Giddins/Welling: The Lasker Method to Improve in Chess Damen Gambit A fun & tricky ambush

A fun & tricky ambush weapon for Black against 1

Directing one’s forces towards the enemy king

including Kasparov

and a high-level opening repertoire for both black and white

the Two Knights Ulvestad Variation (1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Nf6 4 Ng5 d5 5 exd5 b5) and ultra-sharp lines of the Jaenisch Gambit (1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 f5)

Giddins/Welling: The Lasker Method to Improve in Chess Damen Gambit A fun & tricky ambushA Manual for Modern Day Club Players Many club players think that studying chess is all about cramming as much information into their brain as they can. Most textbooks support that notion by stressing the importance of always trying to find the objectively best move. As a result, amateur players are spending way too much time worrying about subtleties that are really only relevant for grandmasters. Emanuel Lasker, the second and longest reigning World