“Swindle of the Century”, this is how this game was dubbed!
In this video I am analyzing the famous Evans vs Reshevsky chess game (US Championship (1963/64)) where in a lost position Evans pulls off a brilliant swindle and with the help of a stalemate achieves a draw!
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Larry Melvyn Evans vs Samuel Reshevsky
US Championship (1963/64), New York, NY USA, rd 9, Dec-29
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal. Gligoric System Bronstein Variation (E55)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5
7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Qe2 a6 10. a3 cxd4 11. axb4 dxc3
12. bxc3 Qc7 13. e4 e5 14. Bb2 Nb6 15. Bb3 Bg4 16. Ra5 Rac8
17. c4 Nbd7 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Rfe8 20. Rd1 Ra8 21. c5 Rad8
22. Ba4 Re7 23. Rd6 b5 24. Bc2 Nxc5 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qe3
Ncd7 27. Qd3 Qb6 28. Bc1 h6 29. Be3 Qb7 30. f3 Nb8 31. Ra2 Rd7
32. Qa3 Kh7 33. Kh2 Qc7 34. Bd3 Nh5 35. Rc2 Qd8 36. Bf1 Rd1
37. Rc1 Rd6 38. Qa2 Qf6 39. Rc7 Nd7 40. Ra7 Nf4 41. Qc2 h5
42. Qc8 Rd1 43. Bxb5 Qg5 44. g3 axb5 45. Rxd7 Re1 46. Rxf7
Rxe3 47. h4 Re2+ 48. Kh1 Qxg3 49. Qg8+ Kxg8 50. Rxg7+
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