Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A mụrụ Evans na March 22, 1932 na Manhattan, nwa Bella (Shotl) na Harry Evans. Ezinụlọ ya bụ ndị Juu. Ọ mụtara ọtụtụ ihe banyere egwuregwu ahụ site n'ịgba cent iri kwa awa na 42nd Street na New York City, n'oge na-adịghị anya ọ ghọrọ onye na-eto eto. Mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na anọ, o jikọtara maka ebe nke anọ na nke ise na Marshall Chess Club championship. N'afọ sochirinụ, o meriri ya n'ụzọ doro anya, na-aghọ onye ntorobịa kachasị na Marshall n'oge ahụ. O mechakwara nke abụọ na U.S. Junior Championship, nke dugara n'otu isiokwu na mbipụta September 1947 nke Chess Review. Mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na isii, ọ gbara na 1948 U.S. Chess Championship, nke mbụ ya, na-agbakọ maka ebe nke asatọ na 111⁄2 <unk> 71⁄2. Evans jikọtara ya na Arthur Bisguier maka ebe mbụ na US Junior Chess Championship nke 1949. Mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na asatọ, o meriri n'asọmpi ndị na-eme egwuregwu n'obodo New York nakwa n'asọmpi ndị na-eme egwuregwu n'ebe dị iche iche n'ụwa.
Dubrovnik 1950 Chess Olympiad. Na nke ikpeazụ, akara 90% ya (mmeri asatọ na abụọ) na bọọdụ nke isii jikọtara ya na Rabar nke Yugoslavia maka nsonaazụ kacha mma nke Olympiad niile.