September 06, 1959 Los Angeles Times Chess by Isaac Kashdan

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Chess by Isaac Kashdan 06 Sep 1959, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Chess By Isaac Kashdan
International Grandmaster

CHALLENGERS START PLAY IN YUGOSLAVIA
The most important international chess tournament of the year, which will select a challenger for the world championship, will start Sept. 7 in Bled, Yugoslavia. Eight of the strongest grandmasters in the world will be competing for the right to play a match next year with titleholder Mikhail Botvinnik of Russia.
The youngest entrant will be 16-year-old Bobby Fischer, U.S. champion for the last two years. He has high hopes of moving forward another giant step in his brilliant career.
Also departing from New York will be Paul Benko, former Hungarian champion now permanently residing in the United States. He has been engaged in a series of tournaments all summer and should be in good form.
The strongest contingent, if numbers are a factor, are the Russians, who have qualified former world champion Vassily Smyslov. Paul Keres, Tigran Petrosian and Mikhail Tal. Also in the field are Svetozar Gligoric of Yugoslavia and Fridrik Olafsson of Iceland.
The tournament will be a quadruple round robin, with a total of 28 rounds to be completed by Oct. 29. The first 14 rounds will be played at Bled, the next seven at Zagreb and the final seven at Belgrade.
The Times will carry complete reports of the tournament and a large selection of the games as soon as they are available.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAMPIONSHIP
The Southern California Chess Championship Tournament will start at the Herman Steiner Chess Club, 108 N. Formosa Avenue at 1 p.m. next Sunday. All qualified contestants and those interested in playing should be at the club not later than 12:30 p.m.
The tournament, as organized by the Southern California Chess League, has three groups of qualifiers. First are the 12 leaders from last year's event. They include Irving Rivise, 1958 California Open champion; S. Almgren, J.E. Barry, H. Gordon, M. Gordon, R. J. Martin, J. Mego, G. Palmer, L. Simon, G. Soules, R. Syvertsen and S. Yarmak.
The Expert Candidates Tournament, held earlier this year, qualified 13 players of a total of 86 who entered five sections in various clubs. The successful ones are R. Bagley, G. Barrett, W. Colby, J. Freed, C. Henderson, N. Hultgren, A. Kempner, P. Klaus, F. Leiber, R. Loveless, H. Milner, J. Mortz and K. Smith.
The final group of 10 were leaders in special qualifying tournaments completed last week. G. Patterson and G. Rubin qualified from the Herman Steiner Chess Club; D. Amneus, S. Bissell, A. Carpenter and L. Tiluks from the San Gabriel Chess Club; R. Harshbarger, A. Loera and B. Mintz from the Santa Monica By Chess Club, and J. Weiner from the North Hollywood Chess Club.
In order to make up a starting list of 40 players the tournament director, H.D. Rader, is authorized to select additional entrants, using the U.S. Chess Federation rating list as guide, James Cross and Zoltan Kovacs have already been selected and indicated their readiness to play. Others interested may write to Mr. Rader at 8057 E. Saxon Street, South San Gabriel, or call him at A.T. 8-3905.
The following game was played in the Santa Monica section.

Antonio Loera (white) vs. John Jaffray (black)
King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit, Keres Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. P-KB4 P-Q4 3. KPxP P-K5 4. P-Q3 N-KB3 5. N-Q2 B-QB4 6. NxP B-N3 7. N-KB3 O-O 8. B-K2 R-K 9. NxNch QxN 10. P-Q4 P-B3 11. O-O PxP 12. N-K5 N-B3 13. P-B3 NxN 14. PxN QxP 15. B-QN5 R-Q 16. B-KB4 Q-K2 17. Q-R5 P-KR3 18. QR-K B-K3 19. B-Q3 Q-Q2 20. BxP PxB 21. QxRP Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nd2 Bc5 6. Nxe4 Bb6 7. Nf3 0-0 8. Be2 Re8 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. d4 c6 11. 0-0 cxd5 12. Ne5 Nc6 13. c3 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Qxe5 15. Bb5 Rd8 16. Bf4 Qe7 17. Qh5 h6 18. Re1 Be6 19. Bd3 Qd7 20. Bxh6 gxh6 21. Qxh6 1-0

CALIFORNIA OPEN
Many of the strongest players in the state are in Fresno this week end, battling for the California Open Chess Championship. The seven-round Swiss system event is being directed by Guthrie McClain of San Francisco under tha auspices of the California State Chess Federation.
Play is in the ballroom of the Californian Hotel. Two rounds are scheduled for today, starting at 1 p.m. The final two rounds will be played tomorrow morning and afternoon. A trophy for the winner and cash prises will be distributed promptly at the conclusion of the tournament.

COVINA KNOCKOUT
The annual knockout chess tournament of the Covina Chess Club will start at 10 a.m. tomorrow at the Covina City Park under the sponsorship of the San Gabriel YMCA.
There will be separate divisions for seniors, juniors and youths. Players will be grouped in sections of eight for preliminary rounds, with the section winners to qualify for the finals, set to begin about 5 p.m.
The entry fee for a preliminary section is 25 cents, with no fee for the finals. The grand prize will be a gold chess trophy in each division.

CHESS CLUB NOTES
George Koltanowski played simultaneously against 29 opponents in his exhibition at the City Terrace Chess Club, 3875 City Terrace Dr. He won 23 games, lost to Walt Cunningham of the San Gabriel Chess Club and Arthur Ash of City Terrace and drew four against Ben Kakimi, E. Milcas, Y Oganosov and A. Tabash.
In the following game Cunningham came from behind to develop a strong attack.

George Koltanowski vs. Walter R. Cunningham
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Yugoslav Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. N-KB3 P-KN3 3. P-KN3 B-N2 4. B-N2 O-O 5. O-O P-Q3 6. P-B4 P-B4 7. N-B3 N-B3 8. P-KR3 PxP 9. NxP NxN 10. QxN N-Q2 11. Q-R4 N-K4 12. P-N3 Q-B2 13. N-Q5 Q-Q 14. NxPch K-R 15. R-N B-K3 16. B-K3 P-B3 17. N-Q5 P-KN4 18. Q-K4 P-B4 19. Q-B2 P-B5 20. PxP PxP 21. NxP B-B4 22. Q-Q2 BxR 23. RxB R-KN 24. K-R2 Q-R5 25. B-B3 NxBch 26. PxN B-K4 27. B-Q4 Q-N4 28. R-K Q-N7 mate

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. c4 c5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. h3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Nd7 11. Qh4 Ne5 12. b3 Qc7 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Nxe7+ Kh8 15. Rb1 Be6 16. Be3 f6 17. Nd5 g5 18. Qe4 f5 19. Qc2 f4 20. gxf4 gxf4 21. Nxf4 Bf5 22. Qd2 Bxb1 23. Rxb1 Rg8 24. Kh2 Qh4 25. Bf3 Nxf3+ 26. exf3 Be5 27. Bd4 Qg5 28. Re1 Qg2#

Robert Rupeiks scored 10-1 to take first prize in the regular Tuesday evening rapid transit tournament of the Herman Steiner Chess Club, 108 N Formosa Ave. Jay Klieger and Hy Ragosin tied for second with 8-3, followed by S. Mann, 7-4.

The Los Angeles Times, Chess by Isaac Kashdan, Sunday, September 06, 1959, Los Angeles, California Times Problem 3099...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Monday, June 6, 2022

Times Problem 3099 By A. Taffs
Black 4
White 9
White mates in two.
FEN 8/4p3/8/3B2P1/1r1kN1K1/4N2Q/2b1R3/2R3B1 w - - 0 1
Solution: N-B3; 1. Nc3 Bb1 2. Nc4#

The Los Angeles Times, Chess by Isaac Kashdan, Sunday, September 06, 1959, Los Angeles, California Times Problem 3100...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Monday, June 6, 2022

Times Problem 3100 By R. Asplund
Black 3
White 5
White mates in three.
FEN 8/1p6/8/3K1B2/1P6/1pP5/4Q3/k7 w - - 0 1
Solution: K-B5; 1. Kc5 b5 2. Qg2 b2 3. Qa8#

The brilliant keymove sets up a surprisingly effective mating net in 3099. The three-mover has neat echoed play on three diagonals.

SOLVERS' LIST
Five points— W. S. Aaron, F. Aks, J. F. Brown, A. E. Byler, M. Chutorian, C. Cresswell, J. S. DeGroot, Mrs. W. A. Gerth, J. Gotta, J. Kaufman, R. McGiffin, Mrs. J. W. Moore, W. L. Rankel, C. E. Stern, Maj. H. Triwush.
Four points— J. Basinger.
Three points— F. R. Ruehl II.
Two points— Dr. B. R. Berglund, J. Chew, N. Lesser, E. T. Mason, P. J. Rak.
One point— T. Bolt.

Coffee Takes On Intellectual Air 06 Sep 1959, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com Chess On The Menu 06 Sep 1959, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

CHESS ON THE MENU—The calm of the coffee house permits young patrons to become absorbed in contemplation in this case, the next move in a game of chess. Engrossed in this game from left, are Jim Jewell, Judy Johnson and Corliss Ankeny. Most houses offer chess, while some provide patrons with libraries.

Coffee Houses 06 Sep 1959, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com Never Underestimate an Enemy, Nikita Khrushchev in Particular 10 Sep 1959, Thu The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

“…He has instilled in all Russian competitors, from debaters to chess players, a rah-rah spirit of winning every match for dear old Russia.”