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Re: The Fascinating King's Gambit
Reply #226 - 03/14/06 at 16:33:11
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 Grin Count me in on the Kings Gambit Group Grin
Thomas Johansson would make a great leader of that group!!! Grin


Sounds good! Our KG God would make a great leader indeed Cheesy
  
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Re: The Fascinating King's Gambit
Reply #225 - 03/14/06 at 14:42:58
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I suggest that some of the leading authors (like Johanssons etc.) writes a book about King's Gambit which would not be a theory compedium, but on the contrary a sort of book which would include the following themes:

a) history of King's Gambit
b) great followers of the King's Gambit
c) evolution of lines and a body of theory
d) explanation of strategy and ideas through centurys
e) anecdotes, names of variations etc.
f) list of all worthy manuals and software about the King's Gambit

Such book would be a good crossroad for all future player and a treasure for all of us who already play this opening.
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Reply #224 - 03/12/06 at 00:51:44
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Re: The Fascinating King's Gambit
Reply #223 - 03/07/06 at 17:33:55
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Hey people! I was wondering if we can build or form a sort of King's Gambit Society which would bond all players around the world. The society can then inform people about new books, software etc., perform thematic tournaments on the net (i.e. on playchess.com), build a register of members etc. I don't know if this project could pass, but one never knows...
  
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Re: The Fascinating King's Gambit
Reply #222 - 03/07/06 at 17:21:15
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I think that I have a good news for all King's gambit aficionados: rumours on the net say that the Quality, a publisher from Sweden, works on the book about our favourite openings, and that I have heard from Mr. Aagaard personally. I hope this is true, and we will be armed with one weapon more...
  
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Re: The Fascinating King's Gambit
Reply #221 - 03/07/06 at 16:45:02
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Slightly off-topic - I await further news of your 2.b3 book with relish, TalJechin. I've been playing this line for years with some success, but without too much knowledge of the theory, and could do with a guide to help me on my way! Is there a timescale on this project?


Well, I still hope to get it finished in a couple of months but alas tempus fugit - the main problem is that I tend to get caught up in some interesting position and spend way too much time on it than it might deserve compared to the whole picture... 

The main chunks are the following parts:
5.Qe2
5.g4
3...Nf6
3...c5
2...c5/2...b6
misc 2nds

At the moment I'm halfway through 5.g4 (which may not be as bad its reputation, though one needs to growel for 2-3 moves in the main defence...)

I expect the remaining parts to go quicker than the first two as they're less intense in play - so late May early June may not be too optimistic a time frame...  Roll Eyes

Thanks for asking btw, always nice to hear that there might be a market for the RG book!  Smiley

I'll try too keep the books info page more updated within a few days, so keep checkin this page  Wink

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Re: The Fascinating King's Gambit
Reply #220 - 03/07/06 at 12:36:44
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This is often a problem with opening books - they are generally created by people with little or no chess ability, often copying moves down blindly (and often making errors). 

Slightly off-topic - I await further news of your 2.b3 book with relish, TalJechin. I've been playing this line for years with some success, but without too much knowledge of the theory, and could do with a guide to help me on my way! Is there a timescale on this project?

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Re: The Fascinating King's Gambit
Reply #219 - 03/07/06 at 12:15:09
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Hey masters of attack! I've played one blitz game against Fritz 9 using his openings book, playing tournament moves, and just look how bad the variation is given by opening book moderator:

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bb3 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.d4 Bd6 8.Nge2 0-0 9.Bxf4 Bxf4 10.Nxf4 Re8+ 11.Nfe2 Ng4 12.Nxd5 Be6 13.h3 Bxd5 14.hxg4 Bxg2 15.Rh2 Bf3 16.Qd3 Rxe2+ 17.Rxe2 Bxe2 18.Qxe2 Nc6 19.0-0-0 Nxd4 last book move 20.Bxf7+ Kxf7 21.Qc4+ Kf8 22.Rxd4 Qb6 23.Rf4+ Ke7 24.Rf7+ Ke8 25.Rf1 Qe3+ 26.Kb1 Qe7 27.Qg8+ Kd7 28.Rd1+ Kc7 29.Qxa8 a6 30.Qg8 g5 31.Qc4+ Kb6 32.a3 1-0

My book comes for Easter. Can hardly wait for leraning great unexplored stuff.
Best wishes!


Smiley It seems fritz's trainer is a Fischer fan, the game follows Bobby's analysis from 1964 up to 21.Qc4+ - a strange choice for a black repertoire...
  
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Re: The Fascinating King's Gambit
Reply #218 - 03/07/06 at 12:00:02
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That certainly looks very poor ...  Huh
  
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Re: The Fascinating King's Gambit
Reply #217 - 03/07/06 at 11:52:34
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Hey masters of attack! I've played one blitz game against Fritz 9 using his openings book, playing tournament moves, and just look how bad the variation is given by opening book moderator:

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bb3 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.d4 Bd6 8.Nge2 0-0 9.Bxf4 Bxf4 10.Nxf4 Re8+ 11.Nfe2 Ng4 12.Nxd5 Be6 13.h3 Bxd5 14.hxg4 Bxg2 15.Rh2 Bf3 16.Qd3 Rxe2+ 17.Rxe2 Bxe2 18.Qxe2 Nc6 19.0-0-0 Nxd4 last book move 20.Bxf7+ Kxf7 21.Qc4+ Kf8 22.Rxd4 Qb6 23.Rf4+ Ke7 24.Rf7+ Ke8 25.Rf1 Qe3+ 26.Kb1 Qe7 27.Qg8+ Kd7 28.Rd1+ Kc7 29.Qxa8 a6 30.Qg8 g5 31.Qc4+ Kb6 32.a3 1-0

My book comes for Easter. Can hardly wait for leraning great unexplored stuff.
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Reply #216 - 03/04/06 at 05:08:52
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Hi all,

I have just joined this forum.

You will find one of my correspondence King's Gambits in issue 22 of Kaissiber magazine.

I am currently playing a King's Gambit fixed openings tournament on ICCF. My opponents with one exception (who is a FIDE master who has no ICCF grading) are all rated higher than me.) None of the games are going to be published on the net until all games are finished. I cannot comment on them yet as some games are going much faster than others. Some games have only reached move six while I have won one game as black.

I have both of the books by Thomas Johansson. For the first time in my life I have tried the bishop's gambit. Alas the highest rated player in the tournament has played  one of the lines discussed on this forum.

When the tournament is over I will have a mass of stuff to post here including one bombshell game and lots of theory.

One delicous point is that I was able to play the white side of my two games with SIM Colin Savage in two over the board games during the week.
  
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Re: The Fascinating King's Gambit
Reply #215 - 03/03/06 at 09:47:56
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To get the thread back on track and also to inform any german KGeers here, it seems the FKG has now a german reseller! Smiley

Instead of just quoting the back cover like everyone else, they quote my entire Introduction, which is OK by me - but they could've asked first... Huh

https://www.schachversand.de/scripts/querydeutsch.idq?CiBookMark=N-1e4e9f0-ebcb-...
  
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Re: The Fascinating King's Gambit
Reply #214 - 02/28/06 at 15:27:49
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Perhaps it has already been mentioned but just in case I'll note that one book has already been published on 1.e4 e6 2.b3.  I sold it years ago (now wish I hadn't) and can't remember the title or the author.  About the only idea I can remember from the book was the gambit 1.e4 e6 2.b3 d5 3.Bb2 c5 4.Nf3!? dxe4 5.Ne5.  Anyone aware of this book?



Yep I got it. It's Papa's eponymous gambitbook - though it's more like an a4 size pamphlet. It's still available at some dealers specialising in old chess books (at least I think I still have the address to one US dealer that had it six months ago - message me if u want it and I'll try to find it...).

On the issue of the definite book name - it will all be revealed in a couple of months, I hope!

Anyway, I think we've drifted quite off topic here...  Roll Eyes
  
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Re: The Fascinating King's Gambit
Reply #213 - 02/28/06 at 14:38:03
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Perhaps it has already been mentioned but just in case I'll note that one book has already been published on 1.e4 e6 2.b3.  I sold it years ago (now wish I hadn't) and can't remember the title or the author.  About the only idea I can remember from the book was the gambit 1.e4 e6 2.b3 d5 3.Bb2 c5 4.Nf3!? dxe4 5.Ne5.  Anyone aware of this book?
  
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Re: The Fascinating King's Gambit
Reply #212 - 02/24/06 at 20:13:23
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OK, then simply Réti's Anti-French.
  
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