Evan's Gambit

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4
7. O-O Nge7 8. Ng5 d5 9. exd5 Ne5 10. Bb3 O-O 11. cxd4 Ng4
12. Qf3 Nf6 13. Ba3 h6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Re8 16. Bb2 Nf5
17. Qf4 Bb4 18. Na3 Bd6 19. Qd2 Qh4 20. g3 Qh3 21. Nc4 b5
22. Ne5 Bb7 23. Rae1 a5 24. a3 b4 25. axb4 Bxb4 26. Bc3 Bxc3
27. Qxc3 Nh4 0-1

A Famous Game

Alexander Morozevich vs Michael Adams
2001

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4
7. O-O Nge7 8. Ng5 d5 9. exd5 Ne5 10. Bb3 O-O 11. cxd4 Ng4
12. Qf3 Nf6 13. Ba3 h6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Re8 16. Bb2 Nf5
17. Qf4 Bb4 18. Na3 Bd6 19. Qd2 Qh4 20. g3 Qh3 21. Nc4 b5
22. Ne5 Bb7 23. Rae1 a5 24. a3 b4 25. axb4 Bxb4 26. Bc3 Bxc3
27. Qxc3 Nh4 0-1

Robert James Fischer vs Reuben Fine
New York (USA) 1963
Chess opening-Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Compromised Defense
[Result 1-0]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4
7. O-O dxc3 8. Qb3 Qe7 9. Nxc3 Nf6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Ne5
12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Bb2 Qg5 14. h4 Qxh4 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Rfe1+
Kd8 17. Qg3 1-0

Captain William Davies Evans vs Alexander McDonnell
London 1826
Italian Game: Italian Variation
[Result 1-0]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O d6 5.b4 Bxb4 6.c3 Ba5
7. d4 Bg4 8. Qb3 Qd7 9. Ng5 Nd8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Ba3 Nh6
12. f3 Bb6+ 13. Kh1 Bh5 14. Rd1 Qc8 15. Rxd8+ Qxd8 16. Nxf7
Qh4 17. Qb5+ c6 18. Qxe5+ Kd7 19. Qe6+ Kc7 20. Bd6# 1-0

The Evan's Gambit is an aggressive variation of the Giuoco Piano. For those players that like to play the Giuoco Piano I highly recommend playing the Evan's Gambit. Much like other gambits, the Evan's Gambit gives up an early pawn in exchange for rapid development and a lead in center control. White actually scores better with the Evan's Gambit than not playing the gambit and following the main lines of the Giuoco Piano which is why I recommend playing it.
After black takes the pawn on b4, white will always continue with c3, follwed by d4. The difference will depend on where the black bishop retreats to. The main line is for black to retreat back to a5 but you may also see him move back to c5, his originally square before he took the pawn, or back to e7 which seems on the surface to be a pretty safe square for black's bishop.





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Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais vs Bonfil
1837
Chess opening-Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Slow Variation (C52)
[Result 1/2-1/2]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. O-O Bb6
7. d4 Na5 8. Bd3 exd4 9. cxd4 Ne7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Nc3 d6
12. e5 h6 13. exd6 cxd6 14. h3 d5 15. Ba3 Re8 16. Re1 Be6
17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Rc1 Nc6 19. Bc2 Qf8 20. Qd3 f5 21. Bb3 Nb4
22. Qd2 Kh8 23. a3 Nc6 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Nxd5 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1
Ba5 27. Nc3 Qxa3 28. Rc1 Rc8 29. Qe3 Nxd4 30. Nxd4 Rxc3
31. Rxc3 Qxc3 32. Qe8+ Kh7 33. Ne6 Bb4 34. Kh2 Qe1 35. Nf8+
Kg8 36. Ne6+ Kh7 37. Nf8+ 1/2-1/2

Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais vs Alexander McDonnell
London m6 ;HCL 18 1834
Chess opening-Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Main Line (C51)
[Result 1-0]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.O-O d6 7.d4
exd4 8.cxd4 Bb6 9.h3 h6 10.Bb2 Nge7 11.d5 Na5 12.Bd3 O-O
13.Nc3 Ng6 14.Qd2 c5 15.Na4 f6 16.Nxb6 axb6 17.Rae1 Ne5
18.Nxe5 fxe5 19.f4 exf4 20.Rxf4 Rxf4 21.Qxf4 Qe7 22.Re3 Bd7
23.Rg3 g5 24.h4 Rf8 25.Qd2 g4 26.Qxh6 Qh7 27.Qg5+ Kf7 28.e5
Qg8 29.e6+ Ke8 30.Bg6+ 1-0