C52 Evans Gambit Accepted: 5.c3 Ba5 (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.O-O Nf6 7.d4)

The game below is from a team match that was played at Chess.com. This match is played on 217 boards between DORU-66 & HIS BEST FRIENDS and TURK CHESS PLAYERS. I played on board 38 in this match for DORU-66 & HIS BEST FRIENDS. I won one and lost one, so it was quite evenly matched board this time. The current score in this match is 211,5 - 196,5 in favor of DORU-66 & HIS BEST FRIENDS, so we need 6 more points to get the win. Playing against gambit play has not worked out all that well for me in the past but maybe if I get more games like this, I would start to like to play against them. Maybe I should play gambit openings myself in order to learn them better and maybe doing so would improve my tactical awareness as well. I have added three mate in ones, one mate in two and one mate in six today. Until tomorrow, my fellow chess enthusiasts!

Game number two. This game was played on the first round of the 2015 October Grand Split Three Seven I 1800+ tournament. I have currently gathered 28 points in this tournament and my maximum possible score is 64, which is not even enough anymore to fight for the win of the group. I am on 8th place with my current collection of points and Johannes Goethe is on 7th place and he has gathered 30 points so far. I am not sure why my opponent offered me a draw in the final position. Because I thought I would be insane to refuse a draw in a position I was, I accepted the draw.

This game went wrong for me already on move 7 when I played the bold looking d5. It just is not a good move and I should have probably castled instead or play d6 or even Nxe4 was better than the move I played. The game actually briefly advances towards equality, but then on move 9 I start to mess up my position again which I continue to do a few times later on in the game. The final position looks to be clearly better for Johannes Goethe, so it is a mystery to me why he offered me a draw.

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Move	N	Result	Elo

1.e4	1,166,623	54%	2421
1.d4	947,298	55%	2434
1.Nf3	281,602	56%	2441
1.c4	182,102	56%	2442
1.g3	19,702	56%	2427
1.b3	14,265	54%	2427
1.f4	5,897	48%	2377
1.Nc3	3,801	51%	2384
1.b4	1,756	48%	2380
1.a3	1,206	54%	2404
1.e3	1,068	48%	2408
1.d3	954	50%	2378
1.g4	664	46%	2360
1.h4	446	53%	2374
1.c3	433	51%	2426
1.h3	280	56%	2418
1.a4	110	60%	2466
1.f3	92	46%	2436
1.Nh3	89	66%	2508
1.Na3	42	62%	2482

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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 3...Nf6 4.0-0 Bc5 5.b4 Bxb4 6.c3 0-1 (23) Hoekstra,E (1795)-De Jong,M (1623) Groningen 2001 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.0-0 C52 Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Slow Variation Nf6 7.d4 C52 Evans Gambit Accepted: 5.c3 Ba5 d6 7...0-0 8.dxe5 Nxe4 8.dxe5 Reject 8.d5 Ne7 8.h3 0-0 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 Qe7 11.Qb3 Bb6 12.Nbd2 g5 13.Nxg5 hxg5 14.Bxg5 Na5 15.Qd1 exd4 16.f4 Nxc4 17.Nxc4 d3+ 18.Kh1 Qxe4 19.Bxf6 Bxh3 20.Rf3 Bg4 21.Nxb6 Bxf3 22.Qd2 axb6 Knol,G (2156)-De Rover,Y (2287) Amsterdam 2012 0-1 8...Nxe4N 8...Nxe5 9.Nxe5 9.Qa4+ Bd7 10.Bxf7+ Kf8 11.Qxa5 Nxf3+ 12.gxf3 Kxf7 13.Kh1 Rf8 14.Rg1 Kg8 15.Bh6 Rf7 16.Nd2 c6 17.Qg5 Ne8 18.Qh5 Qf6 19.Rae1 Qe5 20.Qh4 Qe7 21.Bg5 Qf8 22.Rg3 Kh8 23.Reg1 Nf6 Churba,D (2120)-Fiorito,F (1469) Buenos Aires 2018 1-0 (39) 9...dxe5 10.Qb3 10.Qxd8+ Kxd8 11.Bxf7 Nxe4 12.Ba3 Bf5 13.Rd1+ Kc8 14.Re1 Bb6 15.Be6+ Bxe6 16.Rxe4 Rd8 17.Kf1 Re8 18.Nd2 Kd7 19.Rd1 Rad8 20.Nc4+ Kc8 21.Rxd8+ Kxd8 22.Nxe5 Bxa2 23.c4 Bxc4+ 0-1 (23) Hoekstra,E (1795)-De Jong,M (1623) Groningen 2001 10...0-0 11.Ba3 Nxe4 12.Bxf8 Qxf8 13.Qb5 Bb6 14.Qxe5 Nd6 15.Bb3 Bd7 16.Nd2 Re8 17.Qf4 Re2 18.Bd1 Re6 19.Bf3 Qe7 20.Nb3 g5 21.Qb4 Re5 22.g3 Qf6 23.Bg2 Bb5 24.Qg4 Bxf1 Vidovic,M (2110)-Kapic,I (2196) Pula 2002 0-1 (61) 9.Qd5? 9.Re1! Nc5 10.Bg5 9...Be6 Black is better. 10.Qxe4

And now exd6 would win. 10...d5 11.Bxd5 11.Qc2 dxc4 12.Rd1 11...Qxd5-+ 12.Qh4 0-0 13.Ng5 13.Qg3 Qd3 14.Bh6 13...Bf5 14.Ba3 Rfe8 And not 14...Qxe5 15.Bxf8 Rxf8 16.Rc1 15.f4?

15.Bb4 15...h6 16.Nf3 Rad8 17.Nbd2 17.Qg3 17...Bxc3 18.Rae1 Bxd2 19.Rd1 Be3+ 20.Kh1 Qxa2 21.Ra1 Qc4 22.g4 Be4 23.g5 hxg5 24.Qxg5 Nd4 Black mates. 25.Kg2 Nxf3 26.Rxf3 Qe2+ Accuracy: White = 4%, Black = 32%. 0–1

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White	EloW	Black	EloB	Res

nabeel_javaid	1849	Vierjoki,T	1868	0–1
Johannes Goethe	1876	Vierjoki,T	1887	½–½

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