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Amateur Champion U. s. AMATEUR CHAMPION ( See P. 119 ) ( Photo bl) Beth Cassidy ) Volu me X X Numher 5 May, 1965 EDITOR: J. F. Reinhardt CONTENTS CHESS FEDERATION U. S. Amateur ........... .. ... .. ... ..... ... ... ... ... ....... .. .. .... .. ... ... .......... ..... .... 119-123 PRESIDENT Lt. Col. E. B. Edmondson Ca ndidates Matches ...... .. .... ... ... .... ...... .... ... ... ......... .. ... ... .. ............... 124-1 26 VICE·PRESIO£NT David Hoffmann REGIONAL VICE·PRESIDENTS Endgame Mastery and Misery, by Pa l Benko .... .. ..... .. ...... ... .................... 127 NEW I!NGLAND Stanley King Harold Dondls Rooor t Good~peed Zagreb, 1965 .. ....... ........ .. .......................... ... .... ... .... ..... ........ .. ... .. .. ... ... 129 EASTERN D onald Schultz Lewis E. W ood MID-ATLANTIC George Thom.. Earl Clary Budapest Internationa l .... .. .. .. ... ........... ... .... ....... ....... ..... .. ..... ........ .. ......... 130 Edward D. Strehle SOUTHERN Dr. Robert Froemke Jerry Sullivan Noteboom Memoria l ... .............. .. .... ...... ... .. .... ... ..... ... .. ...... .. ..... ........... ... 130 Carroll M. Crull GREAT LAKES N orh8l't Matthews Don ald W. IWding James Schroeder Games by USC F Members, by John W. Collins ............ .. .. .... ... ............. 132 NORTH CI!NTRAL Frank Skoff J ohn OSn<)$$ Ken RyU :en Chess Li fe Here & There ... .... ...... .... .. ... .... ... ... .. .... ................... .. ............. 133 SOUTHWUTIiiRN Jolm. BeIWng Kenneth Smith Park 81lsbop PACIFIC Rich ard V andenbur g Tournament Life ........ ..... .. .. ... .. .. ...... .... ... .. .... ..... ..... ..... ........... .. ............. 135 Gordon Barrett Col. Paul L. Webb SECRETARY Marshall Rohland THERE'S STILL TIME NATIONAL CHAIRMEN end OFFICERS TO SIGN UP FOR THE ARMED FORCES CHE$$ ................Robert Karch BUSINESS MANAGER ..... ....... __.. J . F. 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Non.m ember I·yr. subscr iption : $4.00 ($11.00 outside USA); $Ingle co;>py: ~ (SOj! WORLD CHESS FEDERATION outside USA). Ch. nge of Iddress: Allow fou r w eeks n otice; please iive u, both the new address IF.I.D.E.) a nd the old address, including the nwnbers lind dates on the top line of your sten c1l. Fred Cr amer Vice·President, Zone 5 (U.S.A.) AddreQ all com muniCIlUon s, and. mue I II checks plyable to: UNITED STATES CHI!SS FEDERATION, 80 eut 11th St ....t . NEW YORK 3, N. Y. us CHESS lJFE U. S. AMATEUR GORE WINS ILLINOIS OPEN The new United States Amateur Chess The 1965 Philadelphia Championship, Robert Byrne and Ed Formanek scored Champion is Frank Street, a 20-year-old sponsored by the Philadelphia Chess As· 61,2 points in seven rounds to split the Expert from Washington, D.C. sociation and played at the new quar­ first two prizes in the 1965 Illinois Street posted a score of 6lh·'h to fin­ ters of the Franklin-Mercantile Chess Open, played in Chicago on May 28-31. ish on top of a record-smashing field of Club at the Hotel Philadelphia, drew Next in line, with 6 points, were Dr. E. 242 players at New York's Henry Hud­ son Hotel over the Memorial Day week­ a large entry of 112 players over the l\Iartinowsky and Allen Kaufman. end. weekend of June 11-13. Other prize winners in tbe 146·player Tied with the winner in game points, New York master James Gore, whose field were: Class A-John Nowak, Troy but placing second and third respective­ score of 5 ~2·lh includcd an upset vic­ Armstrong, C. Ramas (all 5·2); Class B­ lyon median points, were Edgar Mc­ tory ovcr grandmaster Pal Benko, placed Dave Sillars (4lh); Class C-F. Merto­ Cormick of Elizabeth, N.J. and David gul, J. Bikuleius (each 4); Class D-E. Love of Rochester, N.Y. [irst in the standings, edging out sec­ Pointer, K. Krogh (each 2lh); Unr ated­ The battle for first place was decided ond·place Joseph Sha[fcr on median Robert Aten (4); Woman's Prizc-Sara in the final round when Street and Love points. Shaffer, however, as the highest­ Kaufman (4); Junior Prize-Ralph Tob­ drew a game marked by numerous time· scoring Philadelphian, was ollicially ler (5ih). trouble oversights. McCormick, mean­ awarded the city title. while, downed Robert Wachtel to take second place. Benko, finishing in third place, led a group of players with 5·1 scores. The CENTRAL MICHIGAN Scores of 6·1 wefe turned in by Rich­ others, in order of linish, were John Lloyd Kawamura edged out Shane ard Abrams, Plymouth Meeting, Pa.; Grefe, Rohert Dur kin, E. S. Jackson, Wil· Norman Hurttlen, Union, N.J.; Robert liam Bragg and Michael Hailparn. O'Neill for first place in the 75·player Durkin, Pleasantville, N.J .; E. S. Jack· Central Michigan Open, played in Lans· son, Flushing, N.Y. and John Grefe, The large fi eld included 25 masters ing on May 29-31. Each scored 5% Hoboken, N.J. They finished fourth and exper ts and 18 juniors. Art Cassel­ points in 6 rounds. Paul Poschel, yield­ man was the T.D. through e.. ighth.. in that.. ord.. er. .. ing two draws, was third with 5-1. Street, who recently won the Wash­ ington (D.C.) Chess Divan tille, played A. WYATT JONES in the 1964 U. S. Amateur in Asbury Park and finished 19th in a Held of 141. We were saddened to learn from USCF Secretary Marshall Rohland of This year's defending champion, Mi· the death, earlier this year, of A. Wyatt Jones. Mr. Jones, a resident of chael Hailparn, finished 24th with a score of 5-2. Shreveport, La., was seventy years old. • • • • • Mr. Rohland writes: "He helped save the USCF during its darkest hours Adjudications were handled, with his back in 1951, quieting the discord then present in the organization and usual efficiency, by grandmaster Arthur Bisguier . The huge field made Bisguier's personally assisting at a time of grave financial crisis. His passing is not task a far from easy one, and at one only Shreveport's loss, it is a loss for all who are engaged in the promotion point Arthur spent five minutes "ad· judicating" a post·mortem! of American chess." • • • • • The 19615 Amateur had the largest turnout of any weekend tournament in the U.S. so far. The previous record (224) was established at the Eastern Opcn in Washington, D. C. in 1963. • • • • • The field included three fo rmer U. S. Amateur ehamps: Edgar MeCormick (196 1), E. S. Jackson (1942 & 1944), and Michael Hailparn (1964). Many other former champions were ineligible, sinee their last published ratings were in thc master class... .. .. .. .. The turnout of women players at the Amateur also probably set a U.S. r ec· ord-15 ladies eompeting for the Worn· en's Championship. Defending cham· pion Zenaida Huber finished second to Eclesia ("Jo") Cestone. • • • • • Joe Reinhardt, Gerald O'Flaherty and Bill Go ichberg divided the directing chores. Fortunately, an extra room was available at the last minute to handle the overflow of entries. The tournament was originally scheduled to be limited to 200 players. THE NEW U.S. WOMEN'S AMATEUR CHAMPION, Eclesia Cestone of .. .. .. .. .. W. Orange, N.J., gives a brief endgame lesson to Grandmaster Pal Benko. Next year's Amateur?-Probably in USCF Senior Master Mi ke Valvo (standing) takes the opportunity to pick New York with 300 players the mini· up a few pointers, too. mum goal. -Photo by Beth Cassidy JUNE, 1965 119 U. S. "AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP I 1965 U. S. AMATEUR I New York City ENGLISH OPENING R. WACHTEL E. McCORMICK Moy 28 - 29 - 30 - 31 1. N-KB3 N· KB3 39. R-N5ch K·Bl I . St reet , F .................... .. ..... ...... ........ .. ..... WI16 W.. 6 ~ . 2. P·B4 P-B4 40. R·AS K·H2 W" W" w" w" D' I 3. P-KN3 P-KN3 41. R·QN5 K_H3 2. McCo r mick , E. ................................... WI70 D' W" W~ wn W'" 61,· 1 4. B-N2 B·N2 42. P-R3 P-R4 J . Lo ve, O. .. .. .............. .. .... ........................ W126 W" woo w" w. D' 61· ! 4. Abram s, R. .. ..... .. .... .. .. .......... ....... .. .. ...... W 3S w"w.. '''' , ., 5. 0-0 0 -0 43. PxP W" W" W" w, W'" .., 6. N·B3 N·B3 44. R· N6ch K-B4'" 5. Hu rttlen, N. .. ...................................... W132 W" WOO W'" Dn " D' 7. P·Q4 Px P 45 . R·QR6 K ·K4 6. Du rk in , R. .. .. ............. ........... .. ... ... .. ...... WI78 WI07 Dn WOO .", W" D' .., 8. NxP Q-N3 46 . R-R7 P · B4 7. Jac k son, E. S . .......... _.... _._ _... ... ........... .... WI4S W.. CO. wn. WOO W" W" , ., t . N· B2 P·Q3 41. A·RS R·Aa 8.
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