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C5126 plies · white to move

Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Mortimer-Evans Gambit

The Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Mortimer-Evans Gambit is a chess opening classified under ECO code C51 in the Open Games & French Defense family, beginning with 1.e4 e5 or 1.e4 e6, including the Italian Game, Ruy Lopez, and French Defense. It is reached after 13 moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O d6 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Bxf7+ Kf8 13. Qc2 Kxf7. The resulting position leaves white to move.

1
White k
White r
White b
White r
2
White p
White p
White p
White q
White p
3
White n
White n
4
White p
White p
5
Black n
6
Black p
Black b
7
Black p
Black p
Black k
Black b
Black p
Black p
Black p
8h
Black r
g
Black n
f
e
d
Black q
c
b
a
Black r

Resulting Position

Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Mortimer-Evans Gambit (C51)