Here are some chess puzzles from the Evans Gambit (ECO C51).
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.
White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 3. Johannes Zukertort (blind) vs Bouzon, France, 1885
r1b1k2r/ppp3pp/8/nP1BP3/4P1q1/6P1/P1P4P/bNBQ1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bf7+ if Ke7 Ba3+ ]
b)
Deighton vs JH Blake, Cambridge, 1894
r2q3r/pp2kB1p/1bp4p/nP2P3/4P1b1/2N2Q2/P1P2PPP/R3K2R w - - 0 1
[ Qf6+ Kd7 Rd1+ if Bxd1 Qd6+ mates ]
c)
White Mates in 2. Heinz Helms vs Oscar Tenner, New York, 1942
r1bqk2r/bppp1ppp/8/PB2N3/3n4/B7/2PPQnPP/RN2K2R w KQkq - 0 1
[ Nxd7 if Nxe2 Nf6# ]
d)
Bill Wall vs Christopher Duncan, Dayton, 1981
r1b2r1k/ppppqBpp/3b1n2/6N1/4P3/7Q/P3nPPP/RNB2R1K w - - 0 1
[ Nxh7 if Nxh7 Bg6 mates ]
e)
Jiri Novosak vs Vaclav Filgas, Czech Republic, 1995
r1b2rk1/ppppbppp/2n3qn/3NP3/2BP4/5N2/P4PPP/R1BQ1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf4 if Qf5 Bd3 Qg4 h3 ]
The Evans Gambit: An Overview
C51 Puzzles, Part II. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
Black Mates in 4. NN vs Wilhelm Steinitz, London, 1862
r3k2r/ppp2pp1/3p1n2/3Pn2p/4P2q/2N2P1P/P3BbRK/R1BQ4 b kq - 0 1
[ ...Nfg4+ if fxg4 Qxh3+ or if Rxg4 Nxg4+ fxg4 Qg3+ ]
b)
Frank Berry vs Chuck Bradshaw, USA, 1988
r6k/ppp2Qp1/1bnp3p/3B2q1/3nP3/2N4P/P4PP1/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne5 if f4 Qg3 ]
c)
Jaromir Sulc vs J Hlozek, Svetla nad Sazavou, 1998
r3r1k1/ppp2ppp/6q1/1N6/2PP1n2/4NP1b/P2Q2PP/R4R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe3 if gxh3 Re2 ]
d)
Tigran Spaan vs Marc Erwich, Amsterdam, 2002
r3r1k1/pb4pp/1p3n2/2pqN3/3P4/1Q2B3/P4PPP/R2R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...c4 if Qxc4 Rxe5 ]
e)
Christofoor Baljon vs Aldo Haik, Amsterdam, 1980
4rrk1/pp4pp/2p3q1/3p1b2/PP1P1p2/1B6/Q2K1PPP/2B2NR1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bb1 if Bc2 Bxc2 Qxc2 Re2+ ]
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