January 24, 1960 Los Angeles Times Chess by Isaac Kashdan

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Chess by Isaac Kashdan 24 Jan 1960, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Barlai Tops Field In China Lake Chess
A little noticed but unusually interesting tournament took place last month at the Naval Ordinance Test Station at China Lake, organized and directed by Carl W. Bitzer.
The winner in a field of 22 was Imre Barlai of San Diego, who learned chess in his native Hungary. He scored five wins and lost once to Phil Smith of Fresno in the six-round Swiss system event. Barlai recently won the California collegiate championship and has now established himself as a player to be watched.
Tied for second and third prizes with scores of 4½-1½ were Al Raymond of Lancaster and Roger Smook of San Bernardino. Smook, who was the highest rated player in the tournament, defeated Raymond but lost to Barlai and drew with Smith. Smith, who lost only to Raymond but drew two games, tied at 4-2 with Randy Eidemiller of Manhattan Beach, Frank Metz of Riverside and Ray Richards of China Lake.
A mimeographed book of the tournament was compiled by Bitzer, with a complete score table of the play and a selection of games. We quote the following games from the book:

Imre Barlai (white) vs. Roger Smook (black)
Sicilian Defense

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB4 2. P-Q3 P-KN3 3. P-KN3 B-N2 4. B-N2 P-K3 5. N-QB3 N-QB3 6. KN-K2 R-N 7. B-K3 N-Q5 8. O-O P-Q3 9. Q-Q2 N-K2 10. N-Q O-O 11. P-QB3 NxNch 12. QxN N-B3 13. Q-Q2 Q-R4 14. B-R6 P-QN4 15. BxB KxB 16. N-K3 P-N5 17. N-N4 P-B3 18. Q-R6ch K-N 19. P-KB4 PxP 20. P-B5 KPxP 21. PxP BxP 22. B-Q5ch K-R 23. RxB PxP 24. R-N PxR 25. NxP Q-B2 26. BxN R-B2 27. B-Q5 R-K2 28. N-R5 R-B2 29. Q-Q2 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. d3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 e6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ne2 Rb8 7. Be3 Nd4 8. 0-0 d6 9. Qd2 Ne7 10. Nd1 0-0 11. c3 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 Nc6 13. Qd2 Qa5 14. Bh6 b5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Ne3 b4 17. Ng4 f6 18. Qh6+ Kg8 19. f4 bxc3 20. f5 exf5 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Bd5+ Kh8 23. Rxf5 cxb2 24. Rb1 gxf5 25. Nxf6 Qc7 26. Bxc6 Rf7 27. Bd5 Re7 28. Nh5 Rf7 29. Qd2 1-0

Phil Smith (white) vs. Imre Barlai (black)
Pirc Defense

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-Q3 2. P-Q4 N-KB3 3. N-QB3 P-KN3 4. P-B3 B-N2 5. B-K3 QN-Q2 6. Q-Q2 P-B3 7. O-O-O O-O 8. P-KN4 P-QN4 9. P-KR4 P-KR4 10. P-K5 N-K 11. PxRP PxRP 12. B-R6 P-KB4 13. N-R3 P-K3 14. R-N P-B5 15. NxBP N-N3 16. NxRP R-B2 17. Q-N2 QxP 18. BxB NxB 19. R-R Q-K2 20. N-B6ch RxN 21. PxR QxP 22. Q-R2 P-N5 23. N-K4 Q-K2 24. NxP Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f3 Bg7 5. Be3 Nbd7 6. Qd2 c6 7. 0-0-0 0-0 8. g4 b5 9. h4 h5 10. e5 Ne8 11. gxh5 gxh5 12. Bh6 f5 13. Nh3 e6 14. Rg1 f4 15. Nxf4 Nb6 16. Nxh5 Rf7 17. Qg2 Qxh4 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. Rh1 Qe7 20. Nf6+ Rxf6 21. exf6 Qxf6 22. Qh2 b4 23. Ne4 Qe7 24. Nxd6 1-0

Al Raymond (white) vs. Roger Smook (black)
Pirc Defense: Classical Variation, Schlechter Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-Q3 2. P-K4 N-KB3 3. N-QB3 P-KN3 4. N-B3 B-N2 5. P-KR3 O-O 6. B-N5 QN-Q2 7. Q-Q2 P-B4 8. O-O-O PxP 9. NxP P-QR3 10. B-R6 N-B4 11. P-B3 P-QN4 12. BxB KxB 13. P-KN4 B-N2 14. B-N2 Q-R4 15. K-N P-N5 16. N-Q5 BxN 17. PxB Q-B2 18. P-KR4 P-KR4 19. PxP NxRP 20. N-B5ch K-N 21. B-R3 N-R5 22. QR-N Q-B4 23. B-N4 N-B6ch 24. K-R Q-R4 25. PxN PxP 26. NxPch K-R2 27. Q-Q4 Q-R6 28. R-N QR-N 29. R-N3 RxR Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 0-0 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qd2 c5 8. 0-0-0 cxd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. Bh6 Nc5 11. f3 b5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. g4 Bb7 14. Bg2 Qa5 15. Kb1 b4 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Qc7 18. h4 h5 19. gxh5 Nxh5 20. Nf5+ Kg8 21. Bh3 Na4 22. Rg1 Qc5 23. Bg4 Nc3+ 24. Ka1 Qa5 25. bxc3 bxc3 26. Nxe7+ Kh7 27. Qd4 Qa3 28. Rb1 Rb8 29. Rb3 Rxb3 0-1

The following games were played in the 1959 world junior tournament:

Svend Hamann vs Alexander Grigorievich Tomson
World U20 ch final A (1959), Muenchenstein SUI, rd 2, Jul-28
Zukertort Opening: Kingside Fianchetto (A04) 0-1

David Edward Rumens vs Franciscus Antonius Kuijpers
World U20 ch final A (1959), Muenchenstein SUI, rd 1, Jul-27
Spanish Game: Open Variations. Howell Attack (C81) 1-0