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Find out here how to correctly play the Evans Gambit Accepted 5... Be7 Variation. On this page you will learn the lines of the Be7 Variation of the Evans Gambit Accepted, proven to be correct by many games played by chess masters on this variation. The proven lines have been checked by a chess engine.
At the sunrise of the Evans Gambit, the 5... Be7 Variation was not employed at all. But the picture has changed, and the Evans Gambit Accepted 5... Be7 Variation is one of the most popular variations of the Evans Gambit today. In 2019, the chess masters play this variation in each 5th game of the Evans Gambit.
At the master level in 2019, the Black bishop retreat on e7 is the second most common answer in the Evans Gambit Accepted (after Ba5.) The Evans Be7 is more passive defense and one of the most equalizing variation for Black. The Evans Be7 Variation is ECO code C51. The variation starts with the following moves:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 ... (*Evans Gambit)
4... Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 (*5... Be7 Variation, Accepted)
• Evans Gambit • 5... Be7 Variation (Evans Gambit Accepted)
• The Main Variations of the Evans Gambit Opening
Learn the proven lines of the 5... Be7 Variation of the Evans Gambit Accepted, move by move, and see how to correctly play it for White and Black.
Proven Lines: How to Correctly Play the 5... Be7 Variation of the Evans Gambit Accepted
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 ... (*Evans Gambit)
4... Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 (*5... Be7 Variation)
6.d4 Na5 7.Be2 d6 8.Qa4+ c6
(6.Qb3 Nh6 7.d4 0-0 8.Bxh6 gxh6 9.0-0 d6 (-B sl. better, -0.50))
(6.Qb3 Na5? 7.Bxf7+ Kf8 8.Qa4 b6 9.Nxe5 (+W sl. better, +0.76))
(7.Bd3 d6 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Nxe5 Nf6 (=equal, -0.28))
(7.Nxe5 Nxc4 8.Nxc4 d5 9.exd5 Qxd5(=equal, -0.27))
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Nxe5 Nf6
Best lines to continue
By games: 11.0-0 0-0 12.Bf4 b5 13.Qc2 Be6 14.Nd2 Bd6 (=equal, +0.08)
By computer: 11.0-0 Qc7 12.Nf3 Bg4 13.g3 b5 14.Qc2 0-0 (=equal, +0.10)
Use the following links to get more information on the Evans Gambit:
• The Evans Normal Variation
• The Evans Stone-Ware Variation
• To the Main Page of Evans Gambit
On this page of chess-openings-for-beginners.blogspot.com you have learned the 5... Be7 Variation of the Evans Gambit Accepted. This variation is quite popular at the chess master level in 2019 and may be a good choice for chess beginners to play it within the Evans Gambit games.
