Carsten Hansen: Specialized Chess Opening Tactics - Budapest & Fajarowicz Gambits

CarstenChess, paperback, Englisch, ISBN: 978-1-52204-723-0, 220 Seiten, 2018.

Specialized Chess Opening Tactics - Budapest & Fajarowicz Gambits. A focused Approach to studying Chess Openings.

The universal recommendation for chess improvement is to study tactics, but most tactical exercises in traditional puzzle books look nothing like what you encounter in your own games.

This new series seeks to remedy this problem by presenting tactical puzzles and positions that specifically arise from your favorite openings. You will face hundreds of tactical positions, not only combinations but positions with tactical elements for you to solve and familiarize yourself with. This will help you be extra tactically alert when you are playing your games with this opening.

This book covers all the variations of the exciting Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4) as weil as the sharp and fun Fajarowicz Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4).

With weil more than 200 positions and annotated solutions you are bound to improve your tactical eye in typical positions of these openings and learn a ton about the openings when you study the Solutions.

Carsten Hansen is a Danish-American FIDE Master & FIDE Trainer who has written extensively on all phases of the game, but is particularly recognized for his thorough books on chess openings, most recently on the Sicilian Dragon and the Closed Sicilian.