GAMBITUL EVANS

Hector, J. (2572) vs. Antonsen, M. (2439)

48th XtraCon TCh-DEN 2009-10 | Denmark DEN | Round 7 | 2 Mar 2010 | ECO: C52 | 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 d6 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Nbd2 (8. dxe5 Bb6 9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Qc2 Nxc4 11. Nxc4
d5) 8... Nh6 (8... Bb6 9. a4 exd4 (9... Na5 10. Qa2 Nxc4 11. Nxc4 ) 10. cxd4 Nxd4 11. Qc3 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Petrosian,T (2606)-Minasian,A
(2466)/68th ch-ARM Yerevan ARM 2008 (11)/1-0 12... Nf6 13. Rg1) 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Ba3 c6 12. O-O-O b5 13. Nf3 Qb7
(13... bxc4 14. Rxd7 cxb3 15. Re7+ Kd8 16. Rd1+ Bd7 17. Rdxd7+) 14. Rd5!! f6 (14... cxd5 15. Bxd5 Qc7 16. Bxa8 Qxc3+ 17. Qxc3 Bxc3
18. Bc5) (14... bxc4 15. Rxe5+ Kd8 16. Rd1+) 15. Rxb5! Bb6 (15... cxb5 16. Bxb5+ Bd7 (16... Kd8 17. Rd1+ Kc7 18. Bd6+ Kd8 19. Bxe5+
Ke7 20. Bd6+ Kd8 21. Bb4+ Kc7 22. Bxa5+) 17. Qe6+ Kd8 18. Bxd7) 16. Nxe5!! Qc7 (16... fxe5 17. Rxe5+ Kd8 18. Rd1+ Bd7 19. Be6)
(16... cxb5 17. Bxb5+ Kd8 18. Rd1+ Kc7 19. Bd6+) 17. Nxc6! Bd7 (17... Qxc6 18. Bd5) 18. Ne7 Qf4+(18... Bxb5 19. Bxb5+) 19. Kb1
Bd8(19... Qxe4+ 20. Ka1) 20. Nf5 Qxe4+ 21. Ka1 Bxf5 (21... Nxf5 22. Bf7#) 22. Bd5 Qe2 23. Bxa8 Be6 24. Bd5

Stelios Halkias (2519) vs. Vladimir Kramnik (2760)

Qatar Masters | Doha QAT | Round 1.2 | 26 Nov 2014 | ECO: C51 | 1/2-1/2
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 6. d4 Na5 7. Bd3 d6 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 Nd7
12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. e5 g6 14. Nd2 b6 15. Nf3 Bb7 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Qc6 18. Qg4 Rad8 19. Bg5 Qc5 20. Qh4 Nc6 21. Rae1
h5 22. Re4 Rd3 23. Rc4 Qd5 24. Bxe7 Nxe7 25. Rxc7 Nf5 26. Qc4 Qxc4 27. Rxc4 Re8 28. Re1 Rd5 29. h3 Kf8 30. g4 hxg4
31. hxg4 Ng7 32. Rc7 Re7 33. Rc8+ Re8 34. Rc7 Re7 35. Rc8+Re8

Kasparov, Garry (2805) vs. Anand, Viswanathan (2715)

Riga Tal Memorial | Riga | Round 4 | 1995 | ECO: C51 | 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 This is one of the modern defenses.
6. d4 Na5 7. Be2 (7. Nxe5 Nxc4 8. Nxc4 d5 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Ne3 This is a safe way to regain the pawn and play a game, but Black has the
two bishops and should not really have problems. )7... exd4 8. Qxd4! If instead the natural 8.cxd4 then 8...d5.
8... Nf6 Later, giving back the pawn by 8. ..Nc6 9.Qxg7 Bf6 was played more often.
9. e5 Nc6 10. Qh4 Nd5 11. Qg3The queen has reached an ideal square.
11... g6 12. O-O Nb6 13. c4 Kasparov ends up saacrificing another pawn. A good continuation was 13.Bh6, with great attacking prospects.
13... d6 14. Rd1 Nd7!It starts to look like White's attack is losing steam. If Black manages to castle, White will have nothing, so Kasparov
puts more fuel on the flame.
15. Bh6 Ncxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Nc3 f6 18. c5 Nf7White's attack is enough to compensate for two pawns. Black had to play 18...Be6
instead.
19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Qe3Preventing ...Be6. Black is in serious trouble now, with Nd5 and Bb5+ coming.
20... Nxh6 21. Qxh6 Bf8 22. Qe3+ Kf7 23. Nd5 Be6 24. Nf4 Qe7 25. Re1Anand resigned since he could find no way of meeing White's
various threats. The main problem is that bishop moves will be met by Bc4+, while the black bishop has no safe square on that diagonal. 25...
Re8 or 25...Qd7 are met by 26.Bb5. 25...a6 is met by 26.Bf3, and Black has no defense; and 25...Bh6 is met by 26.Bc4. Other moves do not
defend against White's threat of simply moving the Be2.

Fischer, Robert James vs. Fine, Reuben

New York | New York | 1963 | ECO: C52 | 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O dxc3 The greedy so-called "Compromised Defense". Who knows
where it got that name - one one hand, Black's play is clearly "uncompromising"; on the other, who wants to play a variation that is called
"compromised"?
8. Qb3 Qe7 9. Nxc3 Nf6?This is a losing mistake, but naturally it is very hard to play such a position.
10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5The e-file is torn open.
11... Ne5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Bb2 Qg5 14. h4!Giving the queen the option of abandoning the g7-pawn or the e7-square - both
unacceptable.
14... Qxh4(14... Qh6 15. Qa3 Now that e7 is unguarded, White wins by playing this followed by Rae1+. )15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Rfe1+ Kd8It
makes no difference if Black captures the rook first - after 16.. .Bxe1 17.Rxe1+ White wins as in the game.
17. Qg3!The black queen is deflected - if 17...Qxg3 18.Bf6# follows.