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Final: SPASSKY TAKES CUP, Lli -6! UNITED STATES , • , • '. .... .- • • • • • ~ OJ ' f - • Piatigorsky Cup R,I."in. before the Tou,n,m, nt. N. jdorf, FiK'her, PortiKh, l.rHn. Ivko¥, Unlick,r, FINAl: SPASSKY TAKES CUP, lli -6! UNITED STATES Volu me XXI Number 8 Aug ust, 19~6 EDITORS : Lt. Colonel E. B. Edmo ndson and Wm . Goichberg c. HAROLD BONE EDWARD I. TREEND Baytown, Texas • Detroit, Michigan PRESIDENT USCF reports with sorrow the deaths or C. Harold Bone and Edward 1. Lt. Colonel E. 8. Ed mondson Treend. From widely separated parts of the country, they nonetheless shared a lremendous and active interest in chess promotion at local. state. and na· VICE·PRESIDENT lional levels. Gentle manly opponents and a pleasure to meet across the board David "oHm.ann or in any capacity, both were fr ien<lly, consistent, and energetic organizers ·... · ho will be sadly missed by Amcrican chess. My personal sense of loss is height· REGIONAL VICE·PRESIDENTS ened by memory of the encouragement these two men offered to my eHons NEW ENGLAND Stanley KlnJi' in chess organization. Harold Do ndl! Ell Bo ur do n Harold Bo ne made many fr iends in the chess world while working ~o dili· EASTERN Leroy Dubeck genUy to promote the game he loved. We established immediate rappon upon Lewl. E. Wood Ii rst meeting at the 1959 Southwestern Open and worked closely together dunng HQb<l rl I,a u.ellc the following ttu-ee years on botb Texas and national chcss. Harold e\'entually MII).ATLA HTIC Earl Clary enC() uraged me to succeed him as President of the Texas Chess Association E<h ... rd. D. S tr" hle so that he might devote more time to his d uties as USC F Vice·President for Rooort ~;rk<)5 Re gion VII. In his role as a USCF Vice·President, he then encouraged San SOUTHERN Dr. Roher! F r ocmke P ~ter Lahd.e Antonio's successful bid for the 1962 Open, as a resul t of which I became Carroll M . Crull national USCF Vi ce· President and eventuall y President. He \\"a s, therefore. my GREAT LAKES Norber t Matthews mentor in both Texas and USC F chess mattcrs, and I was deeply shocke-d to Donald W. Widing Icarn of his sndden death of a heart attack on July 7. Dr . Harvey McClellan Ed Treend, too, encouragcd both Sa n An tonio's bid fo r the 1962 U.S. HORTH CENTRAL Robert Lerne r J OhD Oline.. Open and my candidacy for USCF office. We met at San Francisco during the K en Rykken ]961 U.S. Open, where Ed was as always-a staunch supporter of USCF and SOUTHWESTERN W. W . Crew offered sage counsel for the future. lie spoke {rom long·time experient'e as Kenneth Smit h a tournament organizer, a for mer USCF Treasurer. Sc~ret ar)' of the -'Iichiga n Par k UllIhop Chess Association, and Secretary of the Detroit Ediso n Chess Club. He con. PACIfiC Kennet h Jones trib uted much to the USCF business meetings at Chicago, 1963. and a.lwars Gordon Barrett Col. Paul L. We bb stood ready to promote chess in any wa y possible. He was still in a\'ocationai harness as Executive Vice·President of the Michigan Chess Association upon SECRETARY his death at the age 01 70. Marshall Rohland Knowing men like this who give so unselfishly of themselves is one of the fi nest human experiences, and chcss is a common bond whiCh makes it pos· NATIONAL CHAIRMEN and OFFICERS sibl e. We in USCF have los t two wonderful friends with the passing of Harold ARMED FORCES CHESS ............... .ltobert Kar ch Bo ne and Ed Treenrl. COLLEGE CHESS. ........... ......... ... ...... ..Pu ul C. Joss _ Lt. Colon el E. H. Edmondson INDUSTRIAL CHE$S. ... ........ St ~ n l cy W . D. KI n, President INT ERNAT IO NAL AFFAI RS ............ Jerry Spann W"rncn'. Inler natl" nal.._... ....... Kalh'·yn S iale r JUNIOR CHESS•• _________. 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Allo w alx weck.l no tice; please ,I\"e us both the new addr eSll (F.I .D.E.) a nd the old a ddJ"esa. Indudln, the Ilu.mben and d . tea o n t he t o p Une of you r stencil. Jerry Spann Vice·President. ZOne 5 (U.S.A.) Addrea aU co mmunicatio n., and m ake all checkl payable to; -------- UN ITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION, 80 Ean 11th Street, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10003 174 CHESS LIFE The First Piatigorsky Cup, presented his compatriot, Samuel Reshevsky; and made was held, of all possiblc places, in Los Angeles in July 1963, saw the [rom Jan Hein Donner, Holland; Botislav at the Moscow Chess Club. On Wednes­ introduction of a momentous event in Ivkov, Yugoslavia; Jorden Bent Larsen, day, when they were due to arrive in the world of chess. Five nations were Denmark; Miguel Na jdorf, Argentina; Santa Monica, Petrosian and Spassky represented by eight of the most out· Lajos Portisch, Hungary; and Wolfgang did nol make thei r fli ght connection at standing Grandmasters of our time as Unzicker, Germany. Copenhag£!R. Nor did Donner of Holland, World Champion Tigran Petrosian tied In June came the lightning! The So· who at this point appeared about to for first place with his fellow player viets announced that Petrosian and withdraw for personal reasons. from the U.S.S.R., Paul Keres. Spassky, who had just completed their The next two days were frantic indeed, The Second Piatigorsky Cup, which match in which Petroslan successfully with international inquiries flying back began on July 17 and continued through defended his World Cham pionship, could and forth aCf03S the Atlantic with far August 15, 1966, at the Miramar Hotel be made avaibble for the Piatigorsky greater frequence than international in Santa Monica, California, surpassed Cup after aU! Technical difficulties were chessplayers, and wi th the question of even the (irst event in this series with its overcome in both countries, the organiz­ possible replacements high on the prior· drama, its grip on chess enthusiasts ers did a fantastically quick and thor­ ity list. We have neither the space nor the world over, and the sometimes sur· ough job o( reshaping the event and the intimate knowledge nceessary to dis· prising resul ts of its individual encount­ extending the schedule, and TEN of cuss all that transpired. Suffi ce it to say ers between the titans of the 64 squares. the wo rld's greatest were set to meet that in the end all was welJ, with the ten This double Round Robin, eighteen over the board in the Second Piatigorsky invited players on hand for the open· games over a one-month period, will Cup! ing ceremonies. The silver lining, of Undoubtedly rank with the greatest chess Not thc least of the changes, one made course, was that the entire sequence of competitions of all time. in view of the added size and most dis· events had received far more publicity OrigiMUy planned as an eight-player tinguished composition of the entry list, and created greater interest than if there event, the Second Piatigorsky Cup Tour­ was an increase in prize money; $20,000 had been no problems; great for spectat· nament was endorsed by the World total; $5,000 first; and 51,000 for tenth or attendance! Chess Federation (FIDE) in a special place. On the memorable day-Sunday, July resolution which ma rked the tourna· Never in modern chess history had 17---800 chess enthusiasts turned out at ment as one of unusual merit and sig· interest been so high. Of greatest note the Miramar Hotel to greet the con· nificance, and urged that no other major would be the encounters between the testants, the sponsors, and the officials. event be scheduled for the same period.
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