The Gambit by Mikhail Yudovich

Planeta Publishers 1989, 183 C6 pages $4.75 This book is devoted to the complicated and sharp openings - gambits - where a pawn or piece is sacrificed in the opening in exchange for superior development. The gambit tactics can be picked up by the examples given in the book, which are chosen for the pleasure they give as well as for their instructive value. The reader also gains useful information about such notions as space and time, harmonious development of pieces and preparation of an attack.