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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
