• Amel'ica ~ C~e.:J:j new~papel' Copyright 1954 by United Stetes Chess Pedention Vol. X, No. 23 Sunday, August 5, 1956 15 Cenls Conducted by POJjtion No. 189 BISGUIE INS IRWIN SIGMOND E~ solutions to Position No. S 189 to reach Irwin Sigmond, U. S. OP 5200 Williamsburg Blvd., Arlington 7, Va., by September 5, 1956. With your solution, please send analysis 101 Players Compete At Oklahoma City, or r easons supporting your choice of "Best Move" or moves. Sherwin Second, Steinmeyer Third Solution to Po~itlon No. 189 will ~p. pear in the September '0, 1956 Issue. By WILLIAM ROJAM St<t/f Writ., NOTE: Do ..ot pt..a ,oIldion, to ,.. Due to a surprise third round defeat by Daniel FisChheimer of poriti,,,,, on oM Cttr4; bt 11Irt to ;,u/i£<ttt Chicago, U. S. Champion Arthur B. Bisguier was forced to come from r:oTT~d ...,mb .... 0/ po,itio.. brina JOlretI, behind in an exciting finish to win the U. S. Open Championship at _4 g;"t tht luU ...."" tmJ "!drtn -I Oklahoma City with a 9lh-2ih score, tied with James T. Sherwin who tht 10/'I'n to dlrill in prop .... crnJitinS 01 also tallied 9Vz -2lk but placed second on Median points. Robert Stein· solrmo ... meyer of St. Louis, who led the field for a time, placed third with 9·3. Tied at 81h·31k each for fourth to eighth place were U. S. Junior $100 RECEIVED TEARS BECOMES Champion Bobby Fischer (aged 13) of Brooklyn, Anthony Saidy of Douglaston, N. Y., former U. S. Junior Champion Edmar Mednis of New IN CHESS FUND TEXAS CHAMPION York City, Ste[[en Popel of Detroit, and Anthony DiCamillo of Phila· The first $100 has been received In a six player round robin at delphia. for the CHESS LIFE Printing Fund Houston Fred Tears of Dallas Seven players, tied at 8·4 each, placed ninth to fifteenth on Median from 25 USCF members who were tallied 4·1 to become the Texas points: Anthony Santasiere of New York City, Henry Gross of San Fran­ prompt in response to the appeal champion, losing one game to Bob cisco, Edgar McCormick of East Orange, Orest Popovych o[ Lakewood, N. J ., I. Theodorovych of Toronto, Paul Brandts of New York City, and for _a fund to place the USCF pub-­ Garver. Second with 3%-1112 was • lication upon a sound financial Kenneth Smith, also of Dallas, who Raymond Martin of Santa Monica, Calif. basis. lost one game to Tears and drew The U. S. Women's Open Championship went to Sonya Graf·Steven· with Garver. John B. Payne of San son oI Los Angeles, the defending champion, with 6% ·5lh score, closely As of July (when the USCF Busi· followed by Mrs. Mary Selensky of Philadelphia with 5lh·6lh. ness Office ceascd making report :"wtonio plaeed third with 3·2, 10s­ because of the U. S. Open at Okla· mg to Tears and Smith, while The 57th annual U. S. Open drew ton, Anthony Saidy of N. Y., A. E. homa City) the following contribu· Blake Stevens of San Antonio 101 players from 20 States, the-Dis· Santasiere of N. Y .• James T. Sher· tions had been received: tallied 2·3, Bob Garver of San An· trict of Columbia, Canada, Mexico win of N. Y., Robert Steinmeyer Russe" Chauvenet ................................ '10.00 tonio 1lh ·31(2 , and Robert Potter of and one from India (a student at of S1. Louis. Elliott Stearns ... ................................. 10.00 Dallas 1-4. Robert Brieger served Norman, Okla.). It was directed by There was also Master Emeritus Eli BourdDn ................................ ............ 5.00 as tournament director. International Master George Kolt· Lewis J. Isaacs and several unrated Edw. M. FOy ... .................... ..... ... ............. 5.00 Owen Johnson ............ ................... ......... S.OO anowski, assisted by USCF Business players like Geza Fuster and J. S~Dtt Kittsley ........................................ 5.00 Manager Kenneth Harkness, and Theodorovych of Canada, and Paul Knedlhaus ... ................................. 5.00 SHERWIN, SAIDY the excellent local arrangements Joaquin Medina of Mexico who John Minter .......................................... 5.00 TIE IN SPEED were supervised by a committee would have had master ratings if Charles Morgan •..................................• 5.00 headed by Oklahoma City business- they had been rated. Geo. W. Payne ... _.. .. _.. ........................... 5.00 James T. Sherwin and Anthony F. G. Hamner ............... _....................... • 3.00 man Jerry Spann. D. M. Houghton .................................. 2.50 .J. Saidy, both of New York, tied Few Starting Upsets Charles M. Burton ............... ............. 2.00 for the. U. S. Speed Championship One Sad Moment The 1st round saw no startling D. J. Gray ................................................ 2.00 in a one·day tournament, held at A note of sadness momentarily Charles Jacobs .................... .................. 2.00 upsets; minor upsets were the de­ W. C. Koenig .......................................... 2.00 Oklahoma City. Third plaee went clouded the scene when USCF feat of Dr. Lapiden by R. V. Wil­ Wm. Plampln ..__ .. .............................. .. .. 2.00 to U. S. Champion Arthur B. Bis· President Frank R. Graves an· cox, Herbert Avram by Van Gelder, M. Turiansky ... ..................................... 2.00 guier. Geza Fuster of Toronto was nounced before the third round Col. Araiza by Steven Shaw. Inter­ W. B. Wilson ............. ......................... 2.00 began the passing of USCF Life Di­ Norman Zemke .... ............................ ...... 2.00 fourth, S. Popel of Detroit fifth, est centered in Bobby Fischer (13) Dr. Ralph Kuhns .................................. 1.00 and Simon DelGado of Mexico was rector Major John Broadus Holt vs. A. M. Swank (78)- meeting of Anonymous .................•.. .•.................... .. .• 18.00 sixth in this Lightning Chess event. whose distinguished work as chess the oldest and youngest contestants, promoter and organizer will be long Tolal ................................................... .$100.50 won by Bobby. "CHESS FOR FUN" remembered. Players and officials The' 2nd round was barren also of While this prompt response is stood for one minnte in silent the unexpected; minor upsets be­ highly gratifying, it falls far short prayer as a mark of their respect ing McClain's loss to Fischheimer, of the needs in placing CHESS NEW TV PROGRAM to the memory of Major Holt. WOSU·TV, a non·profit station Owens' loss to Jack Shaw, McCor· LIFE on a solvent basis, so those 16 Rated Masters mick's loss to Derwin Kerr. Saidy who have not contributcd are ur­ operating on Channel 34 of the VHF band, is now broadcasting a Competing in the U. S. Open and Fischer drew respectively with gently. requested to do so if indeed Popovych and Gross, Santasiere they believe in the future of chess program cntitled "Chess For Fun." were sixteen USCF rated masters: in the USA. This educational television station, Herbert Avram of Maryland, Col. drew with Crittenden and DiCam· operated by Ohio State University, Jose Araiza, Champion of Mexico, illo with Joaquin Delgado of Mex· Let your dollar help chess! devotes 15 minutes every Friday U. S. Champion Arthur B. ·Bis­ ico. and Wednesday at 9:10 p.m. to a guier of New York, Paul Brandts Bisguier Stumbles program ' on chess. Dr. Erwin Un· of N. Y., A. DiCamillo of Philadel­ Tension heightened in the 3rd ATLANTIC COAST derwood, Columbus City Champion phia, Dr. Peter Lapiken of Los An­ round when Bisguier lost to Daniel and former Massachusetts State geles, Raymond Martin of Santa Fischheimer of Chicago and Bobby CHESS CONGRESS Champion, conducts the program, Monica, Guthrie McClain of San Fischer to C. F. Tears of Dallas. assisted by leading players in the Francisco, U. S. Intercollegiate Popel lost to Jack Shaw. Leading Aug. 24-Sept. 3, 1956 area, in a project designed to ap· Champion Edmar Mednis, Brian were James T. Sherwin with vic­ ASBURY PARK, N. J. peal to shutins, hospital patients, Owens of N. Y., S. Popel, former tories over Day, Brieger and Philip youth groups, and others inter· Champion of France, now of De· Morrell, and Steinmeyer with wins ested in the Royal Game. troit, IVan Romanenko of Washing- (Please turn to page 3, col. 1) SIGMOND MAKES Finish It The Clever Way! by Edmund N tUh NEW BEST MOVE Position No. 181 Position No. 182 With this issue Irwin Sigmond Petrosian vs. Geller Keres vs. Unzicker replaces Russell Chauvenet as the Amsterdam, 1956 Germany, 1956~_ custodian of "Best Moves," the - front page feature chess puzzle of CHESS LIFE. Mr. Chauvenet, worn ThIs column will be devoted to an· down by the ar dors of his labor. alytlcal comments submItted by ruders will recuperate by sailing "Pelican" of CHESS LIFE, prQferably In discussion of various annotations or suggestions aP' boats on the pearing in CH.ESS LIFE to which the Potomac while reader offers dissent or elaboration. Mr. Sigmond Master ~ and Amateur al1ke a~e invited assumes his re­ to air their views. sponsibilities. MORE VIENNA The new By MORTON W. LEUBBERT, JR. conductor of "What's the The Vienna Game provides some Best M 0 v e" of the most delighUul encounters has been a for chess study in all opening chess player theory. The following variation is for 30 of his 39 a prime example: 1. P-K4, P-K4; years, but has 2. N-QB3, N-ICB3; 3. B-B4, NxPj 4. Irwin Sigmo"d never been a Q·R5. N-Q3; 5. B-N3, N-B3j 6. N·N5, N Position No. 181 White is in check; if he takes the pawn, Black persistant com­ P-KN3; 7. Q-B3, P-B4; 8. Q-Q5, Q­ I checks ~m Kt7 and wins the White Knight. So much for first appear­ petitor in tournament events, play­ K2j 9. NxP ch, K·Ql; 10. NxR, P-N3. ances; White saw deeper into the position and produced an instructive ing only sporadically in such meet­ When you play into this variation, result.