July 05, 1959 Los Angeles Times Chess by Isaac Kashdan

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Chess by Isaac Kashdan 05 Jul 1959, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Chess By Isaac Kashdan
International Grandmaster

SO. CALIF. TOURNEY IN FIVE SECTIONS
Chess activity for the summer in some of our leading clubs is assured by the announcement of the qualifying rounds for the Southern California Chess Championship Tournament.
The qualifying tourneys will be contested in five sections. Players may choose the one most convenient to them. The entrance fee is $3, with membership in the U.S. Chess Federation a prior requirement. Of this fee $1 will he returned upon completion of the schedule.
Six rounds under the Swiss system will be played in each section. One player will qualify for the finals for each eight in the qualifying groups. In addition the winners In the Expert Candidates Tournament may enter the finals.
The final rounds are scheduled to start Sunday, Sept. 13, at the Herman Steiner Chess Club. Besides the Los Angeles entrants, San Diego has been asked to qualify two players, Santa Barbara one and one from the Lancaster-San Bernardino area.
Following are the clubs hosting the preliminary sections, the starting dates and the registrars:

CENTRAL SECTION— Herman Steiner Chess Club, 108 N Formosa Ave., starts Wednesday, July 15. Registrar: Gene Rubin, 149 S. Alta Vista, L.A. Phone WE. 5-5329.
NORTHEASTERN SECTION— San Gabriel Chess Club, 250 S Mission Drive, San Gabriel, starts Friday, July 17. Registrar: Fred Haeger, 910 S Montecito Drive, San Gabriel. Phone AT.4-6098.
NORTHWESTERN SECTION— North Hollywood Chess Club, Chandler and Tujunga, North Hollywood, starts Wednesday, July 15. Registrar: Ralph Hagedorn, 11055 Leadwell St., Sun Valley. Phone PO 5-1637.
WESTERN SECTION— Santa Monica Bay Chess Club, Lincoln Park Clubhouse, Santa Monica, starts Wednesday, July 15. Registrar: C. R. Collins, 1218 6th St., Santa Monica. Phone EX. 4-2070.
SOUTHERN SECTION— Downey Chess Club, Imperial Park, Downey, starts Thursday, July 16. Registar: Frank Pye, 10609 Newville Ave., Downey. Phone TO.9-8826.

KASHDAN AT NORTHROP
Your editor played against 35 opponents in his simultaneous exhibition at the Northrop Recreation Club in Hawthorne. He won 31, drew against G. Palmer and lost to R. Harshbarger, J. Jaffray and R. Kozel. Kozel was the only winner in similar display last year.
Harry Borochow presented trophies to the winners of chess tournaments at various plants of Northrop Aircraft Corp. In busy evening Borochow also spoke in behalf of the U.S. Chess Federation and later adjudicated some of the lagging games.
William Henderson, commissioner of the NRC Chess Club, arranged the event. He was the last to finish in the simultaneous play, losing in a closely contested endgame.

HIGH SCHOOL MATCH GAME
The following game was played last month in a match between Polytechnic High School and South Gate High School. John Mortz, captain of the South Gate team, out played his opposite number, Steve Mann of Polytechnic.
With both kings exposed, Mortis handled the attack more vigorously. Mann used his queen for pawn hunting, and was soon punished.

John Mortz (white) vs. Steve Mann (black)
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. P-Q4 PxP 4. NxP P-KN3 5. N-QB3 B-N2 6. B-K3 P-Q3 7. P-B3 N-B3 8. B-QB4 O-O 9. Q-Q2 B-Q2 10. O-O-O Q-B 11. B-N3 P-QR4 12. P-QR3 N-K4 13. P-N4 N-B5 14. BxN QxB 15. P-KR4 P-QN4 16. P-R5 P-N5 17. N-N KR-N 18. P-N3 Q-B2 19. KRPxP BPxP 20. B-N5 P-R5 21. BxN BxB 22. Q-R6 PxNP 23. QxRPch K-B 24. Q-R6ch K-B2 25. NxP PxP 26. Q-R7ch B-N2 27. N-R R-R Black won 0-1

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 d6 7. f3 Nf6 8. Bc4 0-0 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. 0-0-0 Qc8 11. Bb3 a5 12. a3 Ne5 13. g4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15. h4 b5 16. h5 b4 17. Nb1 Rfb8 18. b3 Qc7 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Bg5 a4 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Qh6 axb3 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24. Qh6+ Kf7 25. Nxb3 bxa3 26. Qh7+ Bg7 27. Na1 Rh8 0-1

Win Games, Win Medal
Louis J. Wolff, well known New York attorney and a long-time devotee of chess, was awarded a medal by the Marshall Chess Club of New York for winning five straight games for the club's amateur team.
Following is one of the games of the winning streak.

J Sandow vs Louis Wolff
Metropolitan League (1958), New York, NY USA
Italian Game: Scotch Gambit (C55) 0-1

FEDERATION PROXIES
The annual membership meeting of the U.S. Chess Federation will be held July 23 at the Hotel Sheraton-Fontanelle in Omaha, during the open championship tournament. Any member who wishes his proxy to be used by a Californian may appoint Harry Borochow, director of the USCF, who plans to attend the meeting.

SANTA MONICA TOURNEY
The Santa Monica Bay Chess Club, Lincoln Park in Santa Monica, is starting a tournament at 7 p.m. tomorrow for players rated over 2000 by the U.S. Chess Federation. It will be an eight-round Swiss system event.
The entrance fee for USCF members is $10. Cash prizes will be awarded to the top four prize winners and a special trophy to the winner.

Paul Keres vs Wolfgang Unzicker
Zuerich (1959), Zuerich SUI, rd 10, May-31
Spanish Game: Open Variations. Classical Defense (C83) 1-0

Josef Kupper vs Fridrik Olafsson Zuerich (1959), Zuerich SUI, rd 11, Jun-02 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Amsterdam Variation (B93) 1-0

Jonathan Penrose vs Leonard William Barden British Championship play-off (1958), London ENG Sicilian Defense: Boleslavsky. Louma Variation (B58) 1-0

Kupchik (white) vs. Howard (black)

Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?

Descriptive 1. P-QB4 N-KB3 2. N-QB3 P-Q4 3. PxP NxP 4. P-KN3 NxN 5. NPxN P-KN3 6. B-KN2 B-N2 7. N-B3 O-O 8. O-O N-B3 9. Q-N3 R-N 10. P-QR4 B-K3 11. Q-B2 N-R4 12. R-N B-Q2 13. P-Q3 B-QB3 14. B-Q2 Q-Q2 15. R-R P-N3 16. R-R2 N-N2 17. P-Q4 QR-Q 18. P-K4 N-Q3 19. R-K P-QR4 20. P-B4 B-QR 21. P-Q5?? N-K 22. ?-?? P-K3 23. P-B6 Q-B 24. B-N5 P-B3 25. B-R3 R-Q3 26. B-B4 P-B4 27. BxR NxB 28. N-N5 PxQP 29. PxQP B-B3 30. N-K6 R-K 31. B-N2 Q-R3 32. Q-K2 QxQ 33. KRxQ R-K2 34. N-B4 RxR 35. RxR K-B2 36. N-K6 N-K 37. P-R4 P-R4 38. NxP NxN 39. P-Q6 BxBP 40. PxN B-Q2 41. B-N7 Resigns

Algebraic 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 Nxc3 5. bxc3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. Nf3 0-0 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. Qb3 Rb8 10. a4 Be6 11. Qc2 Na5 12. Rb1 Bd7 13. d3 Bc6 14. Bd2 Qd7 15. Ra1 b6 16. Ra2 Nb7 17. d4 Rd8 18. e4 Nd6 19. Re1 a5 20. d5 Ba8

The Los Angeles Times, Chess by Isaac Kashdan, Sunday, July 05, 1959, Los Angeles, California Times Problem 3081 By M....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Saturday, June 4, 2022

Times Problem 3081 By M. Forti
Black 6
White 7
White mates in two.
FEN 2B1n2b/1N2p3/4r3/1R1pk3/5R2/5P2/1K5B/8 w - - 0 1
Solution: N-Q8; 1. Nd8 Rf6 2. Re4#

The Los Angeles Times, Chess by Isaac Kashdan, Sunday, July 05, 1959, Los Angeles, California Times Problem 3082 By W....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Saturday, June 4, 2022

Times Problem 3082 By W. Horwitz
Black 7
White 9
White mates in three.
FEN 6r1/1p1B4/5br1/2P1p3/4k2p/1P2P3/5BR1/2KQ3R w - - 0 1
Solution: R-K1; 1. Re1 Rg3 2. Qd5+ Kxd5 3. e4#

Problem 3081 was composed especially for The Times. The crosscheck variation is particularly neat. In 3082 you must see the pretty threat. The rest is easy.

SOLVERS' LIST
Five points— W. S. Aaron, F. Aks, M. Chutorian, C. Cresswell, J. Gotta, I. E. Nordstrom, E. E. Penter, W. L. Rankel, V. G. Sprague.
Two points— T. A. Clemens, P. J. Rak, A. A. Rothstein, Maj. H. Triwush.
One point— D. Chan, J. P. Foley, H. L. Hasbrouck, A. P. Hickling, M. F. Montgomery, M. Rosen, F. R. Ruehl II, G. G. Scott, G. Winke.
Problem 3079, published last week, has no solution. We will allow two points for the composer's intended key move.

Games Finals Set 10 Jul 1959, Fri The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Games Finals Set
City-wide finals in the boys chess and boys carroms tournaments are scheduled to begin tomorrow at the Los Angeles Swimming Stadium, 3980 Menlo Ave. The tournaments are held under the sponsorship of the Los Angeles City Recreation and Park Department.