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\ I • ess 1 e Vol. " Ill, No. 23 Thursday. August 5, 1954 15 Cents Bisguier Wins Pan-American Open, Conducted by Position No. /46 Evans 2nd, Rossolimo and Steiner 3rd GUILHERME GROESSER ..----.'"'="''''' U. S. ChampIon AI'lhu!" Bisguier scored l1 lh-21h. to win the 74·playcl' END solutions to Position No. S 146 to the Editor, CHESS LIFE, ]>an-American Tournament at Hollywood, while for mer U. S. Champio n 123 No, Humphrey Ave., Oa k PIlI'k, La rry Evans placed second with J 1-3. Nicolas Rossollmo and promoter 111. by September 5, 1954. Hel'man Steiner shared third with 101h-3Ih" while Spanish master Arturo Position No. 146 Pomar and Jam~s T. Sherwin shared fifth with UH. Veteran Isaac Kash· How docs White proceed with dan was seve nth with 9 1h4 ~!z, while Jack Moskowitz and Peter Lapiken the K-side assault that is obviously shnred e lehth place with 9·5. his intention? It t:lkes two sacri· fices und three moves for White to It was an exciting event with the lead [luctuating from round to demonstrate the rinality or his con· round. At the end of fo ur rounds, Bisguier, Evans, Steiner and Rosso· ception, although Black sll'ugglcd li mo were tied at 4·0 each. In the a bit longer thereafter. fi lth round Rossolimo took the lead Solution In Se ptember 20 Issue. 5"() by defeating Steincr while Bis KRAUSS TAKES Position No. 143 guier and Evans drew. SOUTHERN OPEN In this position, published in Wh Il e 10 pilY , June 20 issue. Ko~m 3 as White mate. In fiv e moves Black conced After ten rounds, it' was again George Krauss scored Mi -JIk to made the spectacular move of' 1. ed the validity of the idea. a tie ~ t 8-2 I>ctween Bisguier, wi n the 49-playcr Southern Chess Q-R6! This quiet sacrifice o{ the For solollon pluse torn to Pl ge White Queen, which Black cannot ,,,hi. Iivans, Itossollmo and Pumar who Ass'n Championship at Atlanta, refWic, is based on the far-sighted NOTE; Do "of p/.ut solutions to t7l'O ~d been climbing steadily. Ga. on S·B points. Kit Crittenden concept that after the Black Bishop r/i/ftrtn/ posi/itms on Ont (",r/; bt su,t Then Evans and Pomar surged placed second with 51,.2· 1% and Jer· is destroyed, the Black Knight will /0 i nJ i(~1t to ..u t nu",btr 01 position ahead with 9·2 In lhe eleventh ry Sullivan third, also with 5Y.r: .IIk , eventually 'be . i , .olud. round, but could not hold the lead. while R. B. Hayes was fourth with AVRAM SCORES SHAPIRO WINS Vic tory in the Rapid Transit the same score. riIth to ninth Qn event went to Larry Evans, 19-2, S·B with 5·2 each were 01'. A. M. IN . DISTRICT IN NEW MEXICO losing one game to Louis Spinner Jenkin~ , Dr. R. A. Carlyle, Klm.ball The victory of Herbert M. Av· Gene Shapi ro took the New Mex y.'h o placed se<:,o nd with 18%·2%. Nedved, Charles W. Rider, and J . ram of Arlington, Va. in the Dis· ico Slate Championship at Albu· Sherwin was third with 18-3. L. Cabe. A representative field trict of Colu mbia Open foiled for querque with 6lh -~ , drawing with fr'om ten states contcpded ill the the third time the bid' of Martin runner-up Jack Shaw in semi-fin DI C. Stark to retire the I.S. Turover round. Shuw seoted 5lh-llh for OWNS CHESS SET event, and several South em li nd Truphy by winning it three times second, losing Dnc game to War Slate champions of formcr years in succession. Since it was placed ren Miller. Third and fourth in OF PAUL. MORPHY were well down the line this yea r, in competition in 1930, the trophy the 25 player Swiss on S·B points showing the all-over strength of the has led a charmed life; a genera· with 5-2 ea.ch were Warren Miller The original chess board and event. tion of fine players has failed to and Gordon Charlton, while fifth chessmen Pau.! Morphy learned to play on when he was 10 years old produce a master able to retire the to seventh on SoB with 4 Jh-2 ~ each In winning Krauss lost one game is now the mm t highl y cherished silver e mblem, although Stark has were Hall Jones, W. A. Muff, and to R. B. Hayes and drew with San wo n twice in a I'OW upon three sep. E. D. Wilson. r.fillcr lost games to possession of C. G. Fleming, 806 Wilson Drive, New Orleans, a ehess dy Miller. Criue nden lost to Ben anile occasions. Shapiro and Jones while Charlton Fishbach and drew with Dr. Jen· Avram in wi nning scored 8-1, lost to Shaw and Jones. There werc player and an avid Morphy fan. Fleming, who has had the Morphy kins. SuJ livan lost to Krauss and losing only to Morl o n Seidelman, only three fo rfeits and only three drew with Dr. Jenkins. Haycs lost chess articles about a year and a Stark and Hans Berliner tied for players withdrew without com· to D. B. Wade and drew wi th Rob second with 7·2 each, and 1. Ro pleting thei r schedules. Warren ha lf, says " next to my wife and childre n, I valUe them most" crt Brieger. The tournamcnt was manenko was Co ur th with 54, fol Miller, H)·year old high school directed by Robert C. Eastwood. lowed by Chess Life columnist Ed player, won the Junior tiUe, but The board is of leather (with black mu nd Nas h and Morton Seidelman as he gained the 3rd place tr ophy, and white squares) about 24 inchcs wHh 4-5 each. Stark lost to Avram the junior trophy was awarded to square and has, of course, faded BATES SCORES and drew wi th Romanenko and Donald Dye with 3-4, us runner-up with age. The woode n chess men, IN ALABAMA MEET Nash, while urawing with Stark fO r junior title. of club si'le Staunton pattern, are and John n. Hice, Jt'. in excellent condition. Fleming re G. C. Bates oC Birmingham ta l· WOMEN'S OPEN stored their original lustre ·by first lied 5lh-lh to win lhe 28 playcr WHAT! NO MATCH washing them with Ivory Hakes Alabama State Championship :IL DRAWS POWER with lukewarm· water, rInsing with Birmingham, drawing With runner· AT BUENOS AIRES cold water, and polishing with a up H. B. Gambrell of Birmingham While advance entry (as usual) in semi-final round. Gtunbrell According to Il cablegram t'c· Jags in the U. S. Open, the ladies dry woolen rag. Then he put on liquid wux to g,ive them a sheen. scored 5-1, drawing also with J,1ek ceived from the Argentina Ciless have responded eagerly for thefr · Mallory. Tied for third on games Federation, the International Team event by prompt registrations. Ad Fleming purchased the Morphy and SoB wi th 4¥.!-1If't each were C. Matches at BUenos Aires this Sep vance entries include Mrs. Sonja ehess se t und 'chess men from a Wingard of Birminghllm and Tony tember have been cancelled, due Graf Stevenson in her first nation descenda nt o{ the lady who, first 1... Janes of Demopolis. Willgaanl to "unforeseen circumstllnces". al U. S. event (considered by many owned the board and men after drew with Janes and lost to Gam Whether FIDE can relocate lhe llecond only to the late Vera Men· MOI'phy's death. While the lady brell, while ~ a ne s lost a game to 1954 Assembly and International chik among women players), U. S. owned it, it was one of he r most Bates. Team Matches on such short no Women Champion M. May Karff, pl·ired possessions. tice remains dubious, and it is (ormer U. S. Women's Champion Fifth to eighth with 4·2 ellch possible that the Team Tourna Gise la K. Gresser, U. S. Women's Morphy played chcss on the were J . H. Oliver, E. M. Cockrell , ment will have to be postponed un· Opcn Champion Eva Aronson, and board with his (ather and grand F. W. Kemp and F. J. ShilltlC n In til 1955. othe r well-known women players. lather. the 6 I'd Swiss eve nt. Finish It The Clever Way! Position No. IJJ Position No. 1J4 Henry R. Me ifert V5. By Gregory R. Sheridan C. Bl ankenburg New York, N. Y. Kaiamar.oo, Michigan First Publication ,.......,~--cc N l'ositiun No. 133, Wllitc forces mate in foul'. Tile!'e arc two possible I varintions; in the game continuation, While achieved that rarety-a pure mate (when each square abo ut the King is co ntz'01l cu in only one way).' Position No. 134 is a clever original composition. The "obvious" key CI1 AMPlON AND TROPHIES J. 8-Kl7 leads only to a draw, aner P-R6!; 2. P.R7, P-R7 !; 3. 1'-fU:l(Q), The Imi/i"g you,h il M",sn"I/'Chcu Club /""jor Clumpjo" Wjllidm (Bitl) K -K18!! (.om&"J., rtgd,Jin1'. his "jcl",.., meJal. Lo",bd,Jy il ltdm cdl'l"j" of lilt: Md,shall /s",;u, ltd'" in tht Mrl,,,poli'all I.CdS"" Tht la'1'.t tlnJ haulj/"I I,oph., if tht For solutions, pleilse turn to P"'ge three.