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USCF • Vol. VI Sunday, Number 16 . OffielalPublication of Th"e UnltedStatesCbessfederation April 20, 1952 RESHEVSKY LEADS NAJDORF RESHEVSKY GAINS Chess Through The Ages On Display BIG HANDICAP Surpl'isingly, for they have fin­ In Chessmen At Carlebach Gallery ished one-two in all recent tourna­ For the month ol1tb.y chess players in New York City may revel in ments in which they both played, the colle<!tion of rare, curious and beautiful chess sets on display at Samuel Reshcvsky has gained a ter­ the Cadebach GalleTY, 937 Third Avenue, where Mr. Julius H. Carle­ riric handicap from Miguel Najdorf bach has assembled $30,000.00 worth of rare chess pk'CC.'i for display. in their 18 game malch by winning They range lrom diamond-s tuddcd solid gold pieces of a maharajah's the first 4 games played. set (valued at $6,000.00) to an Imperi .. 1 Russian set cast in silver (dated The early results of the match circa 1809) representing the embattled Russians combatting the Mongol (for the " non-communist champion­ hords. There is :m ivory chess set given to Madame Pompadour by ship oC the world") indicate that Louis XV, and a heroically proportioned tournament set with pieces Reshevsky is at his deadliest in a {our feet Jdgh made in Switzerland around 1650 when the nobles match, as many of his admirers played the game on a balcony overlooking a courtyard chessboard on have claimed. which the pieces were moved by pages. Historically the collection ranges from an Egyptian poUery set (probably not chess) dating to 2,000 B. C., loaned by the Brooklyn ULVESTAD . TOPS 'Museum to the super-modern Man Ray's abstractly designed sets in IN WASHINGTON aluminum and wood loaned by the Museum or Modern Art. In between Ol aC Ulvestad won the Washing· these two extremes are sets (rom India, Arabia and all of Europe, rang· ton Slate title at Seattle by besting ing from a delicate set of doll-like fi gures in court costumes and pow­ Dr. A. A. Murray in a play-off dered wigs (valued at $3,800.00) of Messen china to a modern set with game. Ulvestad a nd Murray tied the carved rooks representing HiUel', Mussolini, Franco and Chamberlain. for first place in the 9 player There are amber sets from the Bailie, rock crystal sets [rom the 10th Ctrdm i( d~/S HI, (wllwn 0/ R~ n u Dtmiano/l. 0/ tM V,I/"St A,t C",ntt., round robin with S 'I~·l1h each. Mur­ century Fatimid period or North Afdca, and English blue Wcdgewood. N",. Yo,k City, ("'''' 0/ m,,,,y d~H utI Oil Jilp/"" thm .. sh M", .. I I&: C",/",­ ray deCcated U lvestad in the reg­ In nH~ de l 'n ceramics, there are bMh All G"lIuy ,,, Nt. Y ork City. ulal' event and drew with O. W. the attractive fi gU rines of the sets POSCHEL TAKES Manney, James Amidon a nd Loon­ m.1de by Miss Relles DcrnianofC. ELLIS TRIUMPHS MERCHANT WINS ard Sheets. UIvestad drew wit h in whIch frlcnds of the artist fr(l ­ CHICAGO SPEED Leonard Sheets. quentll' are startled to reeognize The Chicago City Chess League IN NAMPA CITY SO. TEXAS OPEN Tied ror third were C h a r 1 e s themselves. Miss DemianofC part­ Speed Championship at the YMCA In the 20 player double round Vicklry in the South Texas Opcn Ballatine and Dan Wade with 5-3 ially models and partially \carves Hotel resulted in the victory or robin Nampa (Ida.) City Champ­ Cbampionship at Houston went 10 each. Ballantine lost to Ulveslad her fi.&Jrt:tt, ol n';' ,leI bet.. l.llV'\ -.-.t de!':!nding chnmpimr Paul Poschel. ionsilip "pon sore~ by the Nampa Clay Merchant of Houswn on S-lS dno hl.1rray and drew with Ami­ tract...'>d considcrable attention. There were 29 entries and 7 pre­ City Ro:lereation Department, A. points with 41h. -1h, with C. F. Tear s don and Sheets. Wade lost kI lTIve· They have been displayed at the liminary sectiolls sorted players ill­ B. EIEs won the title by 36-2, los­ of Dallas second with 4'h-1h. Mer · stad, Murray a nd BaDantinc. O. Marshall Chess 'Club, whose presi­ to semi·linal events into which ing one game each to Kirk Rush chant and Tears drew in their per­ W. MaJUl ey was fifth with 4Y.:!-3Y.:!, dent Dr . Lasker possesses two of Champion Poschel was seeded. In and Jerry E. Stanke. Stanke , who sonal enconnter. George Smith of losing to Ulvestad, Ballantine and her chess figures, a King and a the final round robin championship douhlPd as tournament director , Houston was third with 4-1, losing Wade, and drawing with Murray. Poschel scored 31h.-l'h d r aw i n g Queen. finish~d seeond despite this handi­ a game to Dr. S. Agmon. Robert with Angelo Sandrin and losing to cap with 321-t'·5Y.t, losing games to Briegcr was fourth with 31h·llh, Miss Demianoff was born in KIMPTON KEEPS S. Cohen. Paul Adams a nd Angelo A. B. EUis, Merle Gould, Clinton losing to Merchant and drawing Snyder, Texas, daughter of Charles Sandrin tied for second with 3-2 ; Talbot, J ohn A. English, and los­ with Leslie Ghetzler. Fifth to ninth IDAHO TITLE Lockhart, for 15 years s tate treas­ Adams lost to Poschel and K. Ned· ing and drawing with Kirk Rush. on S-B points in the 22 player 5 ved, while Sandrin lost to Adams, In the Idaho State Championship urer of Texas. Graduated Cro m Third place went to John A. Eng­ r ound Swiss were Dr. S. Agmon, Baylor College with a Bachelor in and drew with Poschel and Earl at Twin F alls, Laver! Kimpton re­ lish with 311f.1 -61h, while Merle R_ J . Bloomfield, Blake Stevens, Journalism, she came to New York Davidson. l<:ined the State tiUe with SIh-llh. Gould and Cliff Jerome tied for Kenneth Smith and Mevis R. and studied are under the spons· in a 14 player 8 round Swiss, draw­ Waller Grombacher won the B fourth with 251f.z·12'-h each. Con­ Smith. ing with Willia m Taber, Herman orshio of the Village Art Center. Class finals 9-1, while V. Kurrek sidering the length of the event, Dittmann and LloYd Kimpton, Sec­ Her -first chess set was made and G. Voltz tied for second with therl' were comparatively few TAMPA STAGES ond place went to William Taber three years ago as a birthday gift 8 Y.:!·1'h. K. Kandrovics was fourth withdrllwals-7 out of 20 players with 6-2, drawing with C. H. Stew­ for her husband. Encouraged by with 61h-31h . In the semi-finals, E. in an event that began November SHOW FOR CHESS art, Herman Dittma nn, Laverl the Village Art Center and its Davidson won section I with 4-1, 29 and continued to March 20. In a novel plan for fund raising, Kimpton, and B. Harshbarger. founder Mrs. Maximilian Elser, Jr., Angelo Sandrin section II with 5-0, the Tampa Committce for the U. Third place went to Herman Ditt­ she lJ.as continued creating her cer­ and K. Nedved section III with 4·l. S. Open Championship event m ann of Salt Lake with 4 'h-311~ amic chess sets whUe studying un­ RUTH CONDUCTS has planned an Amateur Show, on S·B points, while fourth to sev· der Aaron Goodelman, sculptor, SAN JOSE TOPS INQUIRER COLUMN which will be held at the Municipal enth on SoB pointrw-ith equal 4'h- and Bertram Goodman, painter. Auditorium at Tampa, seating some 3¥.a scores were Glen Buckendorf, The Village Art Center was organ­ CENTRA!- CALIF. Mastc r Emeritus William Ruth 2200 people. Proceeds from the B. Harshbarger, lloyd Kimpton of Philadelphia, whose per sona'l ized to develop opportunity for un­ With a match score of 6-0 the show will go 1.0 the Tournament and C. H. Stewart. known artists, and h as presented eHorts contributed much to the fund . Three local radio stations, San Jose Cbess Club won the Cen­ large turnout of over 100 contest­ more than 120 shows in its own tral California Chess League title, the Tampa Daily Times, and the ants in the Mctropolitan P hib­ CRITTENDEN WINS gallenes and arranged for more compiling a ga me score of 4Ph- Tampa Morning Tribune are coop­ than 300 roving art shows to ac· 14¥.!. Second place went to Sacra­ delpbJa Championship Tournament, erating with the Committee. NORTH CAROLINA quamt the public with the work of has assumed editorship of tbe SUll­ mento with 4h -H!. and 381h..17Ih. , Kit Crittenden continued v ictori· over 350 artists. while Fresno placed third in the 7 day chess column in the Philadel­ phia [nquircr , a feature conducted ISCA APPOINTS ous in winning the North Carolina team league with 3lh-2'h and 281h- State Championship at Durham in 181fl. Cor many years by Isaach Ash, WARREN EDITOR STEINER STAGES who is now retiring. Bill Ruth be­ a 20 player 5 round Swiss with a Top individual scorer was Phil The Illinois Slate Chess Ass'n score of 4'-h -Y.:! , drawing with Bill MASTER EVENT gins his chess editorship with thc appointed John Warren of Rock Smith of Fresno with 5Jh -v.. on first issue of May 11. Crowder. Dr. J. U. Gunter placed Energetic InternnlionaJ Master board. Bean of Pittsburg was see­ Island editor of the ISCA publica­ second on Solkoff points with 4-1 , Herman Steiner, who promoted the ond with 4-2, and Adams of San tion " KasUes", which will be is­ while A.
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    J • I America ~ Che:J:J new:Jl'al'el Cop~r l ghl 1"0 by Un ll" SIllies Chess Federation Vol. XIV, No. 18 Friday. May 20. 1960 15 Cents SHERWIN-WEINSTEIN TIE FOR MARSHALL C. C. CHAMPIONSHIP TAL NEW WORLD CHAMPIO Mikhail Tal. the 23 year old Latvian . twice USSR chess cham­ James Sherwin and Raymond pion. winner of the Portoroz interzonal tournament in 1959, winner NEW ENGLAND AMATEUR Weinstein each scored 12lh·l ifl in of the 1960 Challengers' Tournament in Yugoslavia, has won the the annual Marshall Chess Cl ub world championship from Mikhail Botvinnik, in a match which WON BY JACQUES GOSTELI Championship, and will reign as lasted for over seven weeks. Details and the exact score are not The New England Amateur co-champions in 1960. Anthony yet 3lIailabie to CHESS UFE, the last authentic information received Open, sponsored by the USCF in from Moscow being to the cffect that after eighteen games of the cooperation with the Massachu· Santasierc placed 3rd, with 9·5. scheduled twenty-fou r game mateh Tal enjoyed the commanding lead setts Chess Association. and the Sidney Bernstein and John W. Coi· of 1Olf.!·7lh. having at that time won five, lost two. and drawn eleven. Boylston Chess Club. was won by Lins tied Cor 4th with 81,i·51h. a dark-horse who has recently im­ The nineteenth game was postponed for several days, with migrated to this. counlry from Sherwin also lied (or 1st place Botvinnik, for the second lime during the match . requesting a fi ve Switzerland.