Fresh release: Evans Gambit by Simon Williams
He calls it "one of the most romantic of all openings", one you can play with white when you go 1.e4. Savielly Tartakower said that this attacking opening was invented to make men understand that chess is a gift from the gods. You cannot get higher praise than that. Or a better teacher than GM Simon Williams, whose aggressive style has brought down a number of top-class opponents (like Carlsen and Gelfand). His latest DVD has 4½ hours of gripping video.
Simon Williams: 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 Evans (which arises after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4!?) is an attempt to destroy Black in gambit fashion straight out of the opening and giants of previous years such as Adolf Andersson and Paul Morphy played lots of brilliancies with it.
But the Evans Gambit has stood up to the test of time and in the modern era players such as Nigel Short, Garry Kasparov, Baadur Jobava, Hikaru Nakamura or Wei Yi have tried it with success.
This DVD will prove that the gambit is still fully playable and a great way to try and blast Black away right from move one. 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.
- Video running time: 4 h 26 min (English)
- With interactive training including videofeedback
- EXTRA: Exclusive training database with 50 model games
- Price: Rs.999/-
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[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Overview of the lines"]
[Black "Evans Gambit"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Annotator "Simon Williams"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2004.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.24"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 (4... Bb6 5. a4 (5. b5 Na5 {Ganguly,
S - Aronian,L (06:31)} (5... Nd4 {Ganguly,S - Aronian,L (06:31)})) 5... a5 (
5... a6 6. Nc3 (6. c3 Nf6 {Jobava,B - Grischuk,A (04:54)}) 6... Nf6 {Petrosian,
T - Tkachiev,V (11:29)}) 6. b5 Nd4 {Kasparov,G - Piket,J (15:37)}) (4... d5 5.
exd5 Nxb4 {Felgaer,R - Pierrot,J (11:46)}) 5. c3 Be7 (5... Bc5 6. d4 (6. O-O
Nf6 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. e5 d5 {Evans,W - McDonnell,A (15:30)}) 6... exd4
{Socko,B - Mastrovasilis,A (09:58)}) (5... Ba5 6. d4 d6 (6... exd4 7. O-O Bb6 (
7... Nge7 8. Ng5 (8. cxd4 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 {Ilczuk,P - Ostrowski,L (15:31)})
8... d5 9. exd5 Ne5 {Morozevich,A - Adams,M (17:08)}) 8. cxd4 d6 9. Nc3 Nf6 10.
e5 dxe5 {Lehmann,H - Muller,P (15:52)}) 7. Qb3 (7. Bg5 Nf6 {Short,N -
Fressinet,L (12:21)} (7... Qd7 {also covered in Short,N - Fressinet,L (12:21)})
) 7... Qd7 (7... Qe7 {also covered in Nakamura,H - Anand,V (12:37)}) 8. dxe5 (
8. Nbd2 Bb6 {Short,N - Sargissian,G (20:24)}) 8... Bb6 {Nakamura,H - Anand,V
(12:37)}) (5... Bd6 6. d4 Qe7 (6... Nf6 {Petrosian,T - Volokitin,A (09:05)}) 7.
O-O Nf6 {Nakamura,H - Hess,R (06:55)}) 6. d4 Na5 7. Bd3 (7. Nxe5 Nxc4 8. Nxc4
d5 9. exd5 Qxd5 {Fressinet,L - Efimenko,Z (19:04)}) (7. Be2 d6 8. Qa4+ c6 9.
dxe5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 b5 {Li Chao - Hammer,J (15:11)}) 7... d6 8. dxe5 dxe5 9.
Nxe5 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 c5 (11... Nd7 {Esserman,M - Avrukh,B (05:48)}) 12.
f4 (12. Nd2 Qc7 13. Nec4 Nxc4 14. Nxc4 {Kryvoruchko,Y - Karjakin,S (05:56)})
12... c4 {Short,N - Bruzon Batista,L (12:30)} *
- Evans Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4
- 01: 4...Bxb4 5.c3 Bc5 6.0-0 Nf6 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Bb6 9.e5 d5 Evans,W - McDonnell,A [15:30]
- 02: 4...Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.0-0 Bb6 8.cxd4 d6 9.Nc3 Nf6 10.e5 dxe5 Lehmann,H - Muller,P [15:52]
- 03: 4...Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.0-0 Nge7 8.cxd4 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 Ilczuk,P - Ostrowski,L [15:31]
- 04: 4...Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.0-0 Nge7 8.Ng5 d5 9.exd5 Ne5 Morozevich,A - Adams,M [17:08]
- 05: 4...Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 d6 7.Qb3 Qd7 8.Nbd2 Bb6 Short,N - Sargissian,G [20:24]
- 06: 4...Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 d6 7.Qb3 Qd7 8.dxe5 Bb6 and 7...Qe7 Nakamura,H - Anand,V [12:37]
- 07: 4...Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 d6 7.Bg5 Qd7/Nf6 Short,N - Fressinet,L [12:21]
- 08: 4...Bxb4 5.c3 Be7 6.d4 Na5 7.Nxe5 Nxc4 8.Nxc4 d5 9.exd5 Qxd5 Fressinet,L - Efimenko,Z [19:04]
- 09: 4...Bxb4 5.c3 Be7 6.d4 Na5 7.Bd3 d6 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Nxe5 Nf6 10.0-0 0-0 11.Qc2 c5 12.f4 c4 Short,N - Bruzon Batista,L [12:30]
- 10: 4...Bxb4 5.c3 Be7 6.d4 Na5 7.Bd3 d6 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Nxe5 Nf6 10.0-0 0-0 11.Qc2 c5 12.Nd2 Qc7 13.Nec4 Nxc4 14.Nxc4 b5 Kryvoruchko,Y - Karjakin,S [05:56]
- 11: 4...Bxb4 5.c3 Be7 6.d4 Na5 7.Bd3 d6 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Nxe5 Nf6 10.0-0 0-0 11.Qc2 Nd7 Esserman,M - Avrukh,B [05:48]
- 12: 4...Bxb4 5.c3 Be7 6.d4 Na5 7.Be2 d6 8.Qa4+ c6 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Nxe5 b5 Li Chao2 - Hammer,J [15:11]
- 13: 4...Bxb4 5.c3 Bd6 6.d4 Nf6 Petrosian,T - Volokitin,A [09:05]
- 14: 4...Bxb4 5.c3 Bd6 6.d4 Qe7 7.0-0 Nf6 Nakamura,H - Hess,R [06:55]
- 15: 4...Bxb4 5.c3 Bc5 6.d4 exd4 Socko,B - Mastrovasilis,A [09:58]
- 16: 4...Bb6 5.a4 a5 6.b5 Nd4 Kasparov,G - Piket,J [15:37]
- 17: 4...Bb6 5.a4 a6 6.Nc3 Nf6 Petrosian,T - Tkachiev,V [11:29]
- 18: 4...Bb6 5.b5 Nd4/Na5 Ganguly,S - Aronian,L [06:31]
- 19: 4...Bb6 5.a4 a6 6.c3 Nf6 Jobava,B - Grischuk,A [04:54]
- 20: 4...d5 5.exd5 Nxb4 Felgaer,R - Pierrot,J [11:46]
- 21: Conclusion [06:07]
- 14 interactive test positions to reinforce your newly acquired knowledge.
15-minute introduction to Simon Williams - Evans Gambit for the New Generation
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Simon Williams became a IM in 1998 and a GM in 2008. For the last 15 years he has concentrated on teaching, playing and making instructional chess DVDs. He is the author of numerous chess books. 'My first chess book. Play the Classical Dutch’ got voted, in New in Chess, as one of the top 10 chess books of all time. Simon's playing style is very aggressive, preferring attacking chess to positional grinds, which is why he is perfect for this kind of opening! He has had a number of good personal results, including wins over Magnus Carlsen and Boris Gelfand (just after he was in the world championship final) Two of his pupils finished 3rd and 5th in the world junor championships. More information on his web site GingerGM. |
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