Chess Strategy King’s Gambit: How to Beat Intermediate Chess Players (Sawyer Chess Strategy)

This King’s Gambit book shows how to win games after the exciting 1.e4 e5 2.f4. The book is an introduction for those who are new to this opening. I give my chess strategy from games I played vs random “Advanced” players as Guests on chess.com. The book has 50 games with 293 diagrams. I scored 48 -1-1 in games played at 10-minute blitz speed.
I use strategy for my comments to explain what’s going on. I follow any of these steps. 1. Describe the current position. 2. Imagine how to improve it. 3. Plan how to get there.
My opening philosophy against intermediate players is to challenge them in the center quickly with as many pawns and pieces as possible. I prefer a classical style for this.
I pick a key position every few moves to make a comment. My plan is for you to browse through the book, look at the diagrams and read the comments with ease.
For those who prefer to read quickly, you can skim through the book from diagram to diagram. Note the change from the previous diagram and read any notes that interest you.
From time to time, I add a line of analysis. You may wish to work out some of those lines in your head, or just note that there was an alternative way to play and keep reading.
I’ve played chess for 50 years. As a Postal Chess Master, my usual opponents were rated 1800 to 2400. However, my opponents in this book are often lower to intermediate. My peak Internet Chess Club blitz rating was 2492.
I assume that you can read algebraic chess notation. The diagrams have White at the bottom of the board. Thank you for reading my books. I hope you enjoy this one!
Tim Sawyer, Author