August 16, 1959 Boston Globe, Chess Notebook by Lyman Burgess

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Chess Notebook 16 Aug 1959, Sun The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) Newspapers.com

Chess Notebook By Lyman Burgess
The 1959 New England chess, championship tournament will be held in the Cotuit Room of the Hotel Touraine, Boston. The first round of this seven-round Swiss is scheduled for Friday evening, Sept 4 (7:30 p.m.). There will be two rounds Saturday, the 5th, at 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Sunday's timetable will duplicate Saturday's, but the games on Monday are scheduled for 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. The entry fees are: Class A—$12; Class B—$7. All players must be, or become, members of the U.S.C.F.
Dr. Orest Popovych, winner in 1958 and 1957, will not be on hand to defend the title. Of the 10 men who have won the New England title since 1941 only three are likely to be present. Bostonians Milton Kagan and Joseph Fliegel have apparently retired from competitive chess. Anthony Santasiere, Robert Byrne and Weaver Adams (five-time winner) are somewhere in the Hinterland. Boris Siff, 1954 champion, has not returned from Florida. But James Bolton, New Haven (titlist 1950 and 1953); Walter Suesman, Providence (1951, '52 and '55); and John Curdo. Lynn, 1956 champion, probably will compete.
E. Forry Laucks, founder of the Log Cabin Chess Club of New Jersey, set out to get the 10 top-ranking active U.S. players to man his silver anniversary tournament. He came close to his goal, 10 or the 16 highest ranked players accepted his invitations and are battling it out for the very generous prizes.
Present and accounted for are J. T. Sherwin (No. 3), W. J. Lombardy (No. 4), Arthur Bisguier-Larry Evans (equal 5-6), Paul Benko (No. 8), James Cross (No. 10), Robert Byrne (No. 11), Edmar Mednis (No. 13), Charles Kalme (No. 1) and Walter Shipman (No. 16).
Dr. Julian Keilson defended himself admirably in this game with Elliot Wolk, played at Providence, 1956, during the New England tournament. In trouble early, Dr. Keilson played aggressive, even chancy chess, and when Black slipped at move 30 White administered the coup with a flourish. From Walter Suesman's tournament book.

Dr. Julian Keilson (white) vs. Eliot Wolk (black)
Alekhine Defense: Sämisch Attack

Descriptive 1. P-K4 N-KB3 2. P-K5 N-Q4 3. N-QB3 P-K3 4. N-B3 P-Q3 5. P-Q4 PxP 6. NxP B-N5 7. B-Q2 N-Q2 8. N-Q3 NxN 9. PxN B-Q3 10. B-K2 O-O 11. O-O P-K4! 12. P-KB4 PxBP 13. BxP BxB 14. NxB N-B3 15. B-Q3 B-N5 16. Q-Q2 R-K 17. P-KR3 B-Q2 18. P-B4 N-K5 19. Q-N4 P-QN3 20. QR-K P-QB4 21. PxP PxP 22. Q-R3 N-Q7 23. BxPch K-R 24. RxRch QxR 25. R-Q NxP 26. QxBP R-B 27. Q-Q4 BxRP 28. B-Q3 B-N5 29. N-N6ch PxN 30. QxB N-N7 31. Q-R3ch K-N 32. BxP NxR 33. Q-R7ch K-B 34. Q-R8ch K-K2 35. QxPch Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 dxe5 6. Nxe5 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nd7 8. Nd3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bd6 10. Be2 0-0 11. 0-0 e5! 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Bxf4 14. Nxf4 Nf6 15. Bd3 Bg4 16. Qd2 Re8 17. h3 Bd7 18. c4 Ne4 19. Qb4 b6 20. Re1 c5 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. Qa3 Nd2 23. Bxh7+ Kh8 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Rd1 Nxc4 26. Qxc5 Rc8 27. Qd4 Bxh3 28. Bd3 Bg4 29. Ng6+ fxg6 30. Qxg4 Nb2 31. Qh3+ Kg8 32. Bxg6 Nxd1 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Qxg7+ 1-0

(a) 10. P-KB4 with Q-B3 and N-K5 in mind seems stronger
(b) White is really in difficulty, for if 23. RxRch BxR!.
(c) If KxB, 24. Q-Q3ch.
(d) But now BxR! 25. R-B2. KxB; 2B. N-Q5, N-K5, 27. Q-Q3 P-B4; 28. RxP, B-N3 wins.
(e) Q-K6ch should draw.
(f) After taking the Queen, White gets the N with checks.