Ken Smith and John Jacobs (2 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 93 pages with diagrams. Octavo (9" x 6") bound in original publisher's pictorial stapled wrappers. First edition. The Latvian Gambit (or Greco Countergambit) is a chess opening characterized by the moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5?! It is one of the oldest chess openings, having been analyzed in the 17th century by Gioachino Greco, after whom it is sometimes named. The opening has the appearance of a King's Gambit with colors reversed. It is a nocuous but objectively dubious opening for Black, that often leads to wild and tricky positions. Condition: Edge wear, corners bumped, rubbed and creased, some toning to wrappers, occasional marginalia else about very good.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. SOFT COVER IN VERY GOOD TO NEAR FINE CONDITION,SLIGHTLY TANNED AT EDGES.