March 13, 1960 Los Angeles Times Chess by Isaac Kashdan

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Chess by Isaac Kashdan 13 Mar 1960, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Keres In Havana
A number of prominent representatives of the Soviet Union have been visiting Cuba of late. Among them was chess grandmaster Paul Keres of Estonia, who played simultaneously on 20 boards, and then faced 10 picked opponents in games with clocks.
Keres had some tough competition, as witness the following games. Eldis Cobo-Arteaga, who won the U.S. Open Championship in 1958, had a fine game but used too much time on his clock and was forfeited.

Paul Keres (white) vs. Eldis Cobo Arteaga (black)
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Classical Variation, Grigoriev Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. P-Q4 PxP 4. NxP N-B3 5. N-QB3 P-Q3 6. B-K2 P-KN3 7. B-K3 B-N2 8. Q-Q2 O-O 9. O-O-O P-QR3 10. P-B3 B-K3 11. P-KN4 R-B 12. P-KR4 NxN 13. BxN Q-R4 14. P-R3 P-QN4 15. P-N5 N-R4 16. BxB NxB 17. P-B4 P-N5 18. N-N B-N6 19. B-Q3 BxP 20. BxB P-N6 21. N-B3 PxB 22. QxBP R-B5 23. R-R3 N-K3 24. P-B5 N-Q5 25. Q-Q3 RxNch 26. PxR N-N6ch 27. K-N2 R-N 28. K-R2 Q-R5 29. P-B4 N-B4 30. Q-K2 R-N6 31. RxR QxRch 32. K-R QxPch 33. Q-R2 N-N6ch 34. K-N Q-N5 35. Q-QN2 QxP 36. P-B6 PxP 37. PxP P-KR4 38. RxP QxPch 39. K-R2 N-B4 40. Q-B3 Q-R5ch 41. K-N2 Q-N4ch 42. K-B N-N6ch 43. K-B2 N-B4 44. R-Q4 K-R2 1-0 Black lost by overstepping the time limit

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2 0-0 9. 0-0-0 a6 10. f3 Be6 11. g4 Rc8 12. h4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Qa5 14. a3 b5 15. g5 Nh5 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. f4 b4 18. Nb1 Bb3 19. Bd3 Bxc2 20. Bxc2 b3 21. Nc3 bxc2 22. Qxc2 Rc4 23. Rh3 Ne6 24. f5 Nd4 25. Qd3 Rxc3+ 26. bxc3 Nb3+ 27. Kb2 Rb8 28. Ka2 Qa4 29. c4 Nc5 30. Qe2 Rb3 31. Rxb3 Qxb3+ 32. Ka1 Qxa3+ 33. Qa2 Nb3+ 34. Kb1 Qb4 35. Qb2 Qxc4 36. f6 exf6 37. gxf6 h5 38. Rxd6 Qxe4+ 39. Ka2 Nc5 40. Qc3 Qa4+ 41. Kb2 Qb5+ 42. Kc1 Nb3+ 43. Kc2 Nc5 44. Rd4 Kh7 1-0 Black lost by overstepping the time limit

Paul Keres (white) vs. Jimenez (black)
Indian Defense: King's Indian Variation, Fianchetto Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-KN3 3. P-KN3 B-N2 4. B-N2 O-O 5. P-K4 P-Q3 6. N-K2 P-B4 7. O-O N-B3 8. P-Q5 N-QR4 9. Q-B2 P-K3 10. B-Q2 PxP 11. BPxP P-QN4 12. BxN QxB 13. N-Q2 B-Q2 14. P-K5 B-B4 15. Q-B3 QxQ 16. NxQ PxP 17. KR-K P-QR3 18. RxP N-Q2 19. KR-K N-K4 20. N(2)-K4 N-Q6 21. R-K2 NxNP 22. R-QB N-Q6 23. R-Q P-B5 24. P-Q6 QR-Q 25. P-KR3 KBxN 26. NxB RxP 27. R-K7 KR-Q 28. P-KN4 B-K3 29. N-K4 R-Q5 30. P-N5 K-B 31. R-R7 B-Q4 32. P-B3 BxN 33. PxB P-B6 34. R-B7 R-B5 35. R-R7 P-B7 36. R-KB N-K4 0-1

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. Ne2 c5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Na5 9. Qc2 e6 10. Bd2 exd5 11. cxd5 b5 12. Bxa5 Qxa5 13. Nd2 Bd7 14. e5 Bf5 15. Qc3 Qxc3 16. Nxc3 dxe5 17. Re1 a6 18. Rxe5 Nd7 19. Ree1 Ne5 20. Nde4 Nd3 21. Re2 Nxb2 22. Rc1 Nd3 23. Rd1 c4 24. d6 Rd8 25. h3 Bxc3 26. Nxc3 Rxd6 27. Re7 Rd8 28. g4 Be6 29. Ne4 Rd4 30. g5 Kf8 31. Ra7 Bd5 32. f3 Bxe4 33. fxe4 c3 34. Rc7 Rc4 35. Ra7 c2 36. Rf1 Ne5 0-1

Milko G Bobotsov vs Hermann Heemsoth
Hastings (1959/60), Hastings ENG, rd 3, Jan-01
English Opening: King's English. Two Knights' Variation Reversed Dragon (A22) 1-0