The Canal & Prins Gambits: Two Surprising Weapons Against the Queen’s Gambit Chess Biographies Modern Chess Opening

Modern Chess Opening

Franklin – Knight endgame

in order to give the second player a fair chance to win

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The Canal & Prins Gambits: Two Surprising Weapons Against the Queen’s Gambit Chess Biographies Modern Chess OpeningThe 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