Italian Game: Evans Gambit Declined, Showalter Variation

C51

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 5. a4 a6 6. Nc3

How it went

12 ours · 24 masters

White wins 33% Draws 25% Black wins 42%

Continuations

This line has no named subvariations in the catalogue. It is a branch end.

Master games

Morozevich, Alexander — Kamsky, Gata 0-1 · 2008
Wei, Yi — Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1/2-1/2 · 2013
Sindarov, Javokhir — Aronian, L.. 0-1 · 2021
Sindarov, Javokhir — Mamedyarov, S.. 1-0 · 2021
Wei, Yi — Harikrishna, Pentala 1/2-1/2 · 2014

Games in Spain

Schut,Ha (2101) — Chigaev,M (2588) 0-1
Zhigalko,S (2572) — Estrada Nieto,J (2217) 1-0
Beerdsen,Thomas (2502) — Korneev,O (2473) 1/2-1/2
Aloma Vidal,R (2448) — Cnejev,Vladimir-Alexandru (2293) 0-1
Aloma Vidal,R (2437) — Tarasova,Viktoriy (2226) 1/2-1/2
Rappazzo,Johannes (2317) — Estrada Nieto,J (2192) 1/2-1/2
Pinheiro,I (2306) — Estrada Nieto,J (2217) 0-1
Schut,Ha (2101) — Estrada Nieto,J (2280) 1-0

This line is also written

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bb6 5.a4 a6 6.Nc3
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Bc5 4 b4 Bb6 5 a4 a6 6 Nc3
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Bc4 Bc5 b4 Bb6 a4 a6 Nc3
e4, e5, Nf3, Nc6, Bc4, Bc5, b4, Bb6, a4, a6, Nc3