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Chess With Sam Laird 11 Jun 1959, Thu Courier-Post (Camden, New Jersey) Newspapers.com
Courier-Post, Camden, New Jersey, Thursday, June 11, 1959
L. R. Chauvenet Winner of Amateur Tournament
Louis R. Chauvenet, well-known Silver Spring, Md., star was the winner of the national amateur chess tournament at Asbury Park. He was the only player in the tournament to finish with a perfect score of 6 victories and no defeats.
Dr. Erich W. Marchand, of Rochester, N. Y., finished second with a score of 5½ to ½. Following at 5-1 each were Dr. Michael Rotov, of Hammonton, recent winner of the South Jersey Chess Association championship; Harold C. Evans, Edgar T. McCormick, Dr. David Hamburger, of Brigantine, Larry Snyder, of Philadelphia, Boris Garfinkel, and Thomas W. Benham, of Trenton. Miss Lisa Lane, also with a score of 5-1, won the women's championship.
As will be noted, the South Jersey contingent at the tournament made an excellent showing. Dr. Rotov's only loss was to Chauvenet.
Mikhail Tal, 23-year-old Latvian who has twice held the Soviet Union championship, captured the Jubilee tournament at Zurich, Switzerland, over a field of 15 others. His final score was 11½-3½. A close second at 11-4 was the Yugoslav grandmaster Svetozar Gligoric.
America's brilliant young champion Bobby Fischer finished in a tie with the veteran Paul Keres, of Russia, at 10½-4½. However, in their match in the 12th round the 16-year-old Bobby defeated Keres in 81 moves. Bobby's play during the tournament was spectacular and at the awarding of prizes he drew the biggest hand of any of the competitors. He had 8 victories, 5 draws and 2 defeats. One of his losses was to Gligoric and the other, which cost him dearly, was in the 14th round to Dieter Keller, of Switzerland, who finished 12th in the final standings.
