• ess 1 e , America j Clte~~ n ew:Jpaper Copyright 1953 by United St;o tes Chess Feder.tion Vol. VII, No. 23 Wednesday, AUgWit 5, 1953 15 Cents Rossolimo to Compete at Milwaukee B, Najdorf is the most cblorCul of the In U. S. Open Championship Event Inttmalion<" mode rn Grandmasters. He h ns a MdsUr devastating style agu inst run-of­ By KENNETH HARKNESS the-mill p layers, but cunnot make LARRY EVANS USCF Raling Staliltician headway against the top ones. Players at the U. S. Open Championship in Milwaukee will have the U, S. Chm Around 194ti, he published an privilege of competing against onc o{ Europe's strongest masters, Cbdmpion article entitled " I Am Going to be Nicholas Rossolimo .0I France, who ret urned to this country recently. U. S. Optn World Champion." We are still The French champion intends to remain in the United States perman­ Champion, 1911·12 waiting. ently and become a citi1.en. He welcomes the opportunity of meeting Najdorf is nervous and anxious his fellow-members of the USCF at Milwaukee and will milke a deter­ U. S. Tttml during a tournament. He wiU use Mtmbtr. 19". 1912 mined effort to win the open title. any means at his command to un­ Rossolimo has a jQOd chance of becomjn~ our 1953 Open Champion. dermine those whom considers MAX EUWE he His current USCt~ "ating is 2605 points, in the Senior Master class. Holllnd his rivals. At Havana in 1952, for As this is wr itten, Larry Evans is t~e only entry with a higher rating. instance, he approached Gligoric NCE-w(jrld-champion Euwe has The U. S. Champion has not been ~n good fo~m lately, m ~de il poor and me during t he r ound and told showing at the Helsinki Olympics, Will have to Impr~ve considerably to O DO chan ce in a tournament us that he had a lost position, a nd of youth and stamina. He is noted m ainta in his sta nding as the No.3 player of the Umted States. On the his opponent had just refused a othcr hand, Rossolimo reached the peak of his .~a reer in J~nu ary of this [or his inexplicable blunders in the draw. H appily, we dashed over to fourth and fifth h ours of play. He year when he won first p"ize at the BeverwIJk International Tourna­ towers more as a theoretical the table. Crestfallen , we walked ment, Ph points a head of O'Kelly de Galway, Dr. Euwe and other authority today than as a practical away, cursing his stupid opponent famous masters. fo r not having accepted the draw. mcnal"e. At the U_ S. Ope n, Rossolimo (AtlOlh~, player ...ith 16CO raling ...1.0 Of co urse, Najdorf h ad never of­ will make his fi,'st a ppcaram.-e in i, c"(na~d to compde is Elmtln Z ~ m­ CONCLUSION: Unrortunatc~, fered one; nor had he a lost posi­ gtl/i, of SCtltt/€, ,.,hile Ka,hd.zn tlnd Ddke Euwc will be one of the lail-enders. tournaments held in this country, tion. It is also a favorite strategem but your rating statistician has htl"e dirMdy filled Ollt etll ry blank. for with him to take "insurance" kept track of his performances ,.,J..u promiUJ 10' ~ tI ,p«lawla, U. S. MENDEL NAJDORF ~ bets (when he is leading) that he Of>€n-TM Editor') Argenllna abroad sk.ce 1947. H:s imposing wiU not win the tourname nt! He is r ecord is tabulated below: AJDORF is a firecracker. _ . g lad to pay them orr when the Tournament Rank N that exploded on a beach. time come!s! IIllvcrsu"., 1941 (Zonol) .. 7·8 The sand around him consisted of CONCLUSION: No chance. A Hllycr sum, 1947 (lnl'l S"'C. Il) I USCF OPEN has-beens a nd ncar first-raters. He Utlvc l"WLjk. 1948 .. ...........3-4 P oi ish player with a Latin tempe!ra­ Hastings, 1949 1 CHAMPIONSHIP h as constanUy met his Water loo me nt, Nlljdorf will be bogged down Hclddberg, 1949 . 2 in Reshevsky and the Russian s. He around sixth or seventh place in Olden berg, 1949 .. ..... 34 Milwaukee, Wis. d id, however, beat Botvinnik a t the pr incip le! contenders in the Ven ice, 1949 .... _ ... .•. _. 2 August 10-21, 1953 Groningen in 1946. The story has 15 man even t. it that, d iscover ing h e had the Plilce: Eagle's Club, 2401 West (Thi. i, t he ((md"din8 ..r ti€le in .. ,£~i:~~:~9~~~ . :: =: := :: :: :: :: ::: : :: :=:::~ : :~:::"! Wisconsin Avenue, Milwau­ White pieces, Najdorf proceeded to urin concnning t ~ p,ineip/c con/cnder. Bcver.. IJ k, 1950 ..... _._ • • %--3 Mar del Plata, HI50 •.•.....•. _... _......... 8 kee, Wis_ give odds on the game. in tM WorlJ Ch ..mp ionlhip' C ..ndidtll d Venice, 1950 3 Eligibility: Open to any chess Boastful, conniving, a l') d lovable, T Oll rTl<lm€nt.) Gljon, 1950 .. ......... .. ...... _.... 1 Amsteroam, 1950 ................ _... 8 player who is a member in Hulings, 1951 .. 2-3 good standing of the USCF. Beverwljk, 1951 .S--6 Players must show member­ Panno Wins World Junior Title Dortmund, 1951 _......• ...•....•••.. _.... _......... _... 5-6 Staunton Ce ntenary, 1951 ._ .... _... _........ 5-8 ship cards or pay $5.00 annual Oscar Panno of Argentina, an 18 year ol d player from Buenos Aires, Gljon , 1951 3 USCF dues. gained the World Jun ior Championsh ip on S-B points with 5 *-1%, while H avan a, 1952 ..•_ .... _• •.••... _..... _ .. _ .....•.•.. _.. 6 Entries Close: Entries must be Klaus Darga of West Germany placed .second, also with 5lh-Ph_ De­ Beverwijk, 19:;.3 _.... _.• _.... __ .. _ ... _ ... _ .... _ ... I postmarked not later than fending W orld Champion Borislav Ivkov was third, tied In games with Augu.s t 3 , 1953 and ~hou1d Fridrik Qlafsson of Iceland with 3 1,2-312. James T. Sherwin of the USA U.S. CANDIDATES be sent to the treasurer, Dr. Dieter Keller of Switzerland, Jonathan Penrose of England and Bent O.M.J. Wehrley, 506 Tower Larsen of DeDl n.a rk ended in a four-way tie of 21,2 -4 1,2 for fifth place. SET FOR SEPT Bldg., Milwaukee, Wis. he left his Queen en prise. Iv koy The U.S. Championship Candi­ Entry' Fee: $15.00 including the Sherwin, who seemed , below played very well "'nd ",ggressively; dates Tournament, announced in rating fee of the USCF. form in the finals, salvaged the tie he los t only to Panna who has 8",1_ last issue, will be held in the .Tef­ Priles: Guaranteed first prize for fifth by defeating former bochan a long to h e lp him with ad­ journments; the old Grossmelster ferson BaH Room of the Adelphi of $1500.00; total pri1.e fund champion Ivkov in t he final round wved two nearly hotHle ss games for Hotel, 13th and Chestnut Streets, in excess of' $4000.00. after losing to Darga in the semi­ h im with problem dra~ 20 mOveS Philadelphia from September 11 to deep. In the 1"'5t round of the orhe r Tourname nt: 12 or 14 round final encounter. In the prelimin­ 20 inclusive according to William Swiss, depending on number inaries Sherwin was undefeated section Ivkoy played Ol",fsson. T hey both had 6 points and were sure of A. Ruth, chess editor of the Phila­ of entrants. with three wins and six draws. qual1fying. N",tuully, we all figured delJ,>hia Inquirer, in cbarge of local Lodging: For lodging or botel On a quick draw, but Ivkov 8 S usual arrangements. reservations, specify require­ Writing from Copenbagen at the fighting like a madman won a beau_ Hotel r ooms m ay be obtained end of t he preliminaries, Sherwin tiful but drawn-out ending. Visito1"5 ments and mark % Tourna­ a t the tourname nt thus far Ire from $6.00 for a single room to ment Director Ernest Olfe, commented about t he event and Stahlberg, W i d e and Nedellekovitch $12.50 per day for a deluxe twin­ his fellow p layers as follows: to write it up, Rogard to give 3841 W. s t. Paul Ave_, Mil­ s p .. e ches, e'c.. bedded room, and reservations waukee 8, Wis_ I made the finals a nd am very should be m ade at least one week Clocks: Players are asked to glad. A few pOints of human inter_ About my own g ames, it must be in advance. Entry fee wi11 be bring chess clocks, but mech­ est a bout the tournament. Larson said they were hard fought except $25.00 and entry restricted to ove rstepped the time limit in a for the Grandmaster d r ",ws wRh anical ones only. drawn Rook ending against Scar_ O", r!jJa and Pe'Hose. I couldn't seem players with a USCF rating oI Pl ayer Registration: At the fe lll. Penrose a lmost d idn't make to win with White though it w"'sn't Expert or bette r . Hotel Wisconsin, No. Third the finalS; he pl",yed t e rribly and In N!11I"f necessary a nyw"'y some Of Contributions to the e xpe'hses of and Wisconsin Ave_, on Mon­ the last round he was p",lred with the time, but with 81uk I h<l-d 3 Fure who had White . Farre had :wins ",nd 2 dr", ws.