Smith Triumphs in Sbuthwestern Open Baker, Jurevics, Janes 2Nd to 4Th
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• ess 1 e ' .• :.A-merica ~ Che:J:J n eWjpal'cr. Copyright' ltSS by United Stat.s Chess Federat ion Vol. X, No.3, Wednesday, ~ N.f. ber 5, 1955 15 Cents Suesmon Tops New England Event Conducted by Posi!ion No. 170 RUSSELL CHAU VENET Platz 2 nd; Blind Player Wins B Class END solutions to Position 'No. Walter B. Suesman of Providence won his third New England title on S no to Russell Chauvenet, 721 Coons,.points wiU} a score of 5lh-Pk, drawing with runner·up Dr. Joseph Gist Avenue. Silver Spring, Md. by Platz of Hnrtrord, who also tallied 5lh -l %. Tilird to sixth \Vith 5-2 each November 5, 1955. With your solu wete Massachuselts Champion John Curdo of West Lynn, Harry Lyman tion, please send analysis or rea of Mattapan, Harlow B. Daly of Saword, and Boris Siff of Wollaston. sons supporting your choice as Curdo, the Giant·killer, downed both Suesman and Lyman, but lost to "Best Move" or moves. Plab: and drew with Michael Wertheim and H. B. Daly. Lyman lost to Solution to Position No. 170 Will ap· Suesman and Curdo. Daly, the wonder of the tournament who wop his pear in the November 201h, 1955 issu •• first New England .title in 1908 and is still gOing strong, lost to Bartlett Gould and drew with B. and Curdo, but defeated Dr. Platz. lost NOTE: Do "ot pl." ,oIu,i''''$ /0 , "'" sm sm to Suesman and drew with Charle s Sharp and Daly. Charles Sharp of p()f;tion, on Ollt <4.,,; lot suu to ;nJi(41t corrtd ,.. .."ber of politi" .. 6ting sol"tJ. West Scarboro fi n ished seventh with 4lh -2~. .n" girt t/u /,,1/ """'t II"t! iI/tlrtll 01 Rohert P. Rathllun of ;Medford, In winning for the third time, tht fO/"" to <1U;st in propu attl;,i"g of using a special peg-set to ,0Usel his ' Suesman received permanent cus s!'/u,ion. 8 1a<;k to p l ay handicap of blindness, won tbe tody of the Rohert Welch Trophy . ·Class B tournament 5%-l'h, losing The event wa's held in Newbury one game to runner·up Warren port, Mass. and drew 50 players Chamandy of Providence and draw- from Massachusetts, Maine, Co n Smith Triumphs In Sbuthwestern Open ing with Charles Darron of "Brook- neeticut, Rhode Island, New Hamp line. More than one opponent com- shirc and Vermont. mcnted that Ratbbun eould see Baker, Jurevics, Janes 2nd to 4th more on the chessboard than be Kenneth R. Smith of Dallas, whos~ piny has been somewhat spotty could. Second and third with 5-2 KALM E TRIUM PHS , since returning from the ~rmed Forces, gave evidence of complete re each on Coons points were War covery of his pre-army style by winning the' oB-player Southwestern Open ren Chamandy and Hugh Robinson IN PENNSYlVANJA at Waco 6-1, losing no games but drawing wilh Robert L. Garver and of Belmont. Fourth to seventh with John B. Payne. Second to fourth on S·H with 5,/,, ·1% each were Allen 4'h-2~ ()~ch were Eberhard Fels, U. S. Junior Champion' Charles Knlme of Philadelphia added the H, Baker, J~. of San Antonio, Juris Jurevics of Dnllas, Ill\d William II. Pic Albert Gedratis, Ralph Gerth, Janes of t.crOY. Baker lost one game to Leon Politlkof( tlnd drew with nnd Jack Romanow. Pennsylvania State title to his list Robert F. Jolly; Jurevics lost to Jonquim Camat'cna' nnd drew with Janes; by scoring 6%-% in the annual while Jllnes lost no games but drew with Lf;e 'Hyder, Garver, nnd Jure- event at Hazleton, drawing one , game with runner'up Joseph Shaf vics. I MORGAN TAKES fer, also of Philadelphia. Shaffer Fifth to tenth with 5-2 each were John B. Pnyne of San Antonio VIRGINIA TITLE scored 6-1 for second, drawing with Blake W. Stevens of San Antonio, was elected president of 'the spon Thomas C. Gutekunst of Allentown Leonard C. Morgnn of Roanoke Leon Poliakoff of Dallas, C, Fred sO,ring Texas Chess , Associntion, and Kalme. Lt ..John A. Hudson of Tears of Dallns, Robert F. Jolly of and Allen H. Baker, Jr., 1811 Edi won the Virginia State Champion ship on SoB with 51h·llh, losing one Dover AFB was third with 5%-1112, Alliitin, John B. Payne of San An· son Drive, San Antonio was ap losing one game to Shaffer and toni6, and Owen W. JoJmson of pointed seeretary-trellsurer. The game to runner·up C. W. ruder and ' drawing with'R. J . Fecney. Charles drawing with Saul Wachs. Third Dallas. Juris Jurevics, l7-years old, Southwestern Opcn for 1956 was and fourth with 5-2 each were Her became the Southwestern Junior awarded to San Antonio. W. Rider of Nvrfolk, also with 5lh· Ilh, was second, losjng no games mnn Hesse of Bethlehem an'd Saul Champion and Mrs. Frances Frazier _ Although fewer out-of-state play Wachs of Philadelphia. Sixth " to i . with 2¥.. -4"h llC'orc beoome South- ens completed this year than usual, but drawing with Feeney, Peter Henderson, and Daniel Fidlow. ninth with 4l1.! -2l1.! each wcr.e, Wood western Women's Champion: Most Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, New row W. Young, Theodore Yudaeuf promising young player in the Mexil.'O nnd Mexico were repre Third to sixth with 5·2 each in-the 36-player Swiss at Norfolk were ski, Dale Schrader, and Richarq D: event was Eric Bone of Baytown, sented. Local sponsor was the Waco Elder. The 38·player event, small 15-years old, who placed 21st with Chess -club and the event was di- Robert J. Feeney of Chilesburg, Terry Y. Mullins of Waynesboro, for Pennsylvania, was directed by 4-3 in his second year of playing reded by International Master William A. Ruth. Former U. S. chess. George Koltanowski. Daniel }~idlow of Fort Lee, and Cmdr. C. D. Mott of Norfolk. Sev Junior Champion Saul Wachs won the Speed ev(!nt. enth to tenth with 41h ·2* each DONNELLY WINS U.S. W OMEN FLY were Peter Henderson, Carl Spies, IOWA OPEN TO MOSCOW MEET John M. Palmer, and E. If. Falkow- ski. w. H. Donnelly or Valparaiso, The U. S. representatives in the BISGU IER PLAYS Ind. won the Iowa Open Champion Women's World Championship ship sponsored by the Tri·City Candidates Tournament, U: S. IN ZAGREB MEET Chess Club of Davenport with a Womcn's Co·Champion Gisela Gres JENKINS WINS u. S. 'Champion Arthur B. Bis perfect 7-0 score. Second and third ser, U. S. 'Open 'Vomen's Champiou guier will p;).l'tie ip:ato in an inrer on S-B with 5-2 each were B. ,Egle Sonja GraC-Stevenson, and former IN NO. CA ROLINA national event at Zagreb commem of Dubuque and Allan Calhamer of U. S. Women's Champion Mona Dr. Albert Jenkins of Raleigh orating the l Oth 'anniversary of the Blue Island, m. Fourth and filth May Kar£[, set out for lIigscow on scored 6-0 to win the closed Nor-th liberation of Zagreb, sponsored by were Dr. A. W. Davis of Amcs and September 25 via Scandanavinn Air Carolina Championship. Dr. Nor the Croatian Chess Federation, be Melvin Matherly Qf B~ttendorf with Lines. Play began October 1 :it Mos man "M. Hornstein placed second ginning on November 1. Among 4%-2% each. Egle lost one game cow. in the lQ-player cv,ent with 5-1, other participants are Szabo or to Donnelly and drew with J. G. If all twenty eligible players losing only to· Dr. Jenkins. Third Barcza, Filip 01' Pachman, Gligorie, Roecker and Dr. Davis; Calhamer compete there will be a three to sixth with 3-3 each were Paul L. Schmidt, Rabar, Fuderer, Mat lost to Davis and C. A. Williamson. sectiop preliminary with the four Newton, Ja'mes Little, Wm. Ed. Cox, anovic, Ivkov, Bertok, Udoviic, two The 21-player event drew players ranking players competing in the Jr., and Dr. Fred Langner. The from lown, minois and Indiana. round robin finals. The winner will event. was held at Southern Pines, master's from the USSR as yet un· Karl H. Wiegmann was tournament be the challenger in a' match for and Dr. Hornstein acted as tourna· named, and one from Italy and one dir ector. t~e Women's World Ch.ampionship. ' ment pirector. .from. Austri~. Finish It The Clever Way ! Iry "Edm.rni NMh NINE QUALIFY POfilion No. 161 POJ;I;,," No. 161 FOR CAN DIDATES C. Schlechter vs. Em. Luker By Yu. Averbakh With a lew adjourned games,left, Fifth Match Game, 1910 Shakhmaty, July-August, 1955 which wHi not alter the selection, Ct. ••• oflj. c:.:c..,,~, nine players were declared quali. By Willa WhUe 0"""" fied for participation in the World Champioship Candidates Tourna· Addrets news lIe m ' Ind Inqulrl .. on W omen', Chesl to Mr.. Willi Whit. ment, to be held next year to select Owens, 124 South Point Drive, Avon a challenger to meet World Champ. Llkl, Dhlo. ion Mikhail Botvinnik in a mateh RS. Nancy Roes or Los An· for the title. The nine qUalifiers, to M geles, California, is the fifth whom will be added Vassily Smy· woman to h::.ve or to li hare the slov in next year's evenl, were: title o( U. S. Women's Chess David Bronstein (USSR), Paul Champion, which title she now Keres (USSR), Oscar Panno (Ar sh::.res with Mrs. Giesela Gresser of gentina), Laszlo Szabo (Hungary), New York.