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Revive USCF Amateur Championship to Challenge Skill of Players + ess le Ae,ica-d Copyright 1955 by Vol. IX. No. 15 Tuesday. AprilS, 1955 IS Cenla Revive USCF Amateur Championship Conducted bl} Position Nc), JJ8 To Challenge Skill of Players RUSSELL CHAUVENET Alter a lapse of nine years. the U.S. Amateur Championship Tourna­ END solutions to Position No. ment is being revived to provide a gala proving ground for the amateur S 158 to Russell Chauvenct, 721 chess players of the USh in an event where masters are welcomed only Gist Ave. , Silver Spring, Md., by as silent kibitzeTS. Among the present U. S. masters who in humbler and May 5, 1955. With your solution less rceognized capacity playcd in former U. S. Amate~r Championships please send analysis or reasons are Dr. Ariel Mengarini (victor in 1943), Sven Almgren. (second in 1943). supporting your choice as "Best and U. S. Champion Arthur B. Bisgnier (fifth .in 1945). Move" or moves. But previous Amateur Championships could never lay claim to the lavish setting of the 1955 U. S. Amateur Championship event, whieh will Solution to pO$ition No. 158 w ill ell" pur In the M ~ y 20, USS 'Hue. be held on beautiful Lake Mohegan at ·the famous Mohegan Country Club--only an hour and a half by bus or train from New York City. Here NOTE: Do nat p/#Ct ,&lunons to t.1I the lure of swimming, boating, tennis, handball, basketball, p ing·pong, positions 011 <1111' , ..rd; ht SU't to i"Jic<ll.t bridge and many other activities will vie for the spare time of the (011"1 nu mbu 0/ position being wInd, chC'Ss player , his family and visitors, when not contending over the .. nd "in tht 'lull ""mt .nul .uJJ'tl1 of checkered bOard. thl so/O'er /0 .mist jn P'OIU' " tJilin, r,f Planned to cambine chess with I;=============~ mill/ion, Whit!! to play a vacation Qu ting, a special low rate of $3 per night per person USCF EXP ELS NO EAGLE FLIES GRKAVAC TAKES (with children under 12 at half­ WHITAKER IN BROOKLYN MILWAUKEE CITY price) has been set for lodgings by For the first time in its history the United States Chess F ederation Owners of the Brooklyn Eagle, .foh n B. Grkavac in a 40-player the Mohegan Country Club for the entrants, their families and visitors. h u taken punative action against a one of the oldest of AQi!I!rica's Swiss tallied 8-1 to win the Milwau­ me mber by voting the e xpulsion newspapers, have announced the kee City Championship. losing no Meals may be obtained at reason­ of Norman T . Whilal<e r, of Shady permanent d iscontinuance of the games but drawing with Ralph able prices in various surrounding Side, Md.. from membership. paoer. For some \'leeks a strike by Abrams and George H'lrley. Sec­ restaurants and lunch-rooms. The aclion of the USCF Execu­ :Ii.!", , (hite~ J·OI this vi.i" .. lioli tive C()'l1onittf>'l' Was b~',!,d ,r im ~ .i 'Y the Newspaper Guild has prevent­ ond place went to John Carroll upon a six.page mimeOgraphed let· ed Imblicalion, and a statemcnt by with 7·2 score, losing games to tournament afe May 2Q.21-22, 1955, t er, dated December 30, 195-4, whicn the owncrs has been issued saying Grkavac and Daniel Clark. Third and it will be a 100% USOF Rated was widely circulated by Mr. Whita­ Event. It will be a Six Round Swiss, ke r and which in the opinio n of t he that it is financially impossible to and fou rth on weighted points Exe cutive Committee transcended meet the wage demands of the with 6112 -2% each wcre former 50 moves in two hours, with games ..II bounds of f ree speech in its .. t ­ Gui1d. Wisconsin State Champion Arpad adjudicated after 4 hours play by lacks upon the charact e r .. nd integ­ U. S. Masler Max Pavey. Ties will rity of USCF officials. Contributing E. Elo and Ralph Abrams. Elo lost With the Eagle perishes a fa­ be broken by Median System and f actors to the decision of ttle Execu­ mous che s~ column, editcd by Her­ to Grkavac and Clark, while draw­ t ive Committee we r e nume rous oth_ the pairings py Harkness System, er at'uks Of a similar nalu r e mitde mann Hel ms , dean of American ing with Averill Powers, Milwau­ b y M r. Whihker over a period of kee Journal chess columnist; Ab­ witoh USCF Memix'rship Secretary Chess. For mOTe years than most Kenneth Harkness u.s tournament ye .. rs. chess pl ayers can remember Mr . rams lost to Carroll and E lo, while The r evocation of the USCF memo director. bershlp of Mr. Whitaker was ac· Helms has becn conducting his dr awing with Grkavac. The tournament will be open to Fifth to seventh with 6-3 each compllnied with the furthe r provi­ Eagle chess column, without doubt aU players, from patzers to experts, sions that Mr. W hitaker be barred the oldest chess column in years wcrc Daniel Clark, Marshall Roh­ with only rated Masters ineligible forever from participating in .. ny of continuous service in the cou n­ land, and William Mack. Tied a t to participate. Entry fee is $5.00 Tournament, Match or other chess 5 % -3 lfl for eightb to thirteen event sponsored by the USCF Or ih try. Following on the discontinu· to USCF members, non-members affiliates; that in the future no ance of the chess column edited places were E l"Dest Rozkalns, must pay $5.00 USCF dues in ad­ tournament In which Mr. W hitaker by H. R. Bigelow in the New York George Hurley, Averill P owers, particip..te d would be eligible for dition to entry fee. Entries wiII be rating. Post, the passing of the Brooklyn James Mangan, Fred Clark, and accepted at Mohegan Country Club Eag]e leaves New York City served Charles Weldon. Prior to De cembe r , 1954 the USCF up to 7:00 p.m. (but no later) on officials hesitated to t .. ke action only by the chess columns of Her­ Friday, May 20U1, but the part of aga inst Mr. Wh itaker, being r eluc­ mann Helms in the N.Y. Times and TORONTO SCHOOLS wisdom is to mail entry fees at tant to curt.. 11 the chess career of N.Y. World-Telegram & Sun. a player who possessed such a diS­ once to the United States Chess tinguished record; but the nature ORGANIZE CHESS FederaUon, 81 Bedford Street, New of the .. tt.. ck u pon the Federation Following the example of Cleve­ York 14, N.Y. (with or without pay­ and its officer. made by Mr. Whit. PLAYERS PLAN land, Milwaukee and a few other ment for lodging) so that arrange­ ker in his circul .. r I"tter, dated De­ alert cilies, the Toronto Public cember 30, 1954, left the Federation FOR INTERZONAL ments for the comfort and pleasurc no other alte rnative. Schools have organized chess to of the participants can be made While not recenlly the winner of Three U.S. players, Samueal Re­ the point where n ow a first Toron­ shevsky, Arthur Bisguier, and Lar­ more effectively. any national chess e vent, Mr. Whit. to Schools Championship is possi­ ker was twice Western Chen Asso­ ry Evans, arc reported to have Winner will be r ecognized as the ble. It was held at Rosedale Public ci..tion Ch ampion (in 1923 .. nd l UG). plans for remaining in' Europe af­ U. S. Amateur Champion and re­ .. nd won the National Chess federa­ School in February with 139 stu­ ter the match with the USSR in ccive a trophy; highest ranking lion Championship o f 1927. More re­ dents from 16 schools participat­ woman player will be recognized cently Mr. Whitaker h ... won uri­ June, since they are scheduled to ing. DUS State Tournaments, h is latest appear as the USCF representa­ as U. S. Women's Amateur Champ­ victory being in t he Tennessee Open Finalists were: Wendy Lesmond tives in tbe FIDE Interzonal Tour­ ion and also receive a trophy. Thcre Championship at Bristol Ove r New 5-1 in Girls' Finals; Dave Grim­ nament to be held at Gote'borg, will be trophies as well for Class Year's weekend. Sweden, beginning August 27th. shaw with 3-1 in Secondary A, Class B, and Class C players Schools' Finals (he was already the with the highest scores. No cash victor of the Tor onto Chess Club prizes, since this is strictly a n major tournament); Jerry Apple­ U. S: OP.EN amateur event. U. S. JUNIOR baum with 6-(l in the Grades 5 & 6 The U. S. Amatetu Championship , CHAMPIONSHIP Finals; Dick Marino with 3lh-lh in was primarily the idca and hobby CHAMPIONSHIP August 8-5M}, 1955 the Grade 7 Finals; Stan Matjesic of ·the late Waiter Stephens of blly 15-24, 1955 and Robert Hills with 4-1 in the New York, who as USCF Vice­ Long Beach, California Grade 8 }1nals (Matjesie won the President managed and staged the Lincoln, Nebraska play-{)ff). (Please turn to page 7, col. 3) The :Massachusetts State Chess Finish It The Clever Way! b, Umun4 Nuh Association's Washington Birthday mecting was a gala event with c/.u • .,lie PO/ilion No. 149 Position No. 110 Chet Barham winning the Class A ltapid Transit. whHe Or. Sam Kra­ SmY$lov vs.
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