December 21, 1958 Los Angeles Times Chess by Isaac Kashdan

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Chess by Isaac Kashdan 21 Dec 1958, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Lombardy Wins Title In Eastern States Chess

William Lombardy of New York, world junior champion, won the Eastern States championship, finishing ahead of a group of 43 players at the Independent Chess Club of East Orange, N.J. He won his first four games, then drew in the final round with Weaver W. Adams, former National Open champion.
Adams tied for second at 4-1 with Lev Blonarovych of Newark and Saul Wanatek of Philadelphia. Tied at 3½-1½ were Herbert Avram, Dr. Ariel Mengarini, Walter J. Shipman and Raymond Weinstein.
Following is a game by the winner.

William Lombardy (white) vs. Jones (black)
English Opening: King's English Variation, Two Knights Variation, Reversed Dragon

Descriptive 1. P-QB4 P-K4 2. N-QB3 N-KB3 3. P-KN3 P-Q4 4. PxP NxP 5. B-N2 B-K3 6. N-B3 N-QB3 7. O-O N-N3 8. P-QR3 B-K2 9. P-QN4 P-QR3 10. R-N O-O 11. P-Q3 P-B4 12. B-Q2 P-N4 13. Q-B P-R3 14. P-QR4 B-B3 15. P-R5 N-Q4 16. N-QR4 N-Q5 17. NxN PxN 18. N-B5 B-B2 19. NxNP Q-K2 20. N-B5 R-R2 21. P-K4 PxPe.p. 22. PxP P-B5 23. N-K4 PxNP 24. NxP R-Q 25. N-B5 Q-B 26. Q-B6 B-N2 27. NxB QxN 28. RxB QxR 29. R-KB N-K2 30. Q-B5 Resigns

Algebraic 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Be6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. 0-0 Nb6 8. a3 Be7 9. b4 a6 10. Rb1 0-0 11. d3 f5 12. Bd2 g5 13. Qc1 h6 14. a4 Bf6 15. a5 Nd5 16. Na4 Nd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Nc5 Bf7 19. Nxb7 Qe7 20. Nc5 Ra7 21. e4 dxe3e.p. 22. fxe3 f4 23. Ne4 fxg3 24. Nxg3 Rd8 25. Nf5 Qf8 26. Qc6 Bg7 27. Nxg7 Qxg7 28. Rxf7 Qxf7 29. Rf1 Ne7 30. Qc5 1-0

Max Blau vs William Lombardy
Munich Olympiad Final-A (1958), Munich FRG, rd 10, Oct-21
Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (B51) 0-1

Mikhail Botvinnik vs Arturo Pomar Salamanca
Munich Olympiad Final-A (1958), Munich FRG, rd 6, Oct-17
Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack (B14) 1-0