March 15, 1959 Los Angeles Times Chess by Isaac Kashdan

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Chess by Isaac Kashdan 15 Mar 1959, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Chess By Isaac Kashdan
International Grandmaster

VAN NUYS LEADS IN LEAGUE TEAM PLAY
Reports are coming in from matches completed in the various sections of the annual team tournament of the Southern California Chess League. From all indications there will be strenuous competition, with some of the smaller clubs in the forefront.
In the Class I division, which attracts the strongest players in the area, the Van Nuys Chess Club has won two matches, defeating the Lincoln Park Chess and Checker Club of Long Beach by 3-1 and the Pasadena Chess Club by 4-0.
The Long Beach aggregation is in second place, with a 3½-½ victory over the second team of the Santa Monica Bay Chess Club. The Herman Steiner Chess Club is third by virtue of a 3-1 win against Pasadena. No results have been reported for the first team of Santa Monica, one of the favorites.
In the east division of Class II the leader is the City Terrace Chess Club, with two victories and a drawn match. They defeated Pasadena by 3½-2½ and Monterey Park by 4-2. The title match was against Long Beach.
Long Beach is in second position, with a win and two draws in three matches. They tied with Monterey Park, as well as City Terrace, and overpowered the team representing the Department of Water and Power by a 6-0 score. The Inglewood Chess Club and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory have each won two matches and are tied with 10 game points.
Van Nuys is far in the lead in the west division of Class II with two teams showing their heels to the field. The first team started by defeating their club-mates, 3½-2½, scored 5-1 against the South Bay Chess Club, and conquered the Valley Chess Club of North Hollywood by 3½-2½.
The second Van Nuys team won from North Hollywood by the same 3½-2½ score, then tied at 3-3 with Torrance. The South Bay X team is in third place, with a tie against the Y team of the same club and a 4-2 win over the Santa Monica 1 team.
City Terrace is the only two-match winner in the Class III division, scoring over the first team of the San Gabriel Chess Club by 4½-1½, and defeating the San Gabriel second team by 3½-2½. In addition City Terrace tied in their opening match against Pasadena.
The Van Nuys team is in second place, with a 5-1 win against Monterey Park and ties against Santa Monica and the first team of the System Development Corp. The latter team is third, with a win and a draw in two matches completed.
In the following game from the Class I competition (Jack Moskowitz, representing the Steiner Chess Club, developed a stronger formation and found a forceful breakthrough against Norman Lessing of Santa Monica.

Jack Moscowitz (white) vs. Norman Lessing (black)
Dutch Defense: Fianchetto Attack

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-KB4 2. P-KN3 P-K3 3. B-N2 N-KB3 4. N-KB3 P-Q4 5. O-O N-K5 6. P-B4 P-B3 7. Q-B2 N-Q2 8. P-N3 B-K2 9. B-QR3 O-O 10. BxB QxB 11. N-B3 P-KN4 12. P-K3 R-B2 13. QR-Q P-N5 14. N-K N-B 15. N-Q3 N-N3 16. N-K2 B-Q2 17. N(2)-B4 NxN 18. KPxN R-N2 19. N-K5 R-KB 20. R-Q3 B-K 21. R-N P-KR4 22. P-N4 P-R5 23. P-R4 PxP 24. RPxP K-R2 25. P-N5 Q-QB2 26. P-B5 Q-B 27. R(3)-N3 R(1)-N 28. R-N4 R-K2 29. B-B R(N)-N2 30. PxP PxP 31. R-N8 Q-B2 32. R-R8 N-B3 33. R(N)-N8 Q-R4 34. B-Q3 R-N 35. K-N2 R(K)-KN2 36. R-N B-R4 37. RxR RxR 38. BxPch PxB 39. QxPch K-N2 40. Q-N5ch K-R2 41. R-N7ch Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 f5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 d5 5. 0-0 Ne4 6. c4 c6 7. Qc2 Nd7 8. b3 Be7 9. Ba3 0-0 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nc3 g5 12. e3 Rf7 13. Rd1 g4 14. Ne1 Nf8 15. Nd3 Ng6 16. Ne2 Bd7 17. Nf4 Nxf4 18. exf4 Rg7 19. Ne5 Rf8 20. Rd3 Be8 21. Rb1 h5 22. b4 h4 23. a4 hxg3 24. hxg3 Kh7 25. b5 Qc7 26. c5 Qc8 27. Rdb3 Rg8 28. Rb4 Re7 29. Bf1 Rgg7 30. bxc6 bxc6 31. Rb8 Qc7 32. Ra8 Nf6 33. Rb8 Qa5 34. Bd3 Rg8 35. Kg2 Rg7 36. Rb1 Bh5 37. Rxg8 Rxg8 38. Bxf5+ exf5 39. Qxf5+ Kg7 40. Qg5+ Kh7 41. Rb7+ 1-0

PORTLAND TOURNEY
Any of our readers who are going north in the next couple of weeks may be interested in the Pacific Northwest Open Tournament, to be contested March 28 and 29 in the Pilot House of the University of Portland.
The tournament is the first of an annual series to be sponsored by the United States Chess Federation. It will be a six-round Swiss system event with a time limit of 45 moves in two hours. The entrance fee is $5 plus membership in the USCF. There will be eight awards, including trophies to the highest junior and highest woman player.
To register or for further information, write to tournament director D. W. Johnson, University of Portland Library, N Willamette at Fiske, Portland 3, Or.

LA PUENTE CHESS CLUB
A new chess club has been organized in La Puente and all players in the vicinity are invited to join, according to president John Birchler.
Until permanent quarters can be established, the club is meeting Fridays, from 7:30 p.m to midnight, at the home of Bob Gardner, 14466 Rath St., La Puente. For further information call Mr. Birchler at ED. 3-0726.

KONIG AT SANTA MONICA
Imre Konig of San Francisco faced 27 opponents in his exhibition of simultaneous play at the Santa Monica Bay Chess Club. He won 21 games, lost but one to R. D. Carter and drew against Dr. Collins, F. Leiber, O. Wentcher, Dustin and 11-year-old Lerner.
Following is a good win by the visiting master:

Imre Koenig (white) vs. John W. Jaffray (black)
Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Modern Bishop's Opening

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. B-B4 N-B3 4. P-Q3 B-K2 5. N-B3 P-Q3 6. P-KR3 N-QR4 7. B-K3 P-B3 8. B-N3 Q-B2 9. P-Q4 B-Q2 10. O-O O-O 11. B-N5 QR-Q 12. Q-K2 B-B 13. B-KR4 KR-K 14. B-N3 N-Q2 15. QR-Q NxB 16. RPxN P-B3 17. Q-B4ch K-R 18. Q-B7 P-KN3 19. PxP QPxP 20. B-R4 P-KN4 21. B-N3 N-B4 22. RxR RxR 23. BxP PxB 24. NxNP B-Q3 25. Q-B6ch K-N 26. R-Q P-N3 27. N-B7 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. h3 Na5 7. Be3 c6 8. Bb3 Qc7 9. d4 Bd7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Bg5 Rd8 12. Qe2 Bc8 13. Bh4 Re8 14. Bg3 Nd7 15. Rd1 Nxb3 16. axb3 f6 17. Qc4+ Kh8 18. Qf7 g6 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Bh4 g5 21. Bg3 Nc5 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Bxe5 fxe5 24. Nxg5 Bd6 25. Qf6+ Kg8 26. Rd1 b6 27. Nf7 1-0

RAPID TRANSIT TOURNEYS
Leslie Simon won again, scoring 8½-½, in the regular Tuesday evening rapid transit tournament at the Herman Steiner Chess Club, 108 N Formosa Ave. Louis Spinner was second with 7½-1½, followed by Hy Rogosin, 5½-3½.
Gordon Palmer scored 7-1 to take the first prize in a similar tournament Friday evening at the Santa Monica Bay Chess Club, Lincoln Park Clubhouse, 7th and Wilshire in Santa Monica. E. Bersbach was second with 6-2. Friday will be the regular rapid transit night at the club.

Tigran V Petrosian vs Anatoly S Lutikov
USSR Championship (1959), Tbilisi URS, rd 7, Jan-20
King's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation (E92) 1-0

The Los Angeles Times, Chess by Isaac Kashdan, Sunday, March 15, 1959, Los Angeles, California Times Problem 3049 by H....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Times Problem 3049 by H. L. Musante
Black 10
White 13
White mates in two.
FEN K1N1RB2/p7/rb2P1N1/p2k2p1/P5r1/1pQ1pP1B/1Pn1P3/2R5 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Kb7 Rxa4 2. Nge7#

The Los Angeles Times, Chess by Isaac Kashdan, Sunday, March 15, 1959, Los Angeles, California Times Problem 3050 by J....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Times Problem 3050 by J. Crumpe
Black 10
White 6
White mates in three.
FEN 6b1/2pNp3/3pP1p1/Q5pr/2k4b/4P1p1/P1K5/8 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Qa8 Kb4 2. Qa6 g4 3. a3#

Black's pieces are attracted to Q5 in 3049, and three good mates result. The echoed pawn mates are the feature in the three-mover. Look for some quiet second moves.

SOLVERS' LIST
Five points— W. S. Aaron, F. Aks, J. C. Beaver, M. Chutorian, J. Gotta, W. H. Griffith, J. Kaufman, M. Milleur, M. Morris, E. E. Penter, W. L. Rankel, T. J. Richings, J. Roper, S. Simcoe, Mrs. S. G. Stevenson, Maj. H. Triwush, L. A. Victor.
Two points— A. E. Byler, G. A. Coatsworth, G. Cresswell, Dr. C. M. Dobson, Mrs. W. A. Gerth, R. Glozer, Sgt. S. J. Hesley, S. Krumgold, N. Lesser, M. Rosen, W. E. Stowe, W. B. Tudor.
One point— B. Arnstein, J. P. Foley, J. D. Frierson, Mrs. P. Gugelyk, A. P. Hickling, D. Harchuck, R. L. Jellison, J. Nixon, J. J. Strauss, D. Swerdlin.

Kathy Grant Keeps Active to Stay Slim 17 Mar 1959, Tue The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

“…became champion of my chess group…”