Selected Games
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This game, against future grandmaster Abe Yanofsky, who had won the brilliancy prize against Mikhail Botvinnik at Groningen the year before, was Evans's first victory against a noted player:
Daniel Yanofsky–Larry Evans, U.S. Open 1947, Alekhine defence B05
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 dxe5 7. dxe5 e6 8. a3 Nc6 9. Bb5 Qd7 10. c4 Nde7 11. 0-0 Qd4 12. Bg5 a6 13. Bxe7 axb5 14. Bxf8 Rxf8 15. cxb5 Nxe5 16. Qe2 0-0-0 17. Nc3 Ng6 18. Rad1 Qe5 19. Qc2 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rc1 Nf4 22. Kh1 Qh5 24. Kh2 Rd3 25. f3 (see diagram) 25...Rxf3! 26. Rd1 Nxh3! 27. gxf3 Nf2+ 28. Kg3 Qh3+ 29. Kf4 Qh2+ 30. Ke3 0–1 See the game online
In his book Modern Chess Brilliances, Evans listed four of his own wins:
- Evans vs. Berger, 1964
- Evans vs. Blackstone, 1965
- Evans vs. Zuckerman, 1967, U.S. Championship
- Koehler vs. Evans, 1968, U.S. National Open
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