BabySnake wrote on 03/19/12 at 10:24:44:
I recently saw a brief analysis of this somewhere but I have forgotten where! Could have been a book or an article on some Internet site. Perhaps someone can help me out and point me to any known analysis?
That was probably the article "Evans above!" by GM Flear in
SOS 11 (ed. J.Bosch), Chapter 2 / pages 27-34, New in Chess 2009
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http://www.newinchess.com/SOS___Secrets_of_Opening_Surprises_11-p-342.html4...d5!? is my own main weapon against Evans, but admittedly I don´t play this (and 1...e5)
in serious OTB games. In blitz or rapid games on 1900-2300 level I score very well with 4...d5,
most white players are obviously totally unprepared for that! Too many "attacking players" try
5.Bxd5 Nxb4 6.Bxf7+ but after ...Kxf7 7.Nxe5+ Kf8! white has simply nothing.
Probably White has a very small edge after 5.exd5 Nxb4 6.0-0! Nf6! but imo a good defender
shouldn´t have serious problems with black. For me it´s a practical weapon - in an important
(corr) game I would definitely choose 4...Bxb4! (or even more likely 1...c6!)
tracke