Grandmaster Gambits, 1.e4

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Keep It Simple 1.e4 - Edition 2.0

Faktisk en formidabel innbundet bok om å spille 1.e4, stor, men pedagogisk og ikke unødig detaljert.

A Simple Chess Opening Repertoire for White

En praktisk og overkommelig repertoarbok om å spille hvit med 1 e4 og spille noen stillinger i slekt med hverandre, fortrinnsvis med en isolert d-bonde som gir angrepssjanser. Variantene kan spilles på alle nivåer, og gjerne fra ratingnivå ca 1000 og oppover.

A Complete Opening Repertoire for Black after 1.e4 e5!

En konsentrert, ganske imponerende bok med solide variantvalg hele veien for svart med 1 e4 e5. Noen valg er også riktig sjeldne, som mot Kongegambit 1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 Sf3 Se7 og 4 d4 d5.

A Disreputable Opening Repertoire

En skikkelig tøff repertoarbok for svartspillere etter 1 e4 e5. Her foreskrives altså varianter som stort sett har et dårlig rykte, men som det slett ikke er så enkelt å gjendrive eller spille mot i kampens hete.

A Startling Chess Opening Repertoire

En ekstra kjekk repertoarbok for hvit med 1 e4, med både solide varianter som gir et viss press og skarpere våpen som gir svart krevende oppgaver å løse. Førsteutgaven av denne boka fra 1998 har vært utsolgt i mange år.

Forlagets egen omtale

Are you bored with playing it safe in the opening? Had enough of developing your pieces sensibly, aiming to control the centre and getting your king castled? Do you yearn to tear the opposition apart in the style of the great 19th century masters? Then Grandmaster Gambits 1 e4 is the book for you!

The highly successful writing duo of Richard Palliser and Simon (GingerGM) Williams have teamed up again to create a repertoire based on jettisoning a pawn (and often a whole lot more) very early on. Whatever opening your opponent favours against 1 e4, the authors have a dynamic gambiteering counter which will throw them onto their own resources.

The Sicilian Defence? Attack it with the Wing Gambit.

1...e5? Tear Black apart with the Max Lange Attack.

The French? Suffocate Black with the Advance Variation including Magnus Carlsen’s souped-up version of the Milner-Barry Gambit.

The Caro-Kann? Play the Hillbilly Attack with 2 Bc4! Your opponent might laugh but they won’t be laughing when you crash through on f7.

Forget about playing “properly” in the opening. Open 1 e4, play the Grandmaster Gambits and rip your unprepared opponents apart!

Richard Palliser is an International Master and the editor of CHESS Magazine. In 2006 he became Joint British Rapidplay Champion and in 2019 finished third in the British Championship. He has established a reputation as a skilled chess writer and written many works for Everyman, including the bestselling The Complete Chess Workout.

Simon Williams is a Grandmaster, a well-known presenter and a widely-followed streamer, as well as a popular writer whose previous books have received great praise. He is much admired for his dynamic and spontaneous attacking style.