The Essential Center Counter: A Practical Guide for Black Weighted Chess Pieces * Are you a Gambiteer

* Are you a Gambiteer

Cyrus Lakdawala realized to his horror that he was a dove when his chess teacher reprimanded him for playing an unnecessary defensive move instead of banging out a better and more aggressive one that was not so difficult to find

Double queens included — essential for pawn promotion

you have to attack at some point

The Essential Center Counter: A Practical Guide for Black Weighted Chess Pieces * Are you a GambiteerThe Center Counter (1. e4 d5!) is an aggressive and direct response to 1. e4 that immediately challenges White and is making a strong comeback at all levels. Andrew Martin's approach based on 2 Qxd5 keeps memorization to a minimum while giving Black real fighting chances from the start. In The Essential Center Counter, 10 chapters guide you through all the key declined and accepted variations. Transpositional lines from non Center Counter games