May 31, 1959 Boston Globe, Chess Notebook by Lyman Burgess

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Chess Notebook 31 May 1959, Sun The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) Newspapers.com

Chess Notebook By Lyman Burgess
Massachusetts won the fourth annual chess match versus Connecticut by the mildly amazing score of 21½ to 8½ at New Britain on the 24th.
The inaugural match was won by Connecticut in 1956: 15 to 12. In 1957 the Bay Staters trekked to New Britain for the first time, and lost, 20 to 14. First blood for the M.S.C.A. was scored in Boston last year, 13½ to 9½.
Mass scored 17 wins, nine draws and only four losses. Those who racked up wins for the M.S.C.A. were: John Curdo, Lynn; Orest Popovych, formerly Cambridge, now of Lakewood, N.J.; Geddy Sviekaukas, West Roxbury; George O'Rourke, Concord; Arthur Freeman, Cambridge: Gene Theoharous, Cambridge; Richard Tirrell, South Boston; John Cheevers, Cambridge; Leo Sveikauskas, West Roxbury; John Ducharme, Easthampton; Frank Keller, Springfield; Ralph Merrill, East Weymouth; Erich Nitzsche, Burlington; Martin Stein, Hyde Park; Joseph Hurvitz, Chestnut Hill; K. B. Allured, Northampton; and Henry Rock. Becket.
The organizing was done by Kazys Merkis of South Boston.
The match season is not yet over; Providence will play a Club on Friday, June 12. Walter Suesman will head the 15 man team from Rhode Island and Richard Tirrell will captain the home team. Play starts at 7:30 p.m.
Red-face department: While discussing the O Keefe-Scheffer Sicilian Defense from the New England amateur tourney May 3 I said something about looking through “175 columns of the French Defense in MCO9.” Admittedly not a good place to find a Sicilian variation. I attribute the whole mess to the imported typewriter I have been using lately which is unfamiliar with the English language, deficient in geography and entirely ignorant of chess.
Try this David Ames special on your pocket set: White K at QB; B at QN8; P at KR6. Black: K at KR5; B at Q5; P at K4. White, 3 pieces; Black 3 pieces. White to play and win. Solution next week.
Dr. Orest Popovych and Dr. Joseph Platz met at second board in the Massachusetts-Connecticut match. Dr. Popyvich gained revenge for his defeat last year in a short, sharp encounter.

Dr. Joseph Platz (white) vs. Dr. Orest Popovych (black)
King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-KN3 3. N-QB3 B-N2 4. P-K4 P-Q3 5. P-B4 P-B4 6. PxBP Q-R4 7. B-Q3 QxP 8. N-B3 N-B3 9. Q-K2 B-N5 10. B-K3 Q-KR4 11. O-O BxN 12. RxB N-KN5 13. R-R3 N-Q5 14. Q-Q NxB 15. Q-R4ch P-N4 16. NxP Q-QB4 17. P-QN4 Q-B3 18. RxN NxN 19. P-K5 N-Q5 20. Q-Q R-Q 21. B-K4 Q-N3 22. K-R O-O 23. R-KR3 PxKP Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Bd3 Qxc5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. Be3 Qh5 11. 0-0 Bxf3 12. Rxf3 Ng4 13. Rh3 Nd4 14. Qd1 Nxe3 15. Qa4+ b5 16. Nxb5 Qc5 17. b4 Qc6 18. Rxe3 Nxb5 19. e5 Nd4 20. Qd1 Rd8 21. Be4 Qb6 22. Kh1 0-0 23. Rh3 dxe5 0-1

Renaissance Chess Sets 07 Jun 1959, Sun The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) Newspapers.com