A practical guide to meeting gambits from Spanish grandmaster Ivan Salgado (Thinkers Publishing, 2018). The aim is not to memorize refutations but to learn how to play well against gambit play in general.
Each gambit is worked through with the same repeatable method: a short introduction to the ideas, instructive historical games, a one-page summary of the theory, the main lines checked with the engine, a closer look at the resulting middlegames, and model games with exercises to solve. The emphasis throughout is on practical decisions and the middlegame and endgame principles behind them, not just opening moves.
Best for: club and tournament players who keep running into gambits and want a calm, principled way to handle them. Intermediate.


