Your Opponent Is Overrated

by James Schuyler

Which opening does better in practice: the wild, "unsound" and "refuted" Latvian Gambit (1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 f5) or the solid Philidor Defence (1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 d6)?
As James Schuyler points out, referring to the definitive Megabase, the Latvian Gambit scores higher.
How can such a discredited opening (and the same story is repeated with other "unsound" openings) do so well? The point is that playing like this throws the opponent off balance, makes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1781943524
• ISBN13: 9781781943526
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Everyman Chess
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.5" x 9.4"