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A merica j C lz. e:Jd rJewdpapel' Copy:ig;,? 1959 b y U nited St a tes Federation Vol. XIV, No.3 Monday, October 5. 1959 15 Cents Lombardy Wins U. S. Seeded Event William Lombardy, former World Junior Chess Champion. achieved Cyor-1924 NAGY one of the greatest triumphs of an already brilliant career, by winning Conducted by the U.S. Seeded Championship of 1959, topping nine other masters nnd grandmasters in this star-studded event sponsored by E. Forry Laueks in honor of the Log Cabin Chess Club's 25th Anniversary. Lorn· FRED M. WREN bardy won five games and drew foul' for his 7·2 score, and for the 1st Editor CHESS LIFE Prize of $1 ,200. The favored international , Pal Benko, who had finished a half·point ahead of Lombardy in the recent Greater New York Open, In thc diagram at right White had to be content with a reversal of standings, which found him in tossed away a fairly easy win by second place with a score of 6% ·2%, compiled by winning four and drawing five games. Benko's grief at finishing out of first place was playing 1. Q·B8ch. After deciding probably somewhat assuaged hy the magnificent second prize of $1,000. wh . 8 ·K2 P.K4 B-Q3ch; 29. K-Nl, Q-N6; 30 . R.K2 (30. 1. N·KBl N.KB3 13. P·BS P·N3 7. N·8 3 ...... R-KB1. B_B4 ) Q·R7ch; 31. K·BI (31. K.B2. 2. P·B4 P-K3 mack'S position is already untenable. Solne ao"e Of the opinion that 7. N·N] B-N6ch l Q-RBc h ; l2. K_B2, R-KDl ch. If 28. 3. P·KN3 P·Q N3 Ineffective Is 13 ...... , PxP; u. PxP. g iVes White II rn,Uer chance oC o btaln­ K-RI, Q.N& ; 29. R·K2, R·KBI t hreate ning 4. B· N2 B·N1 BxB; IS. NxB, and the threat of N-QS inl:' an opening advantal:e. B"N foilo"'ed by R·BSeh . U U. P_N4. S. 0 ·0 P' 8 4 Is hardly pleasant. Neither Is 13. __ ..... 7 • ...••.•. R-KB1; 29. K·N2, R· B6 wlth a lltat pin. l> . P.Q3 ...... P·B3 pla yablc, on account or H . P·N6, 8. 0 ·0 21 • . __.~_ Q.N6 6. P-Q4, P KP; 7. NlIP or 7. QKP lellds lnlo P·KR3; 15. Q-R5 f(lUo wed by the sacrlfl~ t. 8 ·KNS 29. Q·K2 ...... f amiliar lines of t he Queen'. Indian of a piece with BxRP. 9. B·K3 Is more usual. 29. QxB, QxRch; 30. K·R2 was, or COUNe, Defenee. The text move leads Into Icss­ 14. B·B4 9...... QN-Q2 much beiter , but BIQck wo uld h(we won Imown ground In whleh blaek has t o 10. Q-Q2 P_R3 after a 101111 s t ruggle. The text-move pl ay ,·ery ac eurll ~ly to obtain equality. 11 . 8 .K3 ...... Im;es immediatel),. My oppOnent was In White's Immediale o bJodlve Is 10 build 11. B-R4 I. more conSiste nt with White's terrific time trOUble at t his point. up a wonder ful center with P -K4, ele. 9th mOVe. 19...... R. KBI 6 . ., ...... 8 ·K2 30 . K-Rl BKN n ...... I 6 . ...•....• P-Q4 II Indicated, In o r der t o 12_ QR·Ql Resigns pr e vent 7. P-K4. The Intended n ply t o Alter 3l. QxB, R-B8ch win•• 13. N·Q5 ~ ...... ~fI ...... P_Q4 was "1. P lIP, PlIl' (7 ...... , If 13. N·QR4, P·QR4; 14. B·Q3, B-N2 wins NxP; 8. Q.R4<:h. Q_Q2; 9. Q·KN4 with a pawn. good attacklttg chances) 8. N-R'" to be 13 • ...... • followed by N-KB5. 14. Qx N •...... •• . 7. P·K4 ...... Il 14. PxN, P-QR4 fOllowed by P _KB4 White h8$ now achloved his ObJect ive, with the nasty threat Of P-S5. The freeln r move of 7...... "., P -Q4 Is n ot 14 •...• ,," R. NT HAYES W INS IN anymore avanable to black, on account U. N-Q1 B·N2 CINCINNATI of 8. BPxl', PxP; 9. P. . K~, KN·Q2; 10. 16. Q-N3 N·B3 P.Q4 ~ 0 -0; 11. N·B3 with m uch t he 17. P-KB4 Central Parkway Y.M. C. A. was better or It. PoUlble was 17. Q"NP, BxP; 18. Q·R4, 7 ...... the scene of the Cincinnati Open B·N2 wllh equal chancel. Chess Championship on August 1 17""... .. Q.8 2 .. " .... 17 . .. " .... , P XP; 18. BxBP. NxP ; 19. NxN • and 2. Ci ncinnati players gave a BxN; 20. Q-N3 luda to very little lor good account of themselves as they Position after 14. B·B4 black. turned back visiting experts from I chose to keep t he pOSition a uld. 14 ...... __ , B-Q3 is ImpoSSible, because of 18. PKP as far away as Chicago. Rea Hayes, 15. p·K5 wtnnlnll: a pleee; also, 14 ...... , 19. 8 ·Q B4 N-NS local chess playing actuary and P·Q3; 15. P·B6 wins a pieee . 14 ...... _., '"' chess organizer. placed first wi th p·K4 dangerously hands over control of II perfect 6-{) score in the tou rna­ black's Q4 to Whlte_ ment directed by Jerry Hanken, 14. . ______. Q·Bl 15. P·86 B·Q3 current Cincinnati champion. 16. BxB Second and third places were al­ 16. p ·K5, B- N I follOWed by P-Q3 wo uld have frlOCd Slack's pieces unnecessar lly. so awarded to two Ci ncinnatians 14...... NxS tied with 41h -l lh-Robert Mc. 17. Q·N4 N·Kl Cready, former Ohio champion, Black's tl mldi t ~' In thc opening has com­ and F red Bahr, onc of our promis­ p le lely Immobili%ed his forces. 18. Q·R4 P·K4 ing younger players. EvCD in an Relatvely best was 18 ...... • P _KR4, but a-way tie for 4th place with 4-2, after 19. PxP, e.p., {or 19. R·B2 follow_ Tom Lajcik and J ack Riesenbeck ed by N·B3 with e(lncentration On upheld tbe local colors. 0 t h e r s Black's KRP wou ld also have rn,en Positl'lI\ .. fle r 9. N-Kl decl&ive l K. R2; 20. N-B3, and white 13 a sharing this honor were Doyle Sat­ Undertaking an Immediate pawn.push. clear pa wn ahead, plus the s uperIor tcrlee, Elmhurst, Ill.; Jerold Fink p-KB4 and P-KN4. This arrreuive positIon. and Richard Ling, Dayton; Donald threat, although at an early staMe, Is 19. Q-R6 • Jones and Walter Henry. For t dlfflcult t o mcoL Blnck's p(lsition Is now hopeless. White Wayne ; and Pat Forsee of Lo uis­ 9...... Q·B2 call bide hi. Ume In huildln" up 0 Pos ition " ner 19 ...... , N.NS matlnl: net eit her at KN7 or at KR7. ville. 'My o pponent appaNlntly deCided to III_ My opponent p dmltted that t his mOve nor e the t h reat. IneUective' would have 19...... N_K3 never occurred to him . Pat Forsee and Jerold F ink also heen 9 ...... p_Q4, becausc of 10. SPxp. 20. N·K2 Q-B3 20. RxP ...... 21. R·Bl divided a prize lor the top player. ?xl'; 11. P XP, N_QR4 (11. .. ,,"" N-QS); B_Bl Be!t. After 20. BxP~h, K·RI: 21. K-HI 12. P-Q6 wins materlal) 12. Q-S3. Q-Q2; . 22. N·B2 ...... (what else?) NxD; 22. QxN, B.N4; 23. age 18 or under. Ron Weidner, 13. N-B2, QR·QI; 14. N·K3. white remain_ J could have WOn II piece wIth 22 _ R-R.'l. Q·QN3. QR·Ql Black wlnll a piece. For Ii Ci ncinnati; Ch uck McCracken, Co· Ing a pawn ahead with an excellent but black would b ave gotten two pawns, 24 . B·Q5. Bx N. lumbus; and Selden Trimble, J r., po:ritlon. Relath'cly bost was a...... • Dftcr U . •_ _..... , N"P (N4); !l. QlIN, QxP. N·KI; 10. P·S4, P-B4. The tellt·n10'·e is more deci:rive. 10 . ... "... RxR of Hopkinsville. Ky., shared a 10. P·B4 QR.QI 21. BxRch K-Rl special prize for the best score / 12...... P-QJ 22. N.8l 11. P·KN4 ...... 23. N·K3 N(Kl )_ B1 The o nly poulblU t y. (3) made by a cl ass B player ac­ The onn,sh of the pa wns II • serio us 24. N·BS R... Jgns cording 10 the rating system used matter for black; hll pO.IUo n 10'111 be­ T he t hreat of 25. R-R3 can not be come stcadlly more cramped. by the United Stales Chess Feder­ parried. ation . • Vol. XlV, Number 3 inquiries, saying that he was going to eat it all himself first!) Alexander OctoOcr :l, Hl59 on another occasion asked Smyslov how long it wo uld take him to win his adjourned end·game with Filip: "I've still got to play it, you know!" PubUahed twice a month on the 5th and 20th by T HE UNIT ED STATES CUESS replied Smyslov refusing to count his chickens. Needless to say he won FEDERATION. Entered aa Iccond class matter September 5, 19-16, at t he post oUlee it. Keres is perhaps the most likeable of all. A top·class tennis player lit Dubuque; Iowa, under t he act DC March 9, 1879 . and extremely handsome, he always had a kind word for everybody. Editor: FRED M. WREN Heidenfeld, Dreyer , and 1 were wal king back to the hotel after an POSTMASTER; Ple ase ret u r n unde liverable copln wit h Form 3579 to Frank adjOUrnment session when Keres and Petrosian overtook us. Keres at Brady, USCF BU $l ness Mlnage r, 80 Eu t 11th Street, Ne w York 3, N. y , once moved over to Heidenfeld, put his ar m around his shoulders in the friendliest manner, and inquired, "Well, how are you boys getting on .A" CI.p!.."/ !), ",tit • .A ..J./ou,,/ in your first Olympiad?" Bronstein is just the same. Heidenfeld, who knows them all introduced me to h im and he told us to our peat amuse­ Did you ever stop to realize, when describing, or listening to a de· ment: " says 'Reshevsky has no idea: " scription of a certain event, that someone else might have seen the same event, and might have obtained an entirely different impression Bronstein, alas, who at his best has probably produced more real of it? Remember the story of the three blind men who were asked by a genius and originality over the board than any player since Alekhine, is fourth to describe an elephant. One groped and found a leg, and imme· but a shadow of himself. There is a persistent rumour of hear t trouble diately stated that the elephant was like a tree. Another fo und the tail, and certainly it is nDt the real Bronstein who produced fifteeen mainly and announced that the first man was mistaken. since the elephant was colourless draws in a single tournament at Portor oz or who could only simply a living rope. The third sightless individual, who had run his win three out of seven as number four in a team tournament. hand over the beast's broad side and flank, sa id, " You are both wrong­ Tal, though a teacher of Slavic languages, speaks little English. an elephant is like a house! " While you are trying to visualize the im· (When presented at the fi nal ceremony wM h a handsome . pression which the fourth man must have obtained from the three reo Lombardy congratulated him saying, "Now you'll really be able to play ports of what an elephant is like, let's turn to chess. a decent game of 'blitz.' '' Tal put his arm in Lombardy's and said, The of 1958 must have seemed like a lot "Let's go!") This is a real genius whose brain works like lightning; he oC things to a lot of different people. To USSR's Tal it must have seemed was, of course. ludicrously under·matched at nu mber five. A loud bU rst to be an almost complete suc cess. To Hungary's Barcza it must have of applause after about an hour's play (the first session was fi ve hours) seemed like an unmitigated waste of time and money. To USA's non· usuaJly meant that Tal's opponent had been duly mated somewhere in playing captain, Jerry Spann, it must have been a frightful headache. the middle of the board. 1 thought CHESS LlFE readers might be interested to read what a Russel! . of Ireland, was recounting with real pride that Tal had member of the South African team reported on his return down under. actually used half an hour on hi'" clock in their g'lme when he was The following comments were made by Mr. K. F. Kirhy, as originally silenced by somebody pointing out that Tal had spent most of that reported in "The South African Chessplayer" and as reprinted in Aus· halr·hour in looking at games at other boards! He may well be the t ralia's "CHESS WORLD," edited by C. J . S. Purdy, international mas· strongest playcr in the world. . t er, and former WorJd Champion. Petrosian is another genius of a different type. So quick and cer· tain is his judgment that Alexander was quit.e ser ious in saying that WE DISCOVER THE LIGHTNING WORLD CHAMPION if he played simultaneously at four boards in the Olympiad be would Shortly after my arrival I was thrilled to the marrow to recognize have no difficulty in qualifying for the top twelve! His 'only fault is {rom their photographs the famous figures of Flohr, looking very old; lack of the "killer" instinct which Tal possesses in so marked a degree. Kotov, who looks like nothing so much as a cheerful, chubby teddy b'ear; It may prevent him {rom becoming wo rld champion. As soon as he . and Boleslavsky. The latter is short, stout, and balding, and his peering, heard that Grivainis was a Latvian Tal took an interest in him and they blinking look gives colour to the story that he is nearly blind. I am as· had at least one long conversation at Tal's request. Tal says he has had sured, however, by Wade and Alexander who know hi m well that this to give up his teaching post as he is away six months at a stretch play· is quite untrue. and that he is very annoyed about the rumour. ' ing chess. But he has no economic worries! By the ti me Dreyer ar rived a crowd had collected around one of the tables where Kolov and a slight dark individual were playing five­ A final story. In our match with Iceland we were very anxious to minute games with a clock. Pelrosian was easily recognizable, dark too, anal y~e out a win for Isaacson in his adjourned game with J onsson. To and like Kotov lull of Cu n. Kotov's opponent could only be the legendary our surprise Petrosian cheerfully came over to help but after a brief Tal, winncr of two consecutive Russian championships and the strong· glance declared it was a draw. In spite of further intensive aid from est of all the Interzonals which had r ecently been completed at Portoroz. Golombek and Franck (champion of Belgium) Petrosian was proved Among the onlookers were the mighty Bolvinnik, a litHe reserved and correct. self.consciousjo. Bent Larsen who seemed rather upset and morose alter RUSSIANS NERVOUS his bad shOWing at Portoroz, and young Ca rdoso of the Philippines. While Dreyer and I watched, entranced by the brilliant combina· The teams and the tournament come next. 'Ilhe enormous strength tions that Tal and Kotov were conjuring up in split seconds, the plump, of the Russians, with Tal and Petrosian, who would be numbers one .md rather moonfaced figure of Lombardy appcarcd. After a word or two two in any other country except Yugoslavia, as HUh and sixth boa rds, from Tal, Kotov made way for thc newcomer and we settled down to is only too obvious. Yet they looked at one time in real danger of los· see the American (junior wo rld champion) massacred by the Latvian ing and were undoubtedly very worried themselves. As the finals pro· gressed and the Yugoslav s continued to lead, the evening summonses tiger. It did not happen. To our amazement Tal's brilliant sacrifices were calmly refuted by Lombardy who afterwards attacked decisively him· "Herr Kotov, telephone to ," "Herr Tal, telephone to Ri ga" be· came more frequent, and jokes about accommodation in Siberia began self- all this played, it must be remembered, at rather faster tban five seconds a move! After three consccu tive defeats Tal made way for to go the rounds. Petrosian. At lirst Lombardy said "No! No!" in horror, but eventually Botwinnik was in wretched form. He had difficulty in drawing his agreed to play. And then we did indeed sec the world's greatest light· first round game with Donner , and provided a colossal sensation by ning player in action. No fi reworks from him but a gradual remorseless losing to Duckstein of Austria. Although he improved considerably in . encroachment like the work of a horde of termites. We left after Lom· the finals he never looked like a world champion and the general opin· bardy's fi ft h consecutive defeat! , ion is that he has little chance of holding on to his title in the next world championship, whether his opponent is Smyslov, Tal, Petrosian or Gli· RUSSIANS POPULAR gorich. At the end of the dining·room was a long table filled entirely with Smyslov, too, while clearly a very great player, did not show the Russians. In addition to the team·members, Botwi nnik, Smyslov. Keres, zest and imagination of his earlier days, and we have already remarked Bronstein, Tal, Petrosian. there were Kotov. team captain . Flohr and on Bronstein's loss of form. It was therefore most for tunate for the Rus· Boleslavsky as seconds, and sundry other personnel, doctor. masseur, sians that they had two such tremendous reserves. trainer, commissars. chess d ignitaries and the like. One could not help The nervousness of the Russian command was strikingly illustrated feeling that some of them had wangled a fo reign holiday! by what Alexander christened " the Great Package Deal ." In the match And now something about the players as individuals. The Russians Russia \'s. Argentina Smyslo\' made a quick draw at first board with were generally enormously popular, and most deservedly so. Botwi nnik Pil nik. Keres sacrificed a piece agai nst Panno and Tal the exchange seemed rather unhappy: he was in poor fo rm and conscious of a tre· against Sanguinetti. Bronstein had a very slight end·game plus against mendous load of responsibility as World Champion. Scrupulo usly polite Eliskases. At this stage Kotov, as team captain, offercd Pilnik three and well ·behaved, he was rather aloof and reserv ed otherwise. Smyslov draws on the remaining boards wh ich the latter accepted. Panno, ex­ was charming. He speaks excellent English as does Keres, and one of pecting to win. was fu rious, so. for the same reason, was Tal. The deal his fi rst actions was to come over to the English table to present his was criticized, but appears to be well within the ru les. friend Alexander with a jar of Caviar. (Alexander pushed aside all (Continued on page 7) USCF Member ship Dues, IncludLng !iUIHicrlptLon 1(.0 Chess urc. per iodical publi. CHANGE OF ADDRESS; f our weeks' notice required. When or dcrlng chunge cation of ""tlonal chess rating. and all Ollwr vrlvUeg ~": plcasc furnish an Rddress stencil Impr ession from recem Issue or l'xact repro· ONE Y EAR; 55.00 TW O YEARS, $9.50 TH REE YEARS ; $13.50 LIFE; $100.00 ductlon. Including numbers and dates on l OP line. 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MILWAUKEE- (Cont. from )1. 7) given for second place, l~ % for third CHESS TACTICS FOR and 10 % will be awardcd t he highest nnishln/l' JunIor. Thls event w1ll start ::It 12 '30 p.m. FrIday and Should prove of Interest to players and spectators By U. S. Master DR. ERICH W. MARCHAND alike. Arpad E. Elo, secretary of the WIiJ. consln Chen Association and long a leader In cheS! organization and promo· tional activities. Informed Ches.s LUe 0., Marchiu,d will answer b ~lIlnners' questions on this page, If o f sufflc ienl cause of tbe pin on BlaCk's Bilbop. Ih31 all t oncerned feU thla schedule 'ient,,1 interest. T hose wishing a personal r ~ply sllould .. nclose stamped, self· 29 ...... _ 8 ·Nl 31. PxP .. , worth a trial . I4d rened envelo pe. Address: Dr. Erich W. March and, 192 Seville Driv., Rochester 30. R(2.,K2 K·BI Anolhe" Innovation and ono of special n. N.Y. This leaves Black with Isolated Pawns, Interest to those u nder 18 years of age 1. A'ISWerS to Readers' Questions but 3 1. ._...... , RxP; 32. p.K5, R.K3; 33. as .of Noyember 26th, will be the prizes BxP would lose a Pawn. gh'en to the two Junlo ~s with the best c ci wa rci n al'l l, ...· Jeslfield. f ~ .. w Jersey, wants to know how to 32. P·K5 PMP 3S. RoOB1 game scores but finlshln/l' out of the withstand the (oliowing procedure by White against his Alckhine's 33. AxP A·83 36. R·K4 prize monies. The highest tlnlshln/l' play­ Defense; 1. P'K4 , N-KB3; 2. N-QB3, P-Q 4; 3. P-Q5, P-Q5: 4. PxN, PxN; :14 . K·N2 B·B2 er of this group will be awarded SIS.OO and the Ml nner·up will receive $10.00. 5. PxNP. PxPch; 6. BxP, BxP; 7. P-QB3, Q-Q4 : 8. Q-B2. Answer: There The pmUoo Is sl Ul probably drawn No change has been made In the are at least two methods of meeting the above line. The firs t is to with careful play. But White ha, the entr~' fcc of $tO.OO nor In the guaran· tranSllOse by 2 ...... , P·K4 into the Vienna Opening, which is con- be tte r chances, and al,o Black happened teed prilenses 10 the 1961 Inte17.on31 Chan. plonshlp In Europe by This ma kes it a claSSical English Open. mnns of " rund drIve to be conducted for that purpose durin, 1960. ing (~ t least for the time beingl. 8y I. You will notice that t his Invita tion has been addrll ssed to II women players ...... N·KB3 Bl ack can almost force the , 'hl$ was nee"ssnry since Mabel Burllngam ~ and Nancy McLeod are tied In the game Into a KIng', IndIan Dcfen.se. Hating List with 111M points each. It Is my guess that there will be one player out With I...... , PIQB3 ; 2. P ·Q4, p.Q~ Ihe M the (jrst 11 that wJJJ be unoble to accept. If n ot, It may be necessary to Sla .. Defe nse to Ihe Queen's Gambit II I, a vc a 10 round rounTlIcil,atlng in t his historic event. 4. P.Q4. The nexl mOVt de clares Whlle'l but It wll\ be "open" Dnd It Is hOlled tbat the entry list will be large for thls intention to transpose Into a SicUJan nne·d ay affair. Position after 15 ...... , 8·K3 Defense with colors reversed. In short If you know now th3t you e.n and will accept this Invitation I would' very he will be playing the Dragon Variation 26. P·OSI P.8] much oppreciate hearlnt from you by return mall. If you need lime to consider, with an extra mo,'e In hand, Arter 2S...... , pxP; 27. PxP. B·B4 (27. I would be less than gracious If I did not al\ow II. but In any e ,·ent. 1 must 3. .. _._. P.Q4 6. P·0 3 8 ·K2 B:< P 7~ R(3.,Q3 wnnlng) Black Is badly know by no later than October I , so that other InVitations can be e"tended 4. P_P N:

USCF MEMBERS: Sub",it your luSI 8""'tl lor Ihil J"p~'tmm t 10 JOHN W . CO LL EGE CHESS LI FE COLLINS, Sruy ~ u~" 1 To,",", 521 Eas/ 14/h $1., Nn' y",k 9, N. Y. Spaa bti", P E RSONAL SERVICE Conducled bV limittd, Mr. C,,/I;" $ will ,efta the ma./ jfllutllj"8 ~ "d j1!lt"w i ~e for publication. The Editor of Ihis Dcp"r'mctll, Q W Ulla m F. Goel'!:, J r. U"!.H oliu.wiu slal.d ' IOU! 10 g"mrs art by Mr. C~I/jMS. femur N t ~~ Y OTk Siale Cha mpion, All coll ege clubs a nd plave rs I re urged to send ne WI ita .... s to W il liam ,mri Co·R, ~ iuT of "Modem C~SI T HE BAPTI SM OF A 16. B ~ P B· K2 F. G<'C!tz, Jr., Box 733, Wartbur 9 Coll ege, In vlcw CIf While's numerous Ihrult, VARIATION Openings," 9th Editio,., ",ill pl"y ,"01' Waverlv, Iowa. this Is thc only move that can hold " f the loaes the queen after 21. B·N3.) pleasure of seeing some of the stronge$t teams In tho s tate, defeating 211. R.QBI Q.N2 the C e d ~r Valley Chesl Cluh 11-3 a nd early Santnsi!!rc games with this 21. B·NI KR· Bl w).nning a return m atch from t he opening which I call "Santasiere's 2.2. P· R3 B.QI Cedar napl

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PRESIDENT BUSINESS MANAGER Dr. Erich W. Marchand HOlIrry Borochow (1'(.·rm Expirc.J 1960) (A ppoiutive) 192 Seville Dr. c/ o Grell Wast Llf. AlSur.nee Co. J erry Spann Rocheste r 17, N.Y. 6Ul WlI5h lr ••'vd . Frink R. Brady • Los Ang.las 48, C.lIf. 3011 Plleo ~ e. 11th St. EdgOllr T. McCormick Okl.hom. City 11, Okla. N. w York 3, N.Y. 1M N. Maple Ave. Fred Cramer PAST PRESIDENTS En t Orange, N.J . 2422 E. Br.dford Av,. Albert A. Wagner Jr. MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY MilWaukee 11 , W15. 93S9 S. Ab. rd•• n St. (Appointive) VICE PRESIDENTS ChiClljlo 20, III . SybiliOll Harkness (1'erms Expire 1961) LIFE DIRECTORS P . ul Gi.,5 10 E. 11th St. " Ely Orivi "'I I"" York 3, N.Y. Walter Shipman George Koltanowski F.yln lvlll., N.Y. 11 Park Pla ce Isaac KashdOlln HOlIrold M. Phillips EDITOR New York " N.Y. lie, S. Highl.nd 251 IIro.d"".y (Appointive) Dr. Norman Hornstein Los Angeles, Calif. "'Ie ... York " N.Y. Fred Wren Southport, North Carollnl Hermann Helms Frank R. Gr.ves Gov. House ISO Nassau 51. Irving Rivise New York, N.Y. '" E. Mulhy St. Perry, MI1 ne 3151 S. Sepulveda 8ldv. Ft. Worth, Texil Lewis J. Isaacs TOURNAMENT ADMINISTRATOR Los ~ngele5 34, Calif. SECRETARY 2955 W . Coyl, Ave. (Awv /nt/vc) Robert Eastwood Chiugo 45, III. ' (1· crl1l Expires 1960) George Koltanowski 3M 5. Krome Ave. S. S. Keeney MOlIn h.1I Rohland Homestead, FI I. 1256 Don.1d A ..... 48-46 N . 24th Pl u. 3049 Laguna St. Sin FranciSCO, C.1. Lakewood 1, Ohio MI1 .... uk.. " WIs. Anthony E. Santuier. TREASURER VICE PRESIDENTS VICE PRESIDENTS (Term.! Expire 1962) 610 Tr1n1ty AVI. (Appointive) (Teml3 Expire 1960) New York 5S, N.Y. Milton Ru skin Mrs. Gisela K. Greuer George S. Barnes Mrs. Caroline D. M. rs hall 250 W. 51 lh 51. 1130 Plrk Avenue 3001 Overlook Dr. 21 W. 10th 51. "'I ."" Yor k It, N.Y. "'I .... York 21, N.Y. M1nne.polis 20, Mlnn New York, N.Y.

USCF MEMBERSHIP & DIRECTORS MEETINGS ALL MEETINGS HELD IN THE HUNT ROOM, HOTEL SHERATON-FONTENELLE, OMAHA, NEBRASKA • MEMBERSHIP MEETING K. nsas (I): Robert Lee wrlchl, 1409 Fairmount. Wichita 14 K.ntucky (I ): William Seay, 1838 S. Limestone 51., Lexln,.ton July 23, 1959 Loulll.na (2): A. WYl tt J one_, P. O. Box 202, Shreveport The meellng wn eal\ed to order by the President, Mr. Jer,.. Spann. It wu The _econd Dlreetor to be named by the LSCA moved that the Minute. of the p rev10us me... lln, be appro,·ed as published prevloul­ Iy In Chen ure. Motion p. ssed. Ma1ne II ): Not dntc nded Maryl.nd (21: WUUlm C. KoenlC, 810 Braeslde Rr., Baltimore 211 There were n preooe nt at the meeUng. The C r~ e nt1 als Committee reported. S,.t. Robert A. Karch. RA I9354707 STU CO USA INT MP WPN that proxies were asal,. n~ to the rollowln,. memben prn!!nt: SCH APO In, New York, N.Y. Spann ...... _. .. _•... __ ._ •.••.. _.61 Koltano",. kl .•.• _...... __ ._ .. _. 3 Noblin ...... _.. _•.•• __ . __ ...... __ 2 MlSuchusetts 14): EmU Reuben" 5S Morae Ave., S haron. Mass. McClain •...•..• _ ... _...... _...... _.11 Bone _. . __ ...... • __ ...... _. 3 Hearst ._..... _ ...... I Henry E. Roek, Box 103, Be<:kett, MIA. McCorm.Jek .•.• _. ..•.••...... _...• 5 Sullinn ...... _•.... _...... • .._. 2 Creighton .. _. ._ .... _. ....• _. .•_. I Two d.irec\on yet tD be named by the MSCA M.reh.nd •._ .. _.. ... _._ ...... 3 Treblow ...... •....•.•. ._ ...•....•... 2 Gross ...... •.•...... _. ... 1 Cramer ...... 1 M1chl9.n (4): Thorn.. Jenklnf, 26401 York Rd., Huntington Wood. J.ck O'Keefe, 741 Sprln,. St., Ann Arbor The (ollo",lng were named DirectDri fDr 1959.1960: Paul U,.lvoet, 184~ nene. Detroit 21 AI. bam. (I ): Mr. Fred W. Kemp, 114 N. Vi lley Rd., P.lmeudale M1nnlsot. (3): Sheldon ReIn, 6901 S. Cedar Lake Rd., Mlnnupoll, zo Alilka (1): A nthony W. Schultz, BDX "'~ 4, Mt. View Br.nch. AnchDrage, Alukll. Robert Gove, Route 2, Wayzala, M1nn. Ariton. (I ): Lyn He nderson, 1517 N. 11th Ave., PhDenlx MelvIn Semb, Bolt 135, Win Dna, Minn. M11s1ss1pppl (2): Troy Miller, Bolt 431. Natchez, Miss. C.l1f ornl. (II ): Guthrie McClain, 244 Kearny S t., S.n Frenclsco William Rebald. 1626 Sacr.mento 51., Berkeley L. Peyton Cr owder, M iss. State College, Starkville Phillip D. Smlth. 1331 W. Rohlnson St., f'runo 5 MISSOUri (I ): Robert Steinmeyer, 1224 Hehx 603. Grand Forks c bess e"en ts: OhIo (4): S. RolS Ow e n ~. 124 South I'olnl Dr.• Avon Lake L WORLD ST UDENT TEAM CHAMPIONSHW- Varna, Bulgaria, J uly 1958. Ou r Slel'en L. i\larkow$kl, 707 E. Pearl 51., Toledo B learn plac...:! Sth. Due to lack ot t u nds .... e were not represented this year, hmes Schroeder, (39 E, Deshler AI'e" Columbus 6 2. MEN'S INTERZONAL TOURNA/IIENT - Aug ...sepl. 19$8. P . Benko tI...:! for Kobert R. McCready. 1I117] ZlgZal Rd., Cincinnati 3rd; Bo bby Fischer lied ror 5t h ; J . Sher win placed 17th out of a total o f Okla ho ma (1): Robert Virgen, 524 S. Boulder. T ulsa 21 players. P. Benko and R. Fbch er q u~lIt1e d to play In W orld Candid ate. O. e llon (1): Clark Hannon, 5706 S. E. Flora Drlvc. Portland Tournament In 1959. Pennsyl van ia (5): WUllam S. Byland, 156 Plymouth St., Pltt.burgh II 3. MEN'S OLYMPIC TEAM- Oct. 1958. O ur t eam eonslstlnjl" of Rellhevsk y, Anthon y Cantone, 1503 MimI" SI" PhiladelphIa Lombardy, Evons, Blsguler, ' n Ououmo, wit h Jer ry Spann as non·Playlng Gilbert Ra]ch, 28 E. Gorgll8 Lane, Phlladelphla 19 cnptaln placed 4th. T be 1960 Olympiad Is scheduled tor LeiI'd, trom Oct. 16 MordecaJ T r cblow, Box 188 Whitmo re Laborat ory, Unlvenlty to 1"0". 9. Park, Pa. 4. LADI ES WORLD CANDIDATES TOURNAME 1'.'T_Bulgarla, /II ay 1959. We ... ere Thomas C. Gul" kun.!, 1463 S. Jefferson St., Allentown entitled to two repre'entatlves: Mr •. Gisela Gresscr 3 nd Mrs. Sonja Graf Rhode bli nd (1): Not dulgnated Stc,·eoson. /IIrs. Stevenlon could not participate, folrl. Greuer p laced lltb South Cuollna (1 ): P rof. Laneau L. Foster , 121 Saluda Ave., Columbia o ul o f 15 pl.yers. Sout h Oako la (1 ): rot . F . Anderson, P .O. Box 1466. Rapid Clly S. WOIILD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHlP_$tart$ J uly 17, 1959. We .... IU not be Tl n nlnee (1): Jerry Sullivan, 1710 Yale Ave. S.W ., Knox ville 16 repreMOnled. T. xas IS ): C. Ha rold Bone, IOB .W . Ray. hore Dr., Baytown 6. flOE CONGRESS--Aull'. 1958, Dubrovnlk. William Lomblrd y rf!pr .."" nt...:! us. C. Fred Tears Jr., 2M9 f'ondrf!n Dr., Dalla. 5 The 1955 Conil .... " will tllke place In Luxembo u r , t rom Sept. 13 10 Sept. 24. James CRlghton, 3742 S hell Rd., Co rpus Christi 7. BOBBY F ISCHER played at Mar De l P lata In "'aRb 19$9 I nd tied lor 3ed, Robert Brieger, 220 W . 18th. Houston at Santiago, Chile lied ror 4th, and In Switzerland In May 1959, ... here be Ued Kenneth Smith, 1120 E I T h'oll Dr. . Dalla. [o r 3rd In a otron, Internallonal t ourname n t. The host countrlea paid for Vermont (1 ): Austin Hob.on, i Baird St., ",' anlpeller his travel expense. aa well as his stay there. Virg in ia (2): Col. J o hn D. Malhe.on , 1512 N. Highland St .. Arlington I S. INTERNATIONAL T ITLE AWARDS- P. Benko and R. Fischer were award ed Claude F. Bloodgood Ill. 95U _ 20th St., Norfolk 3 tlUe o f International Grandmast er, and J . Shcl'win, the title oC I n t ernational Wa.hlng ton (11: Olaf Ulvestad, 11757- 16th N.E., Seattle 55 Master. based On thclr performances In t he Inlenonal To urnament. M. Gultman West Vir g in I. (1): Edward Foy. 1563 Lewis St., Charleston I and V. Wilson wCre made Arbiters for Compositions, and M. Guttman Was Wi. ~ on . in (3): Herman C. Zierke, 3320--17th St .. Racine, Wis. named a m embcr of the Chess CompOSition Committee. Arpad Elo, 3935 N . Fleb r antz Dr., Brookfield 9. I. Kashdan Is our reprelenlBtlve on FIDE Revle .... For the coming year Ernest Dlfe, 1111 N. 10th St.. Milwaukee 3 there will be t he followIng [n t ernational events: Men '. World Candidates Wyom ing (I ): W. E. Ste"ens, 605 S . 13th, Laramie T o urnpm.. nt, Sept.·Oct. 1959, Yugoslavia. We will tend R. F ischer and P . Benko. Men's Zonal, 1960; WDmen 's Zonal, 1900; Wor ld S tudent Team, 1960; REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT Men's Olympic, 1960: FlOE Con,re... Presiden t Spann r evle... · ed tbe ma rked p rog N!15 that the USCF has made Our main p r Oble m hal been raising t he nece"ary tund. t o se nd r e presen ta. In the past fe .... years, and eommended Ihe "olunleer commillees, partlcu[arly tlves 10 In t ernational evenls. II appear$ t hat t hlt p roblem wlll still be ..' Ith uS the Member-hlp Committee "'hlch suceelsfully exceeded Its goal o f 1.000 ne'" for t he coming year. member.. Mr. S pa n n pol"t...:! oUl thai aside l rom all t he successes or Ihe USCF In the past year t he only dar k 5pot In the USCF picture was Ihe delay tn pubUshln, r ating;. T wo points for future Improvement " 'ere listed : ,;,~~::,~PAVEY (I) The USCF hoves to Improve C hIOU Life . no l o"ly In cnntent, b ul In format : ~ Alfai... Committee, and p.per qu ality. (2) The ne,,· Huslness Manager Intl'nds to Inltlate Ihe poUCY of publishing The M .. mbershlp Committee r cport was given by Mr. F red mouthly r ating .uppleml'nts In ChcU Ute In addition to a fuI! n~tlonal Cramer. Mr. Cramer repo rted that from J une 19 58 to June I n,embersh lp list each year. had Increased from 2.668 t o ~.820, an Incr ease of 1,152, 50 Operation M :'I r . Spann announced the retiren,cnt or Kennet h lIark nl'ss and Ihc appOint, had s ue~essfuny inne over tho top. Callfnrnla had the gre3test percen tage geln: ment of Mr. F I" Hnk Brady as hi. 8UCCeSSOr u Business Manage r. Mr. S pan!, 43'70. An account of the pro,ren of Ihe membership d rI ve Will distributed. (See stated that Mr. !-I arkneu as Business Manager had greally Improved the USC • . Chess Lite, July 20th). Mr. Cramer gave the State membeuhlp chairman great The c ha" g~ In Dustne"" Manager ... as Intcrp r el ed ai heralding a nc'" era c redit for t heir work, and promised t hat t he campalll'n ...111 con tinue fo r another .... hlch h BS already brought about two ch.nlll'S In t he USCF , year. Mr. Cramer recommended, however, t hat tn the fu ture, By·laws should One chan,e " 'as t he formation of the new Ralln, Commlltee and the pro­ pro'1de f or r egional Vlce,P resldent. ...ho can take Over his position In t he p05Cd plan of publlsblng monthly ralln, ~h an,es. The Ratln, Committee, t utu r e, and advised Ihat the enll .... job wo uld be too m uch for one person . ...· hlch would be o f an advisory na ture, ...111 cons"'l of Arpad Elo, "'Ul wlukl'e, Mr . Cramer aiso advllllh, In addition to one I. GreeU ng IIdml on his 90t h birthday. complele national Jist per year, ~nd the establishment of a US CF Postal lectlon. 2. Naming the Chess Year 1959..00 " The Herman n Helms Chen Year". M.I". nrady laud ed the work of Jury Spann, F red Cramer, and Fred Wren, ]. Reaffirming his desll:natlon In 1943, by Ihe USCF, as "Dean of U. S. Ches.". and enjoined the members to take example of these men and to aid In promollng 4. Recommending 10 II LI c1ubl In t he USA to greet Mr. lIelms Immediat ely, chen wnd the USC~'. a nd to arrane-e a SI)ecllll tournamenl In his hnnor durin, the 1959·60 Chess Year (as part of the Membe rship Drive) and recommending to all chess EDITOR'S REPORT players 10 send tneuage. or congratulations to Mr. Helms on Jan. 5, 1960. T he Ed lto!"', Report, written b y ,.,Ir. ~'r ed Wren. was !"ead tn the Il" r <>ul' 5. Dedicating the CMI5 Life Issue or Jan. 5. 1960 to Mr. Helms , with an up. by Dr. Erich Marchand. In his report Mr . Wren ennumerated t he succesus to·d3te biography of him." In Chen Life during the past year: tolumn$ written by mast en, th~ Operation lIIr. McClain (Callf.) made the following m otion Which was pal5ed una"l. !II column which .... as Inst rumenta! In $ucceufuUy achieving lUI goal of !,OOO mously: ""l OVED: t hat we, the members and players o f the USCF, "xt end a addlUo nal memb-cn, and the Impr ove ment In delivery Ume of Chel5 Ufe. O n votc of thanks to the Omaha o rganizing committee and t o the Shera l on.Fonlenelle Ihe minUI .Ide , Mr. Wren mentioned I he failure to reImburse Anthony Saldy lIotd for lh .. lr fine "'ork In maklnl thl5 U. S. Open Tour nlmen t possible." for u,pense. Incur r ed In tbe Wo rld S tuden t Team Tournament , and tho faLl u re Mr. T reblow CPa ,J made the follo ... lnl motion " 'hleh was pa",-,d unanimously: 10 Initiate USC.' P ostal Che"". lII r. W ren r ecommended that the subscription " MOVED: tha t the n)em ben;hlp of t he USCF here b)/ acknowledges ,.-ateful price of ChellS Life be raised from $3 to $4 for non·member., ~nd t; ng Rlvlse (C;)Uf.). It was urged that Ihe By -la ws even be dcslrable to find out what brand of cigar ettes ch ess master s smoke. not be In "lawyer'. language," but t hat legal advlee may be nece!l5ary If the J ust as chess, the thInking man's lame, hu been connected with " THINK" , tne USC~" i. to acnlcve a status w here doni!..tlo". are taK e~cmpl. Mr . Alexander IBM ph!'~se. 50 mJllht it be connected with the "thinking man's cigar ette". (Callt.) and Mr. Bone (Texas) recommended that propo.ed By-l aws he submltted Of cou rse, organized chess must give somc thlng of value to any commercial, [ 0 1' approval in parts Tat ne r than In toto, else th"y may be rejected because of organbatlon that would support chess cvents. Mr . Barnes cxplalned how such one offending p.rt. an arr;OIli:ement would he p l~us l b l e If people In organized chess, possibly Mr. Spann spoke of t he dlf flcultles In promoting Junior Ch Ol S$ , and told of advertising men, set t o wo rk tO, lmplement this Idea. his eXperiences In th is field. He $tateused unanimously: req uires Independent thlnki n ~, ane!. t~ae h c" u s to tnlnk far oUl'lelves. Chess, "MOVED, that , committee be appOinted to Sllld y l he present state of theretore, is a gymnasium for the mind, and fu lrtlb an important tuncUon f or Colleglnte Chess with the definite aim or am$lgamating the Inter collegiate youth, since It stimulat es Indepc ndent thinklnll. Mr. Spann said that youthful Chen Leag ue or Amer ica Into the Un) ted St atcs Chen ~' eder atlon . " dcllnquency was ~ type of mental unem ployment. Other playeu' e Kper lenees Mr. Smith (Texas) made thc following motion: "MOVED, that a co mmittee 10 promotinll J unior Che ss we r e re l a t ~d, and It wal generally al'reed among be appoin ted to fludy t be possible change In speed of play In U. S. Optn t he uoup tha t ... u nified plan for p romoting J unior Chess was necessar y In TO\lrnaments." The motloo wa~ car lied. order to exped substantial r~su l l5. The group sugllested t hat a J uolor Cben Mr . McCormick (N.J.) m ade the following m otio n which was passed unani· Co mmittee be formed liod recommended for il$ person oel: M ~. Bo roeho", (CalU.), mou,ly, "MOVED, t hat tbe mcm bers' 01 th e USCF thank t he 'partlng Vice· Mr. Eddy (Wash.), Mr. none (Texn). Mr. Huskln (N.Y.), JotI'. Barnci (Minn.), and Pre!ll d" nts, Mr. McClain, M r . Heant, and Dr. Rozsa, for their eflor l5 ane!. Mr. Van Gcldcr [CaUl.), Chairman. services in t he USCF. , 1'011'. McClain [Callt.) made t ile following m ollon which waS pass<.!d unanl_ mO Il . ly : ''MOVED: t hat the President appoint a .::ommlttee to sludy aod. ['eport The meeting was then adjou rned. with r ecommendation on metbods of increasing our numb ers of ne w mem ben, and o ther way. t o Increase Income, with particular attention to Ju nior member. ship', and a high SC hool p rogram which wUi give USCF recognition and backing t o hi,h school members o n a lItal e a nd national level." BUSINESS MANAGER'S REPORT Second Annual Mr. Brady, the Bu siness Manager, answered ext enSive qucstlons concerning the year's F inancial Report, and explained In detail what constit uted t he vadons Dayton Chess Club vs. Columbus ' V ' Chess Club categories of expen~e a nd Inco me. Mr. Sherwin (N.Y.) Ji uggested that next year's Columbus, Ohio - July 26, 1959 financial r epOrt be p r esent ed In a more compr ehensive manner so t hat It would DAYT ON 10 CO L UMBUS 2 be easier fo r the members to ~ where vario us ex penscs are allocated. Mr. McClain (CallI.) made the foUowlng motio n which was secondcd by Mr. Llog, Richa "d ...... _ ...... 0 Schroeder , Jame ...... _.... . 1 Oross (Calif.) a nd passed unanimOlUly: "MOVED, that Presid ent Sp.ann appolnt ZukaItis. Vi nce ...... _...... _.. _...... 1 Snyder, aar old ...... 0 a committee to mako car eful study, and report on profit st at us of book and Woll ord. David ...... 1 Feuchter , D a~l d ...... 0 supply sales." Fink, Jerry ...... ~ ...... l McCracken, Charles Jr...... 0 Bellin ge r, Duane ...... 1 Frederick, Carcy ...... 0 COMMITTEE REPORTS Baue r, WIlUum ...... 1 Frost, AI ...... 0 I . Nominating Committee: Blossom, Donald ...... 0 Schroeder, Lucy ...... 1 Mr. Spann appointed Mr. Shaw (N.Mex.), I'M. Sokoler (N.Y.), and Mr. Lee· Hamilton, Jonn ..... _._.... ___.. ... _...... 1 Dowden, Brad ...... 6 wright (Kan !) 81 t ellers to eO\l nt the ballots for the Annual Electn,n of Off!· Ao,,·a rd. Do n ~ld ...... ___ ~ ...... 1 Pre bus, J ohn ...... 0 .::ers. The f ollowing officen were e lected: Rabe r, Richard .... ~ ..... _...... *.1 .'ronczak, Leonard ...... 0 Vice.P residenls: Oeor ge S. Barnes, Mi nneapolis, Minn. J o nes, J oh n ...... * ...... * ...... 1 Forfe it .... _... ~ ...... ,.... _.... ____O Harry Bo rochow, Los Angeln, Calli. Thomp:ron, David ...... 1 For feit ...... ,...... ,...... 0