July 26, 1959 Los Angeles Times Chess by Isaac Kashdan

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Chess by Isaac Kashdan 26 Jul 1959, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Chess By Isaac Kashdan
International Grandmaster

FOUR TIED FOR LEAD IN U.S. OPEN TOURNEY
Four players remained unbeaten and untied after four rounds of the U.S. Open Chess Championship Tournament being contested at the Hotel Sheraton-Fontanelle in Omaha, Neb.
They were Hans Berliner of Littleton, Colo., who defeated Prof. Erich Marchand of Rochester, N.Y., in the fourth round; Arthur Bisguier of New York, winner over Curt Brasket of Rochester, Minn.; Anthony Saidy of New York, who defeated Olaf Ulvestad of Seattle, and a Puerto Rican teen-ager, Donato Rivera, who defeated William Carr of Omaha.
Two of the top favorites, former Hungarian master Paul Benko of New York and Elliott Hearst of Arlington, Va., played to a draw. Each has a score of 3½-½.
The tournament, which has eight more rounds to go, started with 133 entrants. George Koltanowski is the director. The following games are from the first round:

Pal Benko vs Anthony Cantone
60th US Open (1959), Omaha, NE USA, rd 1, Jul-20
Ponziani Opening: General (C44) 1-0

Alpen Gardner Murphy vs Robert Henry Steinmeyer
60th US Open (1959), Omaha, NE USA, rd 1, Jul-20
Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan. Exchange Variation (B33) 0-1

AULT WINS JUNIOR TITLE
Robin Ault of Cranford, N.J., 17-year-old student at Columbia University in New York, is the new junior champion of the United States Chess Federation, according to a report from the New York Times.
Ault completed his schedule with a score of 7-2 after a week of play in the tournament in Omaha, Neb. He lost to defending champion Raymond Weinstein of Brooklyn in the seventh round, then defeated Gilbert Ramirez of San Francisco and Larry Gilden of Washington.
Ramirez equaled the winner's score but lost out on tie-breaking points. Weinstein and Gilden finished in a tie for third with tallies of 6½-2½. The tournament started with 40 entries from 14 states, two from Cuba and one each from the District of Columbia and Canada. California led with seven entries.

MANHATTAN STARS WIN
One of the major events in New York chess is the annual match between the Manhattan and Marshall Chess Clubs. Most of the star performers in American chess are on one team or the other.
The Manhattan team, which has won the large majority of the matches, was successful again to the tune of 7½-4½. Following are the detailed results and games from the event:

Manhattan CC A. S. Bisguier ½ S. Reshevsky 1 W. Lombardy ½ P. Benko ½ Dr. H. Sussman ½ K. H. Burger ½ G. Shainswit 1 I. A. Horowitz 1 A. Turner 0 W. J. Shipman ½ P. Brandts ½ M. R. Siegel 1 ——— 7½

Marshall CC E. Mednis ½ H. Seidman 0 N. Bakos ½ J. S. Sherwin ½ R. Weinstein ½ E. Hearst ½ C. Pilnik 0 J. W. Collins 0 A. E. Santasiere 1 N. Halper ½ A. Kaufman ½ S. Margulies 0 ——— 4½

Samuel Reshevsky (white) vs. Herbert Seidman (black)
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, King's Indian Formation

Descriptive 1. P-QB4 N-KB3 2. N-KB3 P-KN3 3. P-KN3 B-N2 4. B-N2 O-O 5. O-O P-Q4 6. PxP QxP 7. P-Q4 P-B4 8. N-B3 Q-R4 9. PxP N-B3 10. B-N5 N-KN5 11. N-Q5 N-Q5 12. P-KR4 P-KR3 13. N-B4 NxBP 14. KxN Resigns

Algebraic 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. d4 c5 8. Nc3 Qh5 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. Bg5 Ng4 11. Nd5 Nd4 12. h4 h6 13. Nf4 Nxf2 14. Kxf2 1-0

Israel Albert Horowitz (white) vs John W Collins (black)
Queen's Indian Defense

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. N-KB3 P-QN3 4. N-B3 B-N2 5. Q-B2 P-B4 6. PxP BxP 7. B-B4 N-B3 8. P-QR3 O-O 9. P-K3 P-QR4 10. R-Q N-K2 11. B-Q3 N-N3 12. B-N3 R-B 13. O-O N-R4 14. B-K4 B-R3 15. Q-R4 NxB 16. RPxN R-B2 17. N-QN5 BxN 18. QxB P-B4 19. B-B2 Q-K2 20. R-Q2 R-Q 21. KR-Q K-B2 22. B-R4 K-K 23. R-N R-N 24. P-QN4 PxP 25. PxP B-Q3 26. P-B5 B-K4 27. NxB NxN 28. PxP Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Qc2 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Bf4 Nc6 8. a3 0-0 9. e3 a5 10. Rd1 Ne7 11. Bd3 Ng6 12. Bg3 Rc8 13. 0-0 Nh5 14. Be4 Ba6 15. Qa4 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Rc7 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. Qxb5 f5 19. Bc2 Qe7 20. Rd2 Rd8 21. Rd1 Kf7 22. Ba4 Ke8 23. Rb1 Rb8 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Bd6 26. c5 Be5 27. Nxe5 Nxe5 28. cxb6 1-0

CHESS CLUB NOTES
The second annual open tournament of the Torrance Chess Club got under way with strong field of 26 players. In addition to the local entrants there are players from Los Angeles, Inglewood, Santa Monica and San Gabriel.
After two rounds J. Freed, R Harshbarger, L. Johnson and A. Troy were tied for the lead with 2-0 scores. J. Thompson and J. Titone followed with 1½-½. Rounds are scheduled Monday evening at El Nido Park Recreation Building, 184th and Kingsdale Ave., Torrance.
The Inglewood Chess Club, 621 N La Brea, announces that its annual open tournament will start Wednesday, Aug. 12. Swiss system pairings will be made at 7 p.m. and play begin at 7:30 p.m. For further information call tournament director Allan S. Troy at VE. 7-4689.
G. Rubin and T. Weinberger tied for first at 11-1 in the regular Tuesday evening rapid transit tournament at the Herman Steiner Chess Club, 108 N Formosa Ave. E. George, R. Rupeiks and F. Weiss finished with 9-3.

FISCHER HEADS RUSSIANS
Bobby Fischer, 16-year-old U.S. chess champion, proved once again in the recently concluded Zurich tournament that he is one of the world's great masters of the game. He finished in a tie for third, and in his contests with Russian opponents he defeated Paul Keres and drew with Mikhail Tal, the tournament winner.
Fischer is one of the few players to have a plus score against the Russian grandmasters. In the Interzonal Tournament at Portoroz he drew his games against Tal, Petrosian, Averback and Bronstein.
Following is the Fischer-Keres game, a difficult endgame battle, and a victory for Svetozar Gligoric of Yugoslavia which helped earn him the second prize at Zurich.

Robert James Fischer (white) vs. Paul Keres (black)
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Chigorin Defense, Panov System

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. B-N5 P-QR3 4. B-R4 N-B3 5. O-O B-K2 6. R-K P-QN4 7. B-N3 O-O 8. P-B3 P-Q3 9. P-KR3 N-QR4 10. B-B2 P-B4 11. P-Q4 Q-B2 12. QN-Q2 BPxP 13. PxP B-N2 14. N-B QR-B 15. B-Q3 N-B3 16. N-K3 KR-K 17. N-B5 B-B 18. B-N5 N-Q2 19. R-QB Q-N 20. B-N NxP 21. N(3)xN RxR 22. BxR PxN 23. N-R6ch PxN 24. Q-N4ch K-R 25. QxN B-Q4 26. Q-B5 R-K4 27. Q-B3 P-B4 28. B-B4 R-K 29. Q-R5 BxKP 30. P-B3 B-B3 31. R-QB B-Q2 32. BxRP R-K3 33. BxB QxB 34. Q-R4 Q-B3 35. QxQch RxQ 36. K-B2 K-N2 37. R-B7 R-B2 38. K-K2 P-B5 39. R-R7 K-B3 40. RxP R-K2ch 41. K-B2 B-K3 42. RxP K-K4 43. R-B6 B-Q4 44. R-KR6 R-QB2 45. R-R5ch K-Q3 46. R-B5 R-B8 47. B-Q3 R-Q8 48. K-K2 R-KN8 49. R-N5 BxRP 50. BxNP R-N8 51. K-Q3 P-R3 52. R-R5 RxP 53. KxP RxP 54. RxPch K-K2 55. K-K4 R-N4 56. B-R6 B-B2 57. B-B8 R-N3 58. R-R7 K-B 59. B-N4 R-N2 60. R-R6 R-N3 61. RxR BxRch 62. KxP K-N2 63. K-N5 B-Q6 64. P-B4 B-K5 65. P-R4 B-Q6 66. P-R5 B-K5 67. P-R6ch K-R 68. B-B5 B-Q4 69. B-N6 B-K3 70. B-R5 K-R2 71. B-N4 B-B5 72. P-B5 B-B2 73. B-R5 B-B5 74. B-N6ch K-N 75. P-B6 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. Nf1 Rac8 15. Bd3 Nc6 16. Ne3 Re8 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Bg5 Nd7 19. Rc1 Qb8 20. Bb1 Nxd4 21. N3xd4 Rxc1 22. Bxc1 exd4 23. Nh6+ gxh6 24. Qg4+ Kh8 25. Qxd7 Bd5 26. Qf5 Re5 27. Qf3 f5 28. Bf4 Re8 29. Qh5 Bxe4 30. f3 Bc6 31. Rc1 Bd7 32. Bxh6 Re6 33. Bxf8 Qxf8 34. Qh4 Qf6 35. Qxf6+ Rxf6 36. Kf2 Kg7 37. Rc7 Rf7 38. Ke2 f4 39. Ra7 Kf6 40. Rxa6 Re7+ 41. Kf2 Be6 42. Rxd6 Ke5 43. Rc6 Bd5 44. Rh6 Rc7 45. Rh5+ Kd6 46. Rf5 Rc1 47. Bd3 Rd1 48. Ke2 Rg1 49. Rg5 Bxa2 50. Bxb5 Rb1 51. Kd3 h6 52. Rh5 Rxb2 53. Kxd4 Rxg2 54. Rxh6+ Ke7 55. Ke4 Rg5 56. Ba6 Bf7 57. Bc8 Rg6 58. Rh7 Kf8 59. Bg4 Rg7 60. Rh6 Rg6 61. Rxg6 Bxg6+ 62. Kxf4 Kg7 63. Kg5 Bd3 64. f4 Be4 65. h4 Bd3 66. h5 Be4 67. h6+ Kh8 68. Bf5 Bd5 69. Bg6 Be6 70. Bh5 Kh7 71. Bg4 Bc4 72. f5 Bf7 73. Bh5 Bc4 74. Bg6+ Kg8 75. f6 1-0

Mikhail Tal vs Svetozar Gligoric
Zuerich (1959), Zuerich SUI, rd 13, Jun-04
Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Modern Steinitz Defense (C74) 0-1

Olanen (white) vs. Raisa (black)
Finnish Championship, 1959
King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-KN3 3. N-QB3 B-N2 4. P-K4 P-Q3 5. P-B4 O-O 6. N-B3 P-B4 7. PxP Q-R4 8. B-Q3 QxBP 9. Q-K2 N-B3 10. B-K3 Q-KR4 11. P-KR3 N-KN5 12. B-Q2 N-Q5 13. Q-B NxNch 14. QxN N-B3 15. QxQ NxQ 16. P-KN4 BxN 17. PxB N-B3 18. P-QB5 PxP 19. P-K5 N-Q4 20. B-K4 P-K3 21. P-B4 N-N5 22. B-K3 N-R3 23. R-QN R-N 24. R-N3 P-N3 25. R-R3 K-N2 26. K-K2 R-Q 27. P-B5 R-Q2 28. P-B6ch K-B 29. B-B6 R-Q 30. R-QN N-N5 31. RxN PxR 32. RxP P-R4 33. PxP PxP 34. B-Q2 RxBch 35. KxR K-N 36. K-B2 K-R2 37. B-K4ch K-R3 38. P-KR4 Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 0-0 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Bd3 Qxc5 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Be3 Qh5 11. h3 Ng4 12. Bd2 Nd4 13. Qf1 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Nf6 15. Qxh5 Nxh5 16. g4 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nf6 18. c5 dxc5 19. e5 Nd5 20. Be4 e6 21. c4 Nb4 22. Be3 Na6 23. Rb1 Rb8 24. Rb3 b6 25. Ra3 Kg7 26. Ke2 Rd8 27. f5 Rd7 28. f6+ Kf8 29. Bc6 Rd8 30. Rb1 Nb4 31. Rxb4 cxb4 32. Rxa7 h5 33. gxh5 gxh5 34. Bd2 Rxd2+ 35. Kxd2 Kg8 36. Kc2 Kh7 37. Be4+ Kh6 38. h4 1-0

The Los Angeles Times, Chess by Isaac Kashdan, Sunday, July 26, 1959, Los Angeles, California Times Problem 3087 By C....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Sunday, June 5, 2022

Times Problem 3087 By C. Stanley
Black 9
White 11
White mates in two.
FEN 1KN5/1BR5/4r3/2P2p2/P1k1b2r/ppP3Q1/q3P1n1/2R2N2 w - - 0 1
Solution: Q-K3; 1. Qe3 Nxe3 2. Nxe3#

The Los Angeles Times, Chess by Isaac Kashdan, Sunday, July 26, 1959, Los Angeles, California Times Problem 3088 By F....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Sunday, June 5, 2022

Times Problem 3088 By F. Rduch
Black 8
White 9
White mates in three.
FEN 4K3/p5pp/1b2kp2/r2N1N2/1PP3R1/8/2BPpP2/8 w - - 0 1
Solution: P-B5; 1. c5 Ke5 2. Nde3 e1=R 3. Re4#

Lines are opened and closed in 3087, all in White's favor, of course. A good key and neat mating positions feature 3088.

SOLVERS' LIST
Five points— W. S. Aaron, F. Aks, J. F. Brown, A. E. Byler, T. R. Carlton, C. Cresswell, J. R. Goodwin, J. Gotta, J. Kaufman, M. Rosen, A. A. Rothstein, P. M. Verdugo.
Two points— Dr. B. R. Berglund, D. Bevill, T. Bolt, L. G. Bulaich, R. B. Calkins, P. C. Carton, M. Chutorian, J. D. Frierson, P. Gullett, H. Holmes, N. Lesser, R. S. North Jr., C. E. Stern, A. Szendrey, Maj. H. Triwush, S. H. Trotter.
One point— R. Baldinger, P. DeVilmonin, J. P. Foley, F. McGuinness, P. Millar, F. R. Ruehl II, D. Whorf.

Chess Play Set for Wednesdays 26 Jul 1959, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Chess Play Set for Wednesdays
GLENDALE — Round robin play of the Glendale Chess Club will continue each Wednesday until further notice, according to Jack Beardsly, new president of the YMCA-sponsored group.
Beardsley succeeds R. L. Bowen, whose term of office expired.
Other officers of the club, open to all 17 years of age or older, are Ely Neece, vice-president and H. H. Prugh, secretary.

Checker, Chess Tournament Winners Named 26 Jul 1959, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Checker, Chess Tournament Winners Named
LAWNDALE — Winners of the summer checker and chess tournaments at Alondra Park, sponsored by the Los Angeles County Department of Parks & Recreation have been announced.
Chess winners are Gerald Chandler, Alan Chandler, Bill Granoff, Dickey Granoff, Larry Lepore and Ralph Lepore.
Checker winners include Gerald Chandler, Alan Chandler, Bill Granoff, Lyle Borchert and Ralph Lepore.