Italian Game and Evans Gambit d5 and 9 4Jc3. The first we shall look at now, while the second will be covered in Games 33-35. 9 d5 Adolf Anderssen, one of the strongest players in the 19th century, has the copyright of this move. Unfortunately for his family, chess players do not like to pay for intellectual rights... 9 ...ctJa5 Other moves are weaker (see the annotations to move 9 in Game 31). 10.i.b2ctJe7 That we are dealing with really old stuff can be seen from the next note: a) 10...f6 11 i.d3 4Je7 12 4Jc3 c5 13 e5 dxe5 14 4Jxe5 0-0 15 ~5 f5 16 :tad1 and White is better according to Bilguer's Handb1Jch. More interesting is: b) 10...4Jf6 11 i..d3 0-0 12 4Jc3 c6 13 4Je2 i..g4, when White can try: bl) 14 ~d2 cxd5 15 exd5 i..xf3 16 gxf3 4Jxd5 17 .txh7+ ~xh 7 18 "iixd5 .l:Ic8 19 "iVh5+ 'it>g8 20 'iig4 and White has some compensation for the material. b2) 14 4Jg3! is probably stronger though, and after 14...cxd5 15 exd5 h6! (if 15....l:Ic8 16 h3 i..d7 17 4Jg5! and White is better) 16 h3 i..d7 17 x:tel White has good compensation for the pawn. Basically it is hard to think up a situation where Black's extra b7-pawn will be a real asset before move 40. 11 .i.d3 Pawn grabbing can be bad for your health: 11 .txg7? ktg8 12 i..f6 4Jxc4 13 "ifa4+ ~d7 14 ~xc4 .l:Ixg2+!! 15 ~xg2 ~3+ 16 'it>hl ~xf3+ 17 ~gl .th3 and Black wins, as given by Anderssen. 11 ... 0-0 12 ctJe3 ctJg6 90 Another chess legend, Johannes Zukertort, gave the line 12...c5?! 13 e5! dxe5 14 4Jxe5 4Jg6 15 "iih5 'ilVd6 16 :tael i..c7 17 4Je4 with a deadly attack. 13ctJe2 e5 After 13...£6 14 4Jfd4 c5 15 4Jf5 .txf5 16 exf5 4Je5 17 4Jf4 White is better according to Matsukevich. The idea of the text move is simple: Black wants to keep control over the d4square. Now White has two equally good possibilities: 14 ~c1 as in the next game, and 14 "iid2 as below. 14 'ii'd2 f6 15 ~h1 i.e7 16 Iiae1 'ubS 17ctJg3 b5 1SctJf5 :b7 19 g4! Typical for this kind of position, White has good play for the pawn, if nothing more. 19... .i.bS 20 .l::!.g1 ctJe5 21 i.xe5?! In this structure the dark-squared bishop is very useful. It can attack the g7pawn and the knight on as at the same time. Better therefore was 21 4Jxe5 fxe5 22 f4 c4 23 .te2 and White would have had full compensation. 21 ...fxe5 22 ttJg5 .:teS 23 !Ig3 h6?! Violating the old rule of not advancing pawns where you are defending, which seems to give White a helping hand here.