MNb wrote on 04/09/07 at 22:09:48:


I have his book here right now and he quotes the Nunn-Hübner game too, but he says that instead of 7.O-O White should have "followed up incisively" with 7.d4

One of the example lines he gives from there is...

7. d4 Nxd4 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. O-O! dxc3 10. e5 Qxe5 11. Bxf7+ Kf8 12. Na3 Nf6 
13. Nc4 Qe7 14. Ba3 d6 15. Nxa5 Qxf7 16. Qxc3 

which leads us to the position of my first post...  It's half an hour I check it and still no clue of what Rodhe finds so appealing in it  ... but probably is because I am still at the beginning of my Evans adventure and I still don't get the spirit of it Maybe I should play it as black against some engine and see how it crushes me:)

Hi, this is my first post here... nice to meet you all 

I am reading GM Rohde "The Great Evans Gambit Debate", but I am
bit confuse about how his assessment on the following position (which is one of those he 
uses to support his suggestion of
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. Qb3 
against 6.d4)

r1b2k1r/ppp2qpp/3p1n2/N7/8/B1Q5/P4PPP/R4RK1 b - -

In his book he says that in this position he would "prefer white", but doesn't give any reason.
For sure Black position is a bit cramped and h-rook is going to stay home for a while, but I don't see 
big opportunities for White. He can put some pressure on b column with a Rook and the Queen, but then?
Would someone help me to spot what I am missing?

Thank you
Alessandro