The Origin Story: Who Was Captain Evans and Why Did He Sacrifice? (Evans Gambit)

The Origin Story: Who Was Captain Evans and Why Did He Sacrifice? (Evans Gambit)

Picture a mail ship cutting through the Irish Sea in 1824. The waves crash against the hull. The steam engine churns below deck. And in the captain’s quarters, a Welsh seafarer hunches over a chessboard, working out an idea that would shake the chess world for the next two centuries as Evans Gambit. Captain William […]

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