For navigation[•: Chess Openings - See All Lessons]
[•: To the Main Page of Evans Gambit]
Learn how to correctly play the Normal Variation of the Evans Gambit chess opening. On this page you will learn the proven lines of the Normal Variation of the Evans Gambit proved a long time ago, checked by time and recalculated as correct algorithms by the power of today's chess engines.
Today the Normal Variation of the Evans Gambit is not so popular as it was before but is still playable at the chess master level in 2019. It may be a good variation for chess beginner to use in the Evans Gambit games. The Normal Variation of the Evans Gambit is ECO code C51. It starts with the following moves:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 (*Evans Gambit)
4... Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O d6 8. cxd4 Bb6
(*Normal Variation)
• Evans Gambit • Normal Variation (Evans Gambit Accepted)
• Recall the Main Variations of Evans Gambit
Learn the proven lines of the Normal Variation of the Evans Gambit chess opening, move by move, and see how to correctly play just below.
Proven Lines: How to Correctly Play the Normal Variation of the Evans Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 (*Evans Gambit)
4... Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O ...
7... d6 (=equal +0.22)
(7... dxc3? 8.Bxf7+ Kxf7 9.Qd5+ Ke8 10.Qxc5 d6 11.Qxc3 +W better +1.14)
8. cxd4 Bb6 (*Normal Variation)
Best lines to continue:
Old proven: 9.Nc3 Bg4 10.Bb5 Kf8 (against d5) 11.Bd3 Nge7 (=equal, -0.35)
Old proven: 9.h3 Nf6 10.Re1 h6 11.Ba3 O-O (=equal, +0.12)
Computer recommended: 9.Nc3 Na5 10.Bd3 Ne7 11.h3 0-0 (=equal, +0.26)
• To the Main Page of Chess Openings for Beginners
• To the Main Page of Evans Gambit
On this page of chess-openings-for-beginners.blogspot.com you have learned the Normal Variation of the Evans Gambit. It is one of the oldest variation of this chess opening. It was very popular before, and it is still playable at the master level today. The Normal Variation may be a good choice for chess beginners.
