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Chess 14 Aug 1960, Sun The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) Newspapers.com
Chess Notebook
By LYMAN BURGESS
The 20th annual New England chess championship tournament will begin at 8 p.m. on Friday Sept. 2, at the Hotel Statler Hilton, Hartford. Play schedule calls for one round Friday and two on each of the three succeeding days. The final round will be played Labor Day afternoon and the awards banquet will be held that evening.
Provided eight or more B players enter there will be a separate B section; otherwise B players will be included in the championship section but will pay a smaller fee and will be eligible for the B trophies. A permanent trophy and the usual cash prizes will be awarded in Class A.
Deadline for entries is midnight, Friday, Aug. 26 (by postmark) — one week prior to the tournament. If payment is not included in entry it must be made at the Statler Hilton, Hartford, by 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2, before the first round of play. Checks should be made payable to the Hartford Chess Club and mailed to John C. Owen, West Avon rd., Avon, Conn. Entry fee is $15 in Class A, $10 in Class B.
Robin Ault, Cranford, won the U.S. junior chess championship for the second straight year, 8½-1½. Walter Harris, New York, was second, 8-2. There was a four-way tie for third among Wesley Burger, Detroit; David Ames, Quincy; George Olte, Bridgeport and Arthur Wang, San Francisco.
Ault received a small model; of the big junior trophy (which is kept in the Marshall Club), entry in and transportation to the U.S. Open championship at St/ Louis, and $200 expenses. Since the junior ended Aug. 5, and the Open began Aug. 8, Ault had little rest. Harris,; Wang, and Olte all trekked to St. Louis, but with less money than Ault. Local boy Ames was forced to pass up the Open because he lacked the free time.
The high school trophy was awarded to Larry Gilden, Washington, who nosed out Bill Gould, Providence, on the tie break after both scored 6½-3½.
For the first time in 25 years the U.S. won a world team tournament by the efforts of six American college students in the world's students team championship in Leningrad. The American team defeated the Soviet Union, pre-tournament favorite, in the semi-final round and clinched the title with a draw against Bulgaria, defending champions, in the final round.
William Lombardy, St. Philip Neri School, Boston, played first board for the U.S. and scored 12½-½, an almost unbelievable string except for the fact that Charles Kalme, Philadelphia, made the same score on second board.
Final Standings: 1. U.S.A. 41-11; 2. Soviet Union 39½-12½; 3. Yugoslavia, 37-15; 4. Czechoslovakia, 31½-20½; 5. Bulgaria, 31-21; 6. Rumania, 30-22; 7. E. Germany, 28½-23½; 8. Holland, 25½-26½; 9. Hungary, 25-27; 10. England, 23½-28½; 11. Mongolia, 16-36; 12. Sweden, 16-36; 13. Finland 10-42; 14. Belgium 9½-42½.
Here is Bobby Fischer's loss to Pal Benko in the Buenos Aires tournament.
297. Kings Indian Defense.
Pal Benko vs Robert James Fischer
Buenos Aires (1960), Buenos Aires ARG, rd 19, Jul-21
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto. Karlsbad Variation (E62) 1-0
