joe gallagher's is good but out of print.
it's called winning with the king's gambit.
you can find it used all over the internet.
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No one else has read any other good King's Gambit books? I have looked around on the internet but the information is dispersed and lacking.
You can join my Kings Gambit group where we are explaining every line in the kings gambit and all the mistakes/blunders, and showing what moves are good after another, and what moves are bad..
Also i can send you a link of a PDF format Kings Gambit book that i found online but it is hard to follow.
1. "King's Gambit" by Korchnoi and Zak is the standard text, mostly analytical.
2. "The King's Gambit" by McDonald is a more modern treatment, some attempt at conceptual understanding is made by the author.
3. Play the King's Gambit : King's Gambit Accepted, Vol 1 by Glaskov and Estrin
4. Play the King's Gambit : King's Gambit Declined, Vol. 2 by Glaskov and Estrin
These last two are a bit old fashioned, but the analyses should hold up.
I have serials 1,2 and 4 from above and that seems to cover most bases.
Great info on a hard to find book.
King's Gambit for the Creative Aggressor: http://www.amazon.com/The-Kings-Gambit-Creative-Aggressor/dp/3931192091
One of the best KG books around, though very optimistic. It has very good analysis of the Becker (my preferred Back response), as well as the Fischer Defence (either 5.d3, or 5.Bc4 and 6.b3, which are good and less-tested ideas), and other recommendations I have tried have also been effective (I've used his line against 2...Bc5 to great effect when playing people I can prepare for). Repetoire book, so needs going over last few years of chessbase if you are playing theory hackers as its old, but analysis will still hold up at -2000 level.
There was a thread around here also mentioning Santasiere - if you can find his KG book - The Romantic King's Gambit - also very good [maybe not from a theory perspective, but great example games and prose].
And I think Quality Chess are about to publish a new book on the KG, which is likely to be to their usual standards.
pfren wrote:
The best book on the king's gambit is playing the Ruy Lopez, or the Scotch (plain, or four knights).
The Italian/Evans Gambit is a close second.
Black has a gazillion of ways to get a good game in the King's gambit (although noone that promises some sort-of-advantage to BLACK), and some of them are extremely easy to play as Black...
IMHO the opening is really not worth the effort.
Sadly agreed. I really like going on the attack so I used to play the King's Gambit. Now I usually play the Reti or queen's pawn openings as white.
The Falkbeer Countergambit and Fischer Defense (especially the Fischer Defense) are the best replies vs. 1.e4,e5 2.f4?! The King's Gambit at best leads to an endgame where white struggles to draw assuming perfect play.
"The Falkbeer Countergambit and Fischer Defense (especially the Fischer Defense) are the best replies vs. 1.e4,e5 2.e4?!"
White loses a tempo in that line:
Scottrf wrote:
"The Falkbeer Countergambit and Fischer Defense (especially the Fischer Defense) are the best replies vs. 1.e4,e5 2.e4?!"
White loses a tempo in that line:
Lol thanks for pointing that out! Move odds are certainly good for black, since he may as well play white at that point lol ^_^ Still more sound than the King's Gambit as he could play 2...Nf6 3.Nc3,Bb4 4.Nf3
Just go over and study a whole bunch of 19th century games.. best advice it seems to me. Too much memorization required for me personally.
I think the KG can be good, in that most Black 1...e5 players have one line they play against it. So if you're willing to do some prep, you can get a level position you were expecting and like. e.g. if I notice an opponent plays 2...Bc5 I might play it as I like those positions for White, irrespective of how good they are.
Certainly not a weapon you want to use regularly though.
The King’s Gambit by John Shaw is reviewed at:
http://www.chessvibes.com/?q=review-the-king%E2%80%99s-gambit
King's Gambist DVDs by Simon Williams
King gambit pdf
Nov 12, 2017
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Tim Taylor's book on the King's Gambit. he favors the bishop's gambit line.
Nov 12, 2017
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I have Shaw's book it is the most comprehensive text on the King's Gambit I have come across. Highly recommend it.
You don't get any better than John Shaw's book. I've read the preview and it looks promising if you want to read the entire thing
Nov 18, 2021
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There’s a fun book on Amazon that’s cheap ($8) called “king’s gambit: tactical puzzles from miniatures”.
Basically it’s a puzzle book where the positions come from KG games. I’ve actually had some of the positions arise in my games. There are like 400 puzzles from the first 20 moves.
Again, this isn’t some awesome treatise on the KG, but it is cheap and I found it fun. If you are a high rated player, though, it’s probably not very useful. The paper quality stinks, though.
I would love it if chesscom grouped puzzles by the openings from which they arise.
Basically it’s a puzzle book where the positions come from KG games. I’ve actually had some of the positions arise in my games. There are like 400 puzzles from the first 20 moves.
Again, this isn’t some awesome treatise on the KG, but it is cheap and I found it fun. If you are a high rated player, though, it’s probably not very useful. The paper quality stinks, though.
I would love it if chesscom grouped puzzles by the openings from which they arise.
I am looking to play the King's Gambit as white and do to its sharp nature I need to know the theory on it well before I even consider playing it OTB. So if anyone has read a good King's Gambit book and would like to recommend it that would be great.
The KG opening that I am looking at playing is the 3.Nf3 version but I also need to look at the declined versions of the KG. (if anyone really recommends the bishops gambit I might even play that)
Thanks in advance