December 13, 1959 Los Angeles Times Chess by Isaac Kashdan

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Chess by Isaac Kashdan 13 Dec 1959, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Chess By Isaac Kashdan
International Grandmaster

LISA LANE LEADING IN WOMEN'S TOURNEY
Miss Lisa Lane of Philadelphia got off to a fast start and has established a sizable lead after six rounds of the U.S. Women's Chess Championship, according to a report from the New York Times.
Miss Lane has a score of 4½-½ in the tournament being held partly at the Marshall Chess Club in New York and partly at the Log Cabin Chess Club in West Orange, N.J. She has defeated the two California entrants, Mrs. Lena Grumette of Los Angeles and Mrs. Nancy McLeod of Millbrae. Miss Lane also scored against Mrs. Mabel Burlingame of Phoenix and Mrs. Mildred Morrell of Gary, Ind., her one draw being registered against Mrs. Mary Selensky of Philadelphia.
Present co-holder of the women's title, Mrs. Gisela Gresser of New York, is in second place with a 3-1 score and two adjourned games. Her one loss was to former champion Miss Mona M. Karff, who has only 1½-½ and several unfinished games.
Mrs. Eva Aronson of Chicago is in third place with 2-1, followed by Mrs. Morrell at 2-3. Other scores, with no less than eight games adjourned, are: Mrs. Grumette, 1½-½; Mrs. Selensky, 1-1; Mrs. McLeod, ½-2½, and Mrs. Burlingame, 0-4.

DR. WEINBAUM FIRST IN SANTA MONICA TOURNEY
Dr. Sidney Weinbaum won every game he played to win the Santa Monica Open Chess Championship with a perfect score of 8-0. He had a safe lead near the end but never relaxed.
Emil Bersbach placed second with 6½-1½. He was awarded a trophy as club champion for 1959, in addition to the second prize. T. M. Straus, an unrated newcomer, took third with 6-2, while Al Michaelson, showing improved form, finished fourth with 5-3.
The play of Herbert Abel, one of the higher rated contestants, was disappointing. He finished tied for 11th with 3½-4½, due in large part to his long absence from tournament competition.

NEW BOOK ON END-GAMES
Harry Golombek of London, whose new book on chess openings we reviewed last week, translated and edited MODERN END-GAME STUDIES FOR THE CHESS PLAYER (Pitman Publishing Corp.: $3.50). The book was originally written in Dutch by Hans Bouwmeester.
The 101 studies in the book are all composed endings; containing unusual and artistic ideas. The positions are all natural and simple in appearance, with varying degrees of difficulty. Full solutions and explanations are given with each diagram.
The following example is from the book. G. M. Kasparian is one of a group of Russian composers who have done some remarkably interesting work. This is one of his beautiful mating studies, with fierce play on both sides and a breathtaking finish.

By G. M. Kasparian FEN 8/8/5Pr1/3R4/pp6/8/k2B4/2K5 w - - 0 1
White to play and win.

1. B-N5 P-N6 2. R-Q2ch K-R8 3. P-B7 RxB 4. P-B8(Q) R-N8ch 5. R-Q R-N7

6. Q-R3ch R-R7 7. R-Q2! RxQ 8. R-QN2! R-R7 9. R-N mate

INGLEWOOD CHESS NOTES
Norman J. Goldberg took first place in a field of 22 Players in the recently concluded Inglewood Open Tournament. Second place was won by Nathan Robinson, whose only 1oss was to Goldberg. Allan Troy was third.
Starting next month the Inglewood Chess Club, which meets at the Inglewood Recreation Center, will present a series of lectures on chess. The first few lectures are planned for weaker players. These will be followed by talks on the theory of openings and on problems in middle game and end game play.
Actual master games will be analyzed during the lectures. A large demonstration board and a tape recorder will be used in this interesting series.

INTERCOLLEGIATE CHESS
The National Intercollegiate Chess Championship, which will attract more than 30 of the top college players in the country, will be held at Pennsylvania State University Dec. 28 to 30.
The competition, which win be conducted as a six-round Swiss system, is sponsored by the Intercollegiate Chess League of America, the U.S. Chess Federation and the Pennsylvania State University Chess Club.
The individual title is now held by Charles Kalme of the University of Pennsylvania who won the tournament at Gannon College, Erie, Pa., two years ago. Last year the University of Chicago won the team title in a tournament at Case Institute of Technology in Cleveland.

CHALLENGERS' TOURNAMENT

Mikhail Tal vs Paul Keres
Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates (1959), Bled, Zagreb & Belgrade YUG, rd 24, Oct-21
Tarrasch Defense: Classical. Endgame Variation (D34) 0-1

Robert James Fischer vs Tigran V Petrosian
Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates (1959), Bled, Zagreb & Belgrade YUG, rd 16, Oct-04
Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack. Mindeno Variation Exchange Line (B11) 1/2-1/2

Pal Benko vs Tigran V Petrosian
Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates (1959), Bled, Zagreb & Belgrade YUG, rd 13, Sep-28
Zukertort Opening: Symmetrical Variation (A04) 0-1

The Los Angeles Times, Chess by Isaac Kashdan, Sunday, December 13, 1959, Los Angeles, California Times Problem 3127 By...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Times Problem 3127 By E. Georgiev
Black 11
White 7
White mates in two.
FEN 2K4b/1p5p/n3N1Bp/Q2P1R2/1n1pk1p1/3p3r/3B4/8 w - - 0 1
Solution: Q-B7; 1. Qc7 Nxc7 2. Nc5#

The Los Angeles Times, Chess by Isaac Kashdan, Sunday, December 13, 1959, Los Angeles, California Times Problem 3128 By...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Times Problem 3128 By W. A. Shinkman
Black 10
White 6
White mates in three.
FEN K7/3Q4/2n5/6bp/RB5k/2r2p1N/p6p/qb3B2 w - - 0 1
Solution: Q-Q2; 1. Qd2 Re3 2. Qd8 Bxd8 3. Be1#
If BxQ, 2. B-K7ch; if R-K6, 2. Q-Q8; if R-B4, 2. QxBch.

About the strongest move in chess is a double check. It happens in two different variations in each of today's problems.

SOLVERS' LIST
Five points— F. Aks, Dr. B. R. Berglund, J. F. Brown, A. E. Byler, M. Chutorian, C. Cresswell, H. D. Duckwald, J. Gotta, W. H. Griffith, H. Guadarrama, A. E. Hampel, J. Kaufman, N. J. Lomax, C. L. Lund, Mrs. J. W. Moore, E. E. Penter, B. Plachy and D. Sjoberg, W. L. Rankel, M. Rosen, A. A. Rothstein, C. E. Stern, N. A. Trinkle, Maj. H. Triwush.
Four points— W. S. Aaron.
Three points— P. C. Carton
Two points— R. O. Burns, D. L. Gibson, N. Lesser, J. Prufrock, S. Schwarz.
One point— J. P. Foley, F. R. Ruehl II, W. T. Winston.

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