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A merica j C lz. e:Jd rJewdpapel' Copy:ig;,? 1959 b y U nited St a tes Chess 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 grandmaster, 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: "Bobby Fischer 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 chessboard. 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 Munich Chess Olympiad 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 Correspondence Chess 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 Moscow," "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 naplfide pawns. rlchs, who ",da:ed Leo Raterm,n on tie.. proof against a leading German 23. B·R2 breakine p olnl.5 for thC .cbool cham· 24. BxP postatite. plonshlp. p roved his stren,th In tbe K ING' S GAMBIT 25. BxP 26. BxP! Third Wester n Oprn al lt1llwau ll: ee thts MCO 9: p. 65, c. 10 summer by emerging with a plus score SA NTAS IE RE'S DA LLY in a strong field. Raterman I nd Dltrlchs placed second and third In t bat order in 4tb World CorrespondeD ce the 1959 101011 Chlmplonship, both miss. Championship·Semifinals lng first place by tle·breaklng pOints. Notes by Nor .... an M . HornsteIn, M .D. Clubs Interesting In contacUne the Iowa Dr. N . M . H o rns tei n J . Dalk team should wnte: UniverSity Ch ess Club, Memorial Onion, Stete University White Black of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. 1. P· IU P·K4 2. P·KB4 PKP The West Vl r a:lnll UniverSity Ch ess 3. N.KB3 B.K2 . Cl ub took melchn by one·slded scores 4. B·K21J ...... from W heeling (9·S) , and Bridgeport The OaUy Is more conserv;tlve t b an 18. NKR, BxPch; 19. K·RI, QR·KNI (9--2) last spr ing. Double winners for the Folly but even more provoking. wlnl for Black d ue to the t hreat of WVU against Wheellnl' were Rlcbard Another unanalyzed reply su lC'lC' .... ted B.Q~a t heme whl<:b must be reo Lee, Paul S tyles, Joe Mechem , and by Walter Korn r l!Ce ntly in Che" membered In aU variation. here. Or Robert O'Vel1. Kine 01 Wheeling took Review, • but used extensively by 18. QR·Qlch, K.S I, a nd While Is both his j arne.. A t Brld,eport WVU Southern Champion Dr. Steven Sh aw s tymied for a , ood move. (On 19. winners were Pbll Gallo, Clet\l Pride, i.s 4. P·Q4 ! with lerrlric complica tion&. QR.B l, BxPch; 20. RIB, R·KNI ; 21. Richard Lee, Carl W i de , Robert O' Dell, 4. ...••.•. P.Q4 B·N3, B·KS; 22. R·B ~ and W hite mult AUen Ve ...... , Paul Styles, AUen Gibbard, The ]olC'leal move, but It !lee""" to accept perpetual check). 18...... Bx Pch and Nell Cohen. Wlnnen for Bridgeport f aU In all unatlona. 4...... , P·KN4 were David ElUs and Bob Jonn. may be better. Sanlnlere gives 4. I'. K·Rl Q.NS ...... , N·KIl3; 5. P·Q3, P .Q4; 6. P.K5, 20. NxR ...... Keeps t he initiative and leaves W hlte Clubs that participated in t he U. S. N·R4; 7. 0·0, p ·KNS!; 8. N·K, N·N2; As the next mOve ahows, thl.5 's a with at least tw o pawns tor the In tercollegiate T eam Tourney last De· 9. BltP for admirer s of Kubl a Khan dedslve tactical move-----qulte u n· exchange, b oth passed. cember tbat have money tor t ravel ex· t plnted by materialistic greed . 26 ...... pe nses due them , hould contact the 5. Px P N·KB3 20...... RKN 21. QxB R· R5 Che~ s Club, Case Instit u te of T echnol· 6. 0 ·0 NX P Now If Bleck can hold the po.1Uon, 28. NxP B·N4? ogy, 10900 E uclid Avenue, Cleveland 6, 7. P.B41 N·N5 hit two pieces f or t he Rook will After the exchanl'C!S there I. a f or ced OhiO, a:lvlng Inf onnatlon on who Is to Here my opponent leaves t he immortal sh ow to a strong advantage. mate. r eceive the r e fund and where It Is t n Anthony, who a:lvu 7 ...... , N·KB3; 21 . Q·NS!I R·QBI 29. BKB RxR be sent. 8. P.Q4 w ith obvious advanlage to The only move to stop an early male. 30. Qx R a x. 22. QxB BxKl I 31. Q.B8+ K·N2 Newl items are the lUe blood ot thiS White. colum n. RudeN wUl be Interested In .. P·Q4 We are now oUered a treat or the He re I missed t he mate in six with orlelnl' Duueldorf sitzfl elsch. 32. Q·BI+, K·B3; 33. QxP +, K·N4; your club's activities, which wUl be Ach, I would wissel a shUUn,il Ihat prom ptly included In t his column if 'twould woo a wince if the Black 23. Q-Qkh K·Kl 34. N·B3+ , K.R5; U. B·BI+, N·N2; you 'll take the time to .end t b em to Knight were allowed to Q6. 24 . B·NS! QxB 36. QxN + , K.R4; 31. Q.R&, mate 8...... B·K84! 2S. RxBch N·1( 2 32. B.B8+ K·B3 your columnlit. • . N·R3 26, R·K5 Resigns 33 . N·N4+ K·N4 A necessary evil. BlaCk's pieces look Vive le King's Gambit! Vive Le 34. B· R6+ K·RS belter developed, but Whltc has more 35 . P·N3+ Nx P FINAL RESULTS OF THE Defense c unningham! Vive Santa· If 3!S ...... , KxP; 36. N·D8, mate. cont r ol of the ccnter. siere's Dally! 19S9 MARSHALL CHESS 9...... " P· KN4 36. PxN + Kx NP CLUB IN.Y.) SUMMER Necessary. It Ulack allow. BxP, White's If 36 .... _... . , K·R4; 37. B·K3 (37. N·B6-+­ cont rol or the center becomes d e­ leads nowhere, KxB; 38 . Q.B8+, K·N4; 30-30 TOURNAMENT 39. NxP+, K·R4; 40. P·N4+, K·RS; clslve. h t -=- Willia m G . Addison SIh.·1h. 10. NxPI 41. Q.R6 + , K.N6; 42. Q.K3+, K·HlS) In the "Art of SacrWce", a tome Ruy Lope: 37 ...... , Q-N8+ ; 38. K·R2, Q.N1 +; 39. (drew with Collins ) N·B2, RxKP; 40. Q·N4 +, RxQ; 41. P"R, which Is wronl'ly r ea:uded as esoteric MCO 9: fl.. 40, C. 77 2 nd _ J ack W . Co llins 5·1 (drew instead of fund amental, SpIelman Soulhern Open mal e. calls Ihls a 'talse $lcnflce' since 37. Q·B3+ I(.RS w ith W e ins te in and Addison ) White wlnl back his ml terial in short Birmingham, 1959 38. Q·B6+ K·N6 3rd _ R aym o nd W e inst e in 4 1h·P h Nol es by Mike Schu lman :19. Q·B4 + K·R$ ordcr. Tbe point of t his uck Is not (los t t o Go ld w.t e r , drew Col· vulgar ostentation, but the disruption W h it e B lack 40. N· B2+ K· R4 41. Q·NS mat " oC B]ack's Kin, wing. M ike S c h u lm a n G . C . B a t e s lins ) 10...... N I. P·K4 P·K4 4th _ W a lte r G o ldwa te r 4 ·2 II. Q· R4ch QN·B3 2. N·KB3 N·Q B3 12. P.Q5 Q·Q3 3. B·NS P.QR3 5t h _ Pere tz Z . Mille r 4·2 13. PXN NxP/3 4. B·R4 N· B3 VIENNA GAME 6th - Harry Fai. n s 4·2 14. N· NS Q. K4 S. 0 ·0 B·K2 The only move to counter t he double 6. R·Kl P-QB4 M Ca 9: p. 60, r. (;:8) 18 participan ts--directe d by Frank threat l'!'t QB7 nnd KB5. 7. B·NJ P·Q3 Castle C. C. Tournament Brady ilnd Pa ul Ba rone cki c onduct­ 15. P·BS 8. p·Bl N·QR4 San Francisco, 1958 e d o ver the w eeken d of Aug. 14-15· The BI!hop Is sacrWced by Wblte so ,. B·B2 P· B4 that all t he Oowet$ of the Queen 10. P·Q4 Q· B2 D . BELM O N T E , LIEN 16. are demon,trlted. On the other hand, 11. P·KR3 0.0 W h ite Bla e k On Saturday nighl the tour nament 15 ...... , QKPch; 16. K·RI, and the 12. QN-Q2 B·Q2 ,. P·K4 P·K4 B·N2 '.N presented Mrs. Carrie Marsh all a threat to both Bishop pawns 1.5 too 13. N·BI N·B3 N.QB3 N· KB3 •1•0. Qx8 QxPch awful to behold. ,. bouquet of Howers in celebl'ation • 14. P-Q5 N-QR4 ,. P·B4 ,.. . 11. K..Ql N• • ••• 15. N·K3 P·N3 PxKP N.. 12. 8·B4 of her birthday. Refreshments were 16. B.Q2 •• K... .., N· R4 ,. P·Q3 Q· Rkh 13. Q·K4c h served and the pleasant Marshall MOTld"" P a ge 6 17. P·QN4 .. , •• P·N3 N.. 14. BxPch K· Bl Chess Club garden was opened for (/lJe ss fife la. PK P N-QBS ,. N·B3 Q·R4 1S. Q· K8 m ate O~lobu " 19}9 19. NK N ' .N O. N.. B·NS all to enjoy. SOUTH AFRICAN PLAYER'S REPORT ON MUN ICH TEAM TOURNAMENT, 1958. (Cont. from page 4) T HE RUNNERS-UP The· Yugoslavs rivalled the Russian~ in popularity as in chess. On by Nicholas Gabor the whole they were exceptionally good-looking, well-built with fine heads of dark hair. Without any doubt Gligorie was the outstanding A ll ~ommunl~a ti on. concerning this probtem-column, I n ~l uding solvtloJ\$ .. player and personality · of the tournament. A fine athlete, a gentlema'1 well a< original compositions for pubticatton (two- and three·mover dired mates), of modesty and charm, he is also great- linguist and speaks perfect from composers anywhere should be sent to Nichotas Gabor, Hotel Kemper Lane, a Cincinnati 6, Ohio. English. (So indeed does Fuderer and pretty well all the Yugoslavs can make themselves understood duc to their frequent visits to Eng· Problem No. 1025 Problem No. 1026 By Dr. L. Ta!aber, Hungary land) .. At chess his style is quite different from that of Tal. Dreyer has By T. L. Lin, Singapore aptly named him the "Positional Miracle·worker." He played every round Budapest National Contest ill the finals at first boat'd and it seems more than a coincidence that 1931 , Fifth Hcn. Ment. Original for Chess Lifc the other "big guns" sllch as Reshevsky, Botvinnik, Smyslov, Uhlman, Ne1kirch and Kupper chose to have their rest-day when due to play Yugoslavia! JUst look at his SCOI'e: wins agaillSt Pachman (twice!), Lom­ bardy, Duckstein, Unzicker, BobolOw, (BobotzoO, Elau, Anderson and (the only "mug") Syngelakis of Greece who had a nervous breakdown after, if not because of, the game! Draws against Th-Ialich, Keres, Alex­ ander, Pilnik and Pomar- no losses. Eleven points out of 14 games. Few doubt but that he is at least the equal of any player in lhe world. Will he win the world's championship? When we congratulated him on his achievement in making the best score at board 1. I said: "I hope I am shaking the hand of the next Wol'1 d Champion." He answered: "r have no chance, ... you see, I am all ,alone." I suppose he is right. There are four great Russians in the Candidates' Tournament, there will be many others in the analyzing rooms, and all Russia will be working to dig up opening innovations. But it is a pity . .. no man could do the game more credit. Mille in tlOO !7WI)CS ARGENTINA AND U.S.A. Problem No. 1027 Problem .1-·,70. 1028 . By Jac Haring, Den Haag, By E. A. Wirtanen The Argentine did much better than expected as they were without Holland Helsinki, Finland Najd,?rf oJ the unbeatable Bolbochan. Pilnik~ Panno and Sanguinetti Original for Chess Life Original for Chess Life did most of the work. The newcomers Redolli and Emma were not very successful and we were often amused to see the two unfortunates sit­ ting miserably at supper while Panno and Pilnik recounted their sins to them. One evening Panno came along to Alexander almost speechless with anger: "What do you think of this Redolfi? He plays the King's gambit, sacrifices a piece, and then asks us helplessly: 'How do I continue now?'J" Although the U.S.A. took fourth place they were much below expectations. Curiously enough, by far their best player was their only non-grandmaster, Lombardy. Reshevsky seems clearly on the down-grade and the other Americans told us that they have known it for some time. His performance was really almost too bad to be true. He played only three games in the preliminaries, and as the Americans had only five players this imposed a considerable strain on the others. They did not conceal their displeasure! Mate in two moves These games resulted in draws with Pomar and the second-graders Vesta! and Johansson. In the finals he lost to Unzicker, drew with Pilnik SOLUTIONS TO "MATE THE SUBTLE WAY". (by the skin of his teeth), Pomar, Duckstein, Bobozow, Kupper, and beat No. 1013 Marvsko: keymove 1. N·KZ threat 2. QxR. 1...... " RRxP, 2. QxR; t. Alexander and the demoralized and exhausted Pachman. He allowed ..... ,. ., BRxl, 2. N·R4; 1 ...... , KxP, z. BNxNP; I • •...... , RxN, 2. Q.B4. No. 1014 HleJ1.: Lombardy to face Botvinnik and Gligoric! set: 1...... " NN any Z. Q.B4; 1...... , BN any, 2. Q·Q3. Tries: l. 1. Q.K defeated by I. ,. . ,.... , BP;.:P; 1. Q·KZ Is defeated byl...... ,BPxP. 1. Kx.N defeated by 1 ...... , B·Ra. Bisguier is surely the weakest of the active grandmasters. (I say Key I. Q-N2 threat 2. Q.N7. The main play follows the 3 thematic moves of the this althougb I am depreciating my stock as I managed to draw with NN. l...... , N-Q2, ~. N.K6 ; 1• ..... ,., ' NxP, 2. QxN; 1. ... ,... . , N_BS, 2. N_N3 etc. No. lOB WJ ~$~ I : set: 1...... , PxP, 2. NK6; 1...... N·K4, 2. B_K3; 1...... K·B4, 2. B·lO. him!). Larry Evans and Rossolimo are also hardly deserving of the Key l. R·Ba thr eat Z. R.B4. Play: 1...... , PXP, 2. N-N4; 1. ... ,• ..., N·K4, 2. N·K2; 1. grandmaster rank...... " KxR, 2. N_N4: 1. .. ,..... , PxR, 2. N·Na. No. 1016 Jacobs: key 1. QxP allowing Bl double checks by N·Q4 or N·KS. The sharp Idea accounts for some short Unfortunately Bobby Fischer was not aVailable, and Benko, who threats. has since become a citizen of the USA was present but not available. With them as reinforcements the USA may be a very potent forCe next MILWAUKEE PLANS FOR THANKSGIVING, EVENT time. (BU Special Correspoiu{ence) Milwaukee, Wis.- Always alert to. ways of improving their tourna· USSR VS. "REST"? ment. the Wisconsin Chess , Association has completely revised and expanded the highly-popular, Thanksgiving North Ce ntral Open into This tournament, and even more the Interzonal at Por toroz has a four day event. - shown that Russia has no longer a virtual monopoly of great chess­ Acco.rding to Hans Huse, president of this organization, this innova­ players. Ali of which causes one to speculate on the chances of a team tion is the result of the Milwaukee Tournament Committee's observa· representing the Rest of the World against Russia. tion that many players were hesitant to attempt the grueling effort I spent a good deal of time on the bus, which took ll S to visit Lud­ necessary to finish a seven· round event of this strength in three days. wig II's castle at Lindenholf, discussing this with the English team. With constant striving to. improve tournament setting and conditions Clearly on ten boards the Rest would have no chance, and Alexander of play but still face the realities. the following schedule has been thinks th e same would hold good at any Ilumber. Bu t "Barden and put inte effect fOf the Sixth North Central. Play will" begin on Thanks­ Clarke give the Rest good prospects on twenty boards. So when I in· giving Day at 2:30 in the afternoon with another game at 8:30 that berit a few million pounds or dollors I sha1l lose no time in issuing a evening. On Friday, to accommodate those local, Chicago and other challenge to the Russians. I have more or less pickcd my side: Gligoric, nearby players who must work, only one game will be played at 7:30 Szabo, Reshevsky (on reputation on ly), Benko, i\!atanovic Olnfsson p.m. Saturday's schedule calls for games at 12 noon and 7:00 p.m. while Fischer, Panno, Pachman, Filip, Uhlmann, Duckstein, Lombardy, Lar: on Sunday play will be at 8:00 a. m. and 2:00 p.m. allowing for early sen, Yanofsky, Pilnik, Euwe, Unzicker, Donner, and Lothar Schmid. departure time. A pretty impressive line-up I think. (But where's Najdorf?_ Editor) r or the pleasure of those players free 011 this basis: 50% of the entry m onies rrida.v during the d ay, a seven·round will be given t he winner , 25% w!ll be (The for,,:goinr.; l)tuenl/wticol question IVas probably posed bu the editor No,·th Central Speed Chnmplonshlp "ill (Contin ued on page 5) of CHESS \VORLD. Although author Kirby's team is s( rorlJ!" we ag ree (/lilt be held. It will have n $2.00 entry fee N aidorf would stre nJ!,tllCu "Res( ' tetlln':""'so would Arthur Bisguier, lArry - t11f~ and all of th.e proceeds will he return· ([lH~5C" rifeMo"day , Page 7 E oo lIs, and Rossolimo! Editor CHESS LIFE.) ed 3S prizes. Distribution "'1Il be mad ... , • -' Octobu 5, 1959 Monday. Page 8 O(/obu 5, 19'9 c,. n. -...... _~._ THE SOVIET SCHOOL OF CHESS :lournamenl cfJ/e by "f"ou rnament org~ nlla r . wishing .n· A. Kotoy and M. Yudoyich SoI.Ii .." 50 nouncements o f t heir forthcomIng USCF r at ed events 10 a p pur in Ihi' One cl the finest chess vol umes ever written. Tr aces the complete column should maka . p p ll callon . , history of the Soviet system of strategy by discussion of the main W' _I'. :;• • B.. , m_.? leut seven weeks In .dva nce, on specia l form s which m, y be obla lned features of their school in the Opening, Mid-Game and Ending in Position No. 260 f r o m US CF Buslnes, Man' s er, Closed and Open positions and by aver 100 iUustrative. well anno­ Frank Brady, 80 lOut IIlh St., New tated games. Definitive biographies, photographs and games of Kotov-Bo tvinnik, Moscow 1955 'fo rk 3, N. Y. o r from Editor CHESS all their greatest players {rom Alekhine to Auerbach and from Bolvlnnlk played 1...... , P·N41 ; 2. LIF E, Gave. Ho use, Perry, M, ine. II P xP (If 2. RPKP, P·RS; 3. Jl.Q6, 8 .B4; Tschigorin to Tal. Co ntains ' lists of Soviet Grandmasters and ~ . P·N6. SxP ; 5. P·SS. BxP; 6. Kx P . Masters, special 5cctions on Russian chess literature and women K.N7; Black wI ns easily), P.Q5ch!; 3. October 9-11 players. and is thoroughly indexed. 390 pages, 180 diagrams. In PliP (3 . BxP Is no belter). K· N6! (But North Florida Open English! not K.N5? beeause 4. P--Q5, BliP; 5. To be held a t the norlda Union, Special Membe r s : 8.82 draws); 4. 8·R3 (Or 4. 8·K1, KxP ; Unive rsity 01 F lorida. Gainesville, Flor· Price to USCF $3.50 5. P·N6ch, K·N5; and Black wIn.), KlIP; Ida. Fh'e round Swiss, Ope n 10 all. 5. K·Q3, KlI P ; 6. K·K4, P·RS; 7. K-83 Since we have less than 100 copies of this book (we hope to get with II time llmlt o r 40 muves In Ihe more but may be unable to) orders wil! be filled in the order in (If 7. P.Q5, then Bx Pch). B.Q4ch; and first 2 hours. J;:ntry fee for USCF Katol' re~lgned. me nJoers Is }I.OO, with a ~ l'ec!~1 ent ry which they al'C received. GET YOURS NOW. Mail youI' cheek No t c thal 2 ...... P-Q5ch! Is eSlenUal fee of $3.00 to all students and jun. today to t o prOle~t the QNP. 1£ 2 ...... , K-N6; 3. lors. Prizes IncJud~ trophy 10 first and KxP. P ·Q5ch rtf KxP, WhIte plays sim. second; c~.o1ce of chess book to first U. S. CHESS FEDERATION, 80 East 11th St., New York 3, N.Y. ply 4. K·S3. 5. K·Q4, and 6. 8·Q6 with Ihrough eil:htb; 520.00 best team of an eaS)' draw); 4. K.B2, B·B4ch (What five fr om any club; top player and else?); 5, K·Q2, P ·Q6 (Again, what JunIor tllIe . t'or enlrles and Inquiries else?); 6. P·K4, BxP; 7. B·82, and Ihe write tu Bob S~ere ml, 3475 Unlver slly draw Is clcar . Station, GaInesville, Florida. B"t no te 100 thai I...... • P·QSc h? throws away the win. The r<,ply Is I Oct. 17-IB 2. BxP, and u: thcn 2 ...... • P ·N4; White LAKE ERIE OPEN holds the dnw by 3. !tPxP. Ulack's Ihree msln tries are 3 ...... P .R5 ; 3. CHAM PIO NS HIP ...... , B·B4; and 3 ...... K·KS. Tile flr ~1 I Hotei Touraine, Buffalo, N.Y. 5 round is met eaSily by 4. P·8S. The second Swlu . Sponsored by tbe Queen City try leads t o more complicated play, Chess Club. 50 moves In 2 bour s. Entry but 4. P·l'\6 is suf{Jctent. 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I ...... , K·N5 or I ...... , ~1I, wllh a time limIt or 45 move5 In .: < . K.N6 1$ met by 2. Jl.K7. Now 2 ...... 2 hours. $10.00 enlry ree tor members P·N4 accomplishes nolhlng because or of • the USCF. $100,00 first prl~e. 2nd. 3. BxP. nor can Bla ck force a return Srd, 4th. Slh piace prizes depend on 10 t he original poaJtlon because 2 ...... •. , number 01 enlrles. Address e ntries and - K.B7, 3. K.Q2 d raws! (Kotov had Ih e Inq uiries to Mr. Stanley Ma kute n u, opportunity 10 o htatn this positio n in 1727 N. Tal bot Avenue, Indianapolis 2, the game by playing K.Q2 Instead o f Indiana. ACTION IN U.S. OPEN AT OMAHA. AT RIGHT IS WINNER ARTHUR • 8 ·BS reachlnl" OUr P ositio n No. 260.) BISGUtER, (MRS. B. IN BACkGROUND) PLAYING OLAV ULVESTAD IN T he drawing Idea Is iU ust ral"d by the Nov. 26,27_28·29 THE LAST ROUND. A DRAW OR A LOSS WOULD HAVE BEEN FATAL· TO BISGUIER'S TITLE HOPES, BUT HE WON, FINISHING IN FIRST PLACE, conllnuallon 3...... , P ·N7; 4. K·82, FIRST NORTHWESTERN KxP; 5. KxP, KltP (Or P·Q5; 6. 8·B5); A HALF,POINT AHEAD OF BENKO. 6. K.83, K.KG; 7. Jl.N5ch, K moves; 8. STATES OPEN K·Q2 (Q4), etc. Hotel Florence. Missoula, Montana. Columbus 'Y' Chess Club O nly one solver. Mr. George Ross, Thanksgll'lng Day weekend. 6 round WITH THE CLUBS submitted a complete and correct anaiy· SwIss sponsor ed by Lor Cahln Nation . T he Plttsfleld. Yl'>ICA, Mass.. team 1959 Experh To o,r rna ment al Chess Afflilatlon. Prizes: I. $150; sis or this posItion, Including I...... , which bas never defeated the Albany 6 player- dou ble r o und robin P.N4!; 2 ...... , P·QSch!; and 3 ...... , K· 2. 5125; 3, SIOO; 4, $50; 5, $25; 6, $15; YMCA, N.Y .• club at Pittsfield In 15 7, $1 0: 8. $5.00; Trophies; I. Cbamplon : \,t. James Sch roeder won 8 d rew 2 N6! In the main variation. M r. Ross Is years of competltlon. contin ued It s Jlnll awar ded two points on our ladder. 2. Class A; 3, J unior. Entrance f ees: hy losing 5·3 to t he vIsIt ors. Dave Hecht, 2nd. Xlt Feucht er won 8 lost .2 511. (Including retunllhle $5.000 fo r· Marshall Crounse, Lester Haas, Rults Solutions whiCh Included I...... • p . fell and $2.00 banquet tlckell; J u niors, 1959 Woodchoppers Tournament N4!, and 2 ...... P .Q5ch ! In the maIn Bu rling ame. snd Dave Johnson won fo r $8.00. Plea~e hrlnc . clock~ and sels. For 4 player-do uble round r o bin var lallon a rc credit ed wllh one point, mO re Information write to Ralph Ha n· Alban y. while F red To,,·nsend . Dr. Ku r t a nd other solu tions wtth Ihe correct sen, Missoula. Montana Or Forry Hirschmann. and Tom Bishop won ro r 1st. AI Frost won 5 lost I first move receive 'h pOint. Lauck •• West Orange. Ne w Jer sey. Pltlsrleld. 2nd . Brad Dowden won 4 lost 2 On this baSis, I potnt goes to; Harry Tu rning Ihe tables In a retu rn mlt ch Bakwln. Bill Bu ndick, Jesse Davis. AI. al Albany. the P Ittsfield t eam scored I r cd Donath, John T. Hamilton, J olin Its mosl declslve vlelory of the long KOlTY TO START NEW TOUR E. Ishkan, Tommy A. Nard ' . Vi ncent Diplomocy ser Ies. a 4·1 vlclory. J ohn Semenlw. I nlcrnati:}!\al Master . U SC ~· Tourna. D. Noga, Hcnry C. Porter, Edmund Ro­ is dee p. Fred Townsend, He n ry Nledzlenskl, and man, Max Schlosser, He r ber! Sollnsky. He nry Rock wOn for P ittsfield while ",erll Admlnlstrntor and blindfold snd Joe Weininger. The lollowlng rIO' Price $6.95 a set Marshall Crounse saivpged the loser's champion George Koltanowskl will be, celve \~ point; George W. Baylor, M. Box 1253 lone pOint. 1 illn his annual slmullaneous exhIbition D. Blumenlhal. Joe Bohac, Abel Bom. Boston 9 Pittsfield snd the New Haven, Con n., tour t o cities all O1'er the United beral.:lI, William J . Coutu r e, Ret neat VllCA chess club held a picnic-m atch M. Darne ll. Rea Hayes. Vlkt ors lkau. Mass. at W~dham ' l PIcnIc Grove in Gosben, St3tn starting. on October 161h. to nlks, H. Kaye, M. L adackl. Leonard L . Conn. Belween Intcnnlttent showers Ihe m ~ 1 the thousands of chess pl3yers Lussier, Algi' MllkalUs . Ken Neeld. New Ha,'cn team scored a 4-2 win, with Ihat he I~ accusto med to playln& both Onn Pet'ry. Joseph Plalz, Edward P . Bill Newbern'. £ gll J ento rt, Richard r over Ihe board and blindfold e d. P owell. Vernon Robln~on ' , snd Woody LeWck. a nd !loger WlIIlamson scoring Young. The solvers $core a stand.afr for the victors. F red Townsend and I T hrough a USC. ' d trective, Kolty will b)' 2~ · N. Roberl Bilodeau Iailled for t he losers. Issae official USCF ratings to all play, The Quarterly Ladd er due at t his John Semenlw captured t he P lttsrleld I era who Join the • • ' e der~ t1 on fOt the time wlll be published after ~re dll s YMCA Chess Club chaml,lonshlp for I rtrst time, on the basis Of Ihe caliber have been awarded for analy.es of Po­ the second straIght year by seor lni: 8-2 sitio n No. 258. uf opposition t hat is given George b y This Is the complete SOlution: 1. K· In the r ound robIn e,·ent. James Yunker ' Welcome to new SOlvers. N4, NlI P; 2. N·B5ch (2. KxB? R.R6ch; and Dr. Kurt IIlrschmann tied for see· the new member. There will be no 3. K.N3. R.R6ch : 4. K any. RxN wins). ond !>lnce wllh 7·3 SCOreS in one of extra charge for this rating servIce IT WASN"C THE BEST MOVE! K.K5; 3. N-B3 (3. Nxll R·N8ch; 4. N·N2 the club's slrongest tournaments on and e:tch new member will be given record sInce Dr. Grlgorleff was a mem· (Reprint [rom Sept. 20) RxNch; 5. K any, K·8 4 and m. te next I an ofllclal wsllet-slzed raUng eertUI­ move), RxN (3 ...... , B.K8; 4. N·Q2cb); ber . c3te willi his new rallng a nd aulo­ In other championship events. Isaac In Ihe dlagran, wCl See t hai White 4. N·Q6ch, K·K6; S. N.B5 ch, K.B7; 6. g raphed by Kolly. has a three·pawn plus 10 compensale NxB, R·KR6; 7. N·8S, R.K86; 8. N.R4, Ables won~ th e Class A title with an 1I ~ l or t he lost e xchange. With Ihe best and draws. recor d; Hcn ry ROCk won t he Class B For (urther informaUon and rull d e_ m ove I. IJ.NS, Ih reate nlnl" e·R6ch. he If White plays Ihe alternative 2. N· title with a 50 1 mark ; and Wood y Fuller tJals on !.ubllclty. ler ms, d ates elc .• should win easily. But he played. e , he Is downed by 2 ...... B·8 7! 3. look {lr;'t pI. ce In t he Begin ners to u rna· ha"e )'""r club or chess g roup write Immediately 10; 1. Q· B8ch ? ~ Q· Kl N·BSch. K·K7; 4. KxN. B·K6ch ; 5. K·N4, men t wIth a 5- 1 lally. Glen J ost wOn Ihe 2. QxRP Rx KRPch! !lxN; 6. N·N3ch. K.B7; 7. N·K4 ch. E.N7. J u nior championship " 'Ith • 9-1 scorc; G:lo.rge Ko llanowskl 3. KxR Q·K3ch l Also wlt bout avail Is 2. N.B4C h. K.QG; and Douglas Young won a newco mers 3049 Lag u na Slr" et •. QxQ St~ lemat et 3. N·N2ch. K.B7; 4. N.B5. N.Q4! tournament wit h a perfect 8-0 t ally. San FranciSCO, Callfo rni. 60th UNITED STATES OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT MDna",. 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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