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Yet another brilliant Evans Gambit from yesteryear! Two pawns down, White uses his long range pieces to decimate the Black position in a ferocious mating attack. By the way, my new book “Openings for Amateurs—Next Steps” is out. I hope you’ll order a copy, and if you haven’t got the first “OFA”, get that, too!


Bier - Alexander [C52] Altona Budapest, 1879 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.0–0 Nf6 7.d4 0–0 8.Nxe5 Nxe5 9.dxe5 Nxe4 10.Qd5 Bxc3 11.Nxc3 Nxc3 12.Qf3 Na4 13.Qg3 Kh8 14.Bg5 Also good was 14.Ba3 c5 15.Qb3 Qa5 16.Rfc1 (16.Bxf7 b5!) 16...a6 17.Bxf7 14...Qe8 15.Rfe1 Nb6 SEE DIAGRAM 16.Bf6!! Rg8 17.Bd3 gxf6 18.exf6 Rxg3 19.Rxe8+ Rg8 20.Rae1 Black Resigned as after 20...Nd5 [20...h5 21.Rxg8+ Kxg8 22.Re8#] 21.Rxg8+ Kxg8 22.Re8# Great Stuff!!

 


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