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Evans & Friends Vol.2 - Other Lines

A gambit is only half a repertoire. Volume 1 armed you with the Evans; Volume 2 covers every Black player who steers elsewhere after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3.

IM Andrew Martin begins where it matters most: the Two Knights Defense, which you'll meet roughly half the time you reach for 4.b4. His choice here is 4.d3 – the move today's elite prefer. It won't promise an advantage out of the opening, but it produces a rich, closed-Lopez-style middlegame full of pieces and play, ideal for outplaying strong opposition. Little theory to memorize; plans and manoeuvres instead, including attacking schemes where White leaves the king in the centre and storms the kingside.

Watch the free video sample: Introduction

and the free video sample: Two Knights Defence

 

 Against the rock-solid Petroff, Andrew hands you a surprise: the offbeat 5.Bd3, an idea borrowed from Morozevich that leads to fresh, unusual positions your opponent almost certainly hasn't prepared.

Then there's the rogues' gallery – Elephant, Latvian, Stafford, Copycat Trap – refuted one by one, taking all the fun out of it for your opponent. The volume closes with the quieter ...d6 systems, the Philidor and the Hungarian Defense, where natural moves, extra space and patience do the work.

Andrew Martin also wrote a book for New in Chess on this subject which appeared at the same time as this video course. Here you can find the details: https://www.newinchess.com/the-evans-gambit

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Contents

  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: Two Knights Defence
  • 4...Bc5 Introduction
  • 4...Bc5 5.c3 a6 6.Nbd2 d6 7.Nf1 0-0 8.Ng3 Ba7 Kazhgaleyev - Malaniuk
  • 4...Bc5 5.c3 d6 6.Nbd2 a6 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Ba7 Rodriguez Vila - Flores
  • 4...Bc5 5.c3 d6 6.Nbd2 a6 7.Bb3 0-0 8.0-0 Ba7 Volzhin - Allahverdiyev
  • 4...Bc5 5.c3 d6 6.Nbd2 a6 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Be6 Makarichev - Ibragimov
  • 4...Bc5 5.c3 d6 6.Nbd2 a6 7.Nf1 0-0 8.Ng3 h6 Kudrin - Kaufmann
  • 4...Bc5 5.c3 d6 6.Nbd2 0-0 7.b4 Bb6 8.Bb3 Ne7 Carlsen - Potkin
  • 4...Be7 5.c3 d6 6.h3 0-0 7.Bb3 Na5 8.Bc2 c5 9.0-0 Nc6 Manakova - Nestorovic
  • 4...Be7 5.Bb3 0-0 6.Nbd2 d6 7.c3 Na5 8.Bc2 c5 9.Nf1 Nc6 Mamedov - Hammer
  • 4...Be7 5.Bb3 d6 6.c3 0-0 7.h3 Na5 8.Bc2 c5 9.a3 Nc6 Broekmeulen - Vedder
  • 4...h6 5.c3 d6 6.Nbd2 g6 7.Nf1 Bg7 8.Ng3 0-0 Paravyan - Bocharov
  • 4...d6 5.c3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.h3 Bh5 8.Bb3 0-0 Mathews - Salcedo
  • 4...d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.0-0 Nb6 7.Bb5 Bd6 8.Bxc6+ bxc6 Tabatabaei - Anton Guijarro
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 2: Petroff Defence
  • 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.0-0 Be7 7.h3 0-0 8.c3 Nbd7 Harikrishna - Stinka
  • 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.0-0 Be7 7.c3 0-0 8.h3 b6 Livaic - Jakovjevic
  • 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.0-0 Be7 7.Re1 0-0 8.Bf1 d5 Psyk - Karolczuk
  • 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.0-0 Be7 7.Re1 Nc5 8.Bb5+ c6 Aguero Jimenez - Cruz Estrada
  • 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Bd3 Nc5 6.Be2 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 Short - Otsmann
  • 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Bd3 Nc5 6.Be2 d5 7.d4 Ne4 8.0-0 Bd6 9.c4 c6 10.Re1 Matlakov - Paravyan
  • 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Bd3 Nc5 6.Be2 d5 7.d4 Ne4 8.0-0 Bd6 9.c4 c6 10.Nc3 Aronian - Fiorito
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 3: Gambits
  • 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5
  • 3.Nxe5 Bd6 4.d4 dxe4 5.Bc4 Bxe5 Karttunen - Kleinert
  • 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxe5 Bd6 5.Bc4 Bxe5 6.Qh5 Qe7 Coyne - Groth
  • 3.d4 dxe4 4.Bc4 Qg5 Fuller - Haase
  • 3...d5 Kupreichik - Lavrik
  • 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5
  • 3...Nc6 - Introduction
  • 4.Nxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bc5 6.Be2 h5 7.h3 Qd4 Kamsky - Pranav
  • 4.Nxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bc5 6.Be2 h5 7.c3 Ng4 Giri - Shah
  • 4.Nxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bc5 6.Be2 h5 7.c3 Bb6 Baker - Tay
  • 4.Nxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bc5 6.Be2 Qd4 Blazek - Pavlik
  • 3...Nxe4 4.Qe2 Qe7 5.Qxe4 d6 6.d4 dxe5 7.dxe5 Nc6 Carlsen - So
  • 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5
  • 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4.d4 d6 5.Nd3 fxe4 6.Nf4 - Introduction
  • 6...c6 7.d5 Qe5 8.Na3 Nf6 9.Nc4 Qf5 Ivanov - Karklins
  • 6...c6/Qf7 Pourkashiyan - Kett
  • 3...Nc6 4.Nxc6 dxc6 5.d4 c5 Sax - Zelic
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 4: Systems with early d6
  • 4.d4 d6 5.h3 Nf6 6.Nc3 0-0 7.0-0 a6 Erenburg - Garcia Rodriguez
  • 4.d4 d6 5.dxe5 Nxe5 Lamorelle - Abravanel
  • 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.0-0 0-0 6.a4 c6 Movsesian - Demuth
  • 3.Bc4 Be7 4.d3 Nf6 5.c3 0-0 6-0-0 c6 7.Bb3 Nbd7 Tiviakov - Agzamov
  • 3.Bc4 Be7 4.d3 Nf6 5.0-0 0-0 6.Re1 c6 7.a4 Nbd7 8.Nc3 b6 Efimenko - Brodsky
  • Conclusion
  • Exercises
  • Exercise 1
  • Exercise 2
  • Exercise 3
  • Exercise 4
  • Exercise 5
  • Exercise 6
  • Practice Repertoire
  • 3...Nf6
  • Petroff Defence
  • Gambits
  • early d6
  • Play-Out-Positions
  • Position 1
  • Position 2
  • Position 3
  • Position 4
  • Position 5
  • Position 6
  • Position 7
  • Position 8
  • Position 9
  • Position 10
  • Outroduction
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Italian Game

The Italian Game, which arises after 3...Bc5, is one of the oldest chess openings, already mentioned in the famous 16th century Göttingen manuscript. In the centuries which followed it was the most popular way to open the game and its name came about in honour of the masters of the Italian school, who strove above all for free play for their pieces and complicated combinations.

White has several plans at his disposition in the position in the diagram. One of the most aggressive which leads to open positions with a lot of tactical possibilities is, after 4.c3 Nf6 to seize an early initiative in the centre after 5.d4. The move 5.d4 constitutes an attack on the bishop on c5. Black’s best move is to exchange the pawns with 5...exd4, but after 6.cxd4 White has at his disposition a dangerous mobile pawn duo. Here already Black has to play with great accuracy. Thus the retreat 6...Bb6 would be bad, because it would give White’s central pawns the opportunity to advance. Instead of that, he has to play 6...Bb4+, in order to force White to react to the check. The moderate reply is 7.Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.Nbxd2, but in many open games this allows the important central counter-thrust 8... d5, which breaks up White’s centre and gains a tempo with the attack on the bishop on c4. After 9.exd5 Nxd5 all that is left of the ideal centre d4-e4 is an isolated pawn on d4. However both sides have lots of chances here.

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