Thanks. I'll look into it...
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Brunello looks good. There is also a chessbase dvd by IM Sam Collins.
I recomend sam shanklands dvd.
https://www.ichess.net/shop/crushing-white-schliemann-gambit-gm-sam-shankland/
Tx.
Not books but heres some videos for the meantime. The first one is actually made by Shankland...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKMJvtUq-CU
GM Melik Khachiyan also put together this series...
http://www.chess.com/video/player/the-schliemann-gambit---part-1-introduction
I can't wait to try this out. Tx.
The Sam Collins DVD for FritzTrainer. Melik's series of videos for chess.com is also quite OK.
Thanks. I am planning on getting Chessbase and Fritz at some point.
The Art of War applies to every opening.
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Schliemann is a beast you'll win everything. Check out some radjabov games. There is also this dutch dude whose name i dont remember.
Yeah, I doubt people at my level will know how to respond correctly. Carlsen and some other GMs play it at times too. It is the third most common response by Black to the Ruy in the Master+ DB.
A good friend of mine blasted from 1300 to 2100 in a few years using this as his primary weapon with black. Obviously there were other, much more important reasons for his improvement, but he often got active and dynamic positions right out of the opening.
dpnorman wrote:
A good friend of mine blasted from 1300 to 2100 in a few years using this as his primary weapon with black. Obviously there were other, much more important reasons for his improvement, but he often got active and dynamic positions right out of the opening.
Thats my goal!
That's a pretty sick increase in Elo in such a short period of time. Let us know what else he did...
He's trying to become a master now, also he's won a lot of money at a World Open (i.e. several thousand dollars) and gotten second at my state's HS championship. Anyway, not really relevant to the topic. I just wanted to make the point that it's a great opening for up-and-coming tacticians.
I find the Jaenisch mainline quite technical, at times rather boring, and certainly not tactical at all. I'd rather say safe, and unambitious.
pfren wrote:
I find the Jaenisch mainline quite technical, at times rather boring, and certainly not tactical at all. I'd rather say safe, and unambitious.
I agree, at master level. I am nowhere near there, so the games I have with it are pretty exciting.
pfren wrote:
I find the Jaenisch mainline quite technical, at times rather boring, and certainly not tactical at all. I'd rather say safe, and unambitious.
From the little I have read on the subject, there are some sidelines that are more "fun" and less boring...I don't know about ambitious...something to know how to play against at the very least...and probably effective to employ against many amatuers if done correctly...
Can anyone recommend a good book(s) on this opening, repertoire-based or otherwise?