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Carribean Commonwealth of Chess -Q UNITE D Volume XVIII Num ber 11 December , 1963 EDITOR: J. F. Reinnardt YOUR BEST MOVE IN '64 Last year, during our d rive to £Jnance the U. S. team's participation in tne Varna CHESS FEDERATION Olympilid, one USCF member wrote us to say that our team could "walk home" ror all he cared and that the masters should learn to look out fo r themselves. PRESIDENT Ma jor Edmund B. Edmondson, Jr . That member, we arc happy to say, represents an ever·dwindling minority within the Federation. Most or us know that the US C.. ~ has, by its very nature, the respon­ VICE·PRESIDENT sibility to develop talented ehessplayers and to give them opportunities of sharpen· David Hoffmann ing their ~k il1 s in competition with the best players in the wor ld. REGIONAL VICE·P RES IDENTS Our system of weekend Swiss tournaments-once so severely criticized- has NEW EN GLAN D Ell Bourdon produced an abundant crop of talented young players since World War II. Bobby JamCl Burgen S t anley King Fischer , of course, comes immediately to mind, but there are more and more play· ers 0'£ Bobby's age and younger who show great promise. The full development of EASTERN Donald Schultz ChafIn KeYler that promise depends, to a great extent, on the opportunities provided them for Pete r Berlow strong inter national co mpetition. M ID·ATLANTIC ~'red Town.end Coorie Thomas If you agree that ou r participation in international chess is important, and if WlIlIa", S. Oyland you realize that it's rather costly, you should, by all means, make yourseU familiar SOUTH ER N with the solution that the USC I<' will try in the early months of 1964: " International" Tournaments fo r all. Chances arc, you haven't heen invited to the next Interzonal. Don't despair; you can still play in the next best thing- an International Tourna G RE AT L AKES t", Wm . JUr.ue r Or. Howard O ll b ~ ment that will make American participation in tbe Interzonal possible. Norbert Matthew. U's a grandmaster move that any potzer can make! NORTH CENTRAL SOUTHWEST ERN Juan J. Reid Jobn Bellllni K ennet h Sm I h WHERE ARE THOSE RATINGS? PACIFIC Our biggest goo[ of '63-a r ating list too late for tbis issue- gives us a chance to make our fi rst resolution for '64 : more rating li sts and faster r ating service. SECRETARY Marshall Rohland Actually, we co uld have given you an Annual List in this issue; however, it would have omitted just about everything played after Labor Day. Rather than NATIONAL CHAIRME N and OFFICERS that, we've held up in an attempt to make the li st as up·to·date as possible for the ARMED FORCES CHESS .... ... .... ... ....Ro hcrt Knoh January CHESS LIFE. BUS INESS MA NAGER", .. ", .. , .. " .. J . F. Uelnhardt COLLEGE CHESS .......... ............. .... ....... Owen lIarch In the meantime, we will make extra efforts to supply players and tournament IN OUSTR IA L CHESS ......... .. .S ta nlcy W . D. Kin!! directors with rating information that would ordinarily have appeared in this issue. Requests for the ratings of players (i n li sts of up to thirty names) will be supplied IN ST ITUT IO NS C H ESS ..... .........Dr. Ra lp h Kuhn$ to tournament directors within 24 hours of our receiving their letter or postcard. INTERNATIONA L AFFA IR S .... ........ J erry Spann Requests fo r individual ratings will, of course, receive the same emergency treatment. JUNIOR CHESS .................... )'\ordecal D. T reblow MASTERS A FF AI RS ... ...... .. ... ...... " .... Ro bert Byrne MEMBE RSH IP.... " ...... " ........ Edward A. Olck enon JOIN THE UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION MEMB ERS HIP SEC RETA RY ... " ....... G reta Fucb8 NOMI NATIONS .. .............. Dr . A le :>: J a nushkowaky US CF 1& a DOn-pront democr s Uc o r lanba tlon, the ola dal , overnlng body and FIDE unit P RES IDE NTIAL ASSI STANT .......... Frcd C ra mer for ch u a to the USA. All,Jone toter<l!&ted LA advlDcln, Ame ricUI cbeu Ia ellatble f o r memberlhlp. RATING STATISTICIAN ................ Oavld Da nie ls RATING SYSTEM...... _.... __ ...... ~ .... _Ar pad E. &\0 M. m,",nhip, tnducl.lnJl CHESS LIFE .... bacripUOn, eU,lblUt,. fo r USCF -raUne, and all SWISS SYSTEM ME THDDS........... Arpl d E. Do privUeee.: 1 yr .: $SOO; 2 yn .: • .50; 3 ,.n.: 'U . ~ S ustalnLD.: ' 10.00 (becomea lIle Memberahlp TAX DE DUCTIBILITY .............. Dl vld 1I0 rrminn alter 10 ~menb); LIfe: $100.00. F am ily "", ,,,,",nIIlp (two or more family members at same TOU RNAMENT AOM __ . ___ Geor le Ko lt.<l nowl kl addreD, o m y one CHESS LIFE .... b&criptlOD) : rates II sbove fo r 11m family mem ber, plus TOURNAME NT RULES._. __._. __ J ames S herwin tolJowlne fo r u cla additional m em ber: 1 yr .: $t.5O; 2 yrs.: $4.75; 3 yn.: $41,75. TREASU RER __... _._ ....................... ~_ Dll l ton Rus ltln U. S. CHAMP IONS HI P .......... _ .... Mau r lce Ku per WOMEN'S CHESS ........ " ................ ".".Evl Aronson CHESS LIFE Ia puNlsbed monthly by USC,. and ent ered II lecond·d... "" matter at Dubuque, Iowa. Non-mem ber I-yr .... blK'ription: $4.00 (55.00 o utside USA ); .In.le eopy: 40c (SOc oul.a!d" USA). Change of adel .....: Allow four weeka notice; pleue a:tve u. both the new sddreu and WORLD CHESS FEDERATION {F.I .D.E.J the old add r ess, Inciudln. the numbe" . an" .btes OD the t op lIDe 01 your I t encll. Jerry G. Spann Vice-Pr esident, Zone 5 (U.S.A.) Address sll communu:a UO IlL and mue aLI Clleck. p ayable t o: UNIT ED STATES CHESS FEDERATION. SO e ..t t Utl Str"t. NEW YORI( 3, N.Y. 298 CHESS LIFE T AUTVAISAS TOPS scoring junior under 18 went to Michael IN ILLINOIS OPEN Blechar of New York City. The tournament, co-sponsored by the Chicago master Paul Tautvaisas took USCF and the New York State Chess top honors in the 85-playcr Illinois Open, Association, was directed by USCF Bus· played in the Windy City from October iness Manager J. F. Reinhard! with the 26 through November 3. Tautvaisas' capable assistance of Region II Vice President Peter Eerlow. U. S. Champion score was 7·1, which placed him a half Robert Fischer appeared in a new role­ point ahead of Robion Kirby and Erik as tournament adjudicator. Karklins, who finished second and third The next issue of the New Yo.'k State respectively. The tournament was a newsletter, to be mailed in late January, strong one, with eleven masters and will contain the complete cl"oss!ablc of fourteen experts included in the line­ this year's Greater New York Open, All up. competitors will receive a copy since they are now members of the state or­ Tops among the ten junior players ganization. was Ralph Tobler Jr. who posted a Previous Greater New York Cham· strong M2. A total of 29 previously un­ pions: rated players entered the tournament, l89S-Harold M, Phillips indicating that the boost given to Chi­ 1956-William Lombardy 1959-Pal Benko cago chess by the U. S. Open is attract· 1960- Walter Shipman ing new faces. Gn.ndmaster Pal Benko 1961- Pal Benko AND AGAIN IT'S BENKO! 1962-James Sherwin and Arthur The tournament was the first to in· Feuerstein (tic) volve sponsorship by the newly-formed The weekend after his Milwaukee vic­ Chicago Chess Foundation. Also in­ tory, Pal Benko entered the 123-player Greater New York Open played at the volved, as co-sponsors of the event, were Henry Hudson Hotel in Manhattan. Wins FISCHER PLANS TOUR the Illinois Chess Association and Gom­ over Milford Fredenburgh (1852), Charles pers Park. Frank Skoff directed. Hidalgo (2022), i\Iorton Siegel (2199), August Rankis (2261), and a draw with Larry Gilden (2319), sent Benko into the final round a half point behind Inter­ BENKO TAKES N. C. O. national Master James Sherwin, with Grandmaster Pal Benko compiled a whom he was paired. Sherwin had won five straight, his victims being Martin 6%·% score to take first prize in the Herrick (1851), Alex Dunne (1999), Dave 10th Annual North Central Open, played Daniels (2169), William Hook (2116), and ITI Milwaukee from November 28 Miro Radojcic (2216). The usual hair­ through December L Robert Byrne, M. raising Benko·Sherwin time scramble en­ Sweig, and Angelo Sandrin finished with sued and a largc crowd of spectators 6 points, and Curt Brnsket, Richard Ver­ surrounded the table. In a tricky posi­ tion, with both queens roaming the ber, Al Sandrin, and Mark Schulman board and with many possibilities for a scored 5'k. ' ' perpetual, Sherwin overstepped and We have not, as we go to prcss, re· Benko took a clear first and became the United States Champion Bobby Fisch· ceived an official report on this tour­ Greater New York Open Champion. er has announced plans for h.is Iirst nament and we are indebted to George As a result of his loss, Sherwin en­ transcontinental tour. He will be avail· Sendeckyj, a former USCF business of· tered a nine·way tie for the remaining able for simultaneous exhibitions and fice employee who is now doing post­ cash prizes, the other 5-pointers being lectures from February through May Feuerstein, Asa Hoffmann, Joseph Rich­ graduate work at Northwestern, for the of 1964 and collegcs, chess clubs, and man, Dr. Ariel Mengarini, Joseph Wel­ above information.
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