May 01, 1960 Los Angeles Times Chess by Isaac Kashdan

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Chess by Isaac Kashdan 01 May 1960, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Mikhail Botvinnik vs Mikhail Tal
Botvinnik - Tal World Championship Match (1960), Moscow URS, rd 12, Apr-12
Tarrasch Defense: Symmetrical Variation (D32) 1/2-1/2

Mikhail Tal vs Mikhail Botvinnik
Botvinnik - Tal World Championship Match (1960), Moscow URS, rd 13, Apr-14
English Opening: Symmetrical Variation. General (A30) 1/2-1/2

Mikhail Botvinnik vs Mikhail Tal
Botvinnik - Tal World Championship Match (1960), Moscow URS, rd 14, Apr-19
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Saemisch Variation. Accelerated (E24) 1/2-1/2

Standard Oil Defeats Van Nuys In Last Match
The six-man team representing the Standard Oil Co. won the Class II team championship of the Southern California Chess League, defeating the Van Nuys Chess Club by 3½-2½ in the final play-off match.
Standard Oil won all 10 matches for a clean sweep in the eastern division. The only team which was close to the leader was the City Terrace Chess Club, which took second place with a 9-1 match score. The Pasadena Chess Club and the Lincoln Park Chess and Checker Club of Long Beach tied for third with 7-3.
Van Nuys took top position in the western division with 7½-1½. The two teams representing the Santa Monica Bay Chess Club tied for second, each scoring 7-2. Tied for fourth were the second team of Van Nuys and the Herman Steiner Chess Club, with scores of 4½-4½.
Following are games played in the league competition:

Martin Sarley (white) vs Kalenscher (black)
Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-Q4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. P-B4 P-K3 4. N-B3 N-B3 5. B-N5 B-K2 6. P-K3 P-QN3 7. PxP KNxP 8. B-N5 B-N2 9. Q-R4 O-O 10. BxN QBxB 11. QxB BxB 12. O-O B-K2 13. N-K4 N-B3 14. QR-B NxN 15. QxN B-Q3 16. KR-Q R-K 17. Q-N4 Q-B3 18. P-K4 P-K4 19. P-Q5 QR-B 20. R-B6 Q-Q 21. Q-B5 P-KR3 22. R-Q3 P-N3 23. Q-N4 K-N2 24. N-R4 K-R2 25. R-KB3 Q-K2 26. R-KR3 R-KN 27. QR-B3 QR-B 28. N-B5! Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bb5 Bb7 9. Qa4 0-0 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Qxc6 Bxg5 12. 0-0 Be7 13. Ne4 Nf6 14. Rc1 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bd6 16. Rd1 Re8 17. Qg4 Qf6 18. e4 e5 19. d5 Rc8 20. Rc6 Qd8 21. Qf5 h6 22. Rd3 g6 23. Qg4 Kg7 24. Nh4 Kh7 25. Rf3 Qe7 26. Rh3 Rg8 27. Rc3 Rf8 28. Nf5! 1-0

Allan Carpenter (white) vs. Fred Sleep (black)

Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-KN3 2. P-Q4 P-Q3 3. N-QB3 B-N2 4. B-K3 N-KB3 5. B-K2 O-O 6. P-QR4 P-KR4 7. P-B3 N-R3 8. P-KN4 PxP 9. PxP P-B4 10. P-N5 N-KN5 11. BxN BxB 12. QxB PxP 13. BxP BxB 14. KN-K2 B-K4 15. P-R5 Q-B 16. Q-R4 Q-K3 17. PxP QxNP 18. O-O-O K-N2 19. N-Q5 R-R 20. Q-B2 RxR 21. RxR QxKP 22. R-Q R-QB 23. N(2)-B3 BxN 24. NxB Q-N3 25. QxRP N-B4 26. R-N Q-K3 27. N-Q Q-K7 28. K-N Q-Q7 29. Q-R3 N-K5 30. Q-QN3 Q-R7 31. Q-K3 QxPch Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Be2 0-0 6. a4 h5 7. f3 Na6 8. g4 hxg4 9. fxg4 c5 10. g5 Ng4 11. Bxg4 Bxg4 12. Qxg4 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4 14. Ne2 Be5 15. a5 Qc8 16. Qh4 Qe6