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| May-15-08 | | Nikita Smirnov: Why isn't the Evans Gambit popular anymore?
I myself play the Evans Gambit so I really want to know. |
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May-15-08
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I myself play the Evans Gambit so I really want to know.> Yes, I play it too. Not to be a smart aleck, but the reason it isn't popular is that it loses a pawn. Other reasons:
3. Bb5 is a lot more popular than Bc4.
If you do play 3. Bc4 you are going to see a lot of Two Knights Defenses, and a lot of chessplayers would rather not deal with that. FWIW, in the database, the Evans scores very poorly compared to the King's Gambit. |
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| May-15-08 | | Nikita Smirnov: But I feel that d3 is the best answer to a two knights game.
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3
And my idea is to play Nb1-c3-e2-g3,0-0,Bc1-e3 (or g5),c2-c3,b2-b4,a2-a4 and get a good attack on the Q-side.But you can also play h2-h3 and try to play something involving g4 with a attack.After h2-h3 there is also an interesting ide with Nf3-h2 and f2-f4.
What do you think of it? |
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May-15-08
| | keypusher: <Nikita Smirnov: But I feel that d3 is the best answer to a two knights game. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3
And my idea is to play Nb1-c3-e2-g3,0-0,Bc1-e3 (or g5),c2-c3,b2-b4,a2-a4 and get a good attack on the Q-side.But you can also play h2-h3 and try to play something involving g4 with a attack.After h2-h3 there is also an interesting ide with Nf3-h2 and f2-f4. What do you think of it?> Fine, but not exactly pulse-pounding. On the other hand, someone who plays the Two Knights would probably hate it, so that's something. |
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| May-15-08 | | Nikita Smirnov: <keypusher: <Nikita Smirnov: But I feel that d3 is the best answer to a two knights game. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 And my idea is to play Nb1-c3-e2-g3,0-0,Bc1-e3 (or g5),c2-c3,b2-b4,a2-a4 and get a good attack on the Q-side.But you can also play h2-h3 and try to play something involving g4 with a attack.After h2-h3 there is also an interesting ide with Nf3-h2 and f2-f4. What do you think of it?>
Fine, but not exactly pulse-pounding. On the other hand, someone who plays the Two Knights would probably hate it, so that's something.> Right now I am just experimenting it.But I hope some persons will share this idea and play it.The endgame postitions may be very funny because of the strange pawn structure.
Another thing to add is that in the g5 line with the bishop.Then the bishop will be exchanged in many lines.And the white fielded bishop can get an outpost on d5 if a weakness like b5 comes. |
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May-15-08
| | keypusher: <But I hope some persons will share this idea and play it.> You can find dozens of games like what you've described. Although h3 and g4 is obviously risky. |
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| May-15-08 | | Nikita Smirnov: <keypusher: <But I hope some persons will share this idea and play it.>
You can find dozens of games like what you've described. Although h3 and g4 is obviously risky.> I know that I am a bit of a strange person with my ideas.That idea with h3 and g4 is risky as you said,but in my experiments it is a good and interesting idea.But it is a risk you can take and throw over your pieces to the kings side. |
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| May-15-08 | | Chigorin: You'll have to forgive me guys. The mistake is all mine. You see I had intended to post a comment on a site dedicated to chess games and only ended up here at chesspunctuation.com by mistake! |
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| May-15-08 | | Billy Vaughan: Hey, you look like you'd know. I keep bumping into ChessGames again, but could you show me the way to ChessSarcasm? |
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May-15-08
| | keypusher: <Chigorin: You'll have to forgive me guys. The mistake is all mine. You see I had intended to post a comment on a site dedicated to chess games and only ended up here at chesspunctuation.com by mistake!> Repent, sinner! When Zombie Captain Evans climbs out of his grave and exacts his gruesome revenge on you, it will be too late to appreciate the importance of proper punctuation. |
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May-15-08
 | | tamar: Too late!
From newsdesk at chesspunctuation.com:
Unusual activity was reported at cemetery located in the churchyard at Nieuwpoortse-Steenweg, lawn number 8, grave 39. Stone was moved and casket was empty.
Chess forensic experts have linked the disturbance to a posting on chessgames.com and a possible misspelling. Ask that user <Chigorin> avoid high seas between Wales and Ireland until this matter is resolved. |
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| May-15-08 | | Red October: of course at chessspelling.com the debate continues between Chigorin and Tchigorin |
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| May-16-08 | | Billy Vaughan: Chigorin vs Lasker, 1895 |
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| May-20-08 | | Nikita Smirnov: <Red October: of course at chessspelling.com the debate continues between Chigorin and Tchigorin> In Sweden the spelling is strange in the russian names.Like Tjigorin,Sjomin,Morozevitj and so on. |
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May-22-11
 | | Penguincw: Opening of the Day
The Kentucky Opening
1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♗c5 4.♗xf7+ |
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Dec-01-11
| | Penguincw: Opening of the Day
The Kentucky Opening
1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♗c5 4.♗xf7+
click for larger viewWait a minute. Same opening as May 22nd? Weird... |
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Dec-22-11
| | Penguincw: Opening of the Day
Evans Gambit
1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♗c5 4.b4
click for larger view |
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| Jul-27-12 | | wordfunph: "This brilliant attacking opening was invented to make men understand that chess is a gift from God." - Savielly Tartakower (on 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4) |
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| Jul-27-12 | | JoergWalter: "an opening which someone floridly described as "a gift of the gods to a languishing chess-world" Tartakower in "500 master games of chess" as introduction to Dufresne vs Harrwitz, 1848 |
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| Jul-27-12 | | TheFocus: OK, so is 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.b4 Bxb4 the Evans Gambit: Hungarian Defense Delayed variation? |
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| Jul-27-12 | | JoergWalter: <TheFocus: OK, so is 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.b4 Bxb4 the Evans Gambit: Hungarian Defense Delayed variation?> not really, I guess. |
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| Jul-27-12 | | TheFocus: Darn. Thought I was onto something there! |
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| Jul-27-12 | | JoergWalter: <TheFocus: Darn. Thought I was onto something there!> I found a way to make something out of it. We shall just market it as a secret weapon which was deeply analysed between Fischer, Leko, Portisch and the Polgar sisters. And up today it scored 100% (don't tell anybody it is 0 out of 0) :-) |
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Oct-14-16
 | | offramp: <MaxxLange: "Evan's Gambit": a gambit that belongs to someone named "Evan". This is wrong. "Evans Gambit": the gambit invented by Captain Evans. This is correct.> <MaxxLange>, YOU are correct. The only alternative to "Evans Gambit" is "Evans's Gambit" which is a mouthful. |
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Oct-14-16
| | keypusher: < offramp: <MaxxLange: "Evan's Gambit": a gambit that belongs to someone named "Evan". This is wrong.
"Evans Gambit": the gambit invented by Captain Evans. This is correct.> <MaxxLange>, YOU are correct. The only alternative to "Evans Gambit" is "Evans's Gambit" which is a mouthful.> Perhaps we could return to the uncontracted possessive: <Captain Evans his Gambit>. |
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