Evans Gambit

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As white I tend to almost always play Evan's Gambit if I've opened with Giuoco Piano.  But it's good to have a few alternatives in your repertoire like Giuoco Pianissimo just because many black players who are willing to play in-step with the Italian Game (as in, copy your movements, which allows for Evan's Gambit) will be ready for it with one variation or another.

OpeningGambit
AnthonyCG wrote:
anuj_manerikar wrote:

can anyone tell me what is the theory of evans gambit I dont know this opening but I am an expert of d4 opening and i have a fide rating of 1930 and well I will study the opening of fritz 11 but someone tell me ..... the theory


You are better off learning theory and not memorizing the lines in Fritz. If your opponent leaves the book you'll be lost. The main point is that after Black accepts, the absence of the bishop in the center gives White central counterplay. A lot of people tend to let their initiative fade away with petty attacks instead of gradually increasing their advantage as here...

 


 Oh so true.  Many a time have I done so.  Black ends up with 2 advantages as you start worrying about the material advantage, and finishes off with a won position - with both a great material and positional advantage.  Not does that stop me thinking that it is the best opening ever!  I am improving with it...

OGSmile

uritbon

I remember wanting to play it, never got to it as I almost never play the Italian.

emanresuym

Russ

I was meaning maybe you can post a game on the Evan's Gambit?  Is this also referred to as the Halloween's Gambit, or closely related to it?  It is likely completely different but I will do some homework on both these styles.

Thanks

Rod

Elubas
OpeningGambit wrote:
fiddler wrote:

The proper spelling is"Fischer". I'm looking at his book "My 60 Memorable Games" right now. When you critisize, be sure you know what you're talking about.


 Do you speak English?  I do; and in English (to my knowledge) it is spelt criticise, not critisize.  Since you're so in to spelling, I thought I might point it out.  Americanisms are a little annoying.

I'm a real pedant!

OG


Wow, I always thought it was "critisize". Anyway don't take the correction too personally, it's understandable to mispell Fischer the chess player, since the word fisher is a word it couldn't mean you have bad english for assuming that's how it was spelled.

Cutebold

I'm rarely bold enough to play a sacrifice, so I've never touched the Evans Gambit, being a fellow who is more willing to explore the safe grounds of the Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation. On the grounds of developing my tactics in practical situations, I feel compelled to give this a try.

Tnk64ChessCourse
fiddler wrote:

What can be More annoying than an Amarican? A snooty Englishman who doesn't know what he's talking about. If you had referred to a dictionary, as I did, Mr. pedant, you would have known that criticize is spelled either way. How's that for annoying?


Outside of America everybody hates how the language is being changed. Seriously, Neandertal? Color? Criticize? Amarican? Please, the language is fine as it is. We don't need you changing it.

tigergutt
fiddler wrote:

What can be More annoying than an Amarican? A snooty Englishman who doesn't know what he's talking about. If you had referred to a dictionary, as I did, Mr. pedant, you would have known that criticize is spelled either way. How's that for annoying?


you never wrote criticize you wrote critisize which is wrong. but who cares of those minor details:)

Fromper
Cutebold wrote:

I'm rarely bold enough to play a sacrifice, so I've never touched the Evans Gambit, being a fellow who is more willing to explore the safe grounds of the Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation. On the grounds of developing my tactics in practical situations, I feel compelled to give this a try.


Playing gambits is a great way to "learn to attack or die trying". When my rating was stuck in the 1300's (USCF), and I was a very quiet player, I switched to an opening repertoire of nothing but gambits, and it helped quite a bit in learning to attack. Now I'm in the 1700's, and I'm still not a natural attacker, but I'm trying to learn and improve. I don't play as many gambits as I used to, but I've recently taken up the Evans, and I still play the Smith-Morra Gambit against the Sicilian.

Dimitrije_Mandic

And we've got another violin player! (I'm talking about myself. Laughing) Personally, I'm thinking of switching to the Evans Gambit myself, or at least to the Greco Gambit, because I think they would be a good kind of refreshment instead of the Scotch, and I haven't really been lucky playing the Haxo or Goering gambits either. Also, you might wanna look at these two games:

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1018648

and if Black declines:

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1070779

fiddler

Always good to meet another violin player! I play the Evans Gambit because it's FUN! I also win a lot withit, because most of my opponents have never seen it. It's loaded with tactical pitfalls, and NEVER dull!

buddy3

Captain Evans's gambit is great fun, but not for black if he doesn't know the theory,then it's best just to decline it with a slight plus for white.