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Chess 10 Jul 1960, Sun The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) Newspapers.com
Chess Notebook
By LYMAN BURGESS
In the midst of the controversy centered around Mikhail Tal's fitness for the world championship, before a rematch with Botvinnik has been arranged, the inexorable mills of the FIDE are busily grinding a new challenger. Two important zonal tournaments have already concluded—the Eastern European zonal in Budapest, and Western European Zonal in Madrid.
In Budapest, Gideon Barcza of Hungary won and became the only outright qualifier for the interzonal. Mario Bertok of Yugoslavia, I. Bilek of Hungary, T. J. van Scheltinga of Holland, and Alexander Matanovic of Holland, and Alexander Matanovic of Yugoslavia, all scored 10-5. There will be a playoff among these four to determine two other qualifying places.
At Madrid the final was even more inconclusive. Four players tied for first place— J. Donner of Holland, Gligoric of Yugoslavia, A. Palmer of Spain, and L. Portisch of Hungary. Another playoff will be necessary.
FIDE rules concerning zonal and interzonal tournaments are in a constant state of flux. Whatever new rulings are in effect this year, the result is confusing. P. Clarke, the young English master played in the Eastern European zonal; one Dutchman played in the Eastern another in the Western; to say nothing of some Hungarians and Yugoslavians who divided places in both tournaments.
According to the new rules the U.S.A. will be allowed to qualify three for the next interzonal. The American zonal is the U.S. championship tournament.
O. A. “Bud” Lester, Jr., of West Newbury, New England's outstanding theoreticians, has finally finished the Achilles bit and has come out to rejoin the simmering chess world. Lester will attempt 30 simultaneous chess games while blindfolded. He'll probably do it, too; he has already succeeded with 15.
To underscore his enthusiasm for chess, Lester has produced a club periodical for the Merrimac Valley Chess Club. The pamphlet is called “The Annotator.”
Not only does Lester annotate games, he annotates people, too. Witness the comment on one of Margaret Gould's games: “Peggy gave away a pawn early in her game but when the open position obtained led to a win for her, she insisted it was a 'calculated mistake.'
The Buenos Aires tournament has been a Donneybrook from the start. No one can seem to dominate and the lead moves from player to player. Fischer started slowly- and Evans broke fast.
But the real news is the inability of the two Russian representatives to dominate the field. For so many years it seemed the mere appearance of a Russian master took care of first prize—or so it seemed. To see now two top flight Soviet masters getting their lumps from somewhat less than topflight “Westerners” is soothing. Carlos Guimard, Argentine, was the winner.
292. King's Indian Defense
Carlos Guimard vs Mark Taimanov
Buenos Aires (1960), Buenos Aires ARG, rd 2, Jun-24
Torre Attack: Fianchetto Defense. Euwe Variation (A48) 1-0
