April 12, 1959 Los Angeles Times Chess by Isaac Kashdan

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Chess By Isaac Kashdan 12 Apr 1959, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

FISCHER ADVANCES IN ARGENTINE CHESS
Bobby Fischer, brilliant young American chess champion, is making a bid for victory after a poor start in the international master tournament at Mar del Plata, Argentine. Winning five of his last six games, Fischer has advanced to fourth place with a 7-4 score.
Miguel Najdorf of Buenos Aires is alone in first place with a tally of 8-3. Second and third places are shared by Boris Ivkov of Yugoslavia and Ludek Pachman of Czechoslovakia, each having 7½-3½.
Rene Letelier of Chile and Hector Rosetto of Argentina are close to the leaders, with 6½-4½. Three rounds remain to be completed.

VAN NUYS CLUB FIRST IN CLASS I TEAM PLAY
The Van Nuys Chess Club team completed its, schedule with a 3-1 victory over the second team of the Santa Monica Bay Chess Club in the Class 1 division of the annual team tournament of the Southern California Chess League.
As a result Van Nuys is in first place with four winning matches, and one tie with the Herman Steiner Chess Club. Van Nuys scored 15 points out of 20 games played. The Steiner club, which has two matches to complete, can still overtake the leaders should they win both by 4-0 scores. That would give the Steiner team a final tally of 14½-½ in matches and 15½-4½ in game points.
The Lincoln Park Chess and Checker Club of Long Beach is in second place with three matches won, a loss to Van Nuys and a match to play with the Steiner club. The two Santa Monica teams and the Pasadena Chess Club are trailing in the division with one match point for each.
The Inglewood Chess Club, winning matches last week against teams from Standard Oil and Jet Propulsion Laboratory, increased its lead to 6-1 in the east division of Class II. The club has two remaining matches to contest against Downey and Long Beach.
Long Beach is in second place with 4½-1½, comprising three wins and three tie matches. It is the only undefeated team in the division. Pasadena and City Terrace are tied with 4½-2½ in matches, but the former is leading in game points, 27 to 21½.
The Santa Monica 2 team, which had been behind in its schedule, has won six matches and lost one to take first place in the west division of Class II. The Van Nuys 1 team has the game match total but has 27½ game points against 31 for Santa Monica.
The South Bay 1 team is in third place with 4½-2½, followed by the Van Nuys 2 team, 4-3. The only other plus score is Steiner with 3-2.
The City Terrace Chess Club, tying its match with the first team of the System Development Corp., remained at the head of the list in the Class III division. City Terrace has a 5-1 match score.
The System team has 4-1, followed by Van Nuys with 4-2 and Pasadena with 3½-2½. The first team of the San Gabriel Chess Club is still in the running with 3-2.

HIGH SCHOOL TOURNEY
The eighth annual youth services chess tournament for boys and girls of senior high school age will be held at Fairfax High School on Saturday, May 23.
Registration will begin at 9 a.m. The tournament will be a six-round Swiss system, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Roland Getze cf Fairfax will be tournament manager and well-known local players will serve as judges.
In order to be eligible to receive the perpetual team trophy school must have at least four players entered in the tournament. Ribbons will be awarded to the top five contestants as individual prizes.
Facilities are limited to 120 contestants. The earliest applicants will be given preference. For further information call Mr. Getze at OL. 3-1160.

COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIP
Imre Barial of San Diego State College won the 1959 collegiate chess championship of California with a perfect score of 5-0 in the tournament held at California State Polytechnic College in San Luis Obispo. Barlai, 29, escaped from Hungary two years ago and is a mathematics student.
Ernest Mitsunaga, 22, of San Jose State College, took second prize with a 4-1 score. Zalton Kocsis, 21, also from San Diego State and another Hungarian, tied with three others at 3½-1½ and was awarded third prize on tie-breaking points.
The other players with 3½-1½ were Fletcher Gross of Caltech, Bill Rogers of Stanford and James Iwashita of San Jose State. Tied at 3-2 were Patric Barry, Kent McGillicuddy and Thomas Jones of Diablo Valley College and Mike Zimmerman of Cal Poly.
The tournament attracted 24 entrants. It was a five-round Swiss system event, directed by Guthrie McClain of San Francisco.

Olafsson At Beverwijk
Fridrik Olafsson of Iceland recently scored an easy victory in the international tournament at Beverwijk, the Netherlands. The following games from that event are examples of the young grandmaster's forceful style:

Bent Larsen (white) vs. Fridrik Olafsson (black)
Hungarian Opening: Bücker Gambit

Descriptive 1. P-KN3 P-K4 2. B-N2 P-Q4 3. P-QN4 BxP 4. P-QB4 B-K3 5. B-N2 N-QB3 6. P-B4 KN-K2 7. N-KB3 P-Q5 8. NxKP NxN 9. PxN O-O 10. Q-B2 N-N3 11. BxNP R-N 12. B-K4 P-KB4 13. B-Q3 NxP 14. O-O B-B4 15. B-R3 Q-Q3 16. BxB QxB 17. Q-B P-B5 18. PxP NxB 19. PxN B-R6 20. R-B3 Q-KR4 21. R-N3 RxP 22. N-R3 QR-KB 23. N-B2 Q-KB4 Resigns

Algebraic 1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 d5 3. b4 Bxb4 4. c4 Be6 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. f4 Nge7 7. Nf3 d4 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. fxe5 0-0 10. Qc2 Ng6 11. Bxb7 Rb8 12. Be4 f5 13. Bd3 Nxe5 14. 0-0 Bc5 15. Ba3 Qd6 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Qc1 f4 18. gxf4 Nxd3 19. exd3 Bh3 20. Rf3 Qh5 21. Rg3 Rxf4 22. Na3 Rf8 23. Nc2 Qf5 0-1

Landeweg (white) vs. Fridrik Olafsson (black)
Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Classical Variation, Original Defense

Descriptive 1. N-KB3 N-KB3 2. P-KN3 P-KN3 3. B-N2 B-N2 4. O-O O-O 5. P-B4 P-Q4 6. P-Q4 P-B3 7. PxP NxP 8. P-K4 N-N3 9. P-KR3 N-R3 10. P-QR4 P-QB4 11. P-Q5 P-K3 12. KN-Q2 PxP 13. P-R5 N-B5 14. NxN PxN 15. Q-R4 N-N5 16. Q-N5 B-K3 17. N-B3 Q-Q2 18. QxP N-Q6 19. Q-N5 QxQ 20. NxQ NxNP 21. R-N N-Q6 22. N-B7 QR-N 23. B-K3 P-B6 24. NxB PxN 25. BxP P-B7 26. BxR PxR(Q) 27. RxQ RxB Resigns

Algebraic 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 0-0 5. c4 d5 6. d4 c6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. e4 Nb6 9. h3 Na6 10. a4 c5 11. d5 e6 12. Nfd2 exd5 13. a5 Nc4 14. Nxc4 dxc4 15. Qa4 Nb4 16. Qb5 Be6 17. Nc3 Qd7 18. Qxc5 Nd3 19. Qb5 Qxb5 20. Nxb5 Nxb2 21. Rb1 Nd3 22. Nc7 Rb8 23. Be3 c3 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Bxa7 c2 26. Bxb8 cxb1=Q 27. Rxb1 Rxb8 0-1

Fridrik Olafsson (white) vs Johan Teunis Barendregt (black)
Modern Defense: Averbakh System

Descriptive 1. P-QB4 P-Q3 2. P-Q4 P-KN3 3. N-QB3 B-N2 4. P-K4 P-QB4 5. B-K3 Q-N3 6. KN-K2 N-QB3 7. N-Q5 Q-R4ch 8. B-Q2 Q-Q 9. B-B3 P-K4 10. PxKP PxP 11. N-B N-B3 12. B-Q3 O-O 13. O-O N-Q5 14. P-QN4 NxN 15. BPxN P-N3 16. PxP PxP 17. N-N3 Q-K2 18. B-N2 B-Q2 19. B-R3 KR-B 20. R-B NxN 21. QxN B-B 22. Q-B3 QR-N 23. R-B2 Q-N4 24. B-B Q-K2 25. B-QB4 Q-Q3 26. R-N2 R-N5 27. P-QR3 R-N3 28. R-K2 B-N2 29. P-B4 R-K 30. P-B5 PxP 31. PxP P-K5 32. Q-K B-Q5ch 33. K-R Q-K4 34. B-B4 QxBP 35. B-B7 Q-N3 36. BxR PxB 37. P-Q6 B-B4 38. P-Q7 R-Q 39. RxP RxP 40. QR-B4 B-K3 41. RxP! R-Q3 42. R-B8ch K-N2 43. Q-K2 BxB 44. QxB R-K3 45. Q-Q5 K-R3 46. R-B3 R-K4 47. Q-Q8 R-N4 48. Q-B8ch Q-N2 49. R-R3ch R-R4 50. RxRch KxR 51. Q-B5ch K-R3 52. R-B3 Resigns

Algebraic 1. c4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 c5 5. Be3 Qb6 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. Nd5 Qa5+ 8. Bd2 Qd8 9. Bc3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nc1 Nf6 12. Bd3 0-0 13. 0-0 Nd4 14. b4 Nxd5 15. cxd5 b6 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Nb3 Qe7 18. Bb2 Bd7 19. Ba3 Rfc8 20. Rc1 Nxb3 21. Qxb3 Bf8 22. Qc3 Rb8 23. Rc2 Qg5 24. Bc1 Qe7 25. Bc4 Qd6 26. Rb2 Rb4 27. a3 Rb6 28. Re2 Bg7 29. f4 Re8 30. f5 gxf5 31. exf5 e4 32. Qe1 Bd4+ 33. Kh1 Qe5 34. Bf4 Qxf5 35. Bc7 Qg6 36. Bxb6 axb6 37. d6 Bf5 38. d7 Rd8 39. Rxe4 Rxd7 40. Ref4 Be6 41. Rxf7! Rd6 42. Rf8+ Kg7 43. Qe2 Bxc4 44. Qxc4 Re6 45. Qd5 Kh6 46. R8f3 Re5 47. Qd8 Rg5 48. Qf8+ Qg7 49. Rh3+ Rh5 50. Rxh5+ Kxh5 51. Qf5+ Kh6 52. Rf3 1-0

The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, April 12, 1959 Times Problem 3057 by H. Commandeur. White mates...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Sunday, March 1, 2020

Times Problem 3057 by H. Commandeur. White mates in two.
Both problems have rather unexpected pawn promotions. In addition there are a couple of good unpins in 3057, and fair variety in the three-mover.
FEN 1q6/2pPpkBP/r3N2K/p1pP1p1R/Q3R3/4N3/5pp1/3B2br w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Nc4 Rxh5+ 2. Bxh5#

The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, April 12, 1959 Times Problem 3058 by C.S. Jacobs. White mates in...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Sunday, March 1, 2020

Times Problem 3058 by C.S. Jacobs. White mates in three.
FEN 1Q1N2nb/1p1kp1P1/1P3pR1/5p2/bK3P2/8/8/8 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Nf7 Bb3 2. Qd8+ Kc6 3. Ne5#

Both problems have rather unexpected pawn promotions. In addition, there are a couple of good unpins in 3057, and fair variety in the three-mover.

SOLVERS' LIST
Five points— W. S. Aaron, F. Aks, B. Bilman, M. Chutorian, C. Cresswell, P. Geltner, W. H. Griffith, R. M. Levy, R. W. Maas, M. Milleur, E. E. Penter, W. L. Rankel, W. A. Scott, S. Simcoe, Maj. H. Triwush.
Three points— C. Arnold, G. A. Coatsworth, P. C. Carton, B. Cotnam, K. R. Egelhaaf, A. E. Byler, J. D. Frierson, B. E. Gab, Mrs. W. A. Gerth, J. Gotta, J. Kaufman, S. Krumgold, M. Morris, M. Rosen, J. W. Selby, L. A. Victor.
Two points— C. Ryman, Capt. W. D. Tabor, W. B. Tudor.
One point— Dr. C. W. Dobson, A. Duerksen, J. P. Foley, A. P. Hickling, J. Hockenhull, S. Johnston, R. E. King, W. Lewis, F. R. Ruehl II.
1. Q-R6 was a popular try in Problem 3051. The correct reply is R-Q4.

Mia Kjerulf 12 Apr 1959, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

…Mia Kjerulf, daughter of the Hans F. Kjerulfs of West Los Angeles, is the first woman in 100 years to win the Austrian National Chess Championship for 21 years and under. She's a student at the University of Vienna now, and sails on the Cristoforo Colombo for New York the end of May en route home.

Dictionary of Modern Chess 12 Apr 1959, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com