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Best·PI,yed Grandmaster Pal Benko selected the TAL, LARSEN WIN {ollowing win by Mrs. Gresser for the best·played game award of the 1965 U.S. Only three of the original eight Chall engers arc still in the running fo r a match Women's Championship. with World Champion Tigran Petrosian. Ex-champion )likhail Tal and Dam sh grand. CARO·KANN OEFENSE master Bent Larsen ha\'c won their quarter-final maichcs and will soon play one G. GRESSER Z . HUBER another to determine which of them will advance to the final match of the Candi· I . P· K4 P·QB3 ". N. N3 0 ·0 dates' series- against Boris Spassky _ 2. N·QB3 P·Q4 12. N·K5 R· Kl 3. N·B3 PxP 13. B·N3 P· B4 Tal defeated Laojs Portisch and Larsen downed Boris Ivkov by identical scores 4. NxP N·Q2 14. P·QB4 N· N3 of 5 L2· 2 ~2 . That rather one-sided tally keeps turning up in the Ca ndidates: it wa,s S. B· B4 KN·B3 15. B·K; the score by whic h GelJcr beat Smyslov and by which he lost to Spassky in the semi ,. N/ 4· NS H·Q4 16. B~QP B'"·Q2 1. P·Q4 P·KRl 17. Q .B3 Q·B2 final. • . H·K4 P· Kl '8. QR·Ql KR·Ql Larsen's easy victory over lvkov was t . 0 ·0 B· K2 " . N·RS B·KI a real surprise since the for mer had lIl. R· KI QN.B3 done badly in recent tournaments in Holiand and Yugoslavia (see CHESS LIFE, June) and Ivkov had been play· ing some of the best chess of his career . We stated last month that "t arsen must considerably improve on his recent per· formances if he is to have a chance" - and he has certainly done j ust that! Tal's victory over a very tough oppo· nent may indicate a return to his old· time Corm. We hope it means that his health has taken a turn fo r the better: the real question wi th Tal fo r the last three years has been whether he had the stamina to stand up under the strain of weeks of top· notch competition. 20. N ~ NP h. ". R·Rlch K· N3 All three of the remaining Challen· 21. Q· N3ch K·R2 P·KN4 b' 22. B·B2ch N·KS ".•• R·Q? bers are no ted fo r their aggressive play 23. Bx N(h p.B4 40. ".Px P ch and no matter which of them goes on 24. B· NI B·Bl 41 . R·QNS P'"· N4 to meet Petrosian the match should 25. P· Nl B· N2 42. R· N6c h K·Bl 26. P·B4 N· BI 43. R·Q6 prove a severe test fo r the Champio n's 21 . Q·B2 P· N3 44. BxR N·Bl unequalled defensive skills. 28. N· N4 B·R4 45. B·B7 '" M . Tal n. o.. 46. PxP K'"·K3 WESTERN TIE 3~ . RxR ".'" 41. K· B2 N·K2 Robert Byrne, a two·time winner of 31. B· K5 Q· K2 48. K· N3 K·Q2 32. R·Q1 P·R3 49. B·KS K·B3 the Western Open , this year shared the 33. P·K R3 B·R4 SO. B · Q ~ K·Ql * * * championship with William Lombardy. 34. Q·Q4 R·R2 51. B· N7 P·KR4 U. S. OPEN Both grandmasters were undefeated, 35. Q·QS ••• 52. B·B8 Res;!!" S A la rge field of 163 p.lvers from the scoring 8 points in 9 rounds. They drew 36. RxQ N. K2 Un ited St.tes, Canida lind Lat in Amer. with one another in round six. • • • • • ica turned out for the UnIted Stiltes Placing third through sixth-with 7 Open in SlI n JU li n, PUerto Rico. Topping points - were Dr. Orest Popovych, BISGUIER IN PACIFIC S.W. the list of II ntries in the first Open ever N. Y. C., William Bi lls, Houston, Texas, The fourth annual Pacific Southwest held outside the continental U.S. were Dr. Paul PoscheI, Ann Arbor, Mich. Open, played in Santa Monica, Calif. grll ndmn ters Pal Benko, Willilm lam· and Richard S. Callaghan J r . Charlottes· over the Independence Day weekend, re bardy and Ro lM rt Byrne. About fifty 10' vii1 e Va . Nineteen other players scored sulted in a clear victory for grandmaster cIII ple yers lire competing - most of six poi nts or more to share in the large Arthur Bisguier whose score of 6ih·lh them for the fint time in IIny USCF pr ize fund. topped a field of 81 players. Carl Pi!· event. The traditional Independence Day nick, 6-1, was second and Charles Henin , Following the g il l. festivities of Op event was held this year in St. Louis, J. N. Schmitt and Joseph l\fego.--aU ening Night, it wes decided to postpone being co·sponsored by the Capablanca with 51h po i n ts ~p la ced third through the first round until the evening of Chess Club and the ~l i1 wau k ee Chess fifth in the order listed. Scores of 5·2 MondllY, July 26. A senn tionel upset Foundation. A total of 120 players from were turned in by R. Bliss, D. Blohm, J . was then registered when Rlliph Betu twenty states and Canada competed in Hanken, J . Mo rtz, P. Quillen, F. Thornal· of New York City, who ente red the tour· the event, including two gr andmasters, ly and E. Wieher. The strong field in· nllment with. CllSs A nting, defeated nine masters and 15 experts. The tour· cluded 29 players in the expert and mas· grandmaster Robe rt Byrne. nament director was Miss Pear le Mann. ter classes. 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