May 17, 1959 Boston Globe, Chess Notebook by Lyman Burgess

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Chess Notebook 17 May 1959, Sun The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) Newspapers.com

Chess Notebook By Lyman Burgess
Gediminas Sveikauskas, Harvard, won the USCF rating improvement tournament for May with a 4½-½ score. This may well be the first time within memory of the oldest citizen that a Bostonian has invaded New York and won an open tournament there. Sveikauskas seems to be hitting his stride now, just a few weeks ago he was awarded second place in the New England amateur tournament, another USCF event.
Since Geddy does so well in USCF meets perhaps he will be interested in the United States amateur chess championship at the Monterey Hotel, Asbury Park, N.J., over Memorial Day week-end, May 29-31.
The amateur championship is open to all players except rated masters. The Monterey Hotel, directly on the ocean front, is offering accommodations at bargain rates to chess players and their families.
Entries will be accepted at the Monterey Hotel on May 29 from 6:30 to 8:30. However, advance notice of your intention to compete will enable the USCF to “provide for your greater comfort.” Entry fee is $5. For further information write to: United States Chess Federation, 80 East 11th street, New York 3, N.Y.
The executive committee of the MSCA voted to hold the Greater Boston tournament Oct. 10-12 instead of trying to fit it into the uncomfortable spaces left on the crowded Spring calendar.
All is not well in the front lines with the MSCA. The mildly frantic Bay State team assemblers have run into an epidemic of final examinationitis which threatens to render most of Boston's bright young men hors de combat. And without them Massachusetts' chances seem dim indeed because Connecticut's lineup is loaded.
Below John Vilkas Jr. takes the measure of David Ames in game from the 1959 Massachusetts State chess championship tournament.

John Vilkas Jr. (white) vs. David Ames (black)

Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?

Descriptive 1. P-QB4 N-KB3 2. N-QB3 P-K3 3. N-B3 P-Q4 4. P-Q4 P-QB3 5. PxP KP-K4 6. B-N5 B-K2 7. P-K3 N-Q2 8. B-Q3 N-B 9. Q-B2 P-KN3 10. O-O N-K3 11. B-R4 N-N2 12. QR-N B-KB3 13. P-QN4 N-K3 14. BxB QxB 15. P-N5 O-O 16. PxP PxP 17. KR-B R-K 18. N-K5 R-B2 19. NxN PxN 20. B-B4 B-K3 21. Q-R4 B-Q4 22. Q-R5 R-Q 23. BxB RxB 24. R-N8ch N-K 25. RxNch QxR 26. QxR P-QB4 27. RxP QxN 28. QxQ Resigns

Algebraic 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. cxd5 e5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 Nf8 9. Qc2 g6 10. 0-0 Ne6 11. Bh4 Ng7 12. Rb1 Bf6 13. b4 Ne6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. b5 0-0 16. dxc6 exd4 17. Rc1 Re8 18. Ne5

Miss Lisa Lane, 22-year-old Philadelphia player of great promise, won her last round game in the New England amateur this way.

Lisa Lane (white) vs. Edward Arbetter (black)
Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Classical Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. P-Q4 PxP 4. NxP N-B3 5. N-QB3 P-Q3 6. B-KN5 P-K3 7. Q-Q2 B-K2 8. O-O-O P-QR3 9. B-K2 Q-B2 10. P-B4 P-KR3 11. B-R4 NxP 12. NxN BxB 13. NxN PxN 14. NxPch K-B 15. B-R5 P-KN3 16. Q-Q4 K-N 17. P-KN3 B-Q 18. N-K8 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. 0-0-0 a6 9. Be2 Qc7 10. f4 h6 11. Bh4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxh4 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Nxd6+ Kf8 15. Bh5 g6 16. Qd4 Kg8 17. g3 Bd8 18. Ne8 1-0