Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Larry Evans.
White to move and win except where noted.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.
a)
Evans vs Israel Horowitz, New York, 1951
7k/7p/2P5/3pq3/8/5QrP/8/2R4K w - - 0 1
[ c7 Rxf3 c8/Q+ w/Qg4+ ]
b)
Evans vs Alberto Foguelman, Buenos Aires, 1960
2r2rk1/1q4pp/1p1R4/p1n1BpQ1/P1P5/1P4PP/5Pb1/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rd7 ]
c)
Evans vs Sidney Bernstein, New York, 1961
5rk1/2p2qpp/8/3P2n1/4p3/pPN1Q3/P5PP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ h4 ]
d)
Evans vs Eldis Cobo Arteaga, Havana, 1964
3k4/6R1/5K2/p4B2/r6p/6bP/6P1/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rd7+ Ke8 Rd5 Rf4 Re5+ w/Rc5 ]
Evans Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 6. Evans vs Bernard Zuckerman, New York, 1967
r1r3k1/pp2pp1p/4b2Q/6Pp/4Nq2/3B1P2/PPP5/1K1R4 w - - 0 1
[ Nf6+ exf6 Bxh7+ Kh8 Bf5+ ]
b)
Evans vs Joel Adler, Chicago, 1970
k3r3/1p2q2p/p2R4/r7/4Q3/1Rp5/P1P3PP/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rd8+ ]
c)
Evans vs Walter Browne, USA, 1971
7k/p2R2p1/1p5p/3N4/8/nP2P2P/3r2PK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rd8+ w/Nf6+ ]
d)
Evans vs Lawrence Day, Lone Pine, 1975
r1n3k1/1p1b1pbp/2pr2p1/q7/4PP2/pP4PP/P1Q2BBK/1N1RR3 w - - 0 1
[ Rxd6 Nxd6 Rd1 ]
Other US GMs
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