Giddins/Welling: The Lasker Method to Improve in Chess Damen Gambit Directing one’s forces towards the

Directing one’s forces towards the enemy king

a wealth of hilarious but also touching stories and a vivid impression of the Dutch chess scene in the late 20th and early 21st century

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)

The problem of exchanges

Giddins/Welling: The Lasker Method to Improve in Chess Damen Gambit Directing one’s forces towards theA 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