June 28, 1959 Los Angeles Times Chess by Isaac Kashdan

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Chess by Isaac Kashdan 28 Jun 1959, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Chess By Isaac Kashdan
International Grandmaster

BOROCHOW STARS IN MORPHY DAY EVENTS
Harry Borochow, former California state chess champion and for years an outstanding leader in chess activities, proved the star performer in the annual Morphy Day celebration held June 20 at the Garvey Memorial Stadium in South San Gabriel.
More than 100 players and their families attended, some to play casual chess and watch the proceedings, some to take part in the scheduled events.
Three masters played against separate groups in simultaneous performances during the afternoon. Borochow tackled 17 opponents, winning 15 with one loss and one draw.
Phil Smith, president of the California State Chess Assn., came down from Fresno to take on a group. He won 17, lost two and drew one. Zoltan Kovacs played the same number and made the identical score.
A rapid transit tournament was the main event of the evening. It started with 24 entries in three sections and a final round robin among the leaders.
Here Borochow showed his class. He won all seven games in his preliminary section and was equally consistent in the finals, taking top honors with a total score of 14-0. Hy Rogosin, who had won his section with a 6-1 tally, took second place in the finals with 5½-1½.
N. Hultgren and R. Rupeiks tied for third with scores of 4-3. Other final totals were R. Hagedorn, S. Naiditch and M. Yaffe, 2-5, and G. Hultgren, 1½-5½.

EXPERT CANDIDATES
Several sections have completed their schedules in the Expert Candidates Tournament, sponsored by the Southern California Chess League.
Gordon Barrett took first place with a perfect 6-0 score at the City Terrace Chess Club, 3875 City Terrace Drive. Paul Klaus and N. Hultgren tied for second with 4½-1½. The section started with 22 players.
R. Loveless was first with 5½-½ in a 26-man field at the Van Nuys Chess Club, 14947 Victory Blvd. W. Colby was second, 5-1, and W. Melworm and K. Smith, with 4-2, also qualified for the finals.
Andrew Kempner was the winner with a 5½-½ score at the Santa Monica Bay Chess Club, Lincoln Park in Santa Monica, Charles Henderson was second 5-1, and Fritz Leiber and A. Cherestes tied at 4-2.
Leiber placed third on the tie-breaking system.
The finals, in which the section leaders will participate, are scheduled to start Friday, July 10, at the Water and Power Chess Club, 110 S. Boylston St.
The following games were played in the City Terrace section.

Neilen Hultgren (white) vs. Gordon Barrett (black)
East Indian Defense

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. N-KB3 P-KN3 3. P-K3 P-Q4 4. QN-Q2 N-B3 5. B-Q3 B-N2 6. O-O O-O 7. P-B3 P-QR3 8. P-QR4 R-K 9. P-K4 PxP 10. NxP P-K4 11. PxP NxP 12. KNxN RxN 13. Q-B2 NxN 14. BxN Q-R5 15. B-B3 B-B4 16. Q-N3 QR-K 17. P-N3 Q-K2 18. B-B4 R-K3 19. QxP B-Q6 20. KR-Q R-K8ch 21. RxR QxRch 22. RxQ RxRch 23. K-N2 B-B8ch Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 d5 4. Nbd2 Nc6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. c3 a6 8. a4 Re8 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Rxe5 13. Qc2 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Qh4 15. Bf3 Bf5 16. Qb3 Re8 17. g3 Qe7 18. Bf4 Re6 19. Qxb7 Bd3 20. Rd1 Re1+ 21. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 23. Kg2 Bf1+ 0-1

Milcas (white) vs. Klaus (black)
Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. N-B3 P-K4 4. B-N5 KN-K2 5. P-Q3 P-KN3 6. B-N5 B-N2 7. Q-Q2 P-B3 8. B-R6 O-O 9. BxB KxB 10. P-KR4 P-QR3 11. B-B4 P-QN4 12. B-N3 N-R4 13. P-R5 P-N4 14. N-K2 NxB 15. RPxN P-R3 16. N-R2 P-Q4 17. P-KB3 PxP 18. BPxP P-B4 19. N-KB3 N-B3 20. N-N3 P-B5 21. N-K2 P-KN5 22. N-R4 Q-B3 23. O-O-O N-Q5 24. QR-B NxNch 25. QxN B-Q2 26. Q-K P-N5 27. Q-B2 KR-B 28. N-N6 P-N6 29. Q-B3 P-R4 30. R-R4 P-R5 31. PxP RxP 32. K-Q2 P-B5 33. R-QN P-B6ch 34. PxP PxPch 35. K-Q R-B2 36. R-KR R-R7 37. Q-K2 R-N7 38. R-QB Q-N4 39. R-R4 R(2)-N2 40. Q-B3 Q-B3 41. P-Q4 R-N8 42. PxP RxRch 43. KxR Q-N3 44. K-Q Q-Q5ch 45. Q-Q3 Q-N8ch Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. d3 g6 6. Bg5 Bg7 7. Qd2 f6 8. Bh6 0-0 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. h4 a6 11. Bc4 b5 12. Bb3 Na5 13. h5 g5 14. Ne2 Nxb3 15. axb3 h6 16. Nh2 d5 17. f3 dxe4 18. fxe4 f5 19. Nf3 Nc6 20. Ng3 c4 21. Ne2 g4 22. Nh4 Qf6 23. 0-0-0 Nd4 24. Rf1 Nxe2+ 25. Qxe2 Bd7 26. Qe1 b4 27. Qf2 Rc8 28. Ng6 g3 29. Qf3 a5 30. Rh4 a4 31. bxa4 Rxa4 32. Kd2 f4 33. Rb1 c3+ 34. bxc3 bxc3+ 35. Kd1 Rc7 36. Rh1 Ra2 37. Qe2 Rb2 38. Rc1 Qg5 39. Rh4 Rb7 40. Qf3 Qf6 41. d4 Rb1 42. dxe5 Rxc1+ 43. Kxc1 Qb6 44. Kd1 Qd4+ 45. Qd3 Qg1+ 0-1

CLUB NOTES
The Torrance Chess Club will hold its second annual open chess tournament at its headquarters, El Nido Park Recreation Building, 184th and Kingsdale Ave., Torrance, starting at 7:30 p.m. Monday, July 6.
The tournament will be a five or seven-round Swiss system, depending on the number of entries. Trophies will be awarded to the top three and there will be a special prize for the best played game.
The entry fee is $1 for club members and $2 for others. To register, or for further information, write to John Thompson. 2509 Ridgeland Rd., Torrance, or call him at DA. 6-6312.
The North Hollywood Chess Club will hold a reorganization meeting at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the field house. North Hollywood Park, on Chandler Ave. between Tujunga and Colfax. All players are invited.
Plans will be discussed at the meeting for various activities and tournaments. The club has been a member of the Southern California Chess League for nine years. For further information contact Ralph Hagedorn, 11055 Leadwell St., Sun Valley. His phone is PO. 5-1637.
R. George of Sweden, on a visit to Los Angeles, won first prize, scoring 11-2, in the regular Tuesday evening rapid transit tournament at the Herman Steiner Chess Club, 108 N Formosa Ave. S. Sholomson was second, 10-3, followed by E. Bersbach, 9½-3½, and H. Rogosin, 9-4.

POSTAL TOURNEY
The California State Chess Federation announces the opening of the 1960 Postal Tourney. Any member of the federation may enter, with a fee of $2 for a section.
The preliminary sections will consist of seven to 11 players, with one game to be contested by mail with each opponent. Section winners will advance without further charge into the final rounds.
Players may enter up to three preliminary sections. Entries close on July 10, so anyone interested is urged to act at once. Mail entries to Jack Hamilton, tournament director, 1427 K Mardina St., West Covina.

BISGUIER WINS AGAIN
Arthur B. Bisguier, former U.S. chess champion, won the club title for the third year in succession in the strong tournament at the Manhattan Chess Club in New York. He was undefeated, scoring 7½-2½. Paul Benko took second prize with 7-3.
Following are examples of Bisguier's skill from this event:

Arthur Bisguier (white) vs. Paul Brandts (black)
King's Indian Defense: Accelerated Averbakh Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-KN3 3. N-QB3 B-N2 4. P-K4 P-Q3 5. B-N5 O-O 6. P-B4 P-B4 7. P-Q5 Q-R4 8. B-Q3 N-R3 9. N-B3 P-K3 10. O-O PxP 11. KPxP N-QN5 12. B-N B-Q2 13. Q-Q2 P-N4 14. P-B5 QNPxP 15. B-R6 N-Q6 16. BxB KxB 17. PxP BPxP 18. BxN PxB 19. QxP QR-K 20. QR-K Q-N5 21. Q-Q2 Q-N5 22. RxR RxR 23. R-K N-K5 24. NxN RxN 25. P-KR3 Q-B4 26. Q-B3ch K-N 27. RxR QxR 28. Q-B6 B-B4 29. QxQP Q-N8ch 30. K-R2 QxNP 31. Q-Q8ch K-N2 32. Q-K7ch K-N 33. P-Q6 Q-N 34. N-N5 Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5 0-0 6. f4 c5 7. d5 Qa5 8. Bd3 Na6 9. Nf3 e6 10. 0-0 exd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. Bb1 Bd7 13. Qd2 b5 14. f5 bxc4 15. Bh6 Nd3 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. fxg6 fxg6 18. Bxd3 cxd3 19. Qxd3 Re8 20. Re1 Qb4 21. Qd2 Qg4 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Re1 Ne4 24. Nxe4 Rxe4 25. h3 Qf5 26. Qc3+ Kg8 27. Rxe4 Qxe4 28. Qf6 Bf5 29. Qxd6 Qb1+ 30. Kh2 Qxb2 31. Qd8+ Kg7 32. Qe7+ Kg8 33. d6 Qb8 34. Ng5 1-0

Raul L. Benedicto (white) vs. Arthur Bisguier (black)
Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Maróczy Bind, Réti Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB4 2. N-KB3 P-K3 3. P-Q4 PxP 4. NxP P-QR3 5. P-QB4 N-KB3 6. B-Q3 N-B3 7. N-B2 P-Q4 8. KPxP PxP 9. O-O B-K3 10. Q-K2 B-K2 11. N-B3 O-O 12. B-N5 PxP 13. BxBP BxB 14. QxQB Q-R4 15. BxN BxB 16. P-QN4 NxP 17. NxN QR-B 18. Q-N4 BxN 19. QR-N Q-R5 20. P-KR3 P-KR4 21. Q-Q QxQ 22. KRxQ KR-K 23. R-Q7 QR-Q 24. RxNP R-Q7 25. NxP R(1)-K7 26. R-KB B-Q5 27. R-N8ch K-R2 28. R-N5 BxPch 29. K_R K-N3 30. N-B5 BxN 31. RxB RxNP 32. R(1)-B5 P-B3 33. R-KB3 RxP 34. R-B7 R-R7ch 35. K-N QR-N7ch 36. K-B R-QB7 37. K-N KR-Q7 38. R-N3ch K-R3 39. RxR RxR Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nc2 d5 8. exd5 exd5 9. 0-0 Be6 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Nc3 0-0 12. Bg5 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Qxc4 Qa5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. b4 Nxb4 17. Nxb4 Rc8 18. Qg4 Bxc3 19. Rb1 Qa4 20. h3 h5 21. Qd1 Qxd1 22. Rxd1 Re8 23. Rd7 Rd8 24. Rxb7 Rd2 25. Nxa6 Re2 26. Rf1 Bd4 27. Rb8+ Kh7 28. Rb5 Bxf2+ 29. Kh1 Kg6 30. Nc5 Bxc5 31. Rxc5 Rxg2 32. Rf5 f6 33. Rf3 Rxa2 34. Rc7 Rh2+ 35. Kg1 Rg2+ 36. Kf1 Rc2 37. Kg1 Rd2 38. Rg3+ Kh6 39. Rxc2 Rxc2 0-1

Times Problem 3079 by R. E. Burger.
Black 7
White 10
White mates in two.
FEN 2K1B2n/1NprP3/R7/prNk4/Qb2p3/pP1b4/P2R4/B7 w - - 0 1
Solution: No Solution. The composer's intention was N-K4, but this is defeated by B-QB4.

Times Problem 3080 by G. F. von Moellwitz.
Black 4
White 6
White mates in three.
FEN 2nQ2n1/7q/r5rb/5Bpp/3B2P1/pPPpPP2/p2k4/K1R1R3 w - - 0 1
Solution: R-KR1(?); 1. Qd5 Rgb6 2. e4 Qa7 3. Be3#

Chess Class Set 28 Jun 1959, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Chess Class Set
SAN CLEMENTE—Persons interested in learning to play chess are invited to attend meetings of the San Clemente Chess Club on Mondays from 1 to 10 p.m at Las Palmas School, according to Boris Bushueff, president.

WHILE THE STORY 03 Jul 1959, Fri The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

WHILE THE STORY below by Norris Leap lists numerous Vacation and Fourth of July week-end retreats and activities, Ed Erickson, left, and Anton Ista stick to the old stand-by, chess, which they play by the flickering light of a barbecue.