Eviscerated by the Evans?Pick Up This Stone-Cold Refutation
Based On Overprotection
Send the Evans Gambit back to the 19th century with the Stone-Ware System. It overprotects your central strongpoint — denies the open attacking lines White so desires — and enables you to consolidate your extra pawn.In the Evans Gambit, after
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3…
The starting position of
the Evans Gambit
…Trouble often starts after White gets in
6.d4 to force …exd4 from Black — conceding the center — and opening lines for the enemy pieces.
So let's do the exact opposite.
Overprotect your e5-pawn with
5…Bd6 6.d4 Qf6!?, creating a position which stops White's plan cold.
The stone-cold Stone-Ware System
Too closed, too slow, too solid to crack!
If you like this all-in, strongpoint defense, then step right up to
Break The Evans Gambit: The Stone-Ware System by community author
X_Master.
He’s a USCF chess expert rated 2160. One who has had his fair share of run-ins with the Evans Gambit.
And in his first-ever Chessable repertoire, he’s showing you…
One Of The Most Stubborn Ways To
Counter White’s Attacking Ambitions
By refusing to back down from the center,
Break The Evans Gambit: The Stone-Ware System takes the momentum out of White’s pawn sacrifice.
While the first player desperately tries to generate a second wind, you’ll consolidate your material advantage…
Or snowball the better square control afforded by your extra pawn into a central takeover.
To ensure you’ll convert your rock-solid start to a favorable position, X_master has covered the
45 must-know variations, and added
51 alternative variations to keep White guessing.
Over 36K words of instruction break down the ideas behind the moves…
While
strategy introductions explain what both sides are trying to achieve in every major variation.
This way, you’ll have an easier time navigating the opening’s ebb and flow when you finally dive into the theory.
Plus, you’ll also be given
31 model and reference games. So you can see how the masters handled the middlegame, and pattern your play from them.
The Evans Gambit might be a rare sight. But when you do run into this 19th century gambit, you shouldn’t miss the chance to score against it!
