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Chess by Isaac Kashdan 26 Apr 1959, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com
Chess By Isaac Kashdan
International Grandmaster
EXPERT CANDIDATES TOURNEY TO START
The Southern California Chess League announces an Expert Candidates Tournament to be played in five sections in the leading chess clubs of the area. Indications are that a record-breaking total of 100 or more players will take part.
The tournament is open to all unrated players or those rated under 2000 by the U.S. Chess Federation in it latest list published last February. Players with a previous provisional rating of 2000 to 2200 but now unrated or below 2000 also are eligible.
The entrance fee is $2.50 for members of the USCF, with $1 to be returned upon completion of the schedule. Nonmembers must join the federation. The dues are $5 a year, which includes a subscription to the semi-monthly publication, Chess Life.
Following are the details for each section, including name and address of the host club, starting date and the tournament director. Each section will play six rounds, using the Swiss system, at the rate of one game a week.
SECTION 1— Lincoln Park Chess and Checker Club, Broadway at Cedar,, Long Beach. Friday evenings, starting May 15. Tournament director, Les Thompson, 3120 Margureta St., Long Beach, Phone HE. 3-1271.
SECTION 2— Santa Monica Bay Chess Club, Lincoln Park Clubhouse, Wilshire Blvd., and 7th St., Santa Monica. Wednesday evenings, starting May 13. Tournament director, Ray Martin, P.O. Box 591, Santa Monica, Phone EX. 5-3341.
SECTION 3— Dept. of Water & Power Chess Club, 110 S. Boylston St., Rm. 300, L.A. 15, Friday evenings, starting May 15. Tournament director, Joseph Bell, 1324 Wall St., L.A. 15. Business phone MA. 4-4211, Ext. 2715. Residence phone TO. 1-5888.
SECTION 4— City Terrace Chess Club, 3875 City Terrace Drive, L.A. 63. Wednesday evenings, starting May 13. Tournament director, Ben Kakimi, 421 W. Markland Dr., Monterey Park. Phone P.A. 8-5963.
SECTION 5— Van Nuys Chess Club, 14947 Victory Blvd., Van Nuys. Friday evenings, starting May 15. Tournament director, Ralph Hagedorn, 11055 Leadwell St., Sun Valley. Phone PO. 5-1637.
Players may enter whichever section is most convenient, at any time until play starts. For advance registration or for additional information, call or write the proper tournament director.
The section winners will meet in a final round-robin tournament at a centrally located chess club. An additional feature is that a number of contestants will qualify to play in the Southern California Championship Tournament scheduled to start Sept 13 at the Herman Steiner Chess Club. From one to five will qualify from each section, depending on the number of entrants.
H. T. ABEL COMMENDED
The executive committee of the Santa Monica Bay Chess Club has appointed Carl L. Budd as chairman. He will assume the duties of Herbert T. Abel, who has been president of the club for the past two years.
Abel recently resigned his office and is at present on an extended visit to Mexico. The committee has passed a resolution commending Abel for his efforts, not only in behalf of the Santa Monica Bay Chess Club, but for the cause of chess in the entire area.
The club will hold its election of officers at the regular meeting scheduled for Monday evening, June 1.
FISCHER IN SANTIAGO
Bobby Fischer, youthful U.S. chess champion, flew north after completing the tournament at Mar del Plata, Argentina, and stopped off for another international event at Santiago, Chile.
Here Fischer will he called upon to face some of the same opponents he encountered in the Argentine resort. On the list are Ludek Pachman of Czechoslovakia, Boris Ivkov of Yugoslavia. Joao de Souza Mendes of Brazil and Hermann Pilnik and Raul Sanguinetti of Argentina.
Fischer, who took time off from Erasmus High school in Brooklyn to develop his chess career, will continue busy for some months. He is due in Zurich, Switzerland for a tournament from May 19 to June 8. This will be part of a Jubilee celebration in that city.
The major event for which Fischer is preparing is the candidates tournament to determine a challenger for the world chess championship. The American ace is one of eight grandmasters who will compete for that honor in Yugoslavia in a quadruple round-robin tournament which will last from Sept 6 to Oct 31.
Fischer played erratically in Mar del Plata, losing two of his first five games, then scoring seven wins and a draw of his last eight. The following games are from the event.
Robert James Fischer vs Hector Rossetto
Mar del Plata (1959), Mar del Plata ARG, rd 12, Apr-05
Sicilian Defense: Kan. Maroczy Bind Reti Variation (B41) 1-0
Borislav Ivkov vs Robert James Fischer
Mar del Plata (1959), Mar del Plata ARG, rd 15, Apr-09
King's Indian Defense: Saemisch Variation (E80) 1/2-1/2
Robert James Fischer vs Ludek Pachman
Mar del Plata (1959), Mar del Plata ARG, rd 3, Mar-25
Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Modern Steinitz Defense (C75) 0-1
Mikhail Tal vs Aivars Gipslis
USSR Championship (1958), Riga URS, rd 18, Feb-??
Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation. Wing Attack (B43) 1-0
The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, April 26, 1959 Times Problem 3061 by A.G. Kusnetzow. White mates...
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Times Problem 3061 by A.G. Kusnetzow. White mates in two.
FEN 1b1B1R2/3P4/1QK1pNp1/R5P1/1p2Nk1n/3p2p1/3p2n1/1b1B4 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Nc5 Kxg5 2. Ng8#
The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, April 26, 1959 Times Problem 3062 by W. Bochmann. White mates in...
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Times Problem 3062 by W. Bochmann. White mates in three.
FEN 8/8/8/5K1p/8/1R4Nk/6N1/8 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Nh4 Kxh4 2. Nxh5 Kxh5 3. Rh3#
An excellent key in 3061 leads to some unexpected mating positions. No. 3062 is relatively simple, but has a neat point.
SOLVERS' LIST
Five points— W. S. Aaron, J. Alexander, J. C. Beaver, B. Bilman, A. E. Byler, M. Chutorian, C. Cresswell, J. D. Frierson, P. B. Geltner, J. Gotta, W. H. Griffith, J. Hockenhull, J. Kaufman, M. Morris, E. E. Penter, W. L. Rankel, M. Rosen, S. Simcoe, Maj. H. Triwush, A. E. Wood.
Three points— Miss D. Miller, J. W. Selby.
Two points— F. Aks, Rev. N. Arroues, R. O. Burns, P. C. Carton, R. E. King, A. A. Rothstein, Mrs. S. G. Stevenson, W. B. Tudor.
One point— K. R. Egelhaaf, J. P. Foley, H. N. Goldstein, N. A. Graf, S. Krumgold, F. R. Ruehl II.
Student Makes Chess Set With Personality 26 Apr 1959, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com
Student Makes Chess Set With Personality
TORRANCE—Allan Ferguson has one of the few chess sets with a personality.
“I made the king slightly bent and browbeaten,” Ferguson said. “I wanted to make him look too weak to move more than one square at a time and too stupid to move in more than one direction.”
He said he cast each ceramic piece to coincide with the function of each chess piece.
Art Student
The pieces average three inches in height. He cast a mold for each piece, made models of chessmen and then poured each of the pieces from common clayslip. The entire set was made at El Camino College where he is an art student.
The 30-inch-square chessboard was made from wood bought in a salvage lumber yard.
Ferguson actually started to study art 14 years ago—when he was 18. He was on his way to Paris to study art, but was sidetracked in Norway where he met and married his wife.
He said the birth of their four children postponed his art studies until now. He works during the day at an aviation company.
Personality Plus— Allan Ferguson of Torrance, a night student at El Camino College, looks with favor on the personality-plus chess set he created. Times photo.
Renaissance Chessmen 26 Apr 1959, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com
