White to Play
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Mikhail Chigorin was a brilliant attacking player of the classical era. His handling of the Evans Gambit was instructive to all of us. Just give this guy control of the center, and he calmly goes about his business, not worrying about being a pawn down. Thus, the whole game is given here. Black played very well, so it's not some easy run over a patzer.
Chigorin-Pollock, New York, 1889: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Bc5 6.0–0 d6 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Bb6 9.Nc3 Na5 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bf4 Nxc4 12.Qa4+ Kf7 13.Qxc4+ Be6 14.d5 Bd7 15.Ne2 Qe8 16.a4 Ne7 17.Be3 Ng6 18.Bxb6 cxb6 19.Qb4 Qe7 20.Ng3 Rhc8 21.Nd4 Rc5 22.f4 Rac8 23.Qd2 Rc4 24.Ne6 Nh4 25.Qd1 Bxe6 26.dxe6+ Kg8 [Why Black didn't take: 26...Qxe6 27.Qh5+ Ng6 28.f5] 27.Qg4 Ng6 28.Nf5 Qc7 29.e7 Kf7 30.Rad1 Qc5+ 31.Kh1 Rc6 SEE DIAGRAM 32.e5 fxe5 33.Nxd6+ Rxd6 34.fxe5+ Rf6 35.e8Q+ Kxe8 36.Qd7+ Kf8 37.exf6 Black Resigns. 37.Qd8+ Would have been fine, too.
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