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• , . ess 1 e' -4merica ~ eh e~~ nll W~fafer , Copyright 1954 by Un lt ... d Statu Chus F ... d ... n t lon Vol. IX. No. 2 Monday, SeptGmber 20, 1954. IS Cenls HERNANDEZ · KEEPS CUMMINGS TOPS Ragan Takes Heart Of American Open, FLORIDA TITLE LOUISIANA MEET For the third consecutive year, Fred Cummings, New Orleans, Tops Hearst By One Solkoff Point Nestor Hernandez of Tampa won won the Louisiana State Chnmpion' the Florida State litle, scoring this sh ip at Natcbotoches with 5-1, edg· By JAC K SPE NCE year 6lk·1h. He h,tls not lost a ing out W. T. Miller on Kuhns John Ragan, St. Louis Expert, edged Eliot Hearst, New York Master, game in three years, but has con morliiicntion of Sonneborn·Berger by the slender margin of 1 Solkoff point after the two players toppcd ceded one draw in each tourna points. Miller also scor~d 5·1. Third a 54 player, 6 round Harkness Modified Swiss System to tie at 5lfl·lh. ment, this time to runner-up Bobby and fourth with 4¥.t·Ph each were The even wru; sponsored by the Kansas City Chess Club nnd the Missouri Ludlow, ' a lS-year sensalion (rom A. L. McAuley and Frank W. Glad· Chess Association, both USCF affiliatcs, and was conducted by Mort Orlando who won the Florida Jun ney. Fifth to tenth on S·B wilh 4·2 Ltlebbert. ior tille. Second and third on S-B each in the 25 player event were Th~ event was exceptionally strong for a regional aHair as the wilh 5ifl ·llh were Ludlow and R. Newton Grant, Fenner Parham, enlry list included Eliot Heart, Lee Magee, J. Ragan, F. S. Anderson, B. C. Eastwood. Ludlow lost onc game Orlean C. Dupree, David A. Wals· Rozsa, and H. Horak, all listed by lhe USCF as Experts. In addition 16 to W. R. Kimball\ while d,rawins dorf, Jr., James S. Noel, Otto S. players rated as Class A entered to present a formidable barricr to the with Hernandez, and Eastwood ClaitOl·. stronger players. lost to Hernandez while drawing Cummings received a tournament Hearst had the diHicuit task of with John H. Divine 3rd. W. R. si:re ceramic chess set made by Mr. defeating Victor Pupols, Seattle, in LOMBARDY TAKES KimbeJl, formerly champion of Kenner of the Natchitoches Chess the opencr, then went on to win Mississippi was fourth with 5-2, Club as a special {jrst prize, also from Lee Magee as the laUer's nag NEW YORK STATE while !iIth to eighth on SoB with a swivel top table on which was dropped on t he 38th move at a By drawing his final game with 41" .2* were Murray G. Cohen, R. mounted a lueite chess board. In time when Magee had a promisin g F. Campomanes, William Lombar. A. Carlyle, Charles B. Stallings, addition his name will be' inscribed position. His third round test was dy, Marshall Chess Club Junior and William F. B. Clevenger. The on the permanent state trophy. not a difficult one as he downed Champion, gained the New York 30 player Swiss was directed by A rapid tnmsit tourney saw A. L. DuBois, K.C., in a brief game. In State title at the age of 16, He was the meanwhile Ragan defeated Horace P. Taylor with R. C. East· l'aIcAuley pla~e first with 12·1 with on Ihe white side oI a King's In· Frankcnstein, K.C., !o~. S. Anderson, wood as assistant director. James Noel and Woodrow W.'Crew dian Defense lasting 52 moves. tied .Cor second with 11·2 each, Noel St. L., and Leo Ratermanis, Iowa Lombardy had some anxiety in The team title (based on four City, to set the stage for their highest scorers from (,<lch city rep.. getting the nod for second on s.:a the mid·game but after an ex· points. Newton Grant directed both fourth round meeting. The game change of Queens the draw was in· resented in the tournament) wimt was clearly drawn aftcr Hearst sac· to Tampa with 19 points for the events. dicated. Lombardy is a high school At the annual meeting of the rificed a piece to insure a drawn student, graduating in }o~eb. 1955, third year in a row. St. Petersburg ending. The linal position showed was second with 17 points and Louisiana Chess Association, OUo and hopes to go to college. He Claitor of Baton Rouge was elected Hearst wilh a Rand P against a playcd in lhe U.S. Open at Mi1 ~ Homestead third with 14 points. Band 3 Ps. Hearst had another The winning Tampa team consist· president, and A. L. McAuley· of waukee in 1953 with an 8lhA¥.t New Orleans reelected secretary· easy test in Rd 4 as he defeated score and scor ed 7!h ··Hi: at New cd of Hernandez, Stallings, Clev· R. MacGregor, Wyoming, while enger, and Mink. treasurer and editor of the month· Orreans in the 1954 U.S. Open. He ly News bulletin. Shreveport was Ragan had his hands full edging Dr. sCQl'ed 7·2 in the New York Cham· Murray G. Cohan of 'Miami was L. C. Young, Wis., in a ticklish end· elected president of the Florida chosen site for the 1955 tourna· pionship, being undefeated but ment. Frank W. Gladney was nam· ing. In the £inale Hearst rolled over drawing with Burger , Santasiere, Chess League, with Col. F. D. Leo Ratermanis while Ragan again Lynch of ,St. Petersburg 1st vice ed USCF director for Louisiana. Collins, and Campomanes. had a tough task in' downing Jim Edmar Mednis, who also lost no president, and Bob Eastwood of Callis, Wichita, in what may well Homestead 2nd viee·president Ma· games, and Campomanes ticd for BURDICK WINS have been a drawn game! second with 6'h·2¥.t. Mednis is an· jor J ." B. Holt of Sarasota, who was Third place went to Dr. L. C. unable 10 attend because of serio other r iSi ng young junior player W. VA. TITLE Young with a 5·1 score after he de· and Campomanes, wbo lost a game ous illness, was reelected secretary· The West Virginia Championship feated Jack Spence in a rather con· treasurer, with B. L. Roberson of to Collins, is from the Philippines went to 17·year old Donald Burdick, troversial position which arosc and has 'been in New York for the Tampa appointed acting secrelary a freshman at Duke University, who from a Falkbeer:. Counter Gambit until Major Holt recovers. last live years studying interna· outpointed his nine rivals for a .essayed by 'the latter. The loss sent tional law. 4*·PI.: score in the 16th annual Spence to 10th place with a 4·2 Fourth place saw a four·way tie state event held in the new Coca score and proved of great import· MAGEE TAKES Cola Building, Charleston. Burdick. ance to the winners since under ·between Jack Collins, Eliot Hearst, was the only undefeated player in the rules of the Solkoff method of Tony Santasiere, and Alex Sucho. NORTHWEST OPEN the championship division, winning breaking tics Ragan earned an ad· beck at '6-3 each. Suchobeck, who Lee Magee of Omaha scored 6-1 three and drawing with Charles ditional point on his Solkoff points lives in Albany, gained the l'aul to win the 41 player Swiss N. West Morgan, Siegfried Werthammer and due to Dr. Young's victory which Morgan memorial trophy [or the Open, losing no games but drawing John F. Hurt. He also ended the was the ultimate margin of victory. best score by an up·state player. with Curt Brasket of Tracy and six·year reign of 01". S. \Vertham· Lee Magee, Omaha, cdged Harold Santasiere's last. round victory John Penquite 'of Des Moines. Sec mer of Huntington who failed for Lecf, Chicago, at 41h·B2 each. Leo over Roy T. Black of Buffalo ond and third on S-B with 51,2·111.: the {jrst lime since 1947 to finish Ratermanis 4·2 and F. S. Anderson robbed Black of a chance for the each were Brasket and Penquite. in first place. 4·2 completed the list o[ prize·win· Morgan trophy. Basket drew with Magee, Dr. L. C. Tied for second with 4·2 each ners. Other top players in the 32 Young, and George V. D. Tiers. were Dr. Werthammer, Joseph Mrs. I'hil Morrell won the 1954 player Swiss were: Burger, Feuer· Penquite lost to Brasket and drew Foucher, and Charles Morgan, Heart o[ America's Woman Champ· stein, and Fleischer 5Y.l·3y': each; with Magee. while William R. Cuthbert was fifth ionship, finishing ahead 01 Phil Black, Sch midt, and Sul1ivan 5-4 Fourth to seventh on S·B wilh with 3-3. Morrell; and Leo Ratermanis, 19 each. F.tucella, Kupersmith, Nash, 5-2 scores wcre Leo Ratermanis, Howard Cartee repeated as the years old, won the Hcart of Ameri· Phillips, Sibbett, and Wassner 4!h· Somner Sorenson, William E. Kai· Junior Champion in the five player ca Junior title. There were three 4 1h each. ser, and K. N. Pederson. Four round robin, scoring 40. John Ran· undefeated players in the event: Erwin Sobin with 61fl··1!h won states and Canada were represent.. dolph finished second with 3-1. In Ragan, Hearst, and Doyle Satterlee the 16 player Experts tournament, ed in the event which was direct.. the Open Tournament veleran of Elmhurst, Ill. who drew four with Chester 1.. Hinaman second cd by Eugene Haeflin. Rudd T.