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Re: McDonald's King's Gambit
Reply #14 - 01/26/05 at 20:23:10
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Somehow I doubt, if many KG-eers will find the Konstantinopolsky Opening very attractive ...
  
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Re: McDonald's King's Gambit
Reply #13 - 01/26/05 at 11:41:09
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Hi,

You may be interested in 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.g3.
It is named the "Konstantinopolsky Opening". I have taken a quick look at the stats in my database and it scores quite well.

Good luck. Smiley
  
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Reply #12 - 01/10/05 at 02:20:27
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Please be informed, I'd transferred the article to our own named domain:-
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Reply #11 - 01/08/05 at 04:29:16
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Yep!  Cheesy - page 191 to be exact...
  
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Re: McDonald's King's Gambit
Reply #10 - 01/07/05 at 23:15:38
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Hi Johansson,

Any foot note in your new book to my old article "King's Gambit Declined [C30] - Busted?" ?  Smiley


  
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Reply #9 - 01/05/05 at 10:11:36
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I've always been a fan of McDonald's book - probably something to do with the fact that i only play the black side of the opening! However at my level (Welsh grade of 1749) the book introduces me to key ideas and defences which has got me by so far. I've only had a bad position once, and won all three games i have had facing the KG.
  
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Reply #8 - 01/05/05 at 10:05:17
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Fair enough--and thanks!
  
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Re: McDonald's King's Gambit
Reply #7 - 01/05/05 at 06:42:07
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The problem with McDonald's book is not that it is outdated - for this we have databases these days - but that it is superficial and incomplete. A few examples:
page 15: Van Wessel-Bellin 1997.
page 17: Aagaard-Keitlinghaus, Copenhagen 1997.
page 19: Zuse-Michalczak, Schöneck 1997.
page 23: 6...Bg7 7.gxf4 g4 8.Ng1 Qh4+ 9.Kf1 g3!
page 27: where can I find 4.Nc3 and 5.Nc3 lines?
page 60: Bücker has treated 7.d3 in detail in 1986.
page 60: what about 10...c6, which lead to a draw in Edöcs-Glauser, SUI 1983?
page 61: line b: 18.Rxe7 Qg6 "and Black wins" while 16.Rg4 Qf5 17.Rf4 is a forced draw.
page 62: again McDonald does not know Bückers analysis of the 9...Qf5! line.
The second half of the book somewhat better, but I think I have made my point clear.
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Re: McDonald's King's Gambit
Reply #6 - 01/05/05 at 01:39:23
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I recently purchased this book and have to say, it's been extremely diappointing. Why did GM McDonald write this book if he obviously has no confidence in this opening? The whole book can be summarized thusly: Black can severely punish White for any  mistake, and the best White can hope for is equality.

Is the King's Gambit actually dead? Or is McDonald's book just nto very encouraging? I found nothing in this book other than:

Don't play King's Gambit
If you must, play the Bishop's opening (only ~10 pages on this)

Perhaps its time to move on to mainstream openings like Ruy Lopez, Italian game, and KIA. My white repertoire used to be KG/KIA but now I think my response to 1. ...e5 might change.


I'll look forward to seeing Thomas Johansson's new book, but this isn't at all my reading of McDonald's book.  His coverage of the 3 Bc4 lines is very light, but he's quoting David Bronstein about the Bishop's opening, and it's not clear that he agrees.  I found his discussion of the opening very instructive; he claims that the new KG involves White striving for an endgame with a superior pawn structure rather than blasting open lines of attack for a romantic mating attack.  And if he expresses less than total optimism in places, it's refreshing to see some more accurate evaluations of lines, rather than overly optimistic praise, which is so common in opening manuals.

My bigger concern is that McDonald's book is 6+ years old.  Has KG theory changed dramatically?
  
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Re: McDonald's King's Gambit
Reply #5 - 11/23/04 at 05:35:45
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In my opinion, the KG is the most interesting reply to 1...e5, and far from dead or dying!  Angry

At the very least, the Bishop's Gambit is a good reply, with several different approaches for white in the main line Jaenisch Bogoljubov defence (2...exf4 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6). 

Bc4 is still unexplored territory, despite that world stars like e.g. Short, Adams and Ivanchuk have played it occasionally for many years. 

If you really want to put some venom in your play, I'd recommend that you find something better than the KIA instead, as black equalises in many ways in all major defences. 

Black can of course reach rough equality in the KG too (as against all openings), but that requires some informed choices, and even then the play is still interesting!
  
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Re: McDonald's King's Gambit
Reply #4 - 11/23/04 at 05:24:31
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Probably yes, otherwise he would not write a more or less repertoire book on it! Moreover, he has only played the KG as White.
  
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Re: McDonald's King's Gambit
Reply #3 - 11/23/04 at 00:26:15
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In your opinion, Johansson, is the KG dead/dying? Or is it still viable? I love it, but I don't want a repertoire of impossible openings. Are you optimistic of the future of KG?
  
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Re: McDonald's King's Gambit
Reply #2 - 11/22/04 at 05:23:08
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The good news is, that Johansson intends to publish a book on the Bishop's Gambit.


Hi, Johansson here. Just thought I'd mention that the new book will probably be available to order on the net in about 2-3 weeks. I'm ony waiting for the proof print to arrive... (But it will probably take a couple of months at least before it's available in the bookstores...)

About half the book deals with the Bishop's Gambit and the other half is a repertoire vs. the many  different KG Declineds.

For those interested, I'll post more info when it's available.
  
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Re: McDonald's King's Gambit
Reply #1 - 11/21/04 at 20:27:13
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You'd better buy Thomas Johansson's The KG for the Creative Aggressor. There are several threats on the KG on this site; the verdict seems to be, that 3.Nf3 g5 is a forced draw, especially after 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 d6 6.Nxg4 Nf6 7.Nxf6+ Qxf6 8.Nc3 Nc6!

The good news is, that Johansson intends to publish a book on the Bishop's Gambit.
  
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C30-C39: McDonald's King's Gambit
11/21/04 at 16:23:18
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I recently purchased this book and have to say, it's been extremely diappointing. Why did GM McDonald write this book if he obviously has no confidence in this opening? The whole book can be summarized thusly: Black can severely punish White for any  mistake, and the best White can hope for is equality.

Is the King's Gambit actually dead? Or is McDonald's book just nto very encouraging? I found nothing in this book other than:

Don't play King's Gambit
If you must, play the Bishop's opening (only ~10 pages on this)

Perhaps its time to move on to mainstream openings like Ruy Lopez, Italian game, and KIA. My white repertoire used to be KG/KIA but now I think my response to 1. ...e5 might change.
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