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The Evans Gambit

I do really not think that the Evans should only be played by masters. Its my first recommendation for beginners when they get bored by the smooth italian game. Beginners blunder pawn in huge accounts, so why not give up at least on on purpose to get an easy game? Pieces in the centre ant then deliver mate - easiest thing to do in chess. And don`'t tell me that beginners don't beat good players with that, unless you tell me an opening where beginners prevail against good players all the time ;-)
It don't really depends on the level of the opponents cause the Evans gambit is perfectly sound.
@royalblue04
I did not said so, rather I said that Evans Gambit can be played perfectly by masters. But it isn't easy to continue easily after that, that's why at lower levels, there are many losses with it.It doesn't mean that I don't encourage to play it. Also, everyone should try to play it to see how fine they are with Evans Gambit. I had left playing Italian Game years ago.
And it doesn't depend on level of opponent, rather it depends on the level of the player who plays it.
I wouldn't say it's outdated for lower rated games or even higher rated, it's my way to go whenever I encounter C50 Giuoco Piano by black, I go for C51 Evans Gambit.

Here is one of my games with it:

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Notice that black played "Nxb4" instead of "Bxb4" but it doesn't matter. After "c3" and "d4" it goes into one of the variations.
Small edit: This was not a Correspondence game, it was a 3 min Blitz game from Chess dot com (imported game).
And yes, the checkmate was possible on move #17 by just playing Ne7#.
@ChessDrawDeclined
'Notice that black played "Nxb4" instead of "Bxb4" but it doesn't matter.'
Yeah, but the only difference is that Black went for McDonnel Defense.
A very beautiful game!
And yes, that double checkmate could have been better!
But 8. Bxf7+ could have made it interesting!
Anyways, a beautifully played Evans Gambit!
Please don't tell Captain Evans. He is away on a long cruise, and he still thinks it is a great invention.
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I once recorded a 4+ hour course on the Evans Gambit for chess.com.
This is hardly meant as a challenge in any formal way but I don't think it's outdated as much as it is a demonstration of how time changes perception.
Last week I went through the infamous Tal book and played over his games including ones from the matches against Botvinnik.
My conclusion - his "attacks" were successful because back then (even world champions) didn't yet understand the fundamentals of defence. This is hardly meant to come across as a know-it-all statement but I'm no world champion and I would never have allowed what he was allowed.
In that respect, unless you're a professional, the Evans will always have its place not to mention - styles matter. For instance, I'm one of the few who think the Ruy Lopez is actually better for black and on the other hand I think that close analysis demonstrates that white is absolutely better in any Sicilian. The cavia here is that clearly my personal style is more... fruitful... in such structures.
To each his own.

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