Reno Gazette-Journal Reno, Nevada Saturday, July 01, 1972 - Page 5
EVANS ON CHESS
Dr. G. Paros, Hungary
Problem: (07/01/1972) White mates in two.
Stockfish Analysis.
21st USA Championship
14 top players, including 7 grandmasters, recently vied for the title in New York City. The defending champ Sammy Reshevsky led most of the way. Then he lost to Robert Byrne and Lubomir Kavalek, both undefeated, who managed to overtake Reshevsky in a 3-way tie for first prize. Since this tournament was a zonal, the first leg of the triennial world championship challengers cycle, a playoff will determine which two of these grandmasters will represent the USA at the interzonal in 1973.
Final Standings |
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1 Byrne 2 Kavalek 3 Reshevsky 4 Evans 5 Benko 6 DeFotis 7 Lombardy 8 Mednis 9 Bisguier 10 Martz 11 Kaufman 12 Feuerstein 13 Horowitz 14 Popovych |
9 9 9 8½ 8 7½ 7½ 7 6½ 6½ 5 3 2½ 2 |
This instructive example of play on both wings is a candidate for the best game award. White achieves an early space advantage and breaks through on the Queenside but Black's defense is tenacious. Finally White switches to a Kingside invasion.
King's Indian Defense |
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White: EVANS 1 P-Q4 2 P-QB4 3 N-QB3 4 P-K4 5 B-K2 6 N-B3 7 0-0 8 B-K3 9 P-Q5 10 BxB 11 P-QN4 12 P-QR3 13 Q-N3 14 B-K2! 15 B-Q2 16 P-B3 17 N-R4 18 PxP 19 Q-B3 20 P-B5 21 P-N5! 22 QxKP 23 Q-B5 24 B-B3 25 KR-Q1 26 P-K5 27 P-K6 28 NxB 29 Q-B2 30 P-R3(b) 31 B-B4 32 N-K4 33 QxN 34 Q-K5 35 R-R4! 36 B-Q3 37 R/1-R1 38 QxQ 39 K-B2 40 P-R4 41 PxP 42 R-R1 43 R-KR5 44 P-N3 45 KxP 46 R-KN4 47 R/5xP 48 RxR 49 B-R7 50 K-B4 51 PxP 52 P-B7! 53 K-K5 54 R-N8ch 55 R-N7ch 56 RxN 57 R-QN7 |
Black: POPOVYCH N-KB3 P-KN3 B-N2 P-Q3 0-0 B-N5(a) KN-Q2 P-K4 BxN P-KB4 P-QR4 N-R3 K-R1 P-85 N-B3 R-KN1 PxP B-B1 P-KN4 PxP N-N1 QN-Q2 R-N3! B-N2 Q-K2 N-KN1 BxB R-KB1 N/2-B3 P-N3 R-N2 NxN N-B3 N-K1 N-Q3 K-N1 Q-B3 RxQ R-K2(c) P-R3 PxP R-B1 R-N2 PxPch R-Q1 K-B1 RxR P-B5 NxP P-B3(d) N-Q5(e) NxPch NxP K-K2 K-B1 P-N4 Black Resigns |
(a) Inferior. Usual is 6 … P-K4 7 0-0, N-B3 8 P-Q5, N-K2 |
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PROBLEM SOLUTION: 1 Q-K8! threatening 2 PxP. If 1 … P-Q3 2 N/5-Q7. If 1 … R-Q3 2 P-KB4
