The Canal & Prins Gambits: Two Surprising Weapons Against the Queen’s Gambit Chess Biographies Franklin – Knight endgame

Franklin – Knight endgame

In Perpetual Chess Improvement

Gonzalez champions an aggressive variant of the Dutch against 2 Nf3 and outlines a simple but effective French Defence repertoire to counter 2 e4

Nf3 g6: Perez Ponsa vs Makarian

Modern Chess Opening

The Canal & Prins Gambits: Two Surprising Weapons Against the Queen’s Gambit Chess Biographies Franklin – Knight endgameThe Queen's Gambit can be rather boring, especially for Black, so a couple of weapons to make things more excitement. In this book, FIDE Master Carsten carefully analyzes two gambits for Black that both arise after the initial moves 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c5!?. The Canal Gambit arises when White captures 5. cxd5, and Black responds 5 Qb6. The gambit is somewhat dubious, but very effective in practical play. The Prins Gambit instead sees