Gambit play : sacrificing in the opening

129 Pages·2003·11.92 MB·English

by  Dunnington, Angus

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CONTENTS
Introduction
5
1 Time 7
2 OpenLin e 30
s
3 41
TheI nitiative
4 Outposts 60
5 84
Disprtiuon
6 97
Structure
7 Miniatures 109
I
INTROJUCTION
Ina ni deawlo rlpdl ayecrosu lsde et he gambitosf,s acriftcai pnagw no rtw o
biggepri cturaen da voigde ttintgh em­(ort hr.e).e . int hee arlsyt agoefst he
selvtieesd u pi no rdetro ' secuwrhea't gamei nr etufronr a developmaedn­t
ise ssentiaa lglaym bipta wn( orp awns)v antagoep,e nl ineosr an influential
that comei ntpol amyu chl atienr knighto utpofsotre, x amplTeh.ep racti­
will
theg ameB.u ti nr ealtihteyir e yeasr e cale xamplienst hibso oka reb iasiend
toob igt,h egryo w attachteogd a mbitf avouorft heg ambiatn di tmsa nyu ses,
pawnsa nds tatrotb rearku letsh aatr e ast hespea gehsa veb eend esignteod
usualltya kenf org rante'dH.o me'o ffear t astoefa keyp arotf t heg ame
squaraersen eglecltiendoe,ps e nu pf or rathetrh ana foolprowoaft,e rtight
thee xclusuisveeo f theo ppositiowne,a pon.
piec-esw henftn allbyr ougihntt toh e Chesss houlndo tb e easyb,u ti t
gameo,f temnu chl attehra tnh ee nemy shoulbde andm y intentiwohne m
fun,
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intoou rp layb,yk eepian mgo reo pen tiono nt her oatdo c hesdsi scovery.
mind ast ot heg ambipto ssibitlhiatti esI ti sim peratitvheaa t g ambihta sa n
lur-k nott oow elhli dde-ni nt he agendtah,a pta rting a pawno r
with
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nots on eafurt urea, p ricteop ayi nr e­
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ojic-eK arpov realcloyn ditionoanl t heo pposiitsi on
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dKirsapmlnaiawkyn osdrS ytpa hsskwiyth a anwdo huladv-e(b cea refmulaldye)a fewhi nts
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viewt o emulating exploiatnsy, wheraep propriate, forgtheatt
theoretiociaoln sth eirin these pages succses gambbuidtptonl a'oytf tebno ils
notb peuni seda st hef oundationdthsoe wn to proafc tipcasly, choflaocgi­cal
shaon uolpedn inrge pertoWhilier e.I hve to.r.s.
otrfi iends omeo ft hmeo rheea vilyann oa- And rem m ber -Gambits are
e Fun.
I
CHAPTEORN E
Time
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time andd evelopmentt ob eo ver­time. Int hefIr stg ameW hitsee emtso
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mateltyh repea wnst,h atwto rookasr e thee nemkinyg .
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