u. S. OPEN CHAMPION (See P. 215) Volume XIX Number \I September, lt64 EDITOR: J. F. Reinhardt U. S. TEAM TO PLAY IN ISRAEL CHESS FEDERATION The United States has formally entered a team in the 16th Chess Olympiad to be played in Tel Aviv, Israel from November 2-24 . PRESIDENT Lt. Col. E. B. Edmo ndson Invitations were sent out to the country's top playcrs In order of tbeir USCF VICE·PRESIDENT David BoUrnaDn ratings. Samuel Reshevsky, Pal Benko, Arthur Bisguier. William Addison, Dr. An­ thony Saidy and Donald Byrne have all accepted. Grandmaster Isaac Kashdan will REGIONAL VICE·PRESIDENTS NEW ENGLAND StaDle y Kin, accompany tbe tcam as Don-playing captain. H arold Dondl . Robert Goodspeed Unfortunately a number of our strongest players ar e missing from the team EASTERN Donald Sc hu lt ~ LewU E. Wood roster. While Lombardy, Robert Byrne and Evans were unavailable for r easons Pc)ter Berlow that had nothing to do wi th money, U. S. Cham pion Robert Fischer 's demand (or Ceoric Thoma. EII rl Clar y a $5000 fee was (ar more than the American Chess Foundation, which is raiSing Edwa rd O. S t r ehle funds for t his event, was prepared to pay. SOUTHERN Or. Noban Froe'nll:e J erry Suillyan Cu roll M. Cn lll One must assume that Fiscber, by naming 5(J large a figure and by refusing GREAT LAKES Nor bert Malthewt to compromise on it, realized full well that he was keeping himseJ! off the team Donald B. IIUdlng as surely as if be had C{)me out with a !lat "No." For more than a year Fischer "amn Schroe(ier has declined to play in international events to which he bas been invited- the NORTH CENTRAL F rank Skoff John Oane'$ Piatigorsky Tournament, the Intenonal, and now the Olympiad. This record of K en Ky k ken non-participation is certainly a strange one for a player who has every reason to SOUTHWesTERN John Beltllnt K enn eth Sm ith aspire to the world title. P ark Blaho" PACIFIC Rlch lfd Van denbu rg Whatever the r easons for Fischer's Garbo-li ke behavior, two things are quite Gordoll Barrett Col. Paul L. Webb clear: our Champion doesn't want to play and our Team docs. That team, which will SECRETARY be facing great odds in Tel Aviv in No vember, deserves the support of aU of us. Marshall Rohland You can do your share by answering the appeal o[ the American Chess Foundation NATIONAL CHAIRMEN .nd OFFICERS for donations to the Olympiad fund. ARMED FORelS CHESS __.__ ~ Robert Kareb BUSINESS MANAOEIL- ~'H ' HM_' .J . F. Relahardt COLLEGE CHISI.... ___ ........ _ ............. Owen H.rrls INDUSTRIAL CHIS'_ ...... Sunley W . D. K IDg INSTITUTIONS CHI ............ H .. Dr. Ralph K\llui. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS. ....... tuac Ka$hdan Wome n'. Intun.tlon.l.... ... ... .. Ka th.ryn Slater JUNIOR CHUS. _ _• _ _ _ •.M or<lec.1 D. 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CHESS ,aD.RATION. 10 last 11th It,...t, NaW YOltK 2,. ..y , CHESS LIFE • • Benko Clear First In U. S. Open piece. Radojcic then finished up with (7'h), took first prize in the high school by J. F. Reinhardt draws against Robert Byrne and Michael undergraduate division. Pal Benko, International Grandmaster Valvo, defeated Robert Walker, and A total of twelve women competed in from New York City, finished a full drew with Benko in the final round. the '64 Open and the Women's Prize point ahead of the field in the 65th Sherwin, li kc Radojcic, was undefeat­ was shared by Kathryn Slater of New Annual United States Open Champion­ ed. while Byrne lost onc game - to York City and Cecelia Rock of Hinsdale, ship, played at the Sheraton·Plaza Hotel Benko in rou nd ten. Mass., both of whom scored 5 \02 . They in Boston on Au gust 16-29. Lombardy, Duncan Suttles of Reno, received dupliCate trophies and are the The ex·Hungarian star, a U.S. citizen Nevada, Grandmaster Arthur Bisguier co~ h a m pions, in accordance with the since 1962, won the Open title for the and Manhattan C. C. Champion Bernard new USCi" pOlic~' of not breaking ties second time by going through twelve Zuckerman fin is hed next in line with when two players arc deadlocked for a rounds without defeat, posting a final scores of 9·3. Suttles, who has been prize in any division. Adele Goddard score of lOlh·llfi . He previously won winning prizes loft and right during of Miami, Florida was next among the the U. S. Open Championship in San recent months, also took the Junior women, with 5 points. Francisco in 1961 , where his record­ Trophy for the best SCOfe by a playef smash ing score of 11·1 topped a field undef 21 years of of 198 players. The turnout at Boston - 229 players - made the 1964 Open the second·larg­ est in history, surpassed only by the 266·playcr Open in Chicago last year. Trailing right after Benko, with scores of 9lh-2%, were Yugoslav journalist Miro Radojcic, grandmaster.candidate Robert Byrne of Indianapolis, Ind. and Interna· tional Master James Sherwin of New York City. Radojcic's performance was undoubt­ edly the finest of his career and was one of the highlights of tho '64 Open. Rated a master, at 2210, he did pOorly in the Eastern Open in Washington, D.C. over the July 4th wcekend. and went into the Boston evcnt at 2165. He started out with three straight wins, drew with Marshall C.C. Champion Shelby Lyman in round four and with Shcrwin in round live. He then won anothcr t hree straight, against Ivan Theodorovieh, Alex Dunne and defending U. S. Open Cham· Miro Radoicic pion William Lombardy. The win over Lo mbardy was something of a flukc: Wi nner oC the prize for college under· Radojcic played the mueh·analyzed Mar­ graduates was California Junior Cham· LOMBARDY and Benko eng~g. in a shall Gambit against Lo mbardy's Ruy pion John Blackstone (8'h), while N. Y. grandmaster "post mortem". Lopez and the latter blundered away a State Junior Champion Walter S. Browne THE COMPLETE PRIZE LIST 1: Pal Benko, New York City (IO'h) 2·3·4: Mlro Itadojclc, N.Y.C.; Robert Byrne, Indianapoll8, Ind.; J Rmes SherWin, N.Y.C. (9 112) 5·&-7·8: WlIllan' Lombardy, N.Y.C.; Duncan Suttles, Reno. Ne,·ada; Arthur HIs,uler, N. Y.C.; Bernard Zuckerman, N.Y.C. (9 ) ' .11).11 .12.13.14: lllchael Valvo, Gunderland Center, N.Y.; Shelby Lyman, N.Y.C.; Georle Shaln&wlt, Forest 11111$. N. Y. ; Capt. John Hudson, Aurora, Colorado; Dr. Qrut Popo­ vyeh, N.Y.C.; Dr. Erich Marchand, Rochester, N.Y. (8Vz) 15: Ivan Theodorovlch, Toronto, Canada; Dr. Nell McKelvie, i1mhul"St, N.Y.; Paul BrandU, N.Y.C.; lIarry Lynlan, Saugus, Mus.; Edlar McCormick, Eu~ Orange, N.J.; Geor,e Krauss, Sprlngflc ld, Mass.; 1I1!tchcll Saltz.. OO rll. N.Y.C.; Edward Vano, Highland, Ind.; Roy MalleU, N.V.C. (8) Expert Prills: 1st, Stephen Brandwein, 80s· ton, Ma!>!!. (81,i,); trod , 1,nas Zalys, Montreal, Canada; WlIUam Hook, N.V.C.; John C. Meyer. Woodstock, N.Y.; Robert Walker, Costa Mesa, Calif. (8) c tiSS A: 1st, Peter Craves, Bethesda. Md. (7'fz); 2nd, VladimIr Vejrosta, Chlca,o, III.; Robert Wachtel, Parlen, N.J.; Luis E. S",UH, Santurce, Puerto Rico; Thomas A. Jenkins, Hun t1n,g ton Woods, Mich.; Walter Grom ~ bacher, Chlea,o, III.; Dennis Bo,,·c, Hoboken, N.J.; Stephen Tarin (7) u.s.