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Printeda ndb ound GreaBtr itbayi n Ltd. in Biddies I CONTENTS Introduction 5 1 Time 7 2 OpenLin e 30 s 3 41 TheI nitiative 4 Outposts 60 5 84 Disprtiuon 6 97 Structure 7 Miniatures 109 I INTROJUCTION Ina ni deawlo rlpdl ayecrosu lsde et he gambitosf,s acriftcai pnagw no rtw o biggepri cturaen da voigde ttintgh em(ort hr.e).e . int hee arlsyt agoefst he selvtieesd u pi no rdetro ' secuwrhea't gamei nr etufronr a developmaednt ise ssentiaa lglaym bipta wn( orp awns)v antagoep,e nl ineosr an influential that comei ntpol amyu chl atienr knighto utpofsotre, x amplTeh.ep racti will theg ameB.u ti nr ealtihteyir e yeasr e cale xamplienst hibso oka reb iasiend toob igt,h egryo w attachteogd a mbitf avouorft heg ambiatn di tmsa nyu ses, pawnsa nds tatrotb rearku letsh aatr e ast hespea gehsa veb eend esignteod usualltya kenf org rante'dH.o me'o ffear t astoefa keyp arotf t heg ame squaraersen eglecltiendoe,ps e nu pf or rathetrh ana foolprowoaft,e rtight thee xclusuisveeo f theo ppositiowne,a pon. piec-esw henftn allbyr ougihntt toh e Chesss houlndo tb e easyb,u ti t gameo,f temnu chl attehra tnh ee nemy shoulbde andm y intentiwohne m fun, force-se ndu p on unconventioannanlo,t ating gtahmeeswsea st op utt o pooro utpo.s tAsg ooda ppreciaotfi ogne thear c ollecotfig oanm biotr iented thish umann aturaes pecotf c hesiss lessotnhsa ptr oviadnei nteresatnidn g besetx ploibtyei dn jectsionmgee nergyi nstructguiidvee t oy ourn extd estina intoou rp layb,yk eepian mgo reo pen tiono nt her oatdo c hesdsi scovery. mind ast ot heg ambipto ssibitlhiatti esI ti sim peratitvheaa t g ambihta sa n lur-k nott oow elhli dde-ni nt he agendtah,a pta rting a pawno r with backgrooufne dv ergya me. morei sa ni nvestmfeonrtt h en eaorr nots on eafurt urea, p ricteop ayi nr e Evepryl qysehro bueald b tleom akues ofe turn fors omeo ther, non-fmaacterial sucshu bast trlea tweegapioacnsa p awsna cntor(Asn)y.t hinegl saen,y o ffetrh at ojic-eK arpov realcloyn ditionoanl t heo pposiitsi on blunderoirnp gl ayipnogo rm ovest,h en Quitsei mpltyh,i bso oka imst oa tthiissn ota p ropegra mbirta,t haeg ri ft, tractth er eadetrot hei deoaf p layinagn dw ea ren oti nt heb usineosfgis v ing 5 somethifnogr n othinwgh n we to a of downt op hIY ... e si1ht ealtopen dth e�s umpberojsve tichLtic,ls l,n ''or tal tlhleiol! kvt·J is happtyo r ecretiocpal gs book. a Indtk'ntalalmy , whithlee oIft helin eeninsse emq uiteHin otweerveefrsfr,eoting mw goalm1blittn tt.h�aynotodf u p latyrho rlmeo ougdhe la s gambitepeori'nsot f vi ew, dKirsapmlnaiawkyn osdrS ytpa hsskwiyth a anwdo huladv-e(b cea refmulaldye)a fewhi nts sllacsh I viewt o emulating exploiatnsy, wheraep propriate, forgtheatt theoretiociaoln sth eirin these pages succses gambbuidtptonl a'oytf tebno ils notb peuni seda st hef oundationdthsoe wn to proafc tipcasly, choflaocgical shaon uolpedn inrge pertoWhilier e.I hve to.r.s. otrfi iends omeo ft hmeo rheea vilyann oa- And rem m ber -Gambits are e Fun. I CHAPTEORN E Time When weighiunpg th e variofuasc torpsI et,r aditioenxaalm ploefs o nes ide thatd etennine the flavouorf a game, puttinhgi sf aitihnp ointtsh,eo theirn time andd evelopmentt ob eo vertime. Int hefIr stg ameW hitsee emtso tend lookeadn,d t oa dangeroduesgr ee- create profbolrhe immsse lbfy a llowing particulaarmloyn gc lubp layerWse. thedi splacemoefnh ti ski ng,b utt he knowth at kniag ht isw ortah pproxistratiestg oye xplotihtep redicamoefn t mateltyh repea wnst,h atwto rookasr e thee nemkinyg . a matcfho ra q ueeann ds oo n,b utt his isj udginglik e forlik e.W hent hev alue Kranmik-Knaoivd a ofa pawni sm easureadg aintimset, Groning1e99n3 howevecro,n fusisoent isn . Thosep layerfso rw hom pawns 1 tOf3d 5 d4tO f63 c4e 64 tOc3 barerleygi staesra ctupaile ceassl, o yald xc54 e 42.i. b46 .i.g5c 5 foots olditehrasmt i ghwte lwli nt he gamethin,k nothinogf l etttihnegm g o forp racticnaol cloym pensatYieotn . thesep laye-rsi ronic-allyh ave will morei nteresgtaimnegsa nda res uffi cientulninyh ibitteodc austeh eoiprp o nentpsr oblemOsf. c oursteh eya re moreli keltyh anth er esotf u st ofIn d themselovne tsh ew rongs idoef d iffi culrto oekn dinbgust,a tl eaistit s e asier tom akea conscieofufso trotd evotae littlmeo rec arew henc ontemplating gambitthsa ni ti st oa dopat n ewa nd Yous houlgda thferro mt hed iagram morev ersaatpilper oatcoht heg ameI.n posititohna tth eV iennVaa riation of thicsh aptweer looakt a fews im-theQ ueenG'asm biDte clinerde quiar es will 7 Gambitp ray nCliIn cClllsi,aimcoruanlJtok f t heorcti kyec heDceksp ite soonh �p calk nClwled�. 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