March 29, 1959 Los Angeles Times Chess by Isaac Kashdan

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Chess by Isaac Kashdan 29 Mar 1959, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Chess By Isaac Kashdan
International Grandmaster

OMAHA TO HOST OPEN AND JUNIOR EVENTS
For the first time in American chess history the annual U.S. open championship and the Junior championship will be held in the same city, Omaha, Neb., in successive weeks.
The 60th annual open tournament of the United State Chess Federation will be held at Hotel Sheraton-Fontenelle from July 20 to Aug. 1. Twelve rounds will be played under the Swiss system, with a time limit of 50 moves in two and a half hours. Hans Kmoch will direct the tournament.
The top five prizes are guaranteed at $750, $500, $300, $200 and $100. Other prizes range down to $15 each for 11th to 20th place. In addition there will be trophies for the highest ranking players in various categories.
The U.S. women's championship will be held concurrently with the open event. If 12 or more women enter and prefer their own tournament, a special event will be held. Otherwise the entrants will play alongside the men and the highest ranking woman will be declared champion.
The entry fee will be $15 for USCF members. Non-members must join the federation and pay the annual dues of $5 in addition to the entry fee.
For advance registration or more detailed information write to president Jacob Feldman or secretary Jack Spence, Omaha Chess Club, 540 Security Building, Omaha.
The 14th annual junior championship of the USCF is scheduled at Hotel Rome in Omaha from July 13 to 18. Either eight or 10 rounds will be played, depending on the number of entries.
The following game was played in the 1958 U.S. open at Rochester, Minn.

Robert Byrne vs Larry Evans
59th US Open (1958), Rochester, MN USA, rd 12, Aug-15
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation. Immediate Fianchetto (E60) 0-1

NEW IDEAS IN CHESS
Larry Evans, International grandmaster and former U.S. chess champion, has written a book, NEW IDEAS IN CHESS (Pitman: $3.95) which has much of interest, if not too much new.
With an average of better than a diagram per page, and a wealth of fascinating examples from play, Evans covers every conceivable type of combination, under the general headings Pawn Structure, Force, Space and Time.
To round out the book there are chapters on the Evolution of Chess and New Approach to the Openings and a thought provoking quiz.
Following is an example from the book, headed Aggressive Defense
FEN 6r1/1R1Q2bk/2pR2pp/5p2/2q1p3/4B1P1/2r2PKP/8 w - - 0 1:

EvansMcCormick

It is Black's move. He is two pawns ahead but not at all happy. White has two threats—1. B-Q4 or 1. QxKBP! (if 1. … PxQ, 2. RxP mate). This is no time for passivity. Black must find an aggressive defense.

1. … Q-K7; 2. QxKBP? QxB; 3. QxPch K-R; 4. R-B6 RxPch; 5. RxR QxRch; 6. KxQ B-Q5ch; 7. K any RxQ

White was too ambitious on his second move. Correct was 2. B-Q4 forcing Q-B6ch; 3. K-R3 Q-N5ch; 4. K-N2 Q-B6ch, with a draw by perpetual check.

LEAGUE TEAM MATCHES
The Van Nuys Chess Club team, tying with a strong group from the Herman Steiner Chess Club, retained its position at the head of the Class I division of the annual team tournament of the Southern California Chess League.
Van Nuys has won three matches and tied one and has one remaining encounter with the first team of the Santa Monica Bay Chess Club. The Steiner Club is in second place with 2½-½ in matches.
The Inglewood Chess Club, though it did not complete any matches last week, remains in first place with 4-0 in the east division of Class II. Long Beach is second with 3½-1½ and Downey third with 3-1.
The two Van Nuys teams are 1-2 in the west division of Class II. The first team has a 4-0 score while the second team has 3-2. The Santa Monica second team, which has reported only two matches, has won them both, to take third place.
In the Class III division the City Terrace Chess Club is well ahead of its rivals with 4½-½. The first team of the System Development Corp. is second with 3½-½, followed by Van Nuys, 3-1.

STEINER CLUB NOTES
Zoltan Kovacs will speak on an interesting chess subject at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Herman Steiner Chess Club, 108 N Formosa Ave.
Leslie Simon won 16-0 to take first prize in the regular Tuesday evening rapid transit tournament at the club. L. Weinberger was a close second with 15-1, followed by R. Rupeiks, 13-3, and a tie at 11½-4½ between H. Rogosin and L. Spinner.

WOMEN TO CHALLENGE
President Folke Rogard of the International Chess Federation has announced that the tournament to determine a challenger for the woman's world championship title match will be held at Plovdiv, Bulgaria, May 2 to 27, 1959.
Mrs. Sonia Graf Stevenson and Mrs. Gisela Gresser qualified to represent the United States in a tournament in Los Angeles in December, 1957.

Sorensen (white) vs. Enevoldsen (black)
Denmark, 1958
Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. P-Q4 PxP 4. NxP N-B3 5. N-QB3 P-K4 6. KN-N5 P-Q3 7. B-N5 B-K3 8. Q-Q2 P-QR3 9. BxN PxB 10. N-R3 P-KR4 11. B-B4 P-N4 12. B-Q5 R-B 13. N-K2 B-R3 14. P-KB4 PxP 15. NxBP N-K4 16. O-O Q-N3ch 17. K-R P-N5 18. N-N N-N3 19. P-KN3 P-R5 20. Q-K2 PxP 21. NxN B-R6 22. P-K5 BxR 23. QxB Q-B7 24. BxPch KxB 25. NxRch RxN 26. P-K6ch K-K2 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nb5 d6 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Qd2 a6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Na3 h5 11. Bc4 b5 12. Bd5 Rc8 13. Ne2 Bh6 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 Ne5 16. 0-0 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 b4 18. Nb1 Ng6 19. g3 h4 20. Qe2 hxg3 21. Nxg6 Bh3 22. e5 Bxf1 23. Qxf1 Qf2 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Nxh8+ Rxh8 26. e6+ Ke7 0-1

The Los Angeles Times, Chess by Isaac Kashdan, Sunday, March 29, 1959, Los Angeles, California Times Problem 3053 by H....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Friday, May 27, 2022

Times Problem 3053 by H. Moser.
Black 8
White 9
White mates in two.
FEN 2q2r2/7N/6B1/4BR1r/N1Pnk3/2Pp1p1b/5K2/6R1 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Bh2 Nxf5 2. Re1#

The Los Angeles Times, Chess by Isaac Kashdan, Sunday, March 29, 1959, Los Angeles, California Times Problem 3054 by A....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Friday, May 27, 2022

Times Problem 3054 by A. Goldstein.
Black 11
White 5
White mates in three.
FEN 5B2/4Np1b/4pk2/p1Q1N3/6pK/r1n3pn/8/3q4 w - - 0 1
Solution: Q-K3; 1. Qe3 Ne4 2. Qd4 Qxd4 3. Nxg4#

Every black piece is pinned in turn in 3053, and the mates are all ready. The difficult threat is the main point in 3054.

SOLVERS' LIST
Five points— W. S. Aaron, F. Aks, B. Bilman, M. Chutorian, C. Cresswell, A. Duerksen, C. Foster, W. H. Griffith, J. Kaufman, M. Morris, E. E. Penter, M. Rosen, S. Simcoe, Maj. H. Triwsh, L. Weinberger, A. E. Wood.
Three points— C. M. Dobson, J. D. Frierson, J. Gotta, S. Krumgold, Loyala High School Chess Club, W. L. Rankel, J. Roper, W. E. Stowe, Westminster Teachers Chess Club.
Two points— G. A. Coatsworth, N. Lesser, W. B. Tudor, G. R. Turgeon, O. Wiseman.
One point— R. B. Calkins, A. P. Hickling, L. Klaasen, R. W. Maas, F. Ruehl, C. Ryman, Mrs. S. G. Stevenson.