Reno Gazette-Journal Reno, Nevada Saturday, February 12, 1972 - Page 5
EVANS ON CHESS
V. Chepizny, USSR
Problem: (02/12/1972) White mates in two.
Stockfish Analysis.
The 72nd U.S. Open
The 1971 U.S. Open chess championship in August at Ventura California, attracted a record 400 entries, including a strong field of 8 grand-masters. The new co-champions with scores of 10-2 are 22-year-old Walter Browne of Australia, the youngest grandmaster, and 39-year-old Larry Evans of Reno, 3-time USA champion. Close on their heels with 9½-2½ were international stars Lubomir Kavalek (who recently defected from Czechoslovakia), William Lombardy (a Catholic priest), Hans Ree the Dutch champion) and Samuel Reshevsky (once a child prodigy). Here's the crucial clash between the leaders from round 7. The first move in chess is equivalent to the serve, and White's opening initiative often extends well into the middle-game. Fighting an uphill battle, Black never succeeds in equalizing, and eventually he buckles under his defensive task.
Nimzo Indian Defense |
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White: EVANS 1 P-Q4 2 P-QB4 3 N-QB3 4 P-K3 5 B-Q3 6 N-B3 7 0-0 8 BxP 9 P-QR3 10 Q-Q3 11 PxP 12 R-Q1 13 P-R3 14 B-K3 15 Q-K2 16 QR-B1 17 PxN 18 K-R1 19 B-R2 20 P-Q5 21 PxP 22 RxR 23 Q-B4 24 N-K5 25 Q-K4 26 N-N6 27 N-B4 28 NxP 29 BxBch 30 QxQ 31 N-Q5 32 R-B2 33-R-B3 34 K-N1 35 R-B4 36 RxB 37 R-N5 38 N-N4 39 R-KB5 40 R-B1 41 R-B2 42 K-R2 43 R-B7 44 N-Q5 45 P-QN3 46 R-Q7 47 R-Q8ch 48 N-B6ch 49 RxR 50 R-Q5 |
Black: BROWNE N-KB3 P-K3 B-N5 0-0 P-B4 P-Q4 PxBP N-B3 B-R4 PxP(a) B-N3 P-KR3 Q-K2 R-Q1 N-Q4 NxB B-Q2 B-K1 QR-B1 N-N1(b) PxP RxR B-Q2 B-B1(c) N-B3 Q-B3 Q-K4(d) BxN K-R1 NxQ N-Q6 B-B4 N-B7ch N-K5 N-N4 NxB P-QN3 N-B2 R-QBch R-Q7 R-Q8ch R-K8 N-N4 R-K7 R-Q7(e) NxP K-R2 PxN N-N4 Resigns |
(a) A dubious system which enables White to free his QB (Queen Bishop) while Black's counterpart on QR4 re-mains more or less stranded. More reliable is the older 10 … P-QR3; and if 11 PxP, QxQ 12 BxQ, BxN 13 PxP, N-QR4!=. |
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PROBLEM SOLUTION: 1 N-Q7!
