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MAY 1960 THOMAS EMElY ARMED FORCES ).\ J. ' CHESS TROPHY rl';IPr I't'l' "1111 f :;,' ('II \ 111'10 \, IlJ rill ;)'f\'I'F'. ..) " • 6( Subse ONE, mr. ol!eonarJ ..J.JerJI. iJ pleaJeJ to announce tl.. g ala Openinf} on 0 " about m a'j lOtI., 1960, 0/ fl. g- 0 CLUB OF • AMERICA 0 ••• ,$ 0 0 , 0 ,,'I: • $'TJ?EET .' WE ARE MOST PROUD TO ANNOUNCE OUR AFFILIATION WITH . '. MR. SAMUELRESHEVSKY, International Grandmaster • . AS OUR DIRECTOR OF CHESS ACTIVITIES IN ONE OF THE . WORLD'S MOST MODERN AND COMPLETELY FURNISHED CHESS CLUBS . We Mrel' a va riety 'of services· including • FREE ADM ISSION • PUBLIC STENOGRAPHER • AIR CONDITIONING a nd NOTARY PUBLIC • ELEVATOR SERVICE • REFRESHMENTS f,'oma • PLANNED PROGRAMS OF snack to full lunch Exhibitions 0 " din ner served at Lectul'es or near your chess table Toul'naments of all kinds • UNIFORMED ATTENDANTS at • WEEKLY PRIZES curb to pa rk your car at • • 50 CHESS TABLES local prevailing rates • OPE N 20 HOURS each day from 10 AM on RELAX AND PLAY THE GAME OF YOUR CHOICE (We hope it's Chess) IN THE MOST CONGENIAL ATMOSPHERE OUTSIDE YOUR HOME CHESS BRIDGE - Rubber and Duplicate CHECKERS MAH·JONGG SCRABBLE CANASTA GO KLOBBY·OSH Private Facilities and Rooms jor Ladies' and Gen tlemen's G1'OUpS and Organizations Ind'ivid1tal and Group Instnwti01!8 ,in aU Games by A 1ner ica.'s leading M ClcSte,'S and E xpe1'ts PROGRAM for MAY L.ectures and Si multa~ l eo us Exhibitions. May 15 Samuel Reshevsky, 'ttterttationa'· Grandmaster, Sunday. 2 PM May 22 Tom Wiswell. US Free . Slyle Cheder Champion, Sunday, 2 PM May 29 AI Horowitz, 3 t Ime US Op·en Cha~. pion, Sunday. 2 PM EVENT OF THE MONTH On the Occasian of 25 Years Ago Frank J. Marshall, the US Ch amjlion for over 25 years annou nced a The First Tournament for decision to put u p h is title for annua l competition in tou rnam ent play, It had The Thomas Emery Armed Forces Chess Awards been too hard over the p l'iol' yeal's for challengers to raise the $5000 purse reo quired under the rules set for match Scheduled to be held in Washington, D. C. p lay . And Mar sha ll, remarking on the lacl( of championship play, stated he From May 15th to May 21st was making his decision because "the best interests of chess in the United St ates would be served by having the The American Chess Foundation ch ampionshi p of the U nit ed States com­ peted for annually in a tournament." Salutes: 20 Years Ag o Samuel Reshevsky, already The Selected 'Finalists: t wice winner of the US Ch ess Champion­ ship, scored 13-3 -(6 draws, no losses) to win the title for the third time. He Edmund C zap ~ ki , Major USAF, Lincoln Air Force Base, Nebraska fi nishe d a half-p oint a head of R euben Fille - preserving that margin through Arthur W. Feuerstein, PCc USA, Seine Area Command, France a last round battle with Fine which the latter all but won. Other leading con­ Henry A. Giertych, Jr., Capt USAF, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. testants were Isaac Kashdan (l0¥.!) and A. S. P inlWs and A. C. Simonson (10). Robert D, Grande, TSgt USAF, Bolling Air Force Base, D, C. MI·S. Adele Hivero won the \Vomen's Championship, 7-1, nllead of Miss M. John A. Hudson, 1st Lt USAF, Chennault Air Force Ba se, Louisiana Karff, 5lh-2%, and Mrs. G. K. Gresser and Dr. S. W e i ssen ~t ei n, 5-3. George Krauss, Jr., SSgt USAF, Forbes Ai r Force Base, Kansas 15 Years Ago The main news was the nn· nouncement of an agreement to hold a Peter A. C. Leu thold, AI IC USAF, Sembach Air Force Base, Germany team match by radio between the USSR ami tlle USA, two rounds on 10 boards. Richard C. :Moran, A/ 3C USAF, Dreux Air Force Base, France The editors of CHESS REVIEW had pro· posed such a match in 1943, and an in­ Charles D. Mott, Capt USN, Bureau of Naval Weapons, D. C. vitation was sent but declined appal" ently on the grounds that war-time com­ Michael N. Robinson, SP4 USA, Fort Gordon, Georgia munications would be difficult. When the war ended in Europe, Soviet chess· Eugene Sobczyk, Cd r USN, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Washington players revived plans for the match, and a wireless telegram, signed by Ivan Hobert W, Wa lker, A/ 3C USAF, Lowry Air Force Base, Colorado. P apanin (Volts S ports Section) and Mikhail Botvinnil, (All Union Chess Sec· Mr. Thomos Emery, distinguished American, internationally-famous tion) proposed such a match as stated chess player a nd generous patron of the Awar ds, a bove. This invitatioa was accepted, and negotiations began as to playing dates and arrangements. The Department of Defense. 10 Years Ago US J unio r Champion Ar thur B. Bisguier tied for first place along The United Service Organizations (U.S.O.) and its affiliated agencies. with Dr. Savielly Tartakover (then of Paris) in the tournament held in memo The NAVY TIMES for its Special Av.. ard. ory of Mrs. Stevenson (Vera Menchik) at Southsea, England. The winners at 7lh·2 lh topped a fi eld inclnding Harry Mr. I. S. Turover for his Special Award. Golombek, J onathan Penrose and L. Schmid (7·3) , E . D. TIo golyubov (6 %), -and- F. Alexander, L . \Y. Barden, Newman, L. Prins, Thomas, Trevenen and R. G. Colonel John D. Matheson, Chairman of t he ACF-USCF Joint Com­ Wade (6) in a ten·round Swiss of 42 players. mittee for Armed Forces Chess, for his magnificent direction of the 5 Years Ago J ohn H. Staffer won the project, toget her with t hose associated with him on the Committee: 1951 Golden Knights Postal Chess Cham· Col. E. B. Ely ; Thomas Emery; Dr. Eliot Hearst; Sgt. Bob Karch; pionship, with ! ~ clean score and at 83 years of age. He had prevIously, in L S. Turover 'and Sidney Wallach. 1946, won the 1943 Victory Tournament (a Golden Knights proto·type planned to fi nish by end of World Wal" II ) and so became a doubl e champion. 1 Year Ago Lndek P achmnn and Miguel Najdorf tied for first in the Mar del Ill111tl P lata lntemational Tonrnament with 10% points, ahead of Boris Ivkov and Bobby Fischer (10). Fischer's showing, The AIllerican CH E S S FoundatIon though good, was still a disappointment per US expectations. 1372 Br oadway, New York 16, New York PEnnsylvania 6-9590 130 CHESS REVIEW, MAY, 1960 AS A • CHESS It wo ul d be no eU&&era ti on to say that ideas was obtained in the regulators reo everybody knows Mikhail Botvinnik as an cenlly set up on the Kuibyshev and Sial. REVIEW outstanding chess player. But is the other ingrad hydroelectric power plants. 'If' ",e,,,., CHUS MAOA""' side of his activities - in the sphere of "This year Botvin nik's new book Thil Volu me 2a Num be. 5 May, 1960 science - known just as well ? No, and Theory and Prospects of Application of EDITED &. PUBLI SHED BY not even in the Soviet Union. Asynchronized Sy"chrolloas Machin es will I. A. H orow ln: On the reqllest of one of its readers the come off the press. That is the name newspaper Leninskoye Zll am ya decided to TABLE OF CONHWTS given to the new macllines by BOl vinn ik give the story of Botvinnik's scientific himself. FEATURES work. To obtain first·hand information "As A. C. generators they make it pos· Game of t he Month . .......... .. 144 on this .subject, Ihe newspaper sent a ~ i b l e to transmit electric current to greater Mlkh .. 11 T ahl .. .... .. .. ...... .... 135 reporter to the world chess champion at distances. But if these machines are em· World Championship Mat eh .. 136 his sum mer home outside Moscow - Niko· played as motors, they can be more eco· DEPARTMENTS lina Gara. That is wh ere he was training nomi cal in a number of cases than ot her Ch ess Club Direct ory ........ ... 148 for the match with Mikhail Tah!. typC! of electric drive and, probably, will Chess Quiz ..... • ............... 143 The reporter found Botvinnik at home find industrial .appl.ication in ventil ation dressed in a ski suit, having j ust returned installations, blast fu rnaces, etc.. E vent of the Mo nth ............... 130 from a jaunt in the forest. The champion "The Eledrosila Plant in Leningrad Finish)" ; T o uch .. .... .. .... ..... 146 doee daily 7 to 8 kilometers of skiing. has already launched on the production of Games from Recent Eve nt• .. ...... 149 But the newspaperman had no success. Botvinnik's machines. They will be set Posta l Chess .... .. .... .... ..... 156 "I would gladly answer your questions," up on one oJ the hydroelectric plants on Proble mart . 151 said Botvinnik, "but in the past 25 yeau the Kola Peninsula. Solit air e Chen ..... .. ..... .. ... I have been strictly adhering 10 the rule " A myth has reached my ears to th tl Tournilme" t Calendar ............. 1'"34 Ilot 10 wrile for the press or give an y effect that Botvinnik has some clless World of Che •• . ...... ... .. .... .. 131 inlerviews on the eve of a match. I will boards set up in his desk tilal can be be glad to have you as my guest in May, pulJ ed out like drawers and that from EDITO R after my encounter with Tahl, which will time to time he interrupts his work to 1.
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