Chess Notebook 18 Oct 1959, Sun The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) Newspapers.com
Chess Notebook By Lyman Burgess
Last call for the 25th annual Greater Boston chess championship tournament at the Cambridge Y.M.C.A. beginning at 7:30 p.m. next Friday. George Nute will accept entrants till just before game time; but it's less confusing if you enter earlier. Write Mr. Nute at 201 Hamilton St., Cambridge, Mass. Entrance fee in Class A is $6; and Class B is $3. The tournament will be U.S.C.F. rated.
The tournament season is full upon us. Locally, Bart King is readying the Metropolitan League for what I'm told is its 60th season. Meanwhile, in Vermont, usually a chess desert, a Green Mountain chess congress is in the offing and will actually overlap the time schedule of the Greater Boston tournament. A tough three-rounds-a-day schedule will be followed on Oct. 24 and 25 at the Recreation Center, Madison st., Rutland. Icing on the cake is the bargain basement entry fee $2. Bruno Forsburg, New York, won last year's tourney and Robert Durkin (of Durkin's Knightmare fame), New Jersey, was runner-up. Fred Tatro, 64 Plain st., Rutland. Vt., is in charge.
The U.S.C.F. monthly rating-improvement tournaments will include eight monthly tournaments designed to offer experience and training and rating prior to competing in the large regional and national tournaments. Each tournament will be officially rated by U.S.C.F. and a revised rating will be published in the monthly rating supplement in “Chess Life.”
Tournament site: Chess and Checker Club of New York; 212 W. 42d st, N.Y., N.Y. The October tournament was held last week. The November event is slated for the 13, 14 and 15. The third tournament will be held Dec. 11-13 and the fourth Jan. 8-10.
These will be s-round Swiss tournaments with Harkness pairings and will be open to all chessplayers. The entry fee will be waived in the case of the player who joins the U.S.C.F. for the first time in order to compete. Enter four tournaments in advance for the price of three. For further information, write: United States Chess Federation, 80 East 11th St., New York 3, N.Y.
The New York Times said of Bobby Fischer's second victory over Paul Keres in the 15th round at Zagreb: “Fischer … capitalized on the acquisitiveness of his opponent in most effective manner. Keres went out of his way to capture a distant pawn. He had a chance to better his position but he yielded to the temptation of another pawn capture … Fischer carried on aggressively until an oversight by Keres at the 24th move virtually brought the struggle to a close.”
Paul Keres vs Robert James Fischer
Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates (1959), Bled, Zagreb & Belgrade YUG, rd 15, Oct-03
Indian Game: London System (A48) 0-1
