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Summary: I'm always using this book
Review: Crticize the man, accuse him of churning out books, but I use this book, Gambit Opening Repertoire for Black, constantly. It is the best repertoire book for black that I know. It promotes exciting dynamic lines that will improve your play, especially your tactics. In each of these openings, you will choose the battlefield, not white. The book is well-written, with lots of good analysis. I wish it had been even more comprehensive, but then I would not have been able to get it for a song. For the Schara gambit lines in the Tarrash, I am using this book in conjunction with Schiller's Complete Defense to Queen Pawn Openings and Meeting 1. d4 by Aagaard. Get this book, you will be amazed and chess will be more fun for you.
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Summary: I'm always using this book
Review: Crticize the man, accuse him of churning out books, but I use this book, Gambit Opening Repertoire for Black, constantly. It is the best repertoire book for black that I know. It promotes exciting dynamic lines that will improve your play, especially your tactics. In each of these openings, you will choose the battlefield, not white. The book is well-written, with lots of good analysis. I wish it had been even more comprehensive, but then I would not have been able to get it for a song. For the Schara gambit lines in the Tarrash, I am using this book in conjunction with Schiller's Complete Defense to Queen Pawn Openings and Meeting 1. d4 by Aagaard. Get this book, you will be amazed and chess will be more fun for you.
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Summary: Fun, exciting chess
Review: The value of these gambits is that you will never play boring chess, and you will be forced to be aggressive to try to win. IN that sense, these gambits force you to become a much better player, and force you to learn tactics, because if you can't spot tactics to give you an edge, you will simply be a pawn down! Schiller's books are alive with energy and enthusiasm. FOr these reasons, I love this book, and find myself picking it up quite often. Face it, the Center Counter (and gambit variations) can be a very effective tool as black: he dictates the opening and can be better prepared than white.
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Summary: An interesting introduction...
Review: This Book brings up some interesting and obscure lines, but the discussion is rather incomplete and not every possibility is adequately planned for.
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Summary: Interesting Repertoire Book !
Review: This book focuses on the Von Henning Schara Gambit against 1. d4 and the Center Counter (Icelandic and Porteguese Gambits) against 1. e4.In general, both of thses lines offer very interesting counter chances for a player of the black pieces willing to invest a pawn to unbalance things. This is very important if you are attempting to play for a win with black, rather than just holding a draw. I am not much of an expert (yet) in the Von Henning Schara, but I done extensive studying and playing the Center Counter (Icelandic Gambit and Porteguese) System featured in the book. I have to take exception with some of the other reviewers, I thought that the book actually seemed rather thorough compared to many of the other books I have read on the subject. What really impressed me was the amount of analysis available on some of the sideline variations leading to the main line. (I have encountered these specific variations quite frequently, both over the board and on the internet). My feeling on repertoire books is that their job is to get you acquated with a system by explaining the key ideas, and then provide a number of illustrative games to see the ideas in action. This book does an okay job of fulfilling that objective. Beyond that, if you want to find some highly obscure line it is time to consult a specialized database and find those games yourself. I don't think that a reasonably priced, normal sized book can provide that level of detail. Overall, this is a pretty decent book. It is probably best suited for players in the rating range of 1300 - 1900 USCF.
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Summary: Gambit openings for Black are presented in this new book.
Review: This book presents an opening repertoire for Black, based on the Scandinavian and Schara Gambits. It is aimed at amateur players, and features explanations of the strategies and many illustrative games and positions.
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Summary: Barely passable
Review: While this book is a step up from Schiller's "Gambit Opening for White" it is really quite incomplete and is missing a lot of key lines. The formatting is poor, and there are a lot of typos. This is too bad, because a good book on the Schara gambit (which forms the core of Schiller's repetriore against 1.d4) would be useful to a lot of players. This, however, probably isn't that book. There's enough material in here for you to figure out how to play these defenses, but I, for one, expect more for my money.
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