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Opening School The Evans Gambit is characterized by the moves:
The gambit is named after the Welsh sea Captain William Davies Evans, the first player known to have employed it. The first game beginning with this opening is believed to be Evans - McDonnell, London 1827, via a slightly different move order: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O d6 5.b4. The famous 'Evergreen Game' started off with the Evans Gambit: Anderssen,A - Dufresne,J 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.0-0 d3 8.Qb3 Qf6 9.e5 Qg6 10.Re1 Nge7 11.Ba3 b5 12.Qxb5 Rb8 13.Qa4 Bb6 14.Nbd2 Bb7 15.Ne4 Qf5 16.Bxd3 Qh5 17.Nf6+ gxf6 18.exf6 Rg8 19.Rad1 Qxf3 20.Rxe7+ Nxe7:
21.Qxd7+ Kxd7 22.Bf5+ Ke8 23.Bd7+ Kf8 24.Bxe7 mate 1-0
Game Analysis by NM Will Stewart
The gambit can be declined with 4...Bb6, when 5.a4 a6 is the normal continuation. Due to the loss of tempo involved, most commentators consider declining the Evans Gambit to be weaker than accepting it and then giving back the pawn at a later stage. Also, Black can play the rare Countergambit Variation 4...d5, but this is thought to be rather dubious. The most obvious and usual way for Black to meet the gambit is to accept it with 4...Bxb4, after which White plays 5.c3 and Black usually follows up with 5...Ba5 (5...Be7 and, less often 5...Bc5 and 5...Bd6, the Stone Ware Variation, are also played). White usually follows up with 6.d4. Emanuel Lasker's line is 4...Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 d6 7.0-0 Bb6 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Qxd8+ Nxd8 10.Nxe5 Be6. This variation takes the sting out of White's attack by returning the gambit pawn and exchanging queens, and according to Fine, the resulting simplified position "is psychologically depressing for the gambit player" whose intent is usually an aggressive attack.
Chigorin did a lot of analysis on the alternative 9.Qb3 Qf6 10.Bg5 Qg6
11.Bd5 Nge7 12.Bxe7 Kxe7 13.Bxc6 Qxc6 14.Nxe5 Qe6, which avoids the exchange
of queens, but reached no clear verdict. Instead White often avoids this
line with 7.Qb3 Qd7 8.dxe5, when Black can return the pawn with 8...Bb6 or
hold onto it with 8...dxe5, though White obtains sufficient compensation in
this line. Alternatively 7...d6 8.cxd4 Bb6 is known as the Normal Position, in which Black is content to settle for a one-pawn advantage and White seeks compensation in the form of open lines and a strong centre. Much of the above information is taken from Wikipedia.
Pay attention now, class, as 'Professor' Krzymowski takes you through this great attacking system: Part One
chess trap # 11 Evans Gambit
chess trap # 12 Evans Gambit
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