November 11, 1951 Chess Notes by Donald H. Mugridge Evening star, Washington, District of Columbia

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Chess Notes 11 Nov 1951, Sun Evening star (Washington, District of Columbia) Newspapers.com

Evening star, Washington, District of Columbia, Sunday, November 11, 1951

Chess Notes by Donald H. Mugridge

Bain        8½-½
Gresser     7½-1½
Karff       6-3
Slater      4½-4½
Grumette    3½-5½
Kellner     3½-5½
Roos        3½-5½
Owens       3-6
Piatigorsky 3-6
Raettig     2-7

The above table showing the results of the women's national chess championship tournament, held in New York City from October 20 to November 4, is given by the kindness of Miss Edith L. Weart. The participants were Mrs. Mary Bain, Mrs. Gisela Gresser, Miss N. May Karff and Mrs. Kathryn Slater, all of New York City; Mrs. Lena Grumette of Brooklyn, Miss Adele Raettig of Hoboken, N. J.; Mrs. Willa White Owens, late of Richmond, Va., and now of Avon Lake, Ohio; Miss Lucille Kellner of Detroit, Mich., and Mrs. Gregor Piatigorsky (wife of the well-known cellist) and Miss Nancy Roos of Los Angeles, Calif. The title, a trophy donated by Miss Weart, and first prize of $150 all went to Mrs. Mary Bain, who won eight straight games and then drew in the last round with the runner-up.
Mrs. Gresser tried very hard to defeat Mrs. Bain, and conceded the draw only on move 107 and after the 50-move rule had been invoked. Mrs. Bain, who is a chess enthusiast of the first water, enjoys the advantage of having been a pupil of the great Hungarian master, the late Geza Maroczy. Between them, Mrs. Bain and Mrs. Gresser outclassed the field, but the latter's chances were spoiled by Mrs. Ross Owens, whom many Washington chess players will remember as Mrs. White of the Richmond Chess Club. The tournament was directed by Mrs. Caroline Marshall, widow of Prank J Marshall and manager of the Marshall Chess Club.
In the District League, the Federal Chess Club brought out its strongest team to defeat the Library of Congress on November 6. An automobile accident prevented the Library's second-board player from making his expected appearance.

   FEDERAL              LIBRARY
N. T. Whitaker 0    D. H. Mugridge  1
N. Robins      1    Forfeit         0
B. Romanenko   0    J. C. Rather    1
J. Wall        1    S. Kucherov     0
H. V. Klein    1    J. W. Allen     0
L. Korsstrom   1    M. Lerner       0
E. Boschan     1    J. L. Rubin     0
F. S. Howell   1    J. A. Gweyer    0
              ---                  ---
               6                    2

On first board, Whitaker sacrificed a pawn and obtained a powerful attack, but did not sufficiently neutralize Black's queenside majority:

Norman Tweed Whitaker (white) vs. Donald Henry Mugridge (black)
Sicilian Defense: O'Kelly Variation, Wing Gambit

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB4 2. N-KB3 P-QR3 3. P-QN4 PxP 4. B-N2 P-Q4 5. PxP QxP 6. P-QR3 N-QB3 7. PxP Q-K5ch 8. B-K2 NxP 9. N-R3 N-KB3 10. O-O B-Q2 11. B-B4 P-K3 12. R-K Q-B3 13. N-K5 Q-B 14. B-N3 B-K2 15. QN-B4 QN-Q4 16. NxB QxN 17. N-K5 Q-Q 18. P-QB4 N-N3 19. Q-B3 R-QN 20. P-Q4 O-O 21. B-B3 QN-Q2 22. QR-Q Q-B2 23. Q-R3 NxN 24. PxN N-Q2 25. B-B2 P-KN3 26. Q-R6 KR-Q 27. R-K4 P-QN4 28. P-R4 P-N5 29. B-N2 P-N6 30. B-N N-B4 31. KR-Q4 N-R5 32. P-R5 B-B 33. Q-B NxB 34. QxN RxR 35. QxR P-R4 36. Q-R B-N2 37. R-K Q-B4 38. R-K4 R-Q 39. Q-N2 P-R5 40. P-N3 R-N 0-1

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. b4 cxb4 4. Bb2 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. a3 Nc6 7. axb4 Qe4+ 8. Be2 Nxb4 9. Na3 Nf6 10. 0-0 Bd7 11. Bc4 e6 12. Re1 Qc6 13. Ne5 Qc8 14. Bb3 Be7 15. Nc4 Nd5 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Ne5 Qd8 18. c4 Nb6 19. Qf3 Rb8 20. d4 0-0 21. Bc3 Nd7 22. Rd1 Qc7 23. Qh3 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Nd7 25. Bc2 g6 26. Qh6 Rfd8 27. Re4 b5 28. h4 b4 29. Bb2 b3 30. Bb1 Nc5 31. Rd4 Na4 32. h5 Bf8 33. Qc1 Nxb2 34. Qxb2 Rxd4 35. Qxd4 a5 36. Qa1 Bg7 37. Re1 Qc5 38. Re4 Rd8 39. Qb2 a4 40. g3 Rb8 0-1

The Arlington team has kept pace with the Federals, winning its third straight match by shutting out Georgetown, 6-0, on October 31. D. B. Hatch won from J. Konouck on first board.

August 14, 1949 Connecticut Chess by G.E. Avery, Hartford Courant

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Connecticut Chess 14 Aug 1949, Sun Hartford Courant (Hartford, Connecticut) Newspapers.com

Connecticut Chess
By G. E. Avery
Hartford Chess Club.
Closed Until September 9.
If you are an early riser today, and read this column before breakfast, you still have time to grab a bus, train, or your own car, and make the annual picnic of the Massachusetts State Chess Association at Norumbega Park, Auburndale. Festivities will start at 9 a. m. and continue throughout the day. If interested, take along your own lunch and chess set.

New England Championship.
While suffering from the heat the past few days, we do not realize that cooler weather is in the offing, and that chess tournaments will then be in order. The usual New England Championship Tourney will be held Labor Day week end at Attleboro, Mass. All chess players living in New England are invited to participate. The schedule calls for first round Friday evening. September 2, at 8 p.m. Three rounds are to be played Saturday, and three rounds on Sunday. Final round Labor Day morning, with adjourned games in the afternoon and banquet, in the evening. A $500 prize fund will be awarded the winners. Entry fee is $10, which includes the banquet. If you plan to attend, send entry fee promptly to Tournament Director Sven Brask at Attleboro, Mass.

Women's Chess Club.
In 1906 the Women's Chess Club of New York sponsored the first American Women's Chess Congress, held at the Martha Washington. Men's organizations helped greatly by providing encouragement and financial backing. Professor Isaac L. Rice, for whom a club and a gambit have been named, acted as president of the Congress, with Miss Foot as vice-president.
Years ago the club's roster listed “foreign honorary members,” with whom the members played by mail. Today, Mrs. Leslie Bain, who moved to Miami, Florida in 1942, is the only honorary member.
While living in New York, Mary Bain gave an exhibition each year at the first meeting of the club season, playing eight or 10 other members at one time. She also played blindfold. Once, at the Modern Chess Club, Mrs. Bain played 19 men simultaneously, winning 12 games, losing five and drawing two. She is one of the seeded players in Marshall tournaments.
Mary Bain was the first woman in this country to take part in the International Chess Tournament. Sent by the National Federation to compete in the 1937 event held in Stockholm, Mrs. Bain was one of 27 women players from as many nations. From there she went to England to participate in the Centenary Congress of the Worcester Chess Club. In the main event she won first prize over many men as well as women competitors.
Another outstanding member of the Women's Chess Club of New York is Mrs. William J. Seaman of Staten Island. Marjory Seaman is a sister of the Hartford architect, Cortlandt Luce. She held the championship of the club for 11 years, and was their president during most of that time. She holds the distinction of being the first victor of a Marshall Club match for women (1934). For years she was the only woman member of the Staten Island Chess Club, played on the organization's team, and in their tournaments had to give handicaps to some of the men.
Three years ago she organized a chess class among the boys on Emerson Hill, where she lives, teaching 10 boys from eight to 18, who voluntarily give up every Saturday morning for the game. Some are already opponents to be reckoned with, as outstanding players from men's clubs have discovered. Mrs. Seaman taught one of these boys the rudiments of chess while he lay in a plaster cast, flat on his back. She also plays with disabled veterans in two hospitals.
The present officers of the Women's Chess Club of New York are Mrs. James S. Cobb, president; Mrs. Alexander James Harper, vice-president and a former president; Miss Helen A. Ranlett, a lawyer, treasurer; Miss Elizabeth Wray, secretary.
Miss Wray is the current champion of the club, and a member of the Marshall. She played in the finals of the National Women's Tournament this spring. One of the strongest players of the club is Miss Amabel Mayo-Smith, great-granddaughter of Noah Webster. In one corner of her living room is a replica of Noah's West Hartford statue.
Other prominent members of the club are Mrs. David Willard of New York and Maryland (the Willards have many relatives in and around Hartford); Mrs. William Jamison, whose husband has charge of the moving picture department at the Museum of Modern Art; Miss Mildred Peters, whose great-grandfather, grandfather and uncle were in turn ministers at St. Michael's Church (Episcopal) for more than 100 years; Mrs. Kurt Orban, who escaped from Europe during World War I after harrowing experiences, and has lived all over the world; Mrs. Arthur Forbes of Great Neck, L. I., a former club champion, wife of a retired Army major.
There must be women in Connecticut who play chess, or would like to learn. Why not get together at the Hartford Chess Club? There is one woman member of the Greenfield Chess Club. Mrs. Lebzeltern, one in the Springfield club, Mrs. LaMontagne, who is secretary of the club, and at present only one woman member of the Hartford Chess Club, the writer of this article—Mrs. Alexander James Harper.

Game Selection.
While considering women in chess, we will give one more game played in the United States Women's Championship Tournament in 1946. By the way, received a telephone call last Sunday, asking what 0-0 meant in the game notation. If any one else needs this information, 0-0 means Castles, King side; 0-0-0 means Castles, Queen side.

Wally Henschel vs Mona May Karff
New York (1946), New York, NY USA
Indian Game: Capablanca Variation (A47) 0-1

March 10, 1962 Chessically Yours by Henry Overeem Paterson, New Jersey

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Chessically Yours 10 Mar 1962, Sat The News (Paterson, New Jersey) Newspapers.com

CHESSically Yours By HENRY OVEREEM.
New Jersey chess players continually read and hear about outstanding young players from Europe, from other states, even from Australia and Brooklyn. This is all fine, the outstanding young players deserve the plaudits they receive.
Yet in so doing, in searching the far horizons for chess talent, we too often overlook the fine crop in our own back yard. New Jersey has many young players of whom it can be proud. But distance lends enchantment and adds glamour to a name; the beauty of home is overlooked because it is commonplace. The other land is always the exotic land: that odd sounding name from far across the waters conjures images far out of proportion to the reality.
Of all the young New Jersey chess players, and there are very many, one name in particular stands out strongly. Only 19, but three times a national champion; a Jerseyite who has carried the banner of his state, but who, outside of chess circles, is a comparative unknown. The lad is Robin Ault.

Modest Youth
I decided to do something about it and wrote for some background material. This came through after some prodding, for Robin is reluctant to place himself in the limelight. He is modest about his exploits, he gives himself very little of the actual credit. Yet, in chess, there is no teammate to lean on. The following are his own words. “I was born Dec. 23, 1942, and have lived all my life in Cranford. My father taught high school English, and is now a guidance counselor; my mother teaches mathematics. I have two brothers, Leslie Jr., 20, and David, 15. David plays 'Go' avidly. In high school I did quite well, and am doing fairly well as a senior at Columbia University, majoring in math. I have won or placed high in several math contests, the latest being a tie for the Van Am-Ringe (Columbia College) contest last year. I expect to go to graduate school and take a Ph.D. in math.
“My father taught Les and me chess when 1 was about five. After playing at home for a few years, we began going to the Elizabeth Chess Club, where we aroused interest because of our youth and our ability to knock off some of the weaker players there. In the sixth grade (I had skipped the third and caught up to Les) we played in the first interstate grammar school chess match, New Jersey against Boston, arranged by Forry Laucks. I played first board, as a result of winning the qualifying tournament, and scored 2-1.

Won High School Title
In high school we played on the school team, winning three successive county championships and a state co-championship. My first big year in chess was in 1956. In late Winter I amazingly won the State Rapids, and beat Arthur Bisguier in a simultaneous. In the Spring I started out playing tournament chess, placing third in the state high school tournament. Next I played in the U. S. Amateur tournament, but scored only three draws in six games. During the next few years I gradually improved to expert strength, but none of my results were as satisfying as these early victories, except a tournament victory over Walter Shipman.
My next big year was 1959. After playing third and fourth boards in my first year at Columbia, I became involved with a couple of friends in a plan to translate and publish Tarrasch's “300 Chess Games”. The friends soon dropped out and left me to carry the ball, which I did with some effects in another respect. Previous to this endeavor my play had been getting very stodgy, and I had not improved noticeably in quite some time. Many of Tarrasch's games are also stodgy, but many are just the opposite, and even in the most closed positions he plays with a spirit of aggressiveness. This spirit apparently infused itself in me, for after just a couple of weeks translating the book I won the New Jersey Junior. I played so venturesome and aggressive that some of the games I played shocked even me. A month later I shocked myself even more by winning the U. S. Junior at Omaha, not having seriously considered victory until the last round began. Immediately following I tied for sixth in the U. S. Open with 8½-3½, continuing the same aggressive but not speculative style of play.

Style Wears Off
Unfortunately this style had worn off by December, when I played in the Rosenwald tournament, in which I had the distinction of losing all 11 games. Half of these were caused mainly by my lack of knowledge of opening variations; the other half by a combination of stage-fright, a cold, and disrespect for my opponents' strength. I had excellent games against Fischer and Bernstein, and drawish positions against Sherwin and Bisguier, all of which I destroyed with moves which can only be called insane. My clear win against Benko went down the drain because of my failure to understand the whole position and time pressure.
By the Summer of 1960 my play had returned to the previous sharp style, and was even better, as I romped through the U. S. Junior for the second consecutive year. In St. Louis I tied for seventh in the U. S. Open. Since then my play has been on the decline, returning to a slow, stodgy style, although I still managed to do well for Columbia in matches and in the U. S. Intercollegiate. In 1961 I squeaked through the U. S. Junior at Dayton, Ohio, once more.”
Robin started off 1962 winning the Ivy League chess title. This year age eliminates him from the U. S. Junior, but he is the only player on record who has taken the championship three times. Actually, the minor tournaments he has won are almost too numerous to mention. When he says his games are stodgy most players would give their right arm to play that stodgily. Next week we will bring you some of his games, including the “stodgy” ones.

August 21, 1960 Boston Globe, Chess Notebook by Lyman Burgess

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Chess Notebook 21 Aug 1960, Sun The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) Newspapers.com

David Ames, Quincy, did well in the 1960 junior championship but he could not prevail against Robin Ault, the winner. Notes by Ames.

David Ames (white) vs. Robin Ault (black)
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB4 2. N-KB3 P-Q3 3. P-Q4 PxP 4. NxP N-KB3 5. N-QB3 P-KN3 6. B-K3 B-N2 7. P-B3 O-O 8. Q-Q2 N-B3 9. B-QB4 B-Q2 10. O-O-O N-QR4 11. B-N3 NxBch 12. BPxN Q-N 13. B-R6 P-QN4 14. P-KR4 R-B 15. K-N B-R 16. N-B5 BxN 17. PxB R-B4 18. P-KN4 Q-N2 19. R-R3 P-N5 20. N-K2 QR-QB 21. N-Q4 N-Q4 22. P-R5 B-K4 23. P-B4 NxP 24. BxN Q-K5ch 25. Q-Q3 BxB 26. N-K2 QxN Resigns 0-1

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 0-0 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. 0-0-0 Na5 11. Bb3 Nxb3+ 12. cxb3 Qb8 13. Bh6 b5 14. h4 Rc8 15. Kb1 Bh8 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Rc5 18. g4 Qb7 19. Rh3 b4 20. Ne2 Rc8 21. Nd4 Nd5 22. h5 Be5 23. f4 Nxf4 24. Bxf4 Qe4+ 25. Qd3 Bxf4 26. Ne2 Qxe2 Resigns 0-1

(a). I was beginning to worry that my opponent was not going to play this game. He spent his first 40 minutes clock time composing a protest on his note being allowed to start my clock on a tentative starting time.
(b). Setting a trap: if N-N5 (to gain B for N), then 7. B-N5ch gains a piece. The trouble is if Black is smart enough to get the idea of N-N3 he is generally smart enough to see its refutation.
(c). Had I thought the attack would fail I'd have played 16. P-R5. The move played threatens mate in one and the pawn may not take the Knight.

March 16, 1962 Chessically Yours by Henry Overeem Paterson, New Jersey

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Chessically Yours 16 Mar 1962, Fri The News (Paterson, New Jersey) Newspapers.com

The News, Paterson, New Jersey, Friday, March 16, 1962

Chessically Yours by Henry Overeem
An intense and friendly rivalry was automatically created between Robin Ault, of Cranford and Peter Irwin, of Summit, in the Junior age chess tournaments. Peter, younger than Robin, is another young New Jersey chess product with tremendous potential. He soon emerged as a consistant if unsuccessful challenger to Robin's domination of Junior chess events. His destiny became his frustration, yet even in the shadow of defeat he won much glory and renown.
In the New Jersey Junior championship tournament of 1959 Robin played one of his wild and fantastic games, a King Bishops gambit, with which Peter could not cope. This game must have been played after Robin had begun the translation of “300 Chess Games” for shades of Tarrasch are clearly evident. Of the game itself Robin later wrote, “My most enjoyable victory against my favorite victim.”

Robin Ault (white) vs. Peter Irwin (black)
King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Cozio Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. P-KB4 PxP 3. B-B4 Q-R5ch 4. K-B P-Q3 5. N-KB3 Q-K2 6. P-Q4 P-KN4 7. P-KR4 P-KB3 8. N-B3 B-K3 9. BxB QxB 10. PxP N-Q2 11. BxP B-K2 12. P-N6 P-KR3 13. N-KR4 Q-B5 14. Q-Q3 QxQch 15. PxQ P-KR4 16. N-Q5 B-Q 17. N-B5 P-B3 18. P-N7 B-L2 19. NxQPch 1-0

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 d6 5. Nf3 Qe7 6. d4 g5 7. h4 f6 8. Nc3 Be6 9. Bxe6 Qxe6 10. hxg5 Nd7 11. Bxf4 Be7 12. g6 h6 13. Nh4 Qc4+ 14. Qd3 Qxd3+ 15. cxd3 h5 16. Nd5 Bd8 17. Nf5 c6 18. g7 Be7 19. Nxf6+ 1-0

Notes by Robin Ault: Q-R3 is more usual for black's 5th and better than the text. Black's 6th is weakening, P-KN4, but QxP would have allowed 7. BxPch. On 13…Q-B5ch black hopes to relieve some of the threats by exchanging queens; but white's minor pieces cooperate beautifully, aided by Black's suicidal impulses.
The second game is from the 1961-62 Columbia College Championship. This is the era of stodginess, the lack of fire and daring when the effect of Tarrasch has worn off. Here stands Robin exposed, now let's see how stodgy this game really is.

Jerome Lee Finkelstein (white) vs. Robin Ault (black)
Indian Defense: Budapest Defense, Adler Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-K4 3. PxP N-N5 4. N-KB3 B-B4 5. P-K3 N-QB3 6. P-QN3 KNxP4 7. NxN NxN 8. N-Q2 P-Q3 9. B-K2 B-B4 10. B-N2 O-O 11. N-B3 B-N5ch 12. N-Q2 Q-N4 13. P-N3 N-Q6ch 14. BxN BxB 15. P-R4 Q-N3 16. P-R3 KR-K 17. B-Q4 B-B6 18. Q-B3 B-K5 19. QxB QxQ 20. BxB QxRch 0-1

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. b3 Nxe5 7. Nxe5 Nxe5 8. Nd2 d6 9. Be2 Bf5 10. Bb2 0-0 11. Nf3 Bb4+ 12. Nd2 Qg5 13. g3 Nd3+ 14. Bxd3 Bxd3 15. a4 Qg6 16. h3 Rfe8 17. Bd4 Bc3 18. Qf3 Be4 19. Qxe4 Qxe4 20. Bxc3 Qxh1+ 0-1

6. A questionable idea.
8. And another.
9. Q-B2 was preferable to prevent black's next move.
11. There is no question about this idea—it is definitely bad.
12. White dare not castle, either immediately or after 13. BxN, PxB. In view of this, it might have been better for white to renounce castling on move 12, with King-B1. Even here the move would not be so bad. However, white indescreetly weakens his king-side.
15. Much better than Q-R3, which fits in with black's intention of R-K. Black must prevent the white queen from leaving the first rank, else white could castle queen-side and relieve the pressure.
17. Not 17. PxB, mate in 2. After the text the threat is PxB. 17. R-KN fails against RxPch. But, 17. R-KN would get white off rather cheaply. However, with the text move, white clearly did not see black's pretty and ingenious reply.
19. Born of desperation.
21. Resigns.
A pretty stodgy game. I wonder where I can buy a book on “How to Play Stodgy Chess.”

August 18, 1957 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess 18 Aug 1957, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Byrne And Fischer Tied In Semifinal
With one round remaining to be played in the Open Championship of the U.S. Chess Federation at the Manger Hotel in Cleveland, Donald Byrne of Ann Arbor, Mich., is tied for first place with Junior Champion Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, according to a report from the New York Times.
Each player won his 11th-round game and has a 9½-1½ score. Donald Byrne defeated his older brother Robert of Indianapolis. They have been rivals since they played chess together at Yale. Fischer, a 14-year-old student of Erasmus Hall High School, outmaneuvered William G. Addison of San Francisco.
Donald Byrne had led the tournament for eight rounds but met his first setback in the ninth round at the hands of Fischer, who then took the lead by half a point. In the following game Fischer drew with Robert Byrne to drop back level with Donald.
U.S. Champion Arthur B. Bisguier of New York is in third place with 9-2, one-half point behind the leaders. Bisguier lost to Addison in the sixth round in a noteworthy game.
Walter J. Shipman of New York is fourth with a score of 8½-2½. Robert Byrne, at 8-3, is bracketed with Edmar Mednis, Anthony E. Santasiere and Morton Siegel of New York; Hans Berliner of Washington, D. C. and Orest Popovych of Lakewood, N. J.
Following this group, with totals of 7½-3½, are Paul Brandts, Jack W. Collins, Victor Guala and Anthony F. Saidy of New York, William G. Addison of San Francisco, Dr. E. W. Marchand of Rochester, N. Y., and J. Theodorovitch of Toronto, Canada.

September 09, 1956 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Isaac Kashdan 09 Sep 1956, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Ramirez Wins Open at Santa Barbara
Gilbert Ramirez, 18-year-old San Francisco star, outscored a record-breaking contingent of 96 players from all parts of the State to take the California Open Chess Championship, in the tournament completed last week end in Santa Barbara.
Ramirez tired in game points at 6-1 with Kurt Bendit of San Francisco and Robert Cross of Santa Monica. The tie-breaking Sonneborn–Berger system was used, and here Ramirez scored 28¼ points to 27½ for Bendit and 26¼ for Cross.
The crucial game found Ramirez and Cross matched together in the last round. A win for either player would have meant the title. Cross, apparently in the belief that a draw was sufficient for him, steered the game into safe channels, and the draw soon became inevitable.
In the meantime, Bendit, whom neither of the leaders had reckoned with, won his last game from George Hunnex of Elsinore, to wind up with six points and second prize. Just behind the leaders was William G. Addison of San Francisco, alone at 5½-1½.
No less than 14 players were tied at 5-2. Phil D. Smith of Fresno led this group after the tie-breaking formula was applied. Just below him were Charles Bagby of San Francisco. Robert Brieger of San Diego and Donald J. Foley of San Jose.

July 30 1953, Let's Play Chess by Harold Lundstrom, Deseret News

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Let's Play Chess 30 Jul 1953, Thu Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah) Newspapers.com

Deseret News, Salt Lake City, Utah, Thursday, July 30, 1953

Junior World Title
Oscar Panno, 18-year-old student from Buenos Aires, officially was declared the world junior chess champion after a first-place tie at 5½ points with Klaus Darga of West Germany in the biennial tournament at Copenhagen last week.
The two leaders kept pace with each other throughout the seven rounds of the finals without losing a game and thereby forced Borislav Ivkov of Yugoslavia, the defender, into third place.
James T. Sherwin of New York defeated Ivkov in the seventh and final round and thus finished in a four way tie for fifth place, Sherwin, the only one of 10 in Group A of the preliminaries to avoid defeat, with three victories and six draws, was far below form in the finals.
THE FINAL STANDINGS

1. Oscar Panno, Argentina     5½-1½
2. Klaus Darga, W. Germany    5½-1½
3. Borislav Ivkov, Yugoslavia 3½-3½
4. Fridrik Olafsson, Iceland  3½-3½
5. Dieter Keller, Switzerland 2½-4½
6. Bent Larsen, Denmark       2½-4½
7. Jonathan Penrose, England  2½-4½
8. James T. Sherwin, U S A    2½-4½

November 17, 1940 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner 17 Nov 1940, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

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CHESS HERMAN STE1NER International Chess Master Address all mail to Chest Editor NT. . 17. 1949 L.A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. Mr S. Loyd 1139 9 White mates in two. iWb. 7; Bl. 3 ) L.A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 1140 By H. J. Tucker ill ' I suppose jon don't appreciate the self-denial in this mote? To exchange the right bishop against the wrong one, which has not much future behind his blocked pawns, blocking its way to get into real action. II. J.: A heroic decision Indeed. He exchanges bishops and rets the whole position: the only open line, and the White QP remains weak as eveT. 21.
NxR BxR i. KxB N-BS I. B.: I don't think It was too difficult to see this. But if : you put ererjrthing tog-ether, you will see how precisely every little part fits. tl. B-Oi Q-Q3 S4. N-B.1 R-KS 25. QK-Qt Q-Qt ' A square like his 04 Is a strong hold, a stepping stone lor every piece. 2fi. P-OB4 I. B.: No matter what violent action White tries to make, with the permanent weaknesses he has. he has no hope against' accurate play like Black s. Plohr has secured his game. He now has to find the death blow. ' It-KS :;. K-K3 NiPiNii C. J.: 1 admit that is a good move. but was not . . . NxRP at least as strong?! If 28. R-R3ch: 29. N-R4 if 29. . .
. K-N3; 30. Q-K5.t 20. . . . P-KN4; 30. P-N3, Q-B6: threatening RxN mate. i J. B.: The difference lies In 28. PxN. ! QxN; 29. R-Nl. About the same position j as now, except that the move played cannot be answered with KxN because of . .. . R-N3ch. and after White's next move. now. White retains the knight, which is an advantage now. 2. R-KN'l N-BS !!. Q-Rt OR-KI 50. N-NS " R-KH 51. O-KBJ RxR 3?. KxR XxPch! J. B.: You see. olav hrllliaml inn R-Kch i . u need arises, he can S4. K-BJ Sil. K-NS 3. K-Bt J. B.; Perfectly played. after spectacular fireworks K-KRXrh . R-N'Kch P. KB if He was not i but n is in White mttes in three. (Wh. 7: Bl. B.) SOLUTION TO PROBLEM 1136: Q-R. 80LUTI0N TO PROBLEM 1137; . Q-R7. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM 1138: Q-K3. W received solutions from the follow, ing: J. O. Dodge, J. Dsvidson, M. Rud-holm. S. M. Fleming, R. D. Wsver, J. C. Drake, J. Sesrl (welcome to our ladder,) L. Sheppard. W. Harmon, A. O. Karn. J. M. Melnhardt, C. P. Ford, A. D. Reynolds Sr., H. Bruhn, J. T. Wstson (in 1132: Bl, answer IS 1. . . . P-R8IB.) and there is no mate except with the key move R-R8!) E. L. Darnells. 8. H. Schadee, H. P. Mi-tosian, O. A. Ball (please send results of match. It was too late to Insert notice in last Sunday's Issue,) W. L. Koethen, J. P. Walsh. The followinc Is taken from February Issue at the Australian Chess Review, a monthly publication. Twelva Issues for i (may be ordered directly) 1 Bond St., Sydney, N.S.W., Australia.
I'NCLE JACOBOVITCH HOLDS COURT By Lajos Steiner (Uncle Jacobovltch and Jackie Buresh continue the arguments over the game Mieses-Flohr. Margate. 1939. Notice that none of tha arguments Is settled; the author is not concerned with final verdicts, but, rather, wishes to show students how much there Is in chess that cannot be easily settled, and to impress on them the importance of thinking for themselves. No parrot ever made a real player.) rwu.&a uub 1 1- in 111 the position now as a result of his mar- veious position play.
37. P-B3 rxNrh .1. K-KS P-NS J. R.: That wins the queen now. id D i . . r. J.: Good .nlsht, gentlemen. (Takes nis nar ana umoreua. ana nurneaiy leaves the cafe.) Flohr Miews Black While I. P-K4 P-QB.H 8. P-4 P-tU 5. N-OBS PsP 4. NxP N-BH 6. KxNeh KPiN N-B; B- 7. B-K2 O-O 8. Q-Qt B-K . b-KJ N-Qi 10. P-B Q-BI8 II. QR-BI B-KNS 11. P-KR3 B-R 13. O-O QB-Q1 It. KR-Ol KR-Kl 15. P-QN4 p-KB 16. P-OBS B-K2 11. B-RBIT . . . i May "1 A game from the Utah Congress: ENGLISH OPENINO Morgan Fine Morgan Fine White Black White Black 1- P-QB4 P-QB4 19-B-02 R-Kl 2- N-KB3 N-KB3 20-R-B2 BxB 3- P-KN3 P-Q4 21-KxB P-QN4 4- PxP NxP 22-N-R3 P-QR3 5- B-N2 QN-B3 23-B-B4 B-Bl S-O-O P-K4 24-R-K1 N-N5 7- P-03 B-K2 25-OR-B1 N-Q4 8- QN-Q2 O-O 26-B-Q2 R-K4 9- N-B4 P-B3 27-R-B2 CR-K1 10- P-N3 B-K3 28-B-B1 R-R4 11- B-N2 Q-Q2 29-P-KR4 RxP 12- Q-02 OR-B1 30-PxR Q-NS 13- QR-B1 N-Q5 31-K-B1 Q-R6 14- N-K3 N-N5 32-K-N1 R-KS 15- B-B3 N(NS)-B3 33-BxR NxB 16- N-B4 KR-Q1 34-Pxl Q-N6 17- Q-N2 B-Q4 35-Restgns 18- NxN? KPxN BARRY VICTORY OF 40 YEARS AGO John F. Barry was a fixture In Boston chess circles for some 45 years.
In the closing years of the last century, when Pillsbury was Impressing Europe and New York with his genius. Bsrry was asked to play In the Anglo-American cable matches, largely through the recommendation -of Pillsbury. who knew Barry's skill at flrt. hand. Barry won his game in each of the! nrst nve cable matches.
The game belowioRi? was played In 1900. and shows how Barry uiuusub auoub a winning atiacs.. Barry White 1- P-K4 2- P-Q4 3- Kt-KB3 4- KtxP 5- B-Q3 6- B-K3 7- PxP B-KtxKt 9-B-04 - 10- Castlei 11- B-K2 12- P-KKt3 13- B-QB3 14- B-B3 15- R-K 16- B-Q2 17-KI-B3 SICILIAN DEFENSE Atkins (Barry Black P-QB4 PxP P-K3 White 18- Q-K2 19- OR-Q 20-P-KI3 Kt-KB3!21-Kt-R4(a) P-KKt4 AUhe Kt-B3 P-KR3 P-K5 Kt-B3 P-Q4 KtxP PxKt G-KI4 B-Q3 I22-B-B3 123-B-QR 24-B-KKt2 j 25-Q-Q2 . 126-QxB :27-0-B5 Q-R3 : 28-R-OS P-K429-KR-Q Castles !30-RxR B-Kt2'31-R- KR-K,32-R-Kt;ch -K3:33-QxKBP P-KB4I Kt-Q4 P-Kt5 Kt-Kt3 KtxKt Kt-Ku: wR- OR-Kjplay oK2 ! ResYgnJ ' i (a) Barry used to like to describe how!6-2 Atkins was led on psychologically to ad-i" vnc ma rv sine pawns in en invit ms at-, 'J-O. attack.
But all the time Barry felt sure the pawn advance would open the way for a decisive counterblow. SANTIAGO TOURNAMENT Santiago. Chile, was the scene of a tournament last March in which seven Chilean experts and two from Argentina participated. Guimard and Grau led with 6', and 8. respectively. Castillo and Florese were next with S. The game below shows how Ouimard outplayed his opponent In the center, and concluded with a decisive attack. QUEEN'S INDIAN DEFENSE uuimsrd Ivanovlcj Guimard Ivanovlc 17 Q-Bl IS. E-Kl ... V. i.: Very, very disappointing. Was It not still possible to play 18. P-QH. PxP. 19. QxP, even though this time 19. . . , N-B3 has to be reckoned with also? That could be answered with 20. Q-B4. Then. If 20. . . . BxP is not- dangerous. White must still have a fairly good game. And 20. ... BxP can be answered ... let me see . . . yesl by 21. QxB, and White pins a piece, as either the Black oueen or the OR will be defended, when he would capture the KB.
And if 21. . . . QxB; 22. RxQ. RxRchi 23. BxR, etc. 1. . . . N-B J. B.: I under'iir.d your distress. Uncle JacobovlKh But White's game had the germ In itself to be spoilt.
One move and an inelastic position is hooeless. Instead of weeping about it. watch the perfect way Black takes advantage of his possi- bi'itles. v. J.t The only thing I want now Is to see the game and quickly. A game where a beautiful position Is transformed into a positional wreck so quickly is not worth twopence. What is heroic in a 6 nine where the only thine to do Is to Place the knight on Q4 and win easily. Let's get over it quickly. J. .: if, I was airaid you would not appreciate the game, How could you value the hidden beauties.
of Black's play, who took upon himself momentary burdens for luture advantages. He has no really weak spots, if you carefully examine the position. Is that coincidence? No. he meant to keep free of them and took In exchange a rather cramped position. He gave space in exchange for a compressed position full of dynamlo power. 1. Q-N3 Jf-04 20. B-KNS BxB White 1- P-04 2- Kt-KB3 3- P-KKI3 4- B-KI2 Shanties 8-KtxP 7- KxB 8- P-OB4 9- Kt-QBJ 10- P-K4(b) 11- Kt-B2 12- Q-K2 13- P-KI3 14- P-B3 15- B-KI2 16- QR-K (a) This Black Kt-KB3 P-OKI3 B-K12 P-B4 White 17- P-B4 18- 0-Q3 19- O-QS 20-PxP PxP 21-O-Q? BxB'al 22-Kt-K3 P-K.t3i23-Kt-K4 24-Kt-Kt4 23-P-B5 26- BxB 27- OxPch 28- Kt-Kt5 39-K-Kl 30- Kl-B;ch 31- Kt-QS B-KI2 Castles Kt-B3 Q-B P-03 Q-K3 Kt-KR4 P-B4 B-K4'32-QxP exchange burin a weakening or Black s center, would be better. lb) Now Black will find It practically impossioie to ires nis center who. t-4.
NEW YORK CHAMPIONSHIP GAME This game bears a certain Similarity to Fine's Victory below. In each sarce. the ultimate winners saw now ;;.ey could gain a positional advantage and did not hesitate to exchange, believing the advantage would grow rather than decrease as tne position simplified Willman White 1- Kt-KBJ 2- P-B4 3- PxP 4- P-K4 5- B-B4 6- KI-B3 7- P-Q4 8- KtxP 9- B-K3 10- BxB 11- B-E5 12- RxQ 13- B-Q Black B-Kt2 K-R!22-18 w-n RxP C-Kt2 R-B2 P-KR3 K-R2 PxP KtxB K-Kt Kt-Q5ch P-K4 K-B K-K Resigns gradual . . Q-B ZDKERTORT Chernev Willman Chernev Black White Black Kt-KB3 14-P-QR4 Kt-Kt3 P-Q4 1S-B-R2 B-Q2 KtxP 16-Castlea QR-B Kt-KB3 17-KR-K Kt-R4 P-K3 18-B-K14 Kt(R4l-B5 P-B4 19-P-R5 Kt-R PxP 20-P-K5 KtxKtP B-B4 21-R-G4 P-QKt4 BxKt 22-Kt-K4 R-B3 Kt-B3 23-Kt-Q6ch RxKt OxQch 24-RxR Kt-BS KI-Q2 25-BxKt PxB ' P-QR3 26-KR-Q Resigns.