Hi to all!
in Evans Gambit , usually one considers only 5...Ba5 , Bc5 , Be7 , and yet there is another move : 5...Bd6!?
This move looks odd , and generally it is held for unsound
But Pillsbury played it with success against Schiffers (Hastings 1895 )
I mention it because my Chess engine Junior7 chose it against Shredder8 , and won with a very unusual plan
Her is the game:
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc5 Bc5 4 b4 Bxb4 5 c3 Bd6!?
6 d4 Qf6 7 O-O Ne7 TN
(there only one game with this line : Hanstein Bilguer where was played 7...h6 )
8 Ng5 O-O 9 f4 exf4 10 Nf3 Ng6 11 e5 Ncxe5
12 dxe5 Nxe5 13 Nxe5 Bxe5 14 Qf3 d5 15 Bxd5 g5
16 Be4 Rd8 17 a4 Bf5 18 Bxf5 Qxf5 19 Qxb7 Rab8
20 Qxa7 Bd6 21 Ba3 Ra8 22 Qb7 Rxa4 23 Kh1 Rda8
24 Qb3 Qd3 25 Rd1 Qa6 26 Bxd6 Rxa1 27 Bxc7 Qc6
28 Bd6 h6 29 Bxf4 gxf4 30 Rg1 Ra2 31 h3 De4 32 c4 Re2 33 Qd1 Qe3 34 Qd8+ Kg7 35 Qc8 Re1 36 Qg4+ Kf8
37 Rxe1 Qxe1+ 38 Kh2 Qxb1 39 Qc8+ Kg7 40 Qg4+ Kh8
41 Qxf4 Qg1+ 0-1
The plan "followed" by Junior7 is quite original : to keep a strongpoint , not in e5 , but in f4 what stops all white
attack on kingside ; curiously enough , it gives to the game a structure akin to a King's Gambit , classical defense
Notice that the opponent is quite respectable:Shredder8 is world champion of chess engines
Maybe you can crack this line ,but you will have to calculate beyond ply 17 8)
Friendly Yours
Photophore