cathexis wrote on 03/10/22 at 21:16:16:


I think he priced them at around $90 when they were first published. Print run of 200 copies that he said were down to 60 by March 2017 and his last 5 by 18 May 2017.

Got my copy of Shaw's book and noticed Chesspublishing.com got a little love on the bibliography page!

cathexis wrote on 03/01/22 at 22:18:01:


Tim's books were always decent. He just took exception to the editing of that one is all.

As for other stuff, you can find quite a lot of info in various 1 e4 e5 repertoire books for Black:

3...Nf6 – Emms

3...c6 – Lokander

3...Qh4+ 4 Kf1 d6 – Bologan & Ntirlis

3...f5 – me

and 3...Nc6 is (as MNb says) in Shaw's big KG book, though 4 d4 Nf6 5 Nc3 Bb4 6 Ne2 f3 7 gxf3 d5 is considered to be pretty much equal now – and played out to four draws in TCEC (Top Chess Engine Championship) games 2019-20.

Thanks Mr. Tait!

But I also read some of that thread. Today, in 2022, would you say it is a great book on the KG in general and the bishop's gambit in particular?

And since 2015?

I must first admit that I have not even come close to reading the 260+ posts that make up the body of this thread. What I am asking however is if other books focusing on the Bishop's Gambit (3.Bc4) have come out in the 15 years since this was first published? I don't mind buying older books, but despite the fact it was written by a forum member it has received some pretty harsh criticism on Amazon on the layout, etc. of the book itself. That and the age make me hesitate to get it even though I'm curious to learn more on the KG, bishop's gambit ideas. Any thoughts?

TIA,
Cathexis

Tada! It's now over 100K!

In 'The fascinating King's gambit' T. Johansson wrote: 'unfortunately modern computers soon came up with some strong improvements for black, in the theoretical main line, i.e. the Kieseritzky Gambit. These new ideas are almost certainly the reason why the King's Gambit has almost vanished from grandmaster practise the last few years'

I haven't found much information about these improvements, could someone please give a hint about where I should search?

Thanks.

Wow, thanks a lot. Setting up a tournament with different programmes goes beyond my capability, but just tossing a bit with the pieces a bit further down the line with different programmes kibitzing - and looking at the game excamples from Taljechin -  have made me realize that 4...b5 may actually not be that good.

I then looked at 4...Ne7, which is interesting, but I failed to find anything good after 5.Qh5! d5 (5...Ng6 6.d4!) 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Nxd5 Nxd5 8.Bxd5 Qe7+ 9.Ne2 with good play for White.

Thus, so far my conclusion is that 3...c6 probably doesn't yield Black better chances than 3...Nf6. It is still interesting though that it scores better and seems to have a higher average rating amongst it's followers, at least in my database. I may have to buy Johanssons book to get deeper into it.

Anyway, since the release of Shaws book, my personal preference has clearly been 3...Nc6, which has also paid of in terms of many good practical results. That move has been discussed at some length in the thread on Shaws book elsewhere on the forum (and where I'm still hoping for some feedback to a replay (139) I made 25 november 2014...).

Thanks again both to Tony and Taljechin!