July 05, 1959 Boston Globe, Chess Notebook by Lyman Burgess

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Chess Notebook 05 Jul 1959, Sun The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) Newspapers.com

Chess Notebook By Lyman Burgess
The 1959 U.S. Open will be held at the Sheraton-Fontanelle Hotel, Omaha, Neb., July 20 to Aug. 1. This is being billed as the 60th annual Open tournament, the first having been the original western championship at Excelsior, Minn., 1900.
Omaha will host the 1959 U.S. junior championship at the Hotel Rome a week earlier.

Richard Tirrell promises more space and air conditioning at the 1959 New England tournament. The Hotel Touraine will be the site for the Labor Day week-end fixture.

Franklin J. Sanborn is preparing another issue of his “Chess Courier.”. He will send a copy gratis to any New England chess player who requests it. Mr. Sanborn's address is 238 Hemenway St., Boston.

Trouble. Robert Greenwood, Dedham, read an article on Sam Loyd in the March issue of “Chess Review” and found the explanation of the Loyd-Golmayo game (Paris, 1867) unsatisfactory. It seems Loyd announced mate in eight and Golmayo believed him and resigned. Subsequent post queen sacrifice did not have to be accepted. Black thereupon; seemed to stand much better than White.
But author Bruce Hayden said, “Zukertort … analyzed the position resulting from the rejection of the queen sacrifice and worked out a win for White.” Greenwood was unimpressed and requested further information from “Chess Review”. The editor referred Mr. Greenwood to Hayden in England who referred Mr. Greenwood to a book called: “Sam Loyd and His Chess Problems.”
Does anyone know where this book can be found? Does anyone care to re-discover Zukertort's “win”? The position: White: K at KN; Q at Q; R at KB; R at QR7; N at KB6; P's at QB2, Q3, KB2, KN2 and KR3. Black: K at QB; Q at QN5; R at KR; R at QR3; N at Q5; P's at QN2, QB2, KN4 and KR5. Loyd's announcement mate went: 1. R-R8ch! RxR; 2. Q-N4ch K-N; 3. N-Q7ch K-B; 4. N-N6 d.ch, K-N; 5. Q-B8ch RxQ; 6. N-Q7ch K-R2; 7. R-Rch Q-R5; 8. QxR mate.
Now, instead of Black's 5. … RxQ try 5. … K-R2 and start looking for White's win. R.S.V.P.

In the heat of play game scores are sometimes reduced to dashes and personal codes. The following game has been reconstructed by your very easily fatigued correspondent. From the 1959 New England Amateur Chess Tournament.

Gediminas Sveikauskas (white) vs. Anthony Suraci (black)
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-KN3 3. N-QB3 B-N2 4. P-K4 P-Q3 5. P-B3 N-Q2 6. B-K3 O-O 7. P-KN4 P-K4 8. P-Q5 N-K 9. N-K2 B-B3 10. Q-Q2 B-R5ch 11. N-N3 N-N2 12. O-O-O P-QR4 13. R-KN N-QB4 14. Q-N2 P-KB3 15. Q-R3 P-B4 16. NPxP B-N4 17. B-Q2 P-R5 18. K-B2 RxP 19. PxR NxP 20. NxN BxNch 21. QxB PxQ 22. BxB Q-K 23. B-R6ch K-B2 24. B-R3 K-B3 25. R-N5 P-R6 26. QR-KN PxP 27. RxPch K-K2 28. B-N5ch Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 Nbd7 6. Be3 0-0 7. g4 e5 8. d5 Ne8 9. Ne2 Bf6 10. Qd2 Bh4+ 11. Ng3 Ng7 12. 0-0-0 a5 13. Rg1 Nc5 14. Qg2 f6 15. Qh3 f5 16. gxf5 Bg5 17. Bd2 a4 18. Kc2 Rxf5 19. exf5 Nxf5 20. Nxf5 Bxf5+ 21. Qxf5 gxf5 22. Bxg5 Qe8 23. Bh6+ Kf7 24. Bh3 Kf6 25. Rg5 a3 26. Rdg1 axb2 27. Rxf5+ Ke7 28. Bg5+ 1-0

Flavin 06 Jul 1959, Mon The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) Newspapers.com

FLAVIN—In South Boston, July 5, John J., beloved son of the late Michael P. and Margaret (Kelley) Flavin, devoted brother of Mrs. Margaret T. Sheehan, former residence 942 East Broadway. Funeral from the James F. O'Donnell Funeral Home, 780 East Broadway (between L and M sts.) Wednesday July 8. at 8 am. Solemn High Mass of Requiem in St. Brigid's Church at 9 o'clock. Former City of Boston police officer and member of the Boston Checker and Chess Club. Visiting hours 2-5 and 7-10 p.m. Funeral private.