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Chess by Isaac Kashdan 22 Feb 1959, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com
Chess By Isaac Kashdan
International Grandmaster
RECORD NUMBER IN LEAGUE TEAM PLAY
Hundreds of chess players in the Los Angeles area will be busily engaged in their favorite pastime this week as play opens in the annual team tournament sponsored by the Southern California Chess League.
This promises to be the most successful season ever for the league, with 35 teams representing 18 clubs. Round-robin schedules have been arranged in three classes, based on differences in playing strength.
Six teams will compete in the top-rated Class I division. Santa Monica Bay Chess Club will field two teams and one each will represent Herman Steiner Chess Club, Lincoln Park Chess and Checker Club of Long Beach, Pasadena and Van Nuys Chess Clubs.
No less than 20 teams are entered in Class II, which is separated into east and west divisions. In the east division are teams from City Terrace, Downey, Inglewood, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Long Beach, Monterey Park, Pasadena, San Gabriel, Standard Oil and Department of Water and Power.
The west division has two teams each from Santa Monica. South Bay and Van Nuys and single teams from California Bank, North Hollywood. Torrance and Herman Steiner Chess Club.
Nine teams are in Class III, representing City Terrace, Monterey Park, Pasadena, San Gabriel (two teams), Santa Monica, System Development Corp (two teams) and Van Nuys.
Following are matches scheduled this week:
Monday—Long Beach at Van Nuys, Steiner at Torrance and System Development at Van Nuys.
Wednesday—Long Beach at Water & Power, San Gabriel at City Terrace, Van Nuys at North Hollywood and Van Nuys at South Bay.
Thursday—Pasadena at Standard Oil and Jet Propulsion at Downey.
Friday—Pasadena at Herman Steiner, Inglewood at San Gabriel, City Terrace at Monterey Park and San Gabriel at Monterey Park.
Barrett Wins Tourney At City Terrace Club
In the sixth and final round of the East Side Open Tournament of the City Terrace Chess Club, Gordon Barrett drew with D. Young and took first prize with a score of 5½-½. The game was a closely contested ending which went to 73 moves.
Young tied for second at 4½-1½ with J. Freed, N. Hultgren and G. Kern. Tournament director Ben Kakimi finished with 4-2, tying at that score with A. Carpenter, H. Gray, F. Haeger, P. Klaus and A. Madrigal.
In the following game from the tournament Klaus defeated 14-year-old R. Baldinger.
Paul Klaus (white) vs. Robert Baldinger (black)
Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian
COVINA, 5½; POMONA, 2½
On Friday, Jan. 30, the Pomona Chess Club visited Covina. In an eight-board match the Covina Chess Club proved the master, trouncing the visitors by 5½-2½. A return match os being arranged.
Following are the details of the play:
Pomona CC
N. Morein 0
D. C. McKenna 1
J. E. Kirk 0
J. E. Gunn 0
G. E. McKnight 0
F. F. Fontaine 1
R. E. Kern ½
H. Wingfield 0
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2½ |
Covina CC
W. C. Michaels 1
E. R. Herzog 0
E. O. Dewing 1
L. Hulbirt 1
R. Talley 1
Mrs. G. Herzog 0
W. Smith ½
A. R. Weeks 1
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5½ |
CANDIDATES TOURNEY
The candidates tournament to determine a challenger for the world chess championship has been scheduled to take place in Yugoslavia from Sept. 6 to Oct. 31. A quadruple round robin will be contested among the eight qualifiers.
The United States will be represented by Champion Bobby Fischer and Paul Benko, both of whom were awarded the grandmaster title last year.
Four Russians will take part, among them Vassily Smyslov, who won the world championship from Mikhail Botvinnik in 1957 and lost the title in a return match last year. The other Russians are Paul Keres, Tigran Petrosian and Mikhail Tal.
Also on the select list are Svetozar Gligoric of Yugoslavia and Fridrik Olafsson of Iceland. Harry Golombek of England will direct the tournament.
CHESS ON THE AIR
A novelty in chess is the first national On-the-Air Chess Tournament. This is limited to ham radio operators, according to the organizer, Ham Trader, P.O. Box 1095, Gardena. Anyone interested can write to that address for further particulars.
Victories by Uhlmann
Wolfgang Uhlmann of Leipzig, East Germany, who won the international tournament at Hastings last month, ran off a string of seven victories by good aggressive chess. Following are some of the games:
Erno Gereben vs Wolfgang Uhlmann
Hastings (1958/59), Hastings ENG, rd 6, Jan-04
Indian Game: West Indian Defense (E61) 0-1
Wolfgang Uhlmann vs Klaus Darga
Hastings (1958/59), Hastings ENG, rd 7, Jan-05
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation. Gligoric System Exchange at c4 (E54) 1-0
Leonard William Barden vs Wolfgang Uhlmann
Hastings (1958/59), Hastings ENG, rd 8, Jan-06
French Defense: Tarrasch. Closed Variation (C05) 0-1
The Los Angeles Times, Chess by Isaac Kashdan, Sunday, February 22, 1959, Los Angeles, California Times Problem 3043 by...
Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, May 24, 2022
Times Problem 3043 by F. Nowotny
Black 11
White 8
White mates in two.
FEN 3N4/b2r1q2/1nR3p1/4k1P1/1p2B1Q1/rb3p2/2p2B2/4N1K1 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Bd5 Kxd5 2. Qd4#
The Los Angeles Times, Chess by Isaac Kashdan, Sunday, February 22, 1959, Los Angeles, California Times Problem 3044 by...
Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, May 24, 2022
Times Problem 3044 by J. Fridlizius
Black 8
White 6
White mates in three.
FEN KR6/8/3p4/1N1P1Qn1/1k6/pBp5/5nrb/8 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Qh7 Nxh7 2. Nc7+ Kc5 3. Ne6#
Both problems are taken from the excellent West German magazine Schach-Echo. There are lots of self-blocks after the good key in 3043. The variations after the pawn moves are especially interesting in the three-mover.
Send solutions to problems to Chess Editor, Los Angeles Times. Answers to today's problems must be postmarked by March 7. The list of solvers will be published on March 15.
Two Tourneys 22 Feb 1959, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com
Two Tourneys
A checker and chess tournament will be held March 14 and a St. Patrick's Day party is planned for March 17. The annual Kite Day event will be held March 21. The final event in March will be the annual Easter Egg Hunt for various age groups at 10 and 11 a.m. and at noon March 28.
