[Event "Match, Brooklyn"] [Site "Brooklyn, NY USA (Brooklyn CC"] [Date "1893.10.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Hermann Helms"] [Black "Walter Frere"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C51"] [Annotator "Stockfish 17.1"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1893.09.19"] [Source "Brooklyn Daily "] {C51: Evans Gambit Declined} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 { Statistically there is not much difference in the win/loss percentages of accepting or declining the gambit/} 5. a4 a6 6. a5 Ba7 7. b5 {This is risky. Safer is 7.c3 or 7.O-O} axb5 8. Bxb5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. c3 Bb6 11. O-O Rxa5 12. Rxa5 Bxa5 {Black has win a P, but he has nothing to show for it because white now gets quick development.} 13. Qh5 Qf6 14. Ba3 {This causes black no problems so he should have hiy the center with 14.d4!} c6 {This and the following moves give black the initiative on the Q-side owing to the exposed white Bs.} 15. Bc4 b5 16. Bb3 Ne7 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Bb6 {While not reallu bad, it suggests that Helms is not aware of any danger drom the possible central advance of the e-Pawn. Safer wpuld have been 18...e5} 19. e5 {Black is under pressure after this.} Qf5 20. Qd1 {White has to take steps to defend his important d-Pawn} g5 {This rash move loses the game. The solid 20...Qf4 should hold.} 21. Nc3 $18 Ba5 22. Bc2 Qe6 23. Ne4 h6 24. Bc5 Nd5 25. Nd6+ Kd8 26. Bf5 Nc3 27. Qa1 Ne2+ 28. Kh1 Bc3 29. Qa8 {Black resigned. He cannot avoid mate.} 1-0