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| Dec-12-03 | | bouzi: captain evans was a great player. |
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| Dec-25-03 | | blunder maker: It was a good move he created Evans Gambit! |
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| Dec-31-03 | | Taidanii: Why didn't this man play more? He could have contributed much more to the game, I believe. |
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| Mar-20-04 | | ruylopez900: For those wondering the Evans Gambit goes: 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♗c5 4.b4 Black can accept by capturing the pawn or decline by moving off w/ the ♗. |
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| Mar-20-04 | | ruylopez900: <Taidanii>I do believe Capt. Evans played quite abit more, but that most his games were either not recorded, not found or lost over time. It seems hard to believe a man could pioneer a rather important opening (for those who like the Guioco Piano) with only two game uneder his belt. |
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| Jun-09-04 | | mack: ...and seemingly the two games are exactly the same. |
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| Jun-09-04 | | Swede: <mack> They are not exactly the same, very similar though. |
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| Jun-09-04 | | mack: Sorry... I saw that they were both against MacDonnell and ended in 20 moves, checked one, and then thought I checked the other... I in fact clicked on the same game twice. |
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| Jun-30-05 | | Knight13: Hello, Captain Evans. How can I help you? |
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| Nov-01-05 | | Luisenrique: Saludos desde Caracas. El gambito Evans es una de mis aperturas favoritas. |
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Nov-01-05
 | | Ron: <Luisenrique> My Spanish in not that great, but I think I readily undertstand your post. And Saludos to Venezuela, home of Ozzie Guillen, Luis Aparicio Ron
Chicago
Home of the 2005 World Champion White Sox |
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| Dec-24-05 | | WMD: From March 1990 BCM:
<[Evans'] grave was located in the churchyard at Nieuwpoortse-Steenweg, lawn number 8, grave 39, just ten minutes from the Thermae Palace Hotel where the 1988 and 1989 tournaments were held. Part of the inscription reads "Also well known in the chess world as the author of the Evans Gambit." The grave is in a bad condition compared with the surrounding ones.> Sounds like a job for the Staunton Society. Just a hop on-and-off a ferry. |
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| Feb-06-06 | | Knight13: Mr. g4 player, a pawn-give-away guy who made his opening very popular in the 1800s and 1900s, until it was refuted or something. |
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| Feb-24-06 | | McCool: He liked to play his own opening. |
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| Apr-16-06 | | EricCartman: he is probably one of the best players who ever lived |
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| Jul-27-06 | | biglo: If you want to know more about Evans read http://www.chesscafe.com/text/skitt... |
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| Nov-05-06 | | argishti: this is it? 3 games?? this guy is the founder of one of the most deadliest gambits in chess. wow |
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| Nov-05-06 | | technical draw: What a coincidence. This guys name is Evans and he plays the Evans' gambit. |
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| Jan-27-07 | | Dr.Lecter: He seems like a good player. Why did Bill Robertie call him a average player of the time. |
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Jan-27-07
 | | Sneaky: I spent a great deal of time analyzing "The Little Game of Chess" with a friend
click for larger viewIt's as deep of an endgame composition as any. It has its own openings, it contains gambits, and wild (but inferior) lines where both sides queen. White can win by perfect play but there was a time where I would accept the handicap of Black pieces against just about anybody, since one inaccuracy by White spells 0-1. |
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| Feb-24-07 | | coolbob: <Sneaky> I have a question, would black win if he went first with perfect play? |
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| Mar-11-07 | | brainof7: evans gambit is my opening, and it is really strong. I beat a guy pretty higher than me because of the position it gave me. |
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| May-23-07 | | alan11: The evans gambit has to be the most exciting game in chess. Evan's games are great, but look at Paul Morphy's games in the Evans. Pure genius. |
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May-17-08
| | Sneaky: <coolbob: <Sneaky> I have a question, would black win if he went first with perfect play?> Surely you are joking, right? Of course Black wins if he moves first--the position is symmetrical. Here is one fanciful line in the LGOC which does not represent best play, but very interesting nonetheless. (A)
click for larger view1.a4? (this move at best draws; 1.Ke2! wins) h5 2.a5 Kd7 3.Ke2 h4 4.Kf3 g5 5.a6 Kc6 6.b4 h3 7.b5+ Kb6 8.Kg3 g4 (B)
click for larger viewThis position is =. During my analysis I called positions like this "double restraint" because both players have restrained pushing of one of their pawns. Ideal play by both sides now would run: 9.Kh2 Ka7 10.Kg3 Kb6 11.Kh2 Ka7 10.Kg3 Kb6 drawn by repetition. The first player to push their restrained pawn loses. Let's take a look and see what happens if White decides to push his c-pawn: 9.c4? f5! 10.c5+ Ka7 11.c6 Kb6 and now White is to move, and is in zugzwang: (C)
click for larger view12.Kh2 f4 13.Kg1 f3 (g3 also wins) 14.Kh2 f2 
or 12.Kf2 f4 as it transposes into the same position as above Getting back to diagram (B) above, one may rationalize that if White finds himself in zugzwang with 9.c4? then perhaps there is a way to win by intentionally losing a move, and playing 9.c3 instead. But in that event Black will still win, by responding with 9...f6!! Cute, eh? |
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| May-17-08 | | ivansachelov: musland farm is a hell of a place to be born in, that's for sure. |
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