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Chess By Isaac Kashdan 09 Oct 1960, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com
Russians Favored In Leipzig Tourney
The Soviet Union is sending a team of six grandmasters to the Chess Olympics in Leipzig which is probably the strongest aggregation ever to represent one country in a single event.
Leading the line-up will be recently crowned world championship Mikhail Tal, and the man he succeeded, Mikhail Botvinnik. Others, according to a report in the New York Times, are Paul Keres, Victor Korchnoi, Tigran Petrosian and Ewkim Geller.
The entry of the United States, announced last week, makes a roster of 37 nations ready for the opening bell on Oct. 16. Several others may still be heard from. Following is the list:
Albania, Austria, Argentina, Belgium, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Ecuador, England, East Germany, Finland, France, Greece, the Netherlands, Hungary, Iceland, India, Israel, Italy Lebanon, Monaco, Mongolia, Norway, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Rumania, the Soviet Union, Sweden, Spain, Tunisia, the U.S.A., West Germany and Yugoslavia.
Our team finished in fourth place in the previous team championship tournament at Munich two years ago and should do at least as well this time. The Russians, who won by a wide margin, are heavily favored to repeat.
Your editor is leaving for New York Tuesday morning to join his teammates for the flight to Germany. Robert Byrne is coming from Indianapolis. The others on the U.S. team, all New Yorkers, are Bobby Fischer, Arthur Bisguier, Nicholas Rossolimo and Raymond Weinstein.
Because of the short notice, not all the funds needed for the team's expenses have been subscribed. A national fund-raising drive has been undertaken by the U.S. Chess Federation, the American Chess Foundation and the People-to-People Chess Committee.
Anyone wishing to contribute should make his check payable to U.S. Chess Federation — Team Fund, and send it to Chess Editor, Los Angeles Times.
Yarmak Wins Four To Lead So. Cal. Tourney
Saul Yarmak, with four successive wins, is leading the field of 38 in the tournament for the Southern California Chess Championship, being conducted Sunday afternoons at the Herman Steiner Chess Club, 626 S La Brea Ave.
Irving Rivise and Carl Diesen, who had drawn with each other in the second round, are tied for second place with scores of 3½-½. Tied at 3-1 are S. Almgren, W. Carr, T. Fries, R. Gross, M. Kerllenevich and R. Syvertsen.
Following are details of the third and fourth rounds and games from the tournament.
Saul Yarmak (white) vs. Leonard Standers (black)
Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian
Penrose Retains Title
Jonathan Penrose won the British chess championship for the third year in succession, according to a report in the New York Times. He scored 8½-2½.
C. H. O'D. Alexander, several times titleholder, tied for second at 7½-3½ with M. J. Haygarth. Leonard W. Barden, Peter Clarke, Harry Golombek and K. W. Lloyd were tied at 7-4.
Following are games from the tournament:
Leonard Barden (white) vs. Patrick Bennett (black)
King's Indian Defense: Accelerated Averbakh Variation
Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander (white) vs. Peter Clarke (black)
Sicilian Defense: French Variation, Normal
