July 03, 1960 Los Angeles Times Chess by Isaac Kashdan

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Chess By Isaac Kashdan 03 Jul 1960, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Four U.S. Masters In Argentine Tourney
The Argentine Chess Federation, easily the most active chess organization in the Americas, is sponsoring an international masters' tournament in Buenos Aires, with 20 top-ranking stars in attendance.
With partial results after three rounds, the lead was shared by Svetozar Gligoric of Yugoslavia, Ludek Pachman of Czechoslovakia and Laszlo Szabo of Hungary. The three were tied with scores of 2-1, according to a report by the New York Times.
Four grandmasters are representing the United States, headed by 17-year-old champion Bobby Fischer and former champion Larry Evans, who are tied for fourth with 1½-½. Paul Benko got off to a poor start with ½-1½, as did another former U.S. champion, Samuel Reshevsky, who has 0-1.
Two Russian participants have also barely started, Mark Taimanov registering 1-1 and Victor Korchnoi ½-½. Tied at 1½-1½ are Osvaldo Bazan and Bernardo Wexler of Argentina, Boris Ivkov of Yugoslavia and Wolfgang Unzicker of East Germany.

Santa Monica Events
Stephen Sholomson, winning his sixth-round game against Leslie Simon, remained in first place with a 5½-½ score in the masters' invitational tournament at the Santa Monica Bay Chess Club.
Tibor Weinberger kept pace by a victory over J. Mego and retained second position with 5-1. Weinberger missed an opportunity in the previous round when he adjourned with Sholomson in a winning position but allowed the latter to escape by perpetual check after 68 moves.
Emil Bersbach is third with 4-2. Tied at 3½-2½ are Mego, Simon, C. Diesen, Kliger, G. Rubin and E. Warner. Two rounds remain to be played.
Following are the sixth-round results and a game from the tournament:

Stephen Sholomson (white) vs. Leslie Simon (black)

Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB3 2. N-KB3 P-Q4 3. N-B3 B-N5 4. P-KR3 B-R4 5. P-KN4 B-N3 6. PxP PxP 7. B-N5ch N-B3 8. N-K5 Q-Q3 9. P-Q4 P-QR3 10. BxNch PxB 11. B-B4 Q-N5 12. R-QN Q-N2 13. P-KR4 P-B3 14. NxB PxN 15. Q-Q3 K-B2 16. P-R5 PxP 17. PxP P-K3 18. Q-N6ch K-K2 19. K-Q Q-N5 20. Q-Q3 P-K4 21. KR-K P-K5 22. P-R3 K-B2 23. Q-K3 Q-N3 24. P-B3 P-KB4 25. PxP QPxP 26. B-K5 RxP 27. R-KR RxRch 28. RxR N-B3 29. Q-N5 QxNP 30. BxN PxB 31. R-R7ch K-K3 32. Q-N8ch K-Q3 33. Q-B7 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. g4 Bg6 6. exd5 cxd5 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. Ne5 Qd6 9. d4 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Bf4 Qb4 12. Rb1 Qb7 13. h4 f6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Qd3 Kf7 16. h5 gxh5 17. gxh5 e6 18. Qg6+ Ke7 19. Kd1 Qb4 20. Qd3 e5 21. Re1 e4 22. a3 Kf7 23. Qe3 Qb6 24. f3 f5 25. fxe4 dxe4 26. Be5 Rxh5 27. Rh1 Rxh1+

Boris Spassky vs Yuri N Sakharov
USSR Championship (1960), Leningrad URS, rd 8, Feb-06
King's Gambit: Accepted. Abbazia Defense (C36) 1-0

Mark Taimanov vs Lev Polugaevsky
USSR Championship (1960), Leningrad URS, rd 13, Feb-14
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Mannheim Variation (D23) 1-0