August 23, 1959 Boston Globe, Chess Notebook by Lyman Burgess

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Chess Notebook 23 Aug 1959, Sun The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) Newspapers.com

Chess Notebook By Lyman Burgess
A trophy, slightly smaller than the Bunker Hill Monument, will be one of the added attractions at the 1959 New England chess championship tournament. Permanent possession of this fancy doorstop goes to the man who first gains three legs on it.
The Cotuit Room of the Hotel Touraine has been engaged Sept. 4-7 for this title play. Address all inquiries and entries to: Richard Tirrell, 30 Mercer st., South Boston. The entry fee in Class A is $12; and in Class B, $7. Although entries will be accepted right up to game time (7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept 4) Tirrell cannot guarantee a seat at the banquet table for those who sign up after Sept 1.
Kenneth Harkness has resigned as business manager of the United States Chess Federation. Often at the center of controversy Mr. Harkness' innovations have, with the passing of time, become standard procedure. The federation more than doubled its membership under his management; his work in statistical rankings and pairings has resulted in more and better tournaments.
Mr. Harkness has been succeeded by Frank Brady, Staten Island, who organized and ran the New England amateur tournament last May. Sybilla Harkness has taken over as membership secretary.
Those who oppose the use of “seconds” in master chess may be heartened to learn that Carlos Bielicki, Argentina, won the 1959 world junior championship even though he was the only player without a second. Bielicki succeeded William Lombardy, New York.
E. Forry Laucks, West Orange, N.J., is planning to take an American team abroad for exhibition matches in Europe. This will be Mr. Laucks second major chess promotion this year the first was the invitation tournament in honor of the 25th anniversary of the Log Cabin Chess Club. Here is a game from the fourth round of that tournament. The loser, James T. Sherwin, is ranked third in the country; the winner, Arthur Bisguier, won the 1959 Open championship.

James T. Sherwin (white) vs. Arthur Bisguier (black)
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Gligoric System, Exchange at c4

Descriptive 1. P-QB4 N-KB3 2. N-QB3 P-K3 3. N-B3 P-Q4 4. P-Q4 B-N5 5. P-K3 P-B4 6. B-Q3 O-O 7. O-O PxP 8. BxP N-B3 9. P-QR3 B-R4 10. PxP BxN 11. PxB Q-R4 12. Q-K2 N-K5 13. Q-B2 NxP 14. P-QR4 Q-Q 15. B-R3 Q-K2 16. B-Q3 P-KN3 17. N-Q2 P-N3 18. N-K4 B-N2 19. QR-N N-K4 20. NxN PxN 21. B-K4 B-Q4 22. BxB PxB 23. R-N5 QR-B 24. Q-N3 KR-Q 25. R-Q N-B5 26. P-KR3 K-N2 27. R-N7 R-B2 28. RxR QxR 29. B-B R-QN 30. Q-B2 Q-K4 31. Q-Q3 R-N6 32. QxP QxQ 33. RxQ R-N8 34. R-Q N-N7 35. R-B NxP 36. P-QB4 N-B6 37. K-R2 N-R7 Resigns

Algebraic 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. e3 c5 6. Bd3 0-0 7. 0-0 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nc6 9. a3 Ba5 10. dxc5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qa5 12. Qe2 Ne4 13. Qc2 Nxc5 14. a4 Qd8 15. Ba3 Qe7 16. Bd3 g6 17. Nd2 b6 18. Ne4 Bb7 19. Rb1 Ne5 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. Be4 Bd5 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Rb5 Rac8 24. Qb3 Rd8 25. Rd1 Nc4 26. h3 Kg7 27. Rb7 Rc7 28. Rxc7 Qxc7 29. Bc1 Rb8 30. Qc2 Qe5 31. Qd3 Rb3 32. Qxd5 Qxd5 33. Rxd5 Rb1 34. Rd1 Nb2 35. Rf1 Nxa4 36. c4 Nc3 37. Kh2 Na2 0-1