A little history on otto tennison aside, one is much better off garnering lines from the net or chess dot com. Gambit chess will help to improve your chess skills and become a better tournament or casual player. Following gambits chess explained template, vigorito uses 25 current, wellannotated games, to illustrate his points. The book text appears on the lefthand side of the ipad screen, and can be scrolled up and down by the usual dragging method. The lewis carroll society website charles dodgson and chess. Gambit chess has an easy to work interface where you have the possibility to listen music and play on your particular way. I think of all black defences to 1 e4, it may be the one that maximizes whites play. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. A gambit from ancient italian gambetto, meaning to trip is a chess opening in which a player, more often white, sacrifices material, usually a pawn, with the hope of achieving a resulting advantageous position. Le gambit tennison petits pieges entre amis volume 1 french edition benlolo, alain on. Still, if you want to play a gambit in every game as white, you will need to be reckless on. The tennison gambit is an aggressive line against the scandinavian defense that starts with the moves. It remains popular at the club level, although it is not played often at the very highest levels of chess.
Nf3 leads to positions which are new territory for most players. App editions of the following gambit chess books are available as inapp purchases. While this may not be the most sound opening in chess, its. It is not sound, and most sensible defensive plans will suffice to get out of the opening alive as black. At the amateur level, most games are won or lost in the opening through mistakes or falling in a book trap. Written by gms and renowned opening experts lev alburt, roman dzindzichashvili, and eugene perelshteyn, the books have found great popularity among players who want to play exciting openings without learning a huge amount of material. I have a book on this opening which still seems to be available. Opening chess books we have hundreds of chess opening books representing each of the popular chess openings. The gambits are organized into sections by the parent chess opening, giving the gambit name, eco code, and. This book is incredibly, incredibly hard to follow and understand. The book was first published in 1955 and has been reprinted. Probably the most important part of a chess game for the amateur chess player is the opening. Chess openings other english opening reti opening unusual openings queens gambit chess books. The best book i found on semislav is one from david vigorito.
The evans gambit quality chess chess book by quality chess. Maybe it is because of boring titles, like chess endgame strategy or improve your 2. Lars schandorrfplaying the queens gambit 2nd edition could be what you want. White sacrifices a pawn for rapid development, and open lines. Gambit is the worlds preeminent chess book publishing company, founded in 1997 and run for the past 23 years by a team of chess masters and grandmasters. A gambit is basically a chess opening strategy in which a player sacrifices his material of lesser value, like a pawn, with the hope of achieving an advantageous position. 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. 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. This book provides white with a hardhitting repertoire against all blacks answers to 1.
It comes with pgn files for a lot of famousimportant chess books. New england international master david vigoritos latest book, chess explained. The tennison gambit is a chess opening in which white gambits a pawn. Gambit has books on every phase of the game and every opening that has ever been designed. His book, the chessplayers handbook, became the standard introduction to the game. Using your device tablet or phone first download gambit. Dk none of the major chess publishers has produced a book on the kings gambit in the. Gambit publications, one of the most successful chess book publishers in the world, wants you to suggest titles that will fire the imagination of the public. This is a fine chess book on how to play the latvian gambit 1 e4 e5 2 nf3 f5, for either side. In its pages, he details his relationship with the royal game of chess. This article needs additional citations for verification. Bryce courtenay 19332012, the australian novelist, wrote the power of one in 1989, with references to chess.
A treasury of masterpieces in miniature, but it is usually shortened to best short games of chess. John lutes tennison gambit book with a comprehensive history of the development of the gambit. I think that the queens gambit declined is a good example of martins ability to present a competent, sound repertoire in a clear way. The company was founded by three chess players and editors, grandmasters john nunn and murray chandler, and fm graham burgess. The queens gambit is one of the oldest chess openings and most written on with many variations. Legends such as spassky and bronstein kept the flame burning in. The computer informed him he was playing the tennison gambit, and. Black is almost always going to capture the pawn on e4 and white should respond with ng5. The full title of this wellknown chess book is the best short games of chess. Black can hold on to the pawn unlike its cousin the queens gambit, but will often do so at the expense of development, and his kingside. The company publishes chess books in three formats. This material can be used profitably by players from an elementary level all the way up to low master, which is.
Before playing any gambit you want to be aware of few things. Le gambit tennison petits pieges entre amis volume 1. Gambit chess is an enjoyable experience for any chess player. Gambit chess studio is a free app which allows you to enjoy gambit chess books in a new and convenient format, including the ability to play over all the chess content of the book onscreen. But at least a book that covers roughly qga, qgd and the slav would be nice. Perhaps the baden masters were influenced by what happened in the first round. Still, bekemann has had access to the top computer engines, so his modern look at the tennison should extend understanding. The tennison gambit is one of these openings which the chess world has almost entirely neglected up to now.
Chess openings for white explained and chess openings for black explained are complete opening repertoires for the tournament player. Tennyson the poet was appointed president of the revived british chess association in 1883. You will find informative books on openings, middle game play, end game, and just about anything you can imagine on the game of chess. Chess had a golden era when the kings gambit was the favorite opening of every attacking player. The tennison gambit, tg, is a great surprise and little known weapon.
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. Chess story or the royal game is stephan zweigs autobiographical short story detailing how he used chess as a way to escape boredom while imprisoned by the nazis. Gambit app books available for the gambit chess studio app. Facebook groups concerning chess books and chess teachers are. He accepts it and refutes itnot easy to do if you play correctlythen you will be down material. Le gambit tennison petits pieges entre amis volume 1 french edition. The kings gambit is one of the oldest chess openings. First published in 1847, it was reprinted and revised right up to 1942. Our forefathers brilliant combinations, their imaginative attacking plans and even certain endgame analysis. It is important to study the openings and know what traps and pitfalls may arise from a. In the glory days of paul morphy it was considered almost cowardly to play anything else. The core of the repertoire is the cambridge springs variation, a great choice because it is solid and limits whites choices at the same time.
This book is about the benko gambit which has served me well for the past 14 years in correspondence chess and overtheboard play. Below are the very best books on the queens gambit that will give you insight and understanding for both offering it to your opponent and declining it. Gambit chess studio is an ebook reader with additional chessspecific functionality, in that you can play over the moves in the book using an onscreen board. The repertoire is based entirely on big mainlines, which guarantees its reliability and strength. Forthcoming gambit chess books gambit publications. Bb6 declined alekhine vs j m fuentes, 1945 c51 evans gambit, 28 moves, 10.
You can find the chess openings book youre looking for by searching by the books author or publisher above, or by clicking on one of the opening links below. I still don t feel like sellingthrowing them coz i kept them for my son. Playing the queens gambit quality chess chess book by. The gambit publications challenge chess news chessbase. The tennison gambit is a radical attempt to alter the opening landscape with a gambit which encourages black to create weaknesses early in the game. You still need the chess book, but with this you can have all the games of the book in one file, in case you want to analyze on your computer or a study or whatever.
Kindle ebooks can be read on any device with the free kindle. 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. And when players decided to decline the gambit, black won once, drew six times and lost eight times. Which chess gambits should i learn first and in what order. Gambit chess is a chess simulator with advanced features. Still, if you want to play a gambit in every game as white, you will need to be reckless on occasion. His actual interest in chess, though, seems to have been fairly peripheral, although back in 1862 his 8yearold son lionel played chess against. Just received bekemanns book, barely opened it yet. I guess they were looking for a big name, and in 1883 celebrities didnt come much bigger than tennyson.
His last novel, sylvia, published in 2012, mentions chess. Some of them are known today as the giuoco piano, ruy lopez, petroffs defense, bishops opening, damianos defense, and. Fm graham burgess, in his book the mammoth book of chess, noted the discrepancy between the kings gambit and wilhelm steinitzs accumulation theory. Chess pieces, designed by nathaniel cooke in 1835, endorsed by staunton and patented in 1849, have become the worldwide normal pattern. The queens gambit is one of the most popular openings on all levels. This is the complete list of chess books from gambit publications. If you like to start with e4 and your opponent plays the scandinavian defense, d5, then the tennison gambit, 2. A mere 84 pages in length, chess story is the last book zweig wrote before he and his wife committed suicide.
Sylvia ends up as a nun who plays chess like a master and teaches chess to others. Hey all, just got interested in the tennison gambit and im wondering if anyone could give me some help with a few continuations. The gambit book of instructive chess puzzles and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. There was a golden era when the kings gambit was the favourite opening of every attacking player. Uwe bekemann holds the title of national correspondence chess master and is the author and coauthor of several opening books. The main line slav, discusses all major lines following the moves 1.