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No Evans Gambit study would be complete without the “Evergreen” game, which is arguably the greatest Evans Gambit every played.


Solution:

This was the game--Anderssen,Adolf - Dufresne,Jean [C52] Berlin, 1852 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.0–0 d3 8.Qb3 Qf6 9.e5 Qg6 10.Re1 Nge7 11.Ba3 b5 12.Qxb5 Rb8 13.Qa4 Bb6 14.Nbd2 Bb7 15.Ne4 Qf5 16.Bxd3 Qh517 17.Nf6+ gxf6 18.exf6 Rg8! 19.Rad1! Qxf3? 20.Rxe7+! Nxe7!? (see diagram) 21.Qxd7+!! Kxd7 22.Bf5+ Ke8 23.Bd7+ Kf8 24.Bxe7#

 


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