05 May '10 22:25>
Hey all,
was having a discussion at the chess club last night with the resident (and ardent!) defender of Bird's Opening, and so the discussion turned to From's Gambit.
Eventually, the conclusion was reached that From's Gambit was unsound, and the reason it was unsound is because Eric Schiller wrote a book entitled "A Gambit Repertoire for Black", and although the book has a section on Flank Openings, it does not include a section on From's Gambit.
I contend that the book in question (which I own, and actually found very useful) was meant to be a smaller volume, and it isn't that the From's Gambit is necessarily unsound, it's that the Bird's is so bad that Black can do far better by just playing conventionally.
Thoughts?
was having a discussion at the chess club last night with the resident (and ardent!) defender of Bird's Opening, and so the discussion turned to From's Gambit.
Eventually, the conclusion was reached that From's Gambit was unsound, and the reason it was unsound is because Eric Schiller wrote a book entitled "A Gambit Repertoire for Black", and although the book has a section on Flank Openings, it does not include a section on From's Gambit.
I contend that the book in question (which I own, and actually found very useful) was meant to be a smaller volume, and it isn't that the From's Gambit is necessarily unsound, it's that the Bird's is so bad that Black can do far better by just playing conventionally.
Thoughts?