June 21, 1959 Los Angeles Times Chess by Isaac Kashdan

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Chess by Isaac Kashdan 21 Jun 1959, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Chess By Isaac Kashdan
International Grandmaster

U.S. OPEN AND JUNIOR TOURNEYS IN OMAHA
With summer beginning today and the schools closed, chess players young and old will be looking for opportunities to combine vacation trips with some rousing over-the-board battles.
The major events of the season will take place in Omaha, Neb., which will stage both the 60th annual U.S. Open Championship Tournament and the 14th annual Junior Championship.
The Junior tournament is scheduled from July 13 to 18 at Hotel Rome, 16th and Howard St., Omaha. Anyone can enter who is under 21 on July 13. No entry fee is required, but players must be members of the U.S. Chess Federation. The dues are $5 a year, which includes a subscription to the publication Chess Life.
The open championship, directly following the junior event, will be held at Hotel Sheraton-Fontanelle, 18th and Douglas Sts., from July 20 to Aug. 1. Anyone can enter with a fee of $15 in addition to membership in the USCF.
The tournament will be conducted as a 12-round Swiss system. The time limit will be 30 moves in two and a half hours. George Koltanowski will be tournament director.
The guaranteed top prizes re $750, $500, $300, $200 and $100 with other prizes ranging down to $15. Trophies will be awarded for the highest players in various classes of the USCF rating system.
The annual U.S. women's championship will be held concurrently with the main tournament. If 12 or more women enter and prefer their own tournament, this will be arranged. Otherwise they will play along with the men and the highest ranking woman will be declared champion.
The annual membership meeting of the federation will be held July 23. The directors will meet later the same day and also on the 24th. A special banquet is set for July 31.
To enter or to obtain further information, write to Richard McClellan, 912 S 89th St., Omaha 14, Neb.

North-South Match
Though the team representing Southern California lost the North-South match by a score of 37 to 33, it was by no means outclassed. As we noted in our first report on the match, the South scored 6½-3½ on the first 10 boards.
The tally on the first 50 boards was still well in favor of the South, 27-23. It was the lower-rated final 20 players who turned the tables, scoring 14-6 for the North.
Following are two hard-fought games from the match, both wins for the South:

Earl Pruner (white) vs. Sven Elias Almgren (black)
King's Gambit Accepted: Blachly Gambit

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. P-KB4 PxP 3. N-KB3 N-QB3 4. B-B4 P-KN4 5. P-KR4 P-N5 6. N-N5 N-K4 7. B-N3 P-KR3 8. P-Q4 PxN 9. PxN P-Q3 10. Q-Q5 R-R2 11. PxQP BxP 12. N-B3 P-QB3 13. Q-Q3 B-K4 14. Q-B P-B6 15. PxP B-N6ch 16. K-K2 PxRP 17. P-B4 B-K3 18. B-K3 Q-R4 19. R-Q Q-R3ch 20. K-Q2 QxQ 21. QRxQ N-B3 22. P-K5 O-O-Och 23. K-K2 N-R4 24. N-K4 B-Q4 25. BxB PxB 26. N-Q6ch K-N 27. N-B5 R-QB 28. K-Q3 R-B5 29. P-N3 R-K5 30. N-Q6 BxP 31. RxP RxBch 32. K-Q4 R-KB6 33. R(B)-KR P-N6 34. RxN RxR 35. RxR P-N7 36. R-R8ch K-B2 37. R-KN8 R-N6 38. N-K8ch K-B3 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 g5 5. h4 g4 6. Ng5 Ne5 7. Bb3 h6 8. d4 hxg5 9. dxe5 d6 10. Qd5 Rh7 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Nc3 c6 13. Qd3 Be5 14. Qf1 f3 15. gxf3 Bg3+ 16. Ke2 gxh4 17. f4 Be6 18. Be3 Qa5 19. Rd1 Qa6+ 20. Kd2 Qxf1 21. Rdxf1 Nf6 22. e5 0-0-0 23. Ke2 Nh5 24. Ne4 Bd5 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. Nd6+ Kb8 27. Nf5 Rc8 28. Kd3 Rc4 29. b3 Re4 30. Nd6 Bxf4 31. Rxh4 Rxe3+ 32. Kd4 Rf3 33. Rh1 g3 34. Rxh5 Rxh5 35. Rxh5 g2 36. Rh8+ Kc7 37. Rg8 Rg3 38. Ne8+ Kc6 0-1

Jimmy Lazos (white) vs. William Guthrie McClain (black)
Réti Opening: Advance Variation

Descriptive 1. N-KB3 P-Q4 2. P-B4 P-Q5 3. P-K3 N-QB3 4. PxP NxP 5. NxN QxN 6. B-K2 N-B3 7. O-O P-K3 8. N-B3 P-QR3 9. P-Q3 P-B4 10. B-K3 Q-Q 11. Q-Q2 B-K2 12. QR-Q O-O 13. P-B4 P-QN4 14. B-B3 R-N 15. Q-KB2 Q-N3 16. PxP PxP 17. P-QN4 B-N2 18. PxP Q-R3 19. R-Q2 BxB 20. QxB P-N5 21. N-K4 N-Q4 22. B-Q4 P-B4 23. Q-N3 P-N3 24. N-N5 B-B3 25. B-K5 BxB 26. PxB N-B6 27. Q-R4 R-N2 28. Q-QB4 QxQ 29. PxQ R-K 30. R-Q6 NxP 31. R-N P-R3 32. N-B3 N-B6 33. R-N3 N-K5 34. P-B6 R-QB2 35. N-Q4 R(1)-QB 36. RxNP NxR 37. PxN RxP 38. P-Q7 R-Q 39. NxR RxP 40. R-N8ch K-N2 41. N-K5 R-Q8ch 42. K-B2 K-B3 43. R-N5 R-Q7ch 44. K-B3 P-N4 45. N-B6 P-N5ch 46. K-N3 P-R4 47. N-R5 K-N4 48. P-R4ch PxPe.p. 49. KxP K-B5 50. P-B5 P-K4 51. P-B6 R-QB7 52. R-N4ch P-K5 53. R-B4 Resigns

Algebraic 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 Nc6 4. exd4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 Qxd4 6. Be2 Nf6 7. 0-0 e6 8. Nc3 a6 9. d3 c5 10. Be3 Qd8 11. Qd2 Be7 12. Rd1 0-0 13. f4 b5 14. Bf3 Rb8 15. Qf2 Qb6 16. cxb5 axb5 17. b4 Bb7 18. bxc5 Qa6 19. Rd2 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 b4 21. Ne4 Nd5 22. Bd4 f5 23. Qg3 g6 24. Ng5 Bf6 25. Be5 Bxe5 26. fxe5 Nc3 27. Qh4 Rb7 28. Qc4 Qxc4 29. dxc4 Re8 30. Rd6 Nxa2 31. Rb1 h6 32. Nf3 Nc3 33. Rb3 Ne4 34. c6 Rc7 35. Nd4 Rc8 36. Rxb4 Nxd6 37. exd6 Rxc6 38. d7 Rd8 39. Nxc6 Rxd7 40. Rb8+ Kg7 41. Ne5 Rd1+ 42. Kf2 Kf6 43. Rb5 Rd2+ 44. Kf3 g5 45. Nc6 g4+ 46. Kg3 h5 47. Na5 Kg5 48. h4+ gxh3e.p. 49. Kxh3 Kf4 50. c5 e5 51. c6 Rc2 52. Rb4+ e4 53. Rc4 1-0

WESTERN OPEN TOURNEY
Milwaukee, which prides itself on continuing chess activity, is running the third annual Western Open Tournament at the Astor Hotel July 2 to 5.
The Milwaukee Chess Foundation, which sponsored the previous events, is again underwriting a prize fund of $1,000. Of this amount, $300 has been allocated for first prize, $200 for second and $100 for third. The balance will be distributed in merit prizes at the rate of $25 a point.
Eight rounds will be played at the rate of two rounds a day, starting 2 p.m. July 2. The entrance fee is $10 plus membership in the U.S. Chess Federation. Ernest Olfe will direct the tournament.
Mail entries should be sent to Miss Pearle Mann, Milwaukee Chess Foundation, 1218 Railway Exchange Building, Milwaukee 2, Wis.

HIGH SCHOOL TOURNEY
The eighth annual high school chess tournament was won by Fairfax High School, which staged the event, with a total of 23½ points. The other top-ranking schools were Franklin High, 20½ Polytechnic High, 20; Van Nuys High, 18½, and South Gate High, 18.
There was a remarkable entry list of 182 contestants from 27 high schools, a record for the event. The players were divided into 12 sections, each playing six rounds using the Swiss system.
Following are the section winners, the schools they represented and their point scores:

One— Dan Berger, Fairfax 6-0.
Two— Ed O'Connor, Loyola, 5-1.
Three— Antonio Loera, Loyola 4½-1½.
Four— Joey Zuzow, Franklin, 5½-½.
Five— Steven Mann, Polytechnic, 5½-½.
Six— Norman Owen, Franklin, 6-0.
Seven— Steve Hazai, Fairfax, 5½-½.
Eight— Dennis Busch, Fairfax, 6-0.
Nine— James Kauder, Fairfax, 6-0.
Ten— Charles Kauder, Fairfax, 6-0.
Eleven— Dennis Holt, Van Nuys, 5-1.
Twelve— Bob Loveless, Polytechnic, 6-0.

Roland Getze of the Fairfax High School faculty was tournament manager. Tom Heimberg directed the play. Ray Martin, Irving Rivise, Eugene Rubin and your editor adjudicated unfinished games.

RUSSIAN TOURNEY
A 16 player tournament for the championship of the Byelorussian Soviet Social Republic was won by Alexander Suetin, who finished with 13½-1½. Isaac Boleslavsky was second with 12-3.
Following is a game from the tournament:

Isaac Boleslavsky (white) vs. Alekseev (black)
Benko Gambit

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-B4 3. P-Q3 P-QN4 4. PxP P-K3 5. N-QB3 PxP 6. NxP B-N2 7. P-K4 NxP 8. B-QB4 N-Q3 9. Q-K2ch B-K2 10. B-N5 P-B3 11. B-B4 NxB 12. QxN P-QR3 13. P-N6 BxN 14. QxB N-B3 15. P-N7 R-QN 16. BxR QxB 17. N-B3 QxNP 18. Castles QN-Q 19. Q-Q2 R-B 20. KR-K R-B2 21. Q-B2 P-N3 22. QxBP K-B 23. Q-Q5 Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 e6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. Nxd5 Bb7 7. e4 Nxe4 8. Bc4 Nd6 9. Qe2+ Be7 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bf4 Nxc4 12. Qxc4 a6 13. b6 Bxd5 14. Qxd5 Nc6 15. b7 Rb8 16. Bxb8 Qxb8 17. Nf3 Qxb7 18. 0-0 Nd8 19. Qd2 Rf8 20. Re1 Rf7 21. Qc2 g6 22. Qxc5 Kf8 23. Qd5 1-0

The Los Angeles Times, Chess by Isaac Kashdan, Sunday, June 21, 1959, Los Angeles, California Times Problem 3077 By L....

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

Times Problem 3077 By L. Loshinski
Black 9
White 10
White mates in two.
FEN K1N5/pQ6/r3bR2/3P4/1P1k2p1/2R1n1N1/p1p1P3/B6q w - - 0 1
Solution: Q-N7; 1. Qg7 Qxa1 2. Rf5#

The Los Angeles Times, Chess by Isaac Kashdan, Sunday, June 21, 1959, Los Angeles, California Times Problem 3078 By W....

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

Times Problem 3078 By W. Jorgensen
Black 6
White 12
White mates in three.
FEN 8/6bN/2r1p1P1/7R/4Pk1N/5P1R/3P1nKP/1bBB4 w - - 0 1
Solution: N-B8; 1. Nf8 Nxh3 2. Nxe6+ Rxe6 3. Rf5#

Problem 3077 has a fine key and some lovely variations, particularly after captures of the queen pawn. There are two good defenses in 3078, which feature unexpected interferences.

SOLVERS' LIST
Five points— W. S. Aaron, F. Aks, A. E. Byler, M. Chutorian, C. Cresswell, J. Gotta, I. E. Nordstrom, E. E. Penter, W. K. Rankel, R. N. Sheldon, Maj. H. Triwush, L. A. Victor.
Three points— J. F. Brown, J. Kaufman.
Two points— I. Broudy, Mrs. W. A. Gerth, M. Rosen, C. H. Ware.
One point— Dr. C. M. Dobson, J. P. Foley, J. D. Frierson, A. P. Hickling, L. Klaasen.

Chess, Caroms Contests Slated 21 Jun 1959, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Chess, Carroms Contests Slated
The city's best teen-age chess and carroms competitors will be determined over the next fortnight on scores of neighborhood playgrounds.
Playground championships will be contested tomorrow through Friday. Winners and runners-up in both events will be eligible for the finals July 11 at the Los Angeles Swimming Stadium. Age limit is 14 in carroms, 17 in chess.