Intermediate
Break the Evans Gambit: The Stone-Ware System
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About this course
This course shows you how to meet the Evans Gambit with confidence: accept or decline safely, sidestep the traps, and steer the game into safe, winning channels. A clean, ready-to-play repertoire against a tricky gambit.
What you'll learn
- How to meet the Evans Gambit without falling into the well-known traps.
- The safest accepted and declined setups, move by move.
- The opponent's main tricks — and the exact refutations.
- How to neutralise the activity and convert your advantage.
Curriculum
- 11) Introduction: History and IdeasC51Introduction: History and IdeasFree trial
- 22) The Modern 7...Nge7: OverviewC51The Modern 7...Nge7: Overview
- 33) White Plays 8.d5C511) White Plays 10.Na3 h62) White Plays 10.Na3 a63) White Plays 10.Na3 Bxa34) White Plays 10.Bg5!?5) Black Plays 8...Nb8 with 10...b6!6) Black Plays 8...Nb8 with 10...f6!?
- 44) White Plays 8.Ng5C511) Black Castles 8...O-O [A]2) Black Castles 8...O-O [B]3) Black Castles 8...O-O [C]
- 55) White Plays 8.Re1C511) Black Castles 8...O-O 9.Na3 Bxa32) Black Castles 8...O-O 9.Na3 h6 [A]3) Black Castles 8...O-O 9.Na3 h6 [B]4) Black Castles 8...O-O 9.Na3 a65) Black Castles 8...O-O 9.Nbd2 [A]6) Black Castles 8...O-O 9.Nbd2 [B]7) Black Plays 8...b6 9.Ng58) Black Plays 8...b6 9.Na3 [A]9) Black Plays 8...b6 9.Na3 [B]
- 66) White Plays 8.Be3C511) Black Develops 8...b6 / 10.Bd32) Black Develops 8...b6 / 10.Re1 [A]3) Black Develops 8...b6 / 10.Re1 [B]4) Black Castles 8...O-O / 10...exd45) Black Castles 8...O-O / 10...h6 [A]6) Black Castles 8...O-O / 10...h6 [B]
- 77) White Plays 8.Na3C511) Black Takes 8...Bxa3 with 10.dxe5 [A]2) Black Takes 8...Bxa3 with 10.dxe5 [B]3) Black Takes 8...Bxa3 with 10.d5 [A]4) Black Takes 8...Bxa3 with 10.d5 [B]5) Black Takes 8...Bxa3 with 10.d5 [C]6) Black Castles 8...O-O with 10.Nb57) Black Castles 8...O-O with 10.Nc28) Black Plays 8...b6 with 12.Nxe5 [A]9) Black Plays 8...b6 with 12.Nxe5 [B]10) Black Plays 8...b6 with 12.Nxe5 [C]11) Black Plays 8...b6 with 12.Nd2 [A]12) Black Plays 8...b6 with 12.Nd2 [B]13) Black Plays 8...b6 with 9.Nc214) Black Plays 8...a6
- 88) White Plays 8.Bg5 Qg6 9.d5C511) Black Plays 9...Na5 with 11.c4 [A]2) Black Plays 9...Na5 with 11.c4 [B]3) Black Plays 9...Na5 with 11.Bxe7!?4) Black Inserts 9...h6
- 99) White Plays 8.Bg5 Qg6 9.Bxe7C511) Black Answers with 9...Bxe7 [A]2) Black Answers with 9...Bxe7 [B]3) Black Answers with 9...Nxe7!?
- 1010) White Plays 8.Bg5 Qg6 9.dxe5C511) Black Takes 10...Kxe7 with 11.Bd5 Bf6 [A]2) Black Takes 10...Kxe7 with 11.Bd5 Bf6 [B]3) Black Takes 10...Kxe7 with 11.Bd5 Bf6 [C]4) Black Takes 10...Kxe7 with 11.Bd5 Bf6 [D]5) Black Takes 10...Kxe7 with 11.Bd5 d6 [A]6) Black Takes 10...Kxe7 with 11.Bd5 d6 [B]7) Black Takes 10...Kxe7 with 11.Bd5 d6 [C]8) Black Takes 10...Kxe7 with 11.Nxe5
- 1111) White Plays 8.Bg5 Qg6 9.Be3C511) Black Plays 10...b6 [A]2) Black Plays 10...b6 [B]3) Black Plays 10...b6 [C]4) Black Plays 10...b6 [D]5) Black Plays 10...Kh8 [A]6) Black Plays 10...Kh8 [B]7) Black Plays 10...Kh8 [C]8) Black Plays 10...h6?!9) Black Plays 10...exd4?!
- 1212) White Plays 8.Bg5 Qg6 9.Bh4C511) Black Plays 10...Qh5 [A]2) Black Plays 10...Qh5 [B]3) Black Plays 10...Qh5 [C]4) Black Plays 10...Qh5 [D]5) Black Plays 10...Bb7 [A]6) Black Plays 10...Bb7 [B]7) Black Plays 10...Bb7 [C]8) Black Plays 10...Bb7 [D]9) Black Castles 10...O-O10) White Plays 10.Bg311) White Plays 10.dxe5
- 1313) White Plays 8.Bg5 Qg6 9.Nbd2C511) Black Captures 9...exd4 [A]2) Black Captures 9...exd4 [B]3) Black Captures 9...exd4 [C]4) Black Castles 9...O-O
- 1414) White Plays 8.Bg5 Qg6 9.Re1C511) Fianchetto with 9...b6 [A]2) Fianchetto with 9...b6 [B]3) Fianchetto with 9...b6 [C]4) Fianchetto with 9...b6 [D]5) Fianchetto with 9...b6 [E]6) Support with 9...f67) Castles with 9...O-O [A]8) Castles with 9...O-O [B]9) Castles with 9...O-O [C]10) Castles with 9...O-O [D]
- 1515) The Old-School 7...h6!?: OverviewC51The Old-School 7...h6!?: Overview
- 1616) White Avoids 8.Na3C511) White Plays 8.d52) White Plays 8.Be33) White Plays 8.Re14) White Plays 8.Nbd2 [A]5) White Plays 8.Nbd2 [B]6) White Plays 8.Nbd2 [C]7) White Plays 8.Nbd2 [D]8) White Plays 8.Nbd2 [E]9) White Plays 8.Nbd2 [F]10) White Plays 8.Nbd2 [G]11) White Plays 8.Nbd2 [H]12) White Plays 8.Nbd2 [I]13) White Plays 8.Nbd2 [J]
- 1717) White Plays 8.Na3C511) Black Captures 8...Bxa3 [A]2) Black Captures 8...Bxa3 [B]3) Black Develops 8...Nge7 9.Nb5 [A]4) Black Develops 8...Nge7 9.Nb5 [B]5) Black Develops 8...Nge7 9.Nb5 [C]6) Black Develops 8...Nge7 9.Nb5 [D]7) Black Develops 8...Nge7 9.Nb5 [E]8) Black Develops 8...Nge7 9.Nb5 [F]9) Black Develops 8...Nge7 9.Nc2 [A]10) Black Develops 8...Nge7 9.Nc2 [B]11) Black Develops 8...Nge7 9.Nc2 [C]12) Black Develops 8...Nge7 9.Nc2 [D]13) Black Plays 8...a6 9.Nc2
- 1818) All the Games: 7...Nge7C511) Cesar Sanchez vs. Marc Capellades, Barcelona, 20162) Mariana Solis vs. Keren Pacheco, Guanajuato, 20023) Maximo Ramos vs. Marc Capellade, Barcelona, 20184) Miguel Munoz vs. Marc Capellades, Barcelona, 2013
- 1919) All the Games: 7...h6C511) Charles Snow vs. Franklin Young, Boston, 18852) Mikhail Tschigorin vs. James Hanham, New York, 18893) Dariusz Sikorski vs. Maciej Wieczorek, Krakow, 20094) Miguel Munoz vs. Ferran Cervello, Barcelona, 20125) Miguel Munoz vs. Marc Capellades, Barcelona, 20156) Purimprach Saiai vs. Prakarn Klubwong, Bangkok, 20197) Wolfgang Thormann vs. Laszlo Palcso, Pecs, 19768) Alexey Kulman vs. Ioan Mihut, Nyiregyhaza, 20019) Francesco Frugoli vs. Valerio Raineri, Porto San Giorgio, 200410) Gustavo Mahia vs. Marcos Maldonado, Villa Martelli, 201311) Eleuterio Daimiel vs. Marc Capellades, Sant Adria, 201412) Ernst Weinzettl vs. Andreas Druckenthaner, Austria, 200313) Rakesh Kulkarni vs. Frank Amos, Caleta, 2012
- 2020) Bonus Games: 1889C52About These Games1) Mikhail Tschigorin vs. Wilhelm Steinitz, Havana, 18892) Mikhail Tschigorin vs. Wilhelm Steinitz, Havana, 18893) Mikhail Tschigorin vs. Wilhelm Steinitz, Havana, 18894) Mikhail Tschigorin vs. Wilhelm Steinitz, Havana, 18895) Mikhail Tschigorin vs. Wilhelm Steinitz, Havana, 18896) Mikhail Tschigorin vs. Wilhelm Steinitz, Havana, 18897) Mikhail Tschigorin vs. Wilhelm Steinitz, Havana, 18898) Mikhail Tschigorin vs. Wilhelm Steinitz, Havana, 18899) Tschigorin & Ponce vs. Steinitz & Gavilan, Havana, 188910) Tschigorin & Ponce vs. Steinitz & Gavilan, Havana, 1889
- 2121) ConclusionC51Conclusion