davidmoodychess (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} davidmoodychess) wrote,@ 2007-01-04 15:48:00 |
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A game from Larry Evans
GM Larry Evans has played a lot of interesting games over the years, but this is surely one of his most intriguing:
Larry Evans--H. Gordon
1.a3 h6 2.h3 a6 3.b4 g5 4.Bb2 Rh7 5.g4 Bg7 6.Bxg7 Rxg7 7.Rh2 Ra7 8.Bg2 b5 9.Ra2 Bb7 10.Bxb7 Rxb7 11.Nf3 Nf6 12.Nc3 Nc6 13.Qa1 Qa8 ½-½
Not quite his usual style. Perhaps the circumstances need to be clarified.
The game is from the 1946 US Open, when Evans was a promising 14-year-old. The tournament was in two parts that year. First, the 58 entries played an eight round Swiss System. Afterwards, the players were lined up in order and separated into 8-10 player round robin finals sections. As a result, most played 17 games in 13 days.
Evans actually qualified for the third Finals section, but the withdrawals of George Koltanowski and Arpad Elo promoted him to the second section. Perhaps he was just a bit outclassed, since he had lost his first seven games coming into this round 8 struggle.
Gordon was doing somewhat better. He had made two draws in the first seven rounds.
Given the circumstances, perhaps their frivolity can be forgiven.
GM Larry Evans has played a lot of interesting games over the years, but this is surely one of his most intriguing:
Larry Evans--H. Gordon
1.a3 h6 2.h3 a6 3.b4 g5 4.Bb2 Rh7 5.g4 Bg7 6.Bxg7 Rxg7 7.Rh2 Ra7 8.Bg2 b5 9.Ra2 Bb7 10.Bxb7 Rxb7 11.Nf3 Nf6 12.Nc3 Nc6 13.Qa1 Qa8 ½-½
Not quite his usual style. Perhaps the circumstances need to be clarified.
The game is from the 1946 US Open, when Evans was a promising 14-year-old. The tournament was in two parts that year. First, the 58 entries played an eight round Swiss System. Afterwards, the players were lined up in order and separated into 8-10 player round robin finals sections. As a result, most played 17 games in 13 days.
Evans actually qualified for the third Finals section, but the withdrawals of George Koltanowski and Arpad Elo promoted him to the second section. Perhaps he was just a bit outclassed, since he had lost his first seven games coming into this round 8 struggle.
Gordon was doing somewhat better. He had made two draws in the first seven rounds.
Given the circumstances, perhaps their frivolity can be forgiven.
