May 10, 1959 Los Angeles Times Chess by Isaac Kashdan

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Chess by Isaac Kashdan 10 May 1959, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Chess By Isaac Kashdan
International Grandmaster

PLAN WARMUP FOR NORTH-SOUTH MATCH
The chess event of the year in California will be the 26th annual North-South match to be staged at the Hotel Californian in Fresno on Sunday, May 31. At least 75 players on each side are expected to do battle.
The South was defeated last year by a close margin, 32½-30½, after two successive victories in 1956 and 1957. A committee headed by Charles Henderson of Beverly Hills is rounding up a powerful team to get the South back on the winning path.
As a warmup before the main event, the third annual Yankees vs. Rebels match will be held at Garvey Memorial Stadium, Dorothy and Kelburn Sts. in South San Gabriel, starting at 12:30 p.m. next Sunday.
For this match Southern California players are divided into two camps, the dividing line being Wilshire Blvd. and the San Bernardino Freeway. Those living north of this line are the Yankees and anyone south of the boundary must be a Rebel.
Anyone can play in the match. To cover expenses there will be a charge of $1 for adults and 50 cents for juniors. Register with the committee secretary, Mrs. Don Maron, 295l Mandeville Canyon Rd. L.A. 49, or call her at GR. 2-7456.

SANTIAGO TOURNAMENT
After six rounds of the international masters tournament at Santiago, Chile, Ludek Pachman of Czechoslovakia is leading with 4½-½ and one game adjourned. Boris Ivkov of Yugoslavia and Raul Sanguinetti of Argentina are tied at 4½-1½.
U.S. Champion Bobby Fischer, 16-year-old Brooklyn schoolboy, again started poorly, as he did in the recent Mar del Plata tournament. Fischer lost to the three leaders and won three games for an even score. He is tied with R. Flores and C. Jauregui of Chile.
Six rounds remain to be completed. Following are games from the event.

Ludek Pachman vs Robert James Fischer
Santiago (1959), Santiago CHI, rd 6, Apr-28
Indian Game: Anti-Nimzo-Indian (E10) 1-0

Julio Salas Romo vs Rodrigo Flores Alvarez
Santiago (1959), Santiago CHI, rd 6, Apr-28
King's Indian Defense: Saemisch. Bobotsov-Korchnoi-Petrosian Variation (E81) 1-0

CLUB NOTES
The San Bernardino Chess Club, which meets at the YMCA, 5th and F Sts., announces an open tournament for June 20 and 21. Three games will be played each day at a time limit of 30 moves in 30 minutes.
The entrance fee is $5. Membership in the U.S. Chess Federation is required. Trophies and cash prizes will be awarded. For further information write to Dr. Max Schlosser, 382 Sonora, San Bernardino.
J. K. Lazos, scoring 9-1, took first prize in the regular Tuesday evening rapid-transit tournament at the Herman Sterner Chess Club, 108 N Formosa Ave. H. Rogosin was second with followed by E. Bersbach and F. White, who hied at 7-3.
A new club has been formed in East Los Angeles which meets at 1 p.m. Sundays at Laguna Park, Whittier Blvd. at Indiana St.

MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL
The Russians are holding an International tournament among 12 competitors representing six countries, according to a report in the New York Times. Heading the Soviet contingent is Vassily Smyslov, who for a brief period held the world championship after winning his first match from Mikhail Botvinnik.
Smyslov was tied for first at 4½-2½ with fellow-Russians David Bronstein and Boris Spassky after seven rounds. Dr. Miroslav Filip of Czechoslovakia was fourth with 4-3 and Z. Milev of Bulgaria was fifth, 3½-3½.
Other scores were: F. Olafsson of Iceland, L. Aronim of Russia and L. Portisch of Hungary, 3-3 each; V. Simagin and E. Vasiukov of Russia, 3-4 each; B. Larsen of Denmark, 2-3, and A. Lutikov of Russia, 1-5.
The following game is from the tournament.

Boris Spassky vs Fridrik Olafsson
Alekhine Memorial (1959), Moscow URS, rd 3, Apr-09
Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Closed Defense (C96) 1-0

HIGH SCHOOL BATTLE
Here is a short and decisive battle between Danny Price of Hawthorne High School and his friend Loera from Loyola High School. They have been playing chess for just a year.

Danny Price (white) vs. Loera (black)
Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Vitolins 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-KN5 P-K3 7. B-N5 B-Q2 8. NxN PxN 9. B-QR4 B-K2 10. Q-B3 P-Q4 11. O-O O-O 12. QR-Q R-N 13. B-N3 Q-B2 14. KR-K P-KR3 15. B-R4 P-N4 16. P-K5 N-K 17. B-N3 P-QB4 18. BxP! PxB 19. P-K6 B-Q3 20. P-K7 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Ba4 Be7 10. Qf3 d5 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Rd1 Rb8 13. Bb3 Qc7 14. Rde1 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. e5 Ne8 17. Bg3 c5 18. Bxd5! exd5 19. e6 Bd6 20. e7 1-0

Boris Spassky vs Nikolai V Krogius
USSR Championship (1958), Riga URS, rd 6, Jan-??
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation. Gligoric System Bernstein Defense (E56) 1-0

Zurich 1958

Edwin Bhend (white) vs. Walter Henneberger (black)
Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Classical 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-KN5 P-K3 7. Q-Q2 B-K2 8. O-O-O P-QR3 9. P-B4 Q-B2 10. N-B3 P-N4 11. B-Q3 B-N2 12. KR-K R-QB 13. P-K5 PxP 14. PxP N-Q2 15. BxB NxB 16. BxNP! PxB 17. NxP Q-B3 18. N-Q6ch K-Q 19. NxPch K-K 20. N-Q6ch K-Q 21. N-Q4 Q-Q4 22. Q-R5ch! R-B2 23. N(6)-N5 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. 0-0-0 a6 9. f4 Qc7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Re1 Rc8 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nd7 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Bxb5! axb5 17. Nxb5 Qc6 18. Nd6+ Kd8 19. Nxf7+ Ke8 20. Nd6+ Kd8 21. Nd4 Qd5 22. Qa5+! Rc7 23. Nb5 1-0

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Times Problem 3065 by H. Ahues. White mates in two.
FEN 3RR3/2rq4/1B6/2r1bQ1K/3k4/2ppNn2/3p2N1/8 w - - 0 1
Solution: Q-B7; 1. Qf7 Ke4 2. Qf4#

The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, Sunday, May 10, 1959 Times Problem 3066 by P. Klett. White mates in...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Times Problem 3066 by P. Klett. White mates in three.
FEN 8/3p3B/1p1p2n1/1K1P1k2/2ppN2p/2P2P1P/3P2PB/1Q6 w - - 0 1
Solution: Q-KR1; 1. Qh1 dxc3 2. Qa1 cxd2 3. Qf6#

There are only a few variations in 3065, but each has an interesting point. The Klett problem was composed in 1887 and has puzzled several generations of solvers.

SOLVERS' LIST
Five points— W. S. Aaron, F. Aks, J. Alexander, A. E. Byler, M. Chutorian, C. Cresswell, Dr. C. M. Dobson, J. Fullerton, J. Gotta, W. H. Griffith, J. Hockenhull, J. Kaufman, M. Morris, I. E. Nordstrom, E. E. Penter, W. L. Rankel, A. A. Rothstein, J. W. Selby, Maj. H. Triwush, L. A. Victor, Westminister Teachers' Chess Club, A. E. Wood.
Four points— P. C. Carton.
Two points— B. Bilman, B. Cotnam, J. D. Frierson, Mrs. W. A. Gerth, Miss D. Miller, D. S. Robbins, M. Rosen.
One point— J. P. Foley, H. N. Goldstein, A. P. Hickling, R. E. King, A. L. Maverick, F. P. Ruehl II, C. Ryman.

Coke Bottle Dates Back 56 Years 17 May 1959, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Coke Bottle Dates Back 56 Years
Bellingrath's balconies are trimmed with iron lace, and inside the mansion are Victorian gout stools, a chess board Queen Victoria once gave to a New Orleans prodigy and a so-called Lincoln Rocker, the type of chair Lincoln sat in when he was shot in Ford's Theater. Among the priceless piece in the Bottle Room are shelves of Venetian glass, Waterford goblets and a Coca-Cola bottle that dates back to 1903.

Nancy 17 May 1959, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com