Kalinichenko: The Club Player's Modern Guide to Gambits Vereinsbedarf allowing readers to study both

allowing readers to study both historical context and tactical/strategic principles simultaneously

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and Swindles by legendary chess authors Fred Reinfeld and Israel Albert Horowitz

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Kalinichenko: The Club Player's Modern Guide to Gambits Vereinsbedarf allowing readers to study bothFighting Chess from the Get go! This is no ordinary opening book. This practical guide describes only such openings in which White or Black sacrifices material at an early stage of the game. They are called gambits (in Old Italian, gambetto means tripping). The justification for such sacrifices can vary quite a lot. In most cases, the side that sacrifices material tends to get ahead of the opponent in development and or opens lines to attack the enemy