| Oct-15-15 | | BwanaVa: One of the least known brilliancies in US Chess. Lombardy had to have envisioned 28...f4 and the threat of 29...Qh3 at least by move 23. One must wonder if when he played 23...Qd7 Lombardy was counting on Evans well known preference of grabbing loose pawns and then grinding. |
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Oct-16-15
 | | Retireborn: This game is evidently sourced from Informator, where the White player is indeed said to be Larry M Evans. On the other hand Chessbase Big 2002 puts the game in the US open Ventura 1971 and gives the White player as Larry D Evans. It claims Larry M wasn't playing! On the third hand both Wiki and Bill Wall say that Ventura was won by Browne and Larry Evans (by which they mean Larry M.) <Phony Benoni> has a page on Ventura, but it doesn't mention which Evans was there. I suspect Chessbase is wrong, but confirmation from anyone would be gratefully received! |
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Oct-16-15
 | | wwall: I have the crosstable of the 1971 US Open at Ventura in front of me. It was won by Walter S. Browne of Australia and Larry Evans of Las Vegas. Only Larry M. Evans lived in Las Vegas. (source: CL&R, Nov 1971, p. 613) |
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| Oct-16-15 | | ChemMac: The "other" Larry (D.) Evans, though a USCF Master, was unlikely to come first in a major tournament against GM's. Whenever just "Larry Evans" is given, it's assumed that Larry Melvin the GM is meant. |
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Oct-16-15
| | Retireborn: Bill, many thanks for that speedy response!
It's not the only time Chessbase has assigned games to the wrong Evans; <perfidious> mentioned Algarve 1975 to me. I suspect some inputter there didn't know there were two of them and just selected the first one that came up on his alphabetical list.... |
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Oct-16-15
 | | Phony Benoni: A little more unnecessary confirmation: Lombardy annotates the game in "Chess Life & Review, December 1971, p.683, and makes it clear that Larry M. Evans was his opponent. Jack Spence's tournament book also confirms Larry M. Evans, and includes the game (#313) with a few extra moves: <42.Nc3 Qxf3+ 43.Ke5 Qd3 44.Nd5 Rh5+>. Lombardy confirms that there was a time scramble. I'm submitting games from the 1968 and 1969 Opens right now, so I'll reach 1971 fairly soon--and expect to be there for some time. |
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Oct-16-15
| | Retireborn: <Phony> Many thanks for that. Your US Open pages have already helped me to improve my own collection of annotated games. |
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| Dec-06-15 | | Albanius: I like to leave chess boards set up in positions like this game at move 17, well into the middle game with all pieces and pawns still on the board. |
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| Jan-10-17 | | chessfilmmaker: There are moves missing. The game finished with: 42. Nc3 Qxf3+ 43. Ke5 Qxd3 44. Nd5 Rh5+ 0-1 |
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Jul-04-17
| | Phony Benoni: Finally working on Ventura. For the record, Larry David Evans also played there, finishing with 7.5/12 |
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Jul-05-17
| | Retireborn: <PB> Many thanks for your efforts. A Tale of Two Larrys? It was the best of moves, it was the worst of moves.... |
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| Oct-25-17 | | Albanius: 29 gf4 (^..Qh3?, 30 Bxd5 & fxe5)
29 ... Ng4! ,
30 Bxg7+ Qxg7
31 Bxd5 (or 31 h3 Rxh3+ and Rg3)
... Rxh2+
32 Qxh2 Nxh2
33 Kxe2 Re2+! -+ |
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| May-02-18 | | Castleinthesky: Evans could have resigned 10 moves earlier, he had no game. |
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| May-02-18 | | lzromeu: 33Qxe6???
maybe 33Qxd5 |
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May-02-18
 | | Breunor: Stockfish gives the losing move as 31 Qc3 ch which evaluates to -8.39 following the game for the next few moves. It gives 33 Qxe6 as 'correct' but white is lost regardless. Instead, 31 Qb2ch holds the game (-.29) but the line is complex; 31 Qb2ch kg3 32 Be4 ch Bxe4ch 33 Kg1 Bxd3 34 Rxc6ch. If 33 .... Bd5 then 34 Nc3. |
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May-02-18
 | | ajk68: <lzromeu: 33Qxe6??? maybe 33Qxd5> 33. Qxd5 Qxh2# |
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| May-02-18 | | cormier: 1) +0.87 (27 ply) 13.Rc1 Nd7 14.d4 e4 15.d5 Bf7 16.Nf4 cxd5 17.Ncxd5 Qd8 18.f3 exf3 19.Bxf3 Rc8 20.Qe2 Ne5 21.Bg2 g5 22.Nd3 Rxc4 23.Rxf5 Rxc1+ 24.Bxc1 Nc7 25.Nxe5 Bxd5 26.Rxf8+ Qxf8 27.Bxd5+ Nxd5 28.Nd7 Qd8 29.Qc4 Qxd7 5.0 minute analysis by Stockfish 9 |
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| May-02-18 | | cormier: 1) +0.30 (30 ply) 13...Nd7 14.bxc6 bxc6 15.Nb5 cxb5 16.Bxa8 b4 17.Bb2 Nef6 18.Bd5 Bf7 19.Bxf7+ Rxf7 20.d4 Ne4 21.f3 Ng5 22.h4 Ne6 23.Qb3 Qb6 24.Kg2 Re7 25.Rfe1 Qb7 26.c5 dxc5 27.dxe5 Bxe5 28.Nd4 Qb6 29.Nxe6 Qxe6 30.Qxe6+ Rxe6 31.Bxe5 Rxe5 32.Red1 Nb6 6.0 minute analysis by Stockfish 9 |
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| May-02-18 | | cormier: 1) +1.67 (32 ply) 14.d4 Bxc4 15.dxe5 Bxe5 16.bxc6 bxc6 17.Nb5 Qf7 18.Nxd6 Bxd6 19.Bb2+ Ng7 20.Bxg7+ Kxg7 21.Qd4+ Kh6 22.Rxc4 Be5 23.Qh4+ Kg7 24.Rfc1 Ra7 25.Bxc6 Nxc6 26.Rxc6 Rd7 27.R6c5 Bb2 28.R1c2 Bf6 29.Qc4 Ra8 30.Kg2 Qxc4 31.R2xc4 Kf7 32.Rb5 Rd2 33.Nf4 g5 34.Nd5 Kg6 35.Rcc5 5.0 minute analysis by Stockfish 9 |
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Kibitzing
sac: 28...f4