Reno Gazette-Journal Reno, Nevada Saturday, March 11, 1972 - Page 5
EVANS ON CHESS
N. Guttman, USA
Problem: (03/11/1972) White mates in two.
Stockfish Analysis.
7th American Open
Santa Monica, California, again played host to a record 306 players. 5 leaders emerged with 6 wins and 2 draws: Walter Browne, Larry Evans, Carl Pilnick, Ross Stoutenborough, David Strauss. $400 went to each but the trophy was awarded to Pilnick on the tie-break.
The field was headed by grandmasters Browne and Evans, who are also the U. S. Open co-champions, and the luck of the draw paired them in the last round. By drawing a hard-fought game, they knocked each other out of a clear lead and allowed 3 players to overtake them.
As usual, chance played its role since there were too many players to be mathematically eliminated in only 8 rounds. Had there been another round or two, most likely the pack would hare sorted itself out. These so-called Swiss tournaments, like some other Swiss products, are full of holes. But there is simply no other way to complete an event of this magnitude in 4 days.
Alekhine's Defense |
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White: BROWNE 1 P-K4 2 P-K5 3 P-Q4 4 N-KB3 5 B-QB4 6 B-N3 7 0-0(a) 8 PxP 9 P-QR4 10 P-B3(b) 11 QN-Q2 12 R-K1 13 N-B1 14 P-R4 15 N-N3 16 B-B2 17 N-K2 18 N-B4 19 Q-Q3(d) 20 P-KN3 21 P-N3 22 B-Q2 23 PxP 24 N-N5 25 Q-K2 26 P-R5 27 P-QN4 28 B-N3 29 K-R2 30 QR-B1 31 B-K3 32 PxN 33 R-131 34 N-R3(f) 35 NxB 36 R-B4 37 NxNch 38 R/1-KB1 39 Q-KB2 40 R-B6 |
Black: EVANS N-KB3 N-Q4 P-Q3 P-KN3 N-N3 B-N2 0-0 BPxP N-B3 P-Q4 P-K3(c) B-Q2 R-B1 P-KR4 P-B31 N-K2 Q-K1 Q-B2 N-B4 KR-K1 B-B3(e) P-K4 PxP P-K5 Q-B3 N-R1 N-B2 K-R1 R-K2 QR-K1 NxB B-R3 BxN Q-K4 K-N2 N-K3 QxN B-Q2 B-N4! Q-Q2! Draw (g) |
(a) Sharper is 7 N-N5, P-Q4 8 P-KB4! |
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PROBLEM SOLUTION: 1 QxQBP!
