move, if it does not bear a logical connection with the centre. For suppose after 4...Bb6 5.b5 (to make a virtue of necessity and attempt something of a demobilizing effect with the ill-moved b-pawn move), 5...Nd4 and now if 6.Nxe5, then 6...Qg5 with a strong attack. Bishop retreats after accepting the gambit After 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3, the bishop must move or be captured. The common retreats are listed here, with the good and bad sides of each: 5...Ba5 Black's most popular retreat according to Chessgames.com. It gets out of the way of White's centre pawns, and pins the c3-pawn if White plays 6.d4, but it has the drawback of removing the a5-square from the black . Black usually subsequently retreats the bishop to b6 to facilitate ...Na5, which is particularly strong when White opts for the Bc4, Qb3 approach. 5...Bc5 The second most popular retreat according to Chessgames.com, with White scoring better than after 5...Ba5. This is often played by those unfamiliar with the Evans Gambit, and is arguably inferior to 5...Ba5, because 6.d4 attacks the bishop and limits Black's options as compared with 5...Ba5 6.d4. 5...Be7 Lasker's Defence has often been considered one of the "safer" retreats and has been played by Viswanathan Anand. After 6.d4 Na5 White can attempt to maintain an initiative with 7.Be2 as played by Kasparov, or immediately recapture the pawn with 7.Nxe5. 5...Bd6 The Stone–Ware Defence, named after Henry Nathan Stone and Preston Ware, reinforces the e5-pawn and has been played by several grandmasters such as Andrei Volokitin, Alexander Grischuk and Loek van Wely. 5...Bf8 The Mayet Defence, named after Carl Mayet, is played very rarely. In popular culture The Evans Gambit is referenced in episode 15 of Season 3 of The West Wing "Hartsfield's Landing". It is the favourite opening of agadmator, a popular chess Youtuber. See also List of chess openings List of chess openings named after people References Bibliography ChessCafe.com article about the Evans Gambit (PDF) Handbuch des Schachspiels External links Evans Gambit video and analysis Overview of Evans Gambit Kibitzer article, part one (PDF file) Fischer vs. Fine, New York 1963 History of the Evans Gambit Chess openings 1827 in chess 1869 in chess