This English language book was produced in Hungary and written by the late Attila Schneider known best for his exhaustive works on the Dragon Sicilian. Here he tackles the Open Games – the so-called Romantic openings, starting with 1 e4 e5. It is games based – with nearly 150 in all – and in two Parts. The various openings are introduced with a historical perspective which sets the scene for the fireworks that are to follow.Part 1 covers all those swashbuckling gambits favoured by the 19th century masters as well as modern heroes like Bronstein and Spassky. The King’s Gambit, the Vienna Gambit, the Scotch Gambit, the Danish Gambit, you name it – not to mention other gambits with strange sounding names! Then again also covered are the more steady Four Knights Game and traditional Giuoco Piano, livened up when the Two Knight’s Defence makes its appearance.In Part 2 we move on to more solid ground with the Berlin defence to the Ruy Lopez before moving on to the Marshall Attack. So a collection of lively annotated games catalogued under openings which will give the reader a panoramic view of what’s going on in the world of 1 e4 e5.