[Event "BCC Championship"] [Site "BCC"] [Date "2016.05.05"] [Round "5"] [White "Rodney Jacobs"] [Black "Michael Tausz"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1659"] [BlackElo "1433"] [ECO "C51"] [Opening "Evans Gambit Accepted"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 {Honour bound! Both Michael & I are fond of the Evans Gambit. In last year's Teters he (as black) beat me in an Evans (RJ)} Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 {The alternative is Be7, According to Harding & Botterill in their book 'The Italian Game', Ba5 is the reply most likely to test the soundness of the Evans. (RJ)} 6.Qb3!? {Recommended by Harding & Botterill. A divergence from the usual d4, It forces black to deal with the immediate issue of f7. It also has the advantage of taking the game down quite specific lines, which are fairly easy to remember. A disadvantage is that in some lines black can rid himself of the menacing white bishop by Na5, forking the queen and bishop. (RJ)} Qf6 {The alternative is Qe7, which invites the awkward Ba3 (RJ)} 7.O-O {Not d4, which allows black to simplify by Nxd4 - Harding & Botterill (RJ)} Bb6 {Book} 8.d4 {Also book. (RJ)} Na5?! {Not the best move. But not as bad as we both thought it was! In post-game analysis we assumed 9. de5 Nxb3 10. ef Nxb3 11 fg Nxa1 12. gh. But Deep Shredder indicates that after 9....Qg6 or even 9....Qxf3 the position is even. However after the book move ed (better than d6) it believes Black has a .7 advantage - i.e. its view is that this whole line is slightly unsound for White, but that Na4 gives up Black's advantage! In our last game, Michael played 8........d6, after which followed 9. Bg5 Qg6 10. Bd3? Bg4 11. Nbd2 Nf6 and Black is better. (RJ)} 9.dxe5 Qg6 {Again. Qxf3 wasn't bad. Deep Shredder states the position is now even. White's pawns are doubled and isolated. But Black is seriously behind in development and it will be hard for him to catch up. (RJ)} 10.Qa4 Nxc4 11.Qxc4 Qc6 12.Qd3 {Obviously wanting to keep the queens on. Also hoping to embarrass the Black queen at some point with minor pieces. (RJ)} Ne7 13.Nd4 Bxd4? {Probably the key mistake. Brings together White's isolated pawns and gives him a strong centre. Deep Shredder gives White only a small initiative after Qg6 (RJ)} 14.cxd4 O-O {b5 is an alternative (Deep Shredder (RJ)} 15.Ba3 Re8 {Deep Shredder gives d6 (RJ).} 16.Nc3 {Deep Shredder prefers 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 and then 17 Nc3, taking advantage of the awkward position of the rook. (RJ)} d5 17.exd6 cxd6 18.Rac1 Ng6 {Deep Shredder indicates Bd7 offers more resistance. (RJ)} 19.Nd5 Qd7 {Qa4 is better} 20.Nc7 Qe7 21.Qg3? {Overly cautious} Qxe4 22.Nxa8 Nf4 23.Rce1 {Best (RJ)} Ne2+ {Of course if Qxe1, Qxf4 (RJ)} 24.Rxe2 Qxe2 25.Nc7 Rd8 26.Qe3 {Wanting to get those queens off! (RJ)} Qxe3 {Not 25....Qxa2 26 Qe7 (RJ)} 27.fxe3 Rd7 28.Nb5 a6 29.Rc1 {#r} 1-0