Harding also provides us with part 3 hungarian defense containing two games and quite a few notes pages 188204. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. By extension, whites solid third move was in fact a gambit. This is one of the sharpest of all chess variations, right along side such bloodthirsty openings as the sicilian dragon and evans. This is the book that kindled my interest in the evans gambit, and because gm michael rohde often qoutes moodys the evans gambit revolution and hardings evans gambit and a system vs. Evans gambit queen fork 1 kiltti,j meskanen,v c51 helsinki we g. Chess games evans gambit, lasker defence alexander alekhine vs sachovskoj 1. Adults will expect the ruy lopez while juniors are more. Search the chess games database, download games, view frequent practitioners and browse the opening explorer. If black accepts, white can follow up with c3 and d4, ripping open the centre, while also opening diagonals to play ba3 or qb3 at some point, preventing black from castling. Our forefathers brilliant combinations, their imaginative attacking plans and even certain endgame analysis. Nf3, develops a piece, brings white closer to kingside castling and stops black from playing 3. I may be an ignorant, but this is anyhow a brutal performance jun1810.
The position after the 10th move given in the question is clearly better for black but be aware that white players will improve on move 7 or 8. Heres one of the greats getting taken down in a compromised defense. Saying nowadays to play the ruy lopez means to enter the boringberlin defence. The steinitz defence to the evans gambit by charles edward ranken, bcm, june 1889, pages 232233. This newer book by glenn flear apparently contains 88 pages about the italian, evans gambit and two knights. Evans gambit and a system vs two knights defense by harding, t. Use our huge chess games and chess opening database to. Is laskers defense effective against the evans gambit. This book is within the scope of wikiproject chess, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of chess on wikipedia. How to beat the open games by sverre johnsen mime attachment. Gambit and french defence and play open games instead. In the 1980s that is exactly what happened frequently via the move order 1 e4 e5 2 bc4 nf6 3 d3 nc6 4 nf3 whereby white avoids the petroff defence. Gambit just found its way into being my favourite book thus far this year. Harding and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices.
Out of the 48 games in the database, steinitz won 24 games, lost 14, and drew 10. Captain evans vs mcdonnell, 1825 c50 giuoco piano, 20 moves, 10. Gambit publications is a dedicated chess publishing company, whose aim is to produce a select range of quality chess books aimed at players of all levels. In this book, openings expert jan pinski investigates the different strategies and tactics in the italian game and evans gambit. Australian chess enterprises books products sorted by. Using model games for both white and black, pinski provides crucial coverage of both the main lines and offbeat variations. Play the evans gambit by tim harding, the evans gambit revolution by richard moody, giuoco piano by eduard gufeld and oleg stetsko, the 23, 1996 issue of inside chess by christensen, books by murray chandler and others. Tactics in the chess opening looking mostly at the recommended repertoire for young players from 8 to 80 cuuuuuuuuc. Evans gambit and giuoco piano 71 introduction these two openings arise after black develops his bishop to the activelooking c5square. Play the evans gambit by harding and cafferty cadogan chess 1997 is an excellent book on this gambit. When i looked for a similar book, the best i could find is this somewhat dated work by jan pinski.
The evans gambit is an imaginative gambit invented in the 1820s by captain evans 17901872 and was for decades whites most direct attacking line in the giuoco piano. How should white continue after nxb4 in the evans gambit. For those players that like to play the giuoco piano i highly recommend playing the evans gambit. It is a very straightforward system, though there are many opportunities for both players to vary from the main line. Seldom a chess book has impressed so much as this latest work from tim. Chess opening, latvian gambit, list of chess openings, irregular chess opening, sokolsky opening, budapest gambit 9781156827222 by source.
If you only have one bishop, put your pawns on its opposite color. The evans gambit is an attempt to destroy black in gambit fashion. Gambit publications a dedicated chess book publisher, whose aim is to produce a select range of quality chess books aimed at players of all levels. Everyman has books on every phase of the game and every opening that has ever been designed. D44 queens gambit download book an unbeatable white repertoire after 1. I have to say, that defending against these attacks from white is not really my style of play. The evans gambit is a very aggressive line in the giuoco piano that has yet to be refuted. Our forefathers brilliant combinations, their imaginative attacking plans and even certain endgame analysis have entered forever into the thesaurus of chess. Here in the above position white should castle first and depending on blacks best reply which is d5,nf6,dc3 white has too many ways to keep the momentum. Book this book does not require a rating on the projects quality scale.
This game features the evans gambit of the giuoco piano. Chess openings, evans gambit c52, compromised defence. Mr steinitzs new defence to the evans gambit by edwyn anthony, international chess magazine, april 1890, pages 101103. Nov 18, 2015 this line has for a long time been the main antidote to the evans gambit. Italian game evans gambit macdonnell defense chess opening. Page v the pawn moves only one square at a time, and that straight forward, except in the act of capturing, when it takes one step diagonally to the right or left file on to the square occupied by the man taken, and continues on that file until it captures another man.
The chess tempo chess database provides over two million searchable chess games. The evans gambit is a chess opening characterised by the moves. Last week, we looked at the origins of the exciting evans gambit today, lets find out how the opening has journeyed through history to modern day while in keeping with his style, wilhelm steinitzs torturous defensive method against the evans gambit in some ways made the gambit look quite strong. The evans gambit is an attempt to destroy black in gambit fashion straight out of the opening. The openings were published in five volumes of eco, with volumes labeled a through e. The evans gambit is an aggressive line of the giuoco piano. This opening, a variation of the giuoco piano, is named after the british sea captain, w. This is a list of chess openings, organized by the encyclopaedia of chess openings eco code. Out of curiousity, i checked steinitzs record in the evans gambit, with white and black seeing as you say he got slapped around. An introduction to the evans gambit richard westbrook, 2006.
Evans gambit and a system versus two knights defense. Tim harding wrote extensively about this in his twopart series about chigorin and the evans gambit. Wikipedia and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. The evans gambit is one of whites boldest attempts to gain the initiative through an unrelenting series of hammer blows aimed at the black position. Tarrasch defence move by move 9781781941423 collins, s 35. It originates from kapitan evans 1824 and belongs to the open games. Preferred openings by the top 20 chess players in history. He gladly took on the challenge and read all the other books on the evans, these include. Buy italian game and evans gambit by pinski, jan isbn. The opening chess moves of the evans gambit are very active. In this opening repertoire, im christof sielecki gives you the toolset you need to combat 1. The company was founded by three chess players and editors, grandmasters john nunn and murray chandler, and fm graham burgess. The more the end nears, the more complex the game becomes.
Mar 22, 2017 last week, we looked at the origins of the exciting evans gambit today, lets find out how the opening has journeyed through history to modern day while in keeping with his style, wilhelm steinitzs torturous defensive method against the evans gambit in some ways made the gambit look quite strong. According to reuben fine, the evans gambit poses a challenge for black since the usual defences play. Italian game and evans gambit chess games home in our 1977 book, the italian game, im george botterill and i wrote that 4 d3 must be taken seriously as a positional reply to the two knights defence. It may, however, for its first move advance two steps, provided no hostile pawn commands the first square over which he leaps.
You will find books on every opening, tactic, strategy, the middle game, and end game play. Nc3, the preference of morphy and chigorin, looks good enough to provide enough compensation for the pawn following 9. Study chess openings by watching grandmaster gm games. So it is nice to see that harding took time to suggest a line of play, as the evans gambit player is likely to frequently bump into the 2 knights. Evans gambit for the new generation this romantic and exciting opening is named after the welsh sea captain william davies evans who tried it first. The more active response to the loss of the pawn is 4. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Nf3xd4 or white can play c3 the goring gambit or bc4 the. This twopart article see also part one offers a wonderful discussion of the bxh6 sacrifice, which is so important in several lines of the urusov.
I teach the evans gambit to my chess classes with great success because the lines are less tricky than some of the other gambit systems. This is the complete list of chess books from batsford, one of the biggest publishers of chess books. The advantage of this book is that it gives lines against the hungarian defence and 4. Trade pawns pieces when ahead in material or when under attack. This book gives good analysis and advice on a very strong and dynamic weapon to use against 1e5 players. If you have played the bishops opening before maybe this is the book for you. The database can be searched via many criteria, including chess players, chess opening, player ratings, game result, and the year the chess game was played. Many recommend early queenside development or quick castling for white, but jacek suggests a more convincing central strategy.
In part two, he discusses two critical positions from the urusov in particular. Rainfray 2270 koulitchenko 2150 fracht u18 11, 1999. Featuring games of old, and numerous new and exciting ideas, this dvd will give you a genuine and more exciting way of playing the giuoco piano. Nf3 ne4, offering the trade of two minor pieces to ease blacks defensive task. The opening basically gets you into a tactical mess every game. Bobby fischer and garri kasparow played this opening a few times and it is considered playable, but not often played among grandmasters. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. The text may force a reevaluation of most evans gambit analysis. And as white seeks to enact revenge with a series of checkmate threats, all hell breaks loose. This ancient line is still considered viable for white, though black can equalize with careful play, either by accepting or declining the gambit. In 1966, chess informant categorized the chess openings into five broad areas a through e, with each of those broken down into one hundred subcategories 00 through 99. White offers a pawn to divert the black bishop on c5. The evans gambit quality chess chess book by quality chess. Steinitz gave his comments on pages 109110 of the same issue.
Kings gambit modern defence chess gambits harking back. The evans gambit is an aggressive variation of the giuoco piano. I prefer more imbalanced positions like the sicilian. In both cases white challenges the bishop and aims to gain time to construct his centre and prepare an attack. Somewhat surprisingly, whites score with the evans is 57. Two minor pieces san luis 2005 2nd edition soviet chess strategy soviet. This game shows the danger of letting the center of the board be controlled by white. My personal correspondence opening book which is made up of games played at lss and iccf with at least one player rated over 2300 has 65 games with the evans gambit. With accurate play, black can come out stronger, but not in this game. I think it is whites best continuation in the giuoco. Much like other gambits, the evans gambit gives up an early pawn in exchange for rapid development and a lead in center control. This line has for a long time been the main antidote to the evans gambit. If black accepts, white can follow up with c3 and d4, ripping open the centre, while also opening diagonals to play ba3 or qb3 at some point, preventing black from.
Kjell krants did a lot of research on the evans gambit but his studies never saw any. Nf3 download book our choice of the three and four knights game is based on the long successful history of these closely related debuts. Books, articles, and online resources c24 urusov gambit at stephen dowd 2012. Theoretically the from gambit is reasonably sound, though white is slightly better with best play. Read books about the opening in general and specific openings. Buy evans gambit and a system versus two knights defense 2nd ed by harding, t. The great evans gambit debate evans gambit italian. Chess opening statistics can been viewed on the display to the right of the board. Ba5 jacek gets right to the point with blacks most popular and arguably best response to 5. Publication date 1991 topics chess, evans gambiet, tweepaardenspel publisher dallas. Froms gambit chess gambits harking back to the 19th. Evans gambit 1 e4 e5 2 nf3 nc6 3 bc4 bc5 4 b4 bxb4 5 c3 ba5. The show originally ran on cbs from september 4, 1972, to december 10, 1976, and was recorded at cbs television city in studios 31, 33, 41, and 43.
In the evans gambit games 1719 white does this directly with 4 b4, already bar. Oct 05, 2009 the evans gambit is a very aggressive line in the giuoco piano that has yet to be refuted. Gambit is an american television game show based on the card game blackjack, created by heatterquigley productions. These are terrific books for both beginner and master and they will give you more knowledge and insight of the game as it develops on the chess board. The reader will find smashing lines on the two knights defence, giuoco piano. Lasker had a defense to the evans gambit, while steinitz routinely get slapped around. Froms gambit black aims to take advantage of the fact that 1. In the book my system, however, aron nimzowitsch states that by declining the gambit black has. Italian game evans gambit, compromised defence, potter variation 1. I think it is whites best continuation in the giuoco piano and gives white lots of fighting. The evans gambit is for the players who are the prime attackers and are bold enough to sacrifice material at all costs to maintain the initiative. In the past it was considered that laskers defense would save black from imminent disaster and infl. You will become exposed to unusual positions and many different tactical motifs. Two knights defense both 1st and 2nd editions that i also acquired those books.
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