US Championship Match; June 13 - July 3, 1952
California, Nevada, New York
Rtng 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Larry Evans 2660 1 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ - - 10
Herman Steiner 2427 0 1 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ - - 4
Evans was White in the odd-numbered games.
The match was for 16 games, regardless of score, but games 15 and 16
were mercifully cancelled.
Games 1-10 were in Los Angeles, Games 11-12 were in Las Vegas,
Games 13-14 were in Reno, Games 15-16 were to be in New York.
The scores of Games 4 and 13 are missing, presumed wiped by the BBC.
[Event "US ch match"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1952.06.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Larry Melvyn Evans"]
[Black "Herman Steiner"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bb4 6.e3 b5 7.Bd2 Nf6
8.axb5 Bxc3 9.Bxc3 cxb5 10.b3 O-O 11.bxc4 bxc4 12.Bxc4 Qc7
13.Qb3 Nc6 14.O-O Rb8 15.Qa2 Bb7 16.Rfc1 Ba8 17.h3 Qe7 18.Ne5
Ne4 19.Nxc6 Bxc6 20.Be1 Rfc8 21.Bd3 Nf6 22.Qxa7 Nd7 23.Ba6 Qg5
24.Rxc6 Rxc6 25.Qxd7 Rcb6 26.Bd3 g6 27.Rc1 Rd8 28.Rc8 Rb8
29.Qxd8+ Qxd8 30.Rxd8+ Rxd8 31.f4 h5 32.Kf2 Kg7 33.e4 f6
34.Ke3 Rc8 35.Bd2 Kf7 36.d5 e5 37.fxe5 fxe5 38.Bb5 Rc5 39.Bc6
Rc4 40.Kf3 Rd4 41.Be3 Rc4 42.Bg5 Rc3+ 43.Kf2 Rc2+ 44.Kf1 1-0
[Event "US ch match"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1952.06.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Herman Steiner"]
[Black "Larry Melvyn Evans"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Ne2 c5 7.cxd5
cxd4 8.exd4 Nxd5 9.O-O Nc6 10.a3 Be7 11.Qc2 h6 12.Rd1 Nxc3
13.bxc3 b6 14.Ng3 Bb7 15.Qe2 Na5 16.Rb1 Qd5 17.Be4 Qd7 18.Bxb7
Nxb7 19.Nh5 Rfc8 20.Bxh6 g6 21.Qe5 f6 22.Nxf6+ Bxf6 23.Qxf6
Qf7 24.Qxf7+ Kxf7 25.Rd3 Rc6 26.Re1 Rac8 27.Bd2 Na5 28.Ree3
Nc4 29.Rf3+ Kg7 30.Bc1 b5 31.h4 Ra6 32.Rg3 Rh8 33.Rg4 Nxa3
34.Rdg3 Nc4 35.Rxg6+ Kf7 36.Bh6 Ra1+ 37.Kh2 Ke7 38.R3g5 Rb1
39.Rc5 a5 40.Bg5+ Kd7 41.Rg7+ Kd6 42.Rb7 e5 43.Rxc4 bxc4
44.Rxb1 exd4 45.Bf6 Rh6 46.Bxd4 Rxh4+ 47.Kg3 1-0
[Event "US ch match"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1952.06.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Larry Melvyn Evans"]
[Black "Herman Steiner"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "127"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.a3
Bd6 8.g3 c6 9.Bg2 Re8 10.O-O Bf5 11.Nf4 Bxf4 12.gxf4 Nbd7
13.Ne2 Nh5 14.Ng3 Nxg3 15.hxg3 Nf6 16.Bd2 Qd7 17.f3 h5 18.Re1
Re6 19.a4 Rae8 20.Kf2 Qe7 21.Rc1 Nh7 22.Rc3 g5 23.fxg5 Nxg5
24.Rh1 Bg6 25.Rh4 Rf6 26.Kg1 Ne6 27.e4 dxe4 28.fxe4 Rd8 29.d5
Qd6 30.Qe1 cxd5 31.e5 Qb6+ 32.Be3 d4 33.exf6 dxe3 34.Qxe3 Qxb2
35.Rb3 Qxf6 36.Rxb7 Kg7 37.Rxa7 Rd3 38.Qe1 Qg5 39.Kh2 Re3
40.Qf2 Qe5 41.Ra5 Qc3 42.Rc4 Qa3 43.Rb5 Kh7 44.Be4 Kh6 45.Bxg6
fxg6 46.Qf6 Ng7 47.Rc7 Qa2+ 48.Kh3 Qe6+ 49.Qxe6 Nxe6 50.Rc4
Re2 51.g4 Re3+ 52.Kg2 h4 53.g5+ Kh5 54.Rbb4 h3+ 55.Kh2 Kxg5
56.Rh4 Kf5 57.Rxh3 Re2+ 58.Kg1 g5 59.Ra3 g4 60.a5 Ng5 61.a6
Nf3+ 62.Kf1 Rh2 63.a7 Rh1+ 64.Kf2 1-0
[Event "US ch match"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1952.06.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Larry Melvyn Evans"]
[Black "Herman Steiner"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "147"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bb4 4.c3 Ba5 5.O-O Nge7 6.Na3 Bb6
7.Nc4 d6 8.d4 exd4 9.Nxb6 axb6 10.Nxd4 O-O 11.Bg5 Bd7 12.Be2
Kh8 13.f4 f6 14.Bh4 Ng6 15.Bg3 Qe7 16.Bf3 Qf7 17.a3 Rad8
18.Qc2 Na5 19.Rfe1 Ne7 20.Rad1 c5 21.Ne2 Be6 22.Nc1 Bc4 23.Bf2
Nb3 24.g3 Nc6 25.Be2 Nxc1 26.Bxc4 Qxc4 27.Qxc1 Rfe8 28.Qc2 h6
29.b3 Qf7 30.c4 Rd7 31.Rd5 Ra8 32.Qb2 Re8 33.Qb1 Ra8 34.a4 Re8
35.Kg2 Re6 36.Red1 Qe8 37.Kf3 Rde7 38.Re1 Nb4 39.Rdd1 Qh5+
40.Kg2 Qe8 41.Kf3 Qc6 42.f5 Re5 43.g4 Rd7 44.Bg3 Re8 45.h4 Qc7
46.g5 Nc6 47.Bf4 Nd4+ 48.Kf2 Rde7 49.Re3 Qc6 50.Rde1 Kh7
51.Qd3 Kh8 52.gxf6 gxf6 53.Bxh6 Rg8 54.Rg3 Rge8 55.Qd2 Nxf5
56.exf5 Rxe1 57.Bg7+ Kg8 58.Bxf6+ Kf7 59.Rg7+ Kf8 60.Rg8+ Kf7
61.Rxe8 Rxe8 62.Qh6 Rg8 63.Qh7+ Kxf6 64.Qxg8 Kxf5 65.Qd5+ Kf4
66.Qg5+ Ke4 67.h5 Qc7 68.Qg6+ Kd4 69.h6 Qd8 70.h7 Qf8+ 71.Kg2
Ke3 72.Qe6+ Kd2 73.Qg8 Qf4 74.h8=Q 1-0
[Event "US ch match"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1952.06.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Herman Steiner"]
[Black "Larry Melvyn Evans"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3
Nd7 8.Bd3 Be7 9.Qe2 O-O 10.cxd5 exd5 11.g4 Nc5 12.Ne5 Nxd3+
13.Nxd3 Qh4 14.h3 f5 15.Nf4 Kh7 16.O-O-O fxg4 17.hxg4 Qxg4
18.f3 Qf5 19.Rdg1 Bg5 20.Qg2 Kg8 21.Nce2 Rf7 22.Rh5 Kf8 23.Qh2
Ke7 24.Rgxg5 hxg5 25.Qg2 Kd8 26.Rxg5 Qf6 27.e4 dxe4 28.fxe4
Bd7 29.Qg3 Re7 30.e5 Qf7 31.e6 Bxe6 32.Rxg7 Qf6 33.Rg6 Qf7
34.Rg7 Qf6 35.Rg6 Qf7 36.Rg7 1/2-1/2
[Event "US ch match"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1952.06.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Larry Melvyn Evans"]
[Black "Herman Steiner"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Bb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.Na3 b5 7.Bb3
Nf6 8.O-O O-O 9.d4 d6 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.Bg5 Qxd1
13.Rfxd1 Bb7 14.f3 Rfd8 15.Nc2 Bb6+ 16.Kf1 c6 17.Ke2 Rxd1
18.Rxd1 Rd8 19.Rxd8+ Bxd8 20.Ne3 Bc8 1/2-1/2
[Event "US ch match"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1952.06.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Herman Steiner"]
[Black "Larry Melvyn Evans"]
[ECO "B58"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 g6 7.O-O
Bg7 8.Nb3 O-O 9.f4 b5 10.Bf3 b4 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Na5
13.Nxa5 Qxa5 14.Re1 Re8 15.Kh1 Bf5 16.g4 Bd7 17.a3 Rac8 18.Re4
Qc7 19.Re2 Bb5 20.Rg2 a5 21.axb4 axb4 22.h4 e5 23.dxe6 Rxe6
24.f5 Ree8 25.h5 Qe7 26.Bd2 g5 27.Bxb4 Bxb2 28.Rb1 Be5 29.Ba5
Bc6 30.Bb4 Qb7 31.Bxc6 Qxc6 32.Bd2 h6 33.Be3 Re7 34.Bd4 Bxd4
35.Qxd4 Re2 36.Rg1 Qf3 37.Qxd6 Rcxc2 38.Qb8+ Kh7 0-1
[Event "US ch match"]
[Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"]
[Date "1952.06.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Larry Melvyn Evans"]
[Black "Herman Steiner"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.dxc5 d4 10.Na4 b5 11.cxb6 axb6 12.Nxd4 Nxd4
13.Bxa8 Ba6 14.Bf3 b5 15.Nc3 b4 16.Na4 Bb5 17.b3 Qd7 18.Be3
Nxf3+ 19.exf3 Qh3 20.Rc1 Rd8 21.Qc2 Bd3 22.Qc6 Be4 23.fxe4 Ng4
24.Rfe1 Qxh2+ 25.Kf1 Ne5 26.Qc2 1/2-1/2
[Event "US ch match"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1952.06.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Herman Steiner"]
[Black "Larry Melvyn Evans"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 c5 5.d5 h6 6.Bh4 d6 7.e3 e5
8.Bd3 e4 9.Bc2 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Bf5 11.Ne2 Qe7 12.Qb1 Nbd7 13.O-O
b6 14.a4 g5 15.Bg3 Kf8 16.Ra2 Kg7 17.f4 Bg6 18.h3 Rhe8 19.Qe1
Nh5 20.Bh2 f5 21.Ng3 Nxg3 22.Qxg3 gxf4 23.exf4 Kh7 24.Qe3 Rg8
25.Bd1 Nf6 26.Bg3 Bh5 27.Bh4 Bxd1 28.Rxd1 Rg7 29.Qe1 Rag8
30.Kh2 Qf7 31.Rf2 Nh5 32.Qe3 Ng3 33.Bxg3 Rxg3 34.Qxg3 Rxg3
35.Kxg3 Qg7+ 36.Kh2 Qxc3 37.a5 Qxc4 38.axb6 axb6 39.Ra1 Qxd5
40.Rb2 e3 41.Re2 Qe4 42.Rae1 Qxf4+ 43.g3 Qf3 44.Rxe3 Qf2+
45.Kh1 c4 46.R1e2 Qf1+ 47.Kh2 b5 48.Re7+ Kg6 49.R2e6+ Kh5
50.Rg7 Qf2+ 51.Kh1 c3 52.Rgg6 Qd2 53.Rgf6 Qd5+ 54.Kh2 Qxe6 0-1
[Event "US ch match"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1952.07.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Larry Melvyn Evans"]
[Black "Herman Steiner"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 f5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.e3 e4 6.d3 Bb4 7.Ne2
exd3 8.Qxd3 Ne5 9.Qxf5 Qe7 10.Qc2 Nxc4 11.O-O c6 12.a3 Bxc3
13.Nxc3 d5 14.e4 Nb6 15.exd5 Nfxd5 16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Bxd5 cxd5
18.Bd2 Be6 19.Rfe1 Kf7 20.Bb4 Qd7 21.Re5 a5 22.Bc3 a4 23.Rae1
Bh3 24.Bb4 Qc6 25.Re7+ Kg8 26.Qxc6 bxc6 27.Bc3 h5 28.Rxg7+ Kf8
29.Ree7 Rh6 30.Ref7+ Ke8 31.Bd2 Rh8 32.Rc7 Be6 33.Rge7+ Kd8
34.Bg5 Rg8 35.Bf6 Rf8 36.Rf7+ 1-0
[Event "US ch match"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "1952.07.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Herman Steiner"]
[Black "Larry Melvyn Evans"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.f3 d6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Be3 e5
8.Nge2 Nc6 9.Qd2 Kh7 10.d5 Ne7 11.g4 Nfg8 12.Ng3 f5 13.gxf5
gxf5 14.exf5 Nxf5 15.Bd3 Kh8 16.Nxf5 Bxf5 17.Ne4 Qh4+ 18.Bf2
Qf4 19.Qxf4 exf4 20.O-O-O Ne7 21.Rhg1 Ng6 22.Bc2 Kh7 23.Rg2
Rf7 24.Rdg1 Rg8 25.Rxg6 Bxg6 26.Rxg6 Kxg6 27.Nxd6+ Kg5
28.Nxf7+ Kf6 29.Nd8 Bf8 30.Bd4+ Ke7 31.Ne6 Ke8 32.Nxc7+ Kf7
33.c5 Rg2 34.d6 Rxh2 35.Bb3+ Kg6 36.Ne6 1-0
[Event "US ch match"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1952.07.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Herman Steiner"]
[Black "Larry Melvyn Evans"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O
O-O 8.e4 dxc4 9.Bxc4 e5 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 Qe7 12.Re1 Re8 13.a4
a5 14.d5 Nb6 15.Ba2 Bb4 16.dxc6 bxc6 17.Qc2 Bg4 18.Nd2 Red8
19.f3 Be6 20.Re2 Bxa2 21.Rxa2 Qe6 22.b3 Rd7 23.Bf2 c5 24.Ra1
Rad8 25.Rc1 c4 26.bxc4 Nxc4 27.Nf1 Rc8 28.Qb3 Rd3 29.Be1 Qb6+
30.Bf2 Qb8 31.Rec2 Na3 32.Ne2 Rcd8 33.Qxd3 Rxd3 34.Rc8+ Qxc8
35.Rxc8+ Kh7 36.Rc7 Kg8 37.Rc8+ Kh7 38.Rc7 Kg8 39.Rc8+ 1/2-1/2
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