Conspiracy Theory
I am wondering if my sudden run from 1450 to 1620's is due in part to the introduction of Fritz 9. All of a sudden there is a influx of new players that
start out with an introductory (and artifically high)rating of 1500. hmmm. It was a
fun run !
Water and my chess play will seek it's own level. I have since been fluctuating between 1550 and 1600 .
Yes I am still doing some tactic work . Doing my 5x5 flashcards will return soon to level 3 Ct-art.
Also does anyone have recommendations on a good book on Gambits?
start out with an introductory (and artifically high)rating of 1500. hmmm. It was a
fun run !
Water and my chess play will seek it's own level. I have since been fluctuating between 1550 and 1600 .
Yes I am still doing some tactic work . Doing my 5x5 flashcards will return soon to level 3 Ct-art.
Also does anyone have recommendations on a good book on Gambits?
posted by takchess @ 3:36 AM
3 Comments:
At 5:22 AM,
Temposchlucker said…
A book that gave me 5 good openingsidea's was 101 chess opening surprises from Graham Burgess. Not very deep, 1-2 pages per idea, but a very good selection, and very surprising for your opponents. Idea's are rated on surprise value and solidity on a scale from 1 to 5.
I used it to fix the holes in my repertoire.
At 6:04 AM,
phorku said…
I have these:
Gambit Openings Repertoire For Black (Essential Opening Repertoire Series)-Schiller
Gambit Opening Repertoire For White (Essential Opening Repertoire Series) by Eric Schiller (Paperback)-Schiller
They get a lot of bad reviews that you can read on Amazon.com. I thought they were ok though. I am a bad memorizer and don't care if every variation is evaluated. I was just looking for some playable gambits and the basic ideas behind them.
I also have How to Play the Goring Gambit-Schiller. I found this gambit to be completely unplayable against anyone who was careful and rated 1500 or above (FICS).
I also have Danish Dynamite that I could not get into and sits unread in my box of chess books.
The only gambit opening I play now is the Scandinavian/Icelandic gambits for black which I like a lot. I like the Halasz Gambit vs the Sicilian for white but I have not played it for a long time.
Perhaps I will study some again when I am done with my tactical studies. I switched to a non-gambit opening for white since you already have the initiative and the better players would trade down and punish me in the endgame.
At 7:33 AM,
Pale Morning Dun - Errant Knight de la Maza said…
I have both of Schiller's books that phorku mentioned. Indeed, Schiller gets panned in reviews but quite frankly I thought it was a good start. I have not adopted all of his ideas. For Black I've taken the Scandinavian against e4. My d4 gambit as black is still in the works. I messed around with the Goring, but like Phorku, I found it a weak.
So for white I've adopted the Kings Gambit and the Smith Morra. I found a nice ebook on the Smith-Morra that I use My knowledge of the Scandinavian as Black already helps me as white if my opponent plays 1....d5
I use Book Up express, an opening trainer. I've found it really useful for getting basic lines down. As I go through the opening book, I enter the moves in the book up program and then I can quiz myself. When I know an opponent plays 1.e4, I'll fire up Bookup and practice my Scandinavian. I think it's pretty effective.
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