Evans Gambit

Evans Gambit

The Evans Gambit – named after Captain William Davies Evans, who first played it in 1827 – is a pawn sacrifice. It is an attacking line of the Giuoco Piano. White gambits the b4 pawn to divert the black bishop on c5. If Black accepts, White can follow up with c3 and d4, ripping open the centre, while also opening diagonals to play Ba3 or Qb3 at some point, preventing Black from castling kingside and threatening the f7-pawn, respectively.

Here are 3 examples showing typical games played.

7 simple rules to improve your chess

Get these fixed in your head:-

  1. Control the centre with Pawn to e4 or d4
  2. Develop all your minor pieces, Knights before Bishops normally
  3. Castle early to safeguard your King and activate the Rook
  4. Ask yourself what is my opponents idea?
  5. Swap off if you have extra material, example:-

Here White is a Rook and a Pawn up, if we 'swap' off or trade equal pieces from both sides, it could now look like this:-

Now it clearly shows White's advantage being a Rook and Pawn to the good and what should be an easy win for White by using the King and Rook to capture Black's Pawns.

  1. Don't give away your Queen like it's a Christmas gift
  2. Push Pawns, they don't go backwards, and they can become Queens