The Club Player's Modern Guide to Gambits - Nikolai KalinichenkoPaperback, 256 pages, 2019 This is no ordinary opening book. This practical guide describes only such openings in which White or Black sacrifices material at an early stage of the game. They are called gambits (in Old Italian, gambetto means tripping). The justification for such sacrifices can differ quite a lot. In most cases, the side that sacrifices material tends to get ahead of the opponent in development and or opens lines to attack the enemy