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05 Jul 08
Does anybody fancy taking me on in an Evans? I'd like to play the white pieces against somebody with at least a similar rating, i'm not fussed about 100 points either way.
as long as the pawn is accepted you can do what you like after that. I'm trying to brush up on this opening to add it to my OTB repertoire.
Any takers? just send the board accross.
cheers.
05 Jul 08
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Originally posted by Squelchbelchnaah... 😉
Why?
The Evans is fun as White, but horrible for Black in all but a very few lines.
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05 Jul 08
I agree with Squekbelch.
You will most likely walk into book refutations.
You should have set up the position after
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 gone as white and when the
challenge was accepted - trot out 5.b4.
Some of the players may not have known it was an Evans
and thought it was blunder. Now they know what it's called
so they know what to look up...OOPS!
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05 Jul 08
Originally posted by SquelchbelchMr. Morphy, and before you start, i know he was a different breed of player, never avoided the Evans as black! He was seemingly able to destroy players from both sides!
Why?
The Evans is fun as White, but horrible for Black in all but a very few lines.
05 Jul 08
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Originally posted by heinzkatIn the 7.Be2 line, better than 8...Nf6 is 8...d6!? leading to 9.Qxg7 Bf6 10.Qg3 Qe7 ie:
White should have played Kasparov's Be2 rather than Nxe5 (I stand corrected).
[pgn][Event "Riga, Tal's Memorial (4)"]
[Site "Riga, Tal's Memorial (4)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc ...[text shortened]... 3 Nxh6 21.Qxh6 Bf8 22.Qe3+ Kf7 23.Nd5 Be6 24.Nf4 Qe7 25.Re1 1-0[/pgn]