompey, murder and intrigue are not that uncommon. 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. How the kings gambit defeated world champion bobby fischer boris spassky white duration.
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 kings gambit by john shaw, opening chess book by. Perhaps the baden masters were influenced by what happened in the first round. Kings gambit john shaw supplier of chess books, chess. Shaws book recommends nc3 as the key move in almost all the lines lots transpose into a vienna with f4. Gambits guide to carnival parades through mardi gras. For starters, new orleans most talked of club, or nomtoc, marks its 50th parade in. The kings gambit by john shaw mention by crazy chess player is new very thorough its going to be the handbook on the gambit for the next 60. Gambit publications limited forthcoming gambit chess books.
Gm simon williams, for instance, made a twopart video series on this opening and gm john shaw published a highly praised book on the kings gambit for the. 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. 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. The catholicism isnt overbearing i think a noncatholic reader would enjoy the story, though the setting certainly does inform the plot at multiple turns. The king s gambit 9781906552718 by john shaw and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Buy the kings gambit by john shaw a grandmaster guide 1st by john shaw isbn. Young boris, knight of the king s gambit spassky vs averbakh, 1955 c34 king s gambit accepted, 29 moves, 10. I have played the kings gambit as white and play bc4 and 00. The variations of the king s gambit heres a zipthrough the main lines of the king s gambit, using complete games. Zsuzsa polgar vs d h campora, 1989 c33 king s gambit accepted, 14 moves, 1212. The analysis is his and is an invaluable resource for any burgeoning kg player. Over the course of 680 pages, shaw takes up nearly every possible variation of the kings gambit, subjecting even minor lines to extensive and.