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I refuse to give it a link lest I encourage anyone to buy it. But today, any chess player with access to a chess database could produce something better in minutes.
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If this book had been published in the 1980s, before the widespread availability of databases, it might have been worthwhile. It is 22 pages with 47 diagrams and 51 games. An unstapled pamphlet that attractively organizes - but without any critical assessment, analysis or annotation - most available database games played with the line 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4.
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Bishop's Opening: The Berlin Defence, The Ponziani Gambit Accepted. Offers up the game Tavakolian - Gebhardt, German League 2008, for evidence of why you should play the Two Knights as Black instead.ĭavid Robert Lonsdale (2010). Offers good general coverage of a broad range of 1.e4 e5 openings, including the Urusov Gambit. Petersburg 1909 Neishtadt - NN, Simultaneous 1950 Hausner - Szymczak, Prague 1989 Jurjevich - Carter, USA 1994 Keidanski - Lasker, Berlin Simul 1891 and Avrukh - Skripchenko, Linares 2001. Coverage is broken into a selection of games and a "theoretical overview." Games include Polzin - Fritzche, Berlin 1996 Estrin - Taimanov, Leningrad 1949 Tereschenko - Rotlewi, St. The second chapter is devoted to the Urusov Gambit, with special attention to some of the sacrificial lines. See my review for details about this excellent book. The Alterman Gambit Guide: White Gambits. But this is truly an excellent book.īoris Alterman (2010). As part of a review of The Alterman Gambit Guide: White Gambits, I analyzed some lines, about which I was critical. " Boris Alterman on the Urusov Gambit." Kenilworth Chess Club. Analyzes the game Goeller - Komunicky, KCC Championship 2012, which featured the unusual line 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 b5!? " Anderssen Counter-Gambit." Kenilworth Chess Club. In Part Two, he discusses two critical positions from the Urusov in particular. This two-part article (see also Part One) offers a wonderful discussion of the Bxh6 sacrifice, which is so important in several lines of the Urusov. There are a number of side-lines along the way, of course, and these are all discussed in the sources given below. A better try for Black is 9.Be6, when White completes his development with 10.Bxe6 fxe6 11.Rhe1 or 10.Rhe1 Bxc4 11.Qxc4 and, in either case, has excellent compensation for the sacrificed pawn due to his commanding lead in development and control of space. In this position, 9.O-O? is already a grave error, and White gained a winning attack in Neishtadt - NN, Simultaneous 1950, after 10.Bd3 h6 11.Bxh6! gxh6 12.Qxh6 Nb4 13.Ng5 Nxd3+ 14.Rxd3 Bf5 15.Rg3 Bg6 16.Ne6 1-0. This is best illustrated by the main line with 4.Nxe4 5.Qxd4 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Qh4 d6 9.O-O-O when White need only play Rhe1 to have completely mobilized his pieces to their ideal squares.
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White's idea is to develop the pieces quickly and use his advantage in mobility to create attacking chances. The Urusov Gambit arises after 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nf3. Boris Alterman, The Alterman Gambit Guide: White Gambits (47). As always, I invite corrections and additions.īishop's Opening and Urusov Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4 Rapid mobilization of pieces open lines to utilize White's lead in development typical mating sacrifices on the kingside - these factors explain why the Urusov Gambit was one of the most populr openings at the start of the 20th Century. I will probably continue adding to the material here through Thursday. The bibliography includes books, articles, online resources, and videos for each of the variations covered. The repertoire I now recommend includes the Bishop's Opening and Urusov Gambit, starting 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nf3 the Modern Sveshnikov Variation of the Two Knights Defense, which comes about by 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.e5 or by transposition from the Urusov after 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 (3.Nc6!? 4.Nf3) 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.e5 and the Steinitz-Sveshnikov Variation of the Giuoco Piano, which arises after 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bc5 (or 2.Bc5 3.Nf3 Nc6) 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5. In preparation for my lecture, I decided to put together a bibliography of sources on the repertoire I recommend, which is different from the one I recommended in The Urusov Gambit System website back in 2003. I will be giving a lecture at the Kenilworth Chess Club on Thursday, November 29th, beginning at 8:15 pm on "The Tactics of the Urusov Gambit." Admission is $5 and includes a packet of materials on the Urusov and related lines.