The Amazing Albin Counter-Gambit Holz A portrait of one of

A portrait of one of chess's most principled players

4th edition 2023

Main Ideas 165 Step by Step 167 Annotated Games 172

he has nevertheless written about chess on numerous occasions and co-authored Superstition and Sabotage with Viktor Korchnoi

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The Amazing Albin Counter-Gambit Holz A portrait of one ofAlbin's Countergambit (1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5!?) is popular among grandmasters and amateurs alike. It takes its name from the Romanian master Adolf Albin (1848 1920), who popularized it in the 1890s. In the mid 2000s, this hyper aggressive system, with which Black seeks to immediately destabilize White's position, experienced a renaissance when none other than GM Alexander Morozevich revived the opening with a number of new ideas and good results. But in