I read all three books a year ago and began to play those openings in rapid tournaments with good success. But i often had problems in normal chess games because my oponents played moves that the books didn't contain at an early stage. So i stopped playing most openings in normal chess but i still use them in rapid games. In my opinion the book is not a good repertoire book because many openings have too little content but these books teach you to take some risks and to look for tactics anywhere and that is what i learned from those books.
Alterman's Gambit Guide Repertoire
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Oct 25, 2014
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nikundnic wrote:
I read all three books a year ago and began to play those openings in rapid tournaments with good success. But i often had problems in normal chess games because my oponents played moves that the books didn't contain at an early stage. So i stopped playing most openings in normal chess but i still use them in rapid games. In my opinion the book is not a good repertoire book because many openings have too little content but these books teach you to take some risks and to look for tactics anywhere and that is what i learned from those books.
I've combined part of Alterman's gambit repetoire with part of Davies' gambit repertoire (from his two Gambiteer books) to create a repertoire I'm using.
White:
Danish Gambit (Davies' 4 Nxc3, not Alterman's 4 Bc4), Wing Gambit (French defense- Davies), Fantasy Variation (Caro Kann - Davies), Morra Gambit (Sicilian defense - Alterman), 4 b4 against the 3...Qa5 Scandinavian - Davies, 3 Nc3 (Alekhine - Davies).
Black - All from Alterman, none from Davies:
Benko, Blumenfeld, Vaganian, English Defense Gambit, Marshall Attack, Hector Gambit, Frankenstein-Dracula Gambit, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, From's Gambit.
I rejected Alterman's Trexler Counterattack in the Two Knights because it's too wild, and bought a book that covers 4...d5.
I'm giving this a shot until the end of the year and will decide then if I can manage such a repertoire. I'm mainly a solid positional player, so it goes against my grain somewhat, but I'm thinking it also goes against the grain of most club level opponents who dislike defending. I'm probably in over my head.
I used to use the Vaganian and Blumenfeld part of Alterman's repertoire, also from the book 'attack wth black'. I think they're both very strong, although the Blumenfeld can be a bit miserable if your opponent knows what they're doing.
I have to admit that I'm not really fond of the marshall gambit as a choice against the ruy. It's way too theoretical, and begins only quite far into the game, I imagine you will almost never have the opportunity to actually use it, and yet it requires a lot of upkeep.
The 1..e5 repleis against sidelines I quite like, but I would personally probably pair them with the Schliemann, since you can get it whenever anyone plays the ruy.
Oct 25, 2014
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GodIike wrote:
I used to use the Vaganian and Blumenfeld part of Alterman's repertoire, also from the book 'attack wth black'. I think they're both very strong, although the Blumenfeld can be a bit miserable if your opponent knows what they're doing.
I have to admit that I'm not really fond of the marshall gambit as a choice against the ruy. It's way too theoretical, and begins only quite far into the game, I imagine you will almost never have the opportunity to actually use it, and yet it requires a lot of upkeep.
The 1..e5 repleis against sidelines I quite like, but I would personally probably pair them with the Schliemann, since you can get it whenever anyone plays the ruy.
Alterman uses 11...Bb7 instead of the usual 11...c6.
Davies has the Schliemann as his choice. I'll take a closer look. Using the Schliemann instead of the Marshall would make it so that I can avoid having to learn the Hector Gambit (used against the Exchange Variation).
I have a lot on my plate trying to play this entire repertoire, so cutting out the Marshall and Hector and replacing it with the Schliemann might make sense if the Schliemann isn't considered too inferior.
The Schliemann is quite playable, so long as you play the Nf6 lines rather than the ..d5 lines, which is what all the books recommend anyway. You might consider getting 'attacking the spanish' book by quality chess, which covers the marshall and the schliemann in detail, as well as the Gajewski.
Oct 25, 2014
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GodIike wrote:
The Schliemann is quite playable, so long as you play the Nf6 lines rather than the ..d5 lines, which is what all the books recommend anyway. You might consider getting 'attacking the spanish' book by quality chess, which covers the marshall and the schliemann in detail, as well as the Gajewski.
Davies has about 90 pages on it, that should be enough for me. I'm going to switch to the Schliemann. Thanks for the help.
Have you played, or do you play, The Alterman Gambit Guide Repertoire? It consists of three books (one for white, and two for black). What's your opinion?