August 21, 1958 Chess With Sam Laird, Courier Post, Camden, New Jersey

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Chess With Sam Laird: Upset Winner Produced 2d Time by U.S. Open 21 Aug 1958, Thu Courier-Post (Camden, New Jersey) Newspapers.com

U.S. Master DiCamillo has annotated two of his victories in the U.S. Open at Rochester, one showing him playing the black side of the Sicilian, the other the white side. The first game was played against Ballbe in the third round. The second is from Round 2 against Marshall Rohland, USCF secretary, and is surely an outstanding brilliancy even for the Philadelphia champion who has been called America's foremost combinative finisher.

Francisco Ballbe Anglada (white) vs. Atillio DiCamillo (black)
Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. P-Q4 PxP 4. NxP P-KN3 5. B-K3 N-B3 6. QN-B3 B-N2 7. P-B3 Castles 8. B-QB4 Q-N3 9. N-N5 P-QR3 10. N-B5 Q-R4ch 11. B-Q2 Q-Q 12. N-R6ch BxN 13. BxB PxN 14. B-K2 P-Q4 (a) 15. PxP QxP 16. QxQ NxQ 17. BxR KxB 18. BxP N-K6 19. K-B2 NxBP 20. QR-QB N-Q5 21. B-B4 P-KR4 22. KR-N B-B4 23. P-KN4 PxP 24. PxP B-K3 25. P-QR3 N-K4 26. BxB NxB 27. K-N3 P-KN4 28. KR-Q K-N2 29. R-Q5 P-B3 30. P-R3 N-KB5 31. RxN PxR (b) 32. R-B7 K-B3 33. RxNP R-R 34. R-N6ch P-K3 35. K-B3 RxPch 36. K-K4 N-Q4 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. f3 0-0 8. Bc4 Qb6 9. Ncb5 a6 10. Nf5 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. Nh6+ Bxh6 13. Bxh6 axb5 14. Be2 d5 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. Bxb5 Ne3 19. Kf2 Nxc2 20. Rc1 N2d4 21. Bc4 h5 22. Rhg1 Bf5 23. g4 hxg4 24. fxg4 Be6 25. a3 Ne5 26. Bxe6 Nxe6 27. Kg3 g5 28. Rd1 Kg7 29. Rd5 f6 30. h3 Nf4 31. Rxe5 fxe5 32. Rc7 Kf6 33. Rxb7 Rh8 34. Rb6+ e6 35. Kf3 Rxh3+ 36. Ke4 Nd5 0-1

(a) R-K risks a strong attack by P-KR4. Still there are some who would prefer playing a piece ahead.
(b) Desperation R-R is threatened with mate to follow.

Attilio Di Camillo vs Marshall Rohland
59th US Open (1958), Rochester, MN USA, rd 2, Aug-05
Sicilian Defense: Dragon. Levenfish Variation Main Line (B71) 1-0

(a) Not PxB because of NxBch.
(b) Or BxP; B-B6ch, K-B; N-Q5, Q-R4; P-QN4, and White will come out ahead.