• Amel.ica j Ckejj neWjpaper Copyright 195B by United States Chess Federation Vol. XII, No. 11 Wednesday. February 5. 1958 IS Cents Bisguier Leads In Bogota Pa,ilion No. 22'5 Conducted bV Al'(hur Bisguier has taken the lead in the early rounds of the IRWIN SIGMOND Tournamcnt of The Americas now being played in Bogota, Colombia. END solutions to Position No. At the end of five rounds he has won four and' drawn one for a score S 225 to reach Irwin Sigmond, of 41f2·lj2. William Lombardy, the other representative of the United 5200 Williamsburg Blvd:, Arling· Statcs is in a [our·player tie for fourth place, with 3%·1%. One .of the ton 7, Va., by March 5, 1958. With others in this tic is Gnllldmaster Najdorf of Argentina. Second place your solution, please send analysis is held by Pedro i\Iartin of Argentina, with 4·1, while Oscar Panno, also or reasons supporting your choice of Argentina, is third with 3 1.-2.1,2 and one adjourned game. of "Best ""ove" or moves. With fifteen rounds to go, present positions on the scoreboard ar ~ Solvtion to Position No. 215 will ap· meaningless in terms of possible final results, and the games between p~ar in the March 20, 1955 issv~. lhe five favorites-Najdorf, Panno, Martin, Lombardy, and Bisguier­ NOTE: Do 110/ pl<lu ~<lI"lionJ to tr>'O will probably determine the sun-berths at the end of the tournament i'osirioIU OM OM~ ,<I,d; lu S"'( to indiuu on February 20. COT7(U M"".,/ur of palifion b,in8 to/~«{. "nd 8i~~ th~ full n"".,~ ""d "dd ..SI of RIDER RIDES TO VICTORY Ih~ ~al~(7 to "HisI in p,op., ~udilin8 of IN NORFOLK OPEN BOOST AMERICAN CHESS .o/"Iion. With a clean score of 6-0, Saul Rider topped a 38 entry 6 round B, Joining t"~ U.S.C.F. Swiss to win the Norfolk Open Milwaukee Bows to Newcomer Querner Championship at Norfolk, Virginia. Hans Qucrner, a new addition to the Milwaukee chess colony was Tied for second spot on points ROBERSON ALSO declared the winner of the 24th Annual Milwaukee Championship. Quer· were- Andy Schoene and George FLIES HIGH ner, a 23 year old electrical engineer and a former junior champion of Massinger, each with 5·1, Schoene The 1957 Championship Tourna· Bavaria, won seven and drew two of his games in a nine round Swiss losing to Rider, and Massinger to ment, sponsored by the Mobile affair to finish a full point ahead of Arpad Elo, veteran Milwaukee Schoene, who won the runner·up Chess Club, an eleven player round player who Bad held the title on many previous occasions. Nicholajs position on Solkoff tie-breaking robin run off in weekly rounds, K ... mvaI'S, \ust yeaT's winneT failed to defend the title. The tournament proceoJul'e. was formally concluded w;th the is sponsored by the Milwaukee Department of Municipal Recreation and Olhers with plus scores were awarding of prizes on January 17, Adult Education. Claude Bloodgood, 412-112 and Dr. 1958. In winning his first major Mil­ Kenneth Schwartz, David Shook, B. L. Roberson, with a 9-1 score, waukee event, Querner posted wins SUESMAN AGAIN E. A. Cook, Elliott Winterfield, H. took first honors, followed closely among others over Henry Meifert, PROVIDENCE CHAMP Rckontv, and Larry Robinson, all by Dr. J. H. Van De Car who Alfred Wehrley, Tibor Weinberger, In the annunl Providence Chcss with 4-2. scored 8·2. George Hoffman with Orville Francisco and Charles WeI· Club Championship Tournament, 7·3, and Morris Miller with 61h·3%, just completed, the veteran Walter don and drew his games with Elo USCF Bulletin Board rounded out the prize list. and Valdemars Liepaskalns. Elo, Suesman posted a 5%·% score in a six-round Swiss, conceding a Guthrie McClain writes all the The Junior Championship of Mo· WllO appeared a certain winner at draw to J. DiDominico, who fin­ way ~rom California to say: the conclusion of seven rounds of "Let's payoff the printing de­ bile was won by fourteen year old ished sixth. play, drew in the eighth round but ficit this year:' George Green, who rolled up a Placing second with 5·1 was D. lost his final game to Marshall 5lh·41,2 score. Rohland an old nemesis of his. Stetzer, who also won five games, but lost to Suesman. O. Hoffer fin­ Mcifcrt finished in third position ished third with 4-2, while fifteen followed by Rohland, Alfred Wehr­ year old P. Hirons, a protege of ley, Frnncisco and Ralph Abrams. Suesman. was the only other player Weinberger. a pre·tournament fav· in the twelve·entry event to fin­ orite. withdrew after seven rounds ish with a plus score. Losing only of play due to change of residence. to Suesman and Stetler, he (inished ["inal standings of players with fourth with 3%·2~2. 4 % points or better: Querner 8.0425 Welon 5.0232 IN NATCHITOCHES­ Elo 7.0390 Powers 5.0190 Meifert 6.0322 Gardner 5.0191 IT'S WATSON Rohland 6.0320 Kllhfittlg 5.0185 In a seven·entry double round A. Wherley 6.0275 Liepaskillns 5.0175 robin tournament for the champion· Francisco 6.0274 Graves 5.0170 Abrams 6.0272 McKenzie 4.5190 ship of Natchitoches, Louisiana, Eu­ Cramer 5.5247 Wien~ek 4.5147 gene P. Watson, with a lOIh·Ph Pfister 5.5197 Kapperud 4.5125 score, nosed out Carroll Fernbaugh, Dr. Wehrley 5.5182 Carroll 4.5122 MuelJpr 5.5177 Zastrow 4.5102 who, with 10-2. took second place WeinbeTger 5.(1'270' two full points ahead of third· place 'Wlthdrew after 7th Round. willner. Russell Donnelly. FIDE PROMOTES FISCHER Bobby Fischer, the young United Sttaes Champion, holder ' of the Le~sing J. Rosenwald Trophy and the Frank J. Marshall Memorial Trophy, has just added another title to his string-that of International Kibitzer's paradise. Grandmaster Reshevsky (R), shows Grandmaster Chess I\Iastcr. of F.LD.E. This informatiop was received from Mr. Falke Najdorf (seated center) what he should have done in game just Rogard, PreSident of FJ.D.E., who stated that the award of the title won by Grandmaster Bent Larsen (seated left), while Mrs. Reshevsky was ba'sed on the fact that he had placed first in the Zonal Tournament and Canadian and International Master Yanofsky take notes on the ended in New York on January 8, 1958. Congratulations, Master Fischer! lecture. (Dallas lflternational, 1957) .... by Edmund Nash KOROUOW HIGH SCHOOL Finish It The Clever Way! CHAMP IN NEW JERSEY Posit;o" No, 217 POfition No. 218 Although three players emerged Cott.'ife A. and K. Sarychev Stabo VS. Dueckstein from the Fourth Annual New Jer­ _USSR, 1928 Holland, 1957 sey High School Tournament with C~ejj 5 points, the Solkoff ratings placed ell;' Walter Koroljow of Highland Park Conducted by in the sun berth above Leslie H. Frederick H. Kerr Ault and Robin Ault, both of Cran­ All college clubs and piayers are Urged ford. Solkoff is also responsible 10 send news items to Frederlek H. for the positions of the following Kerr, 1776 Sample Road, Allison Park, four players, each of whom scored Pennsylvania. 41h points: Tom Sager of Leonia, The Intercollegiate Chess League John MacDonald (affiliation unre­ of America has anno.unced a pub­ ported), Don Valentine of Mont­ licity contest for its member clubs. clair, and Pete Berlow of S!,uth The prize will be official USCF Orange. Bill Abbott . and Bill Co­ tournament equipment. This will burn, Doth of Seton Hall Prep, tied include score pads, sealed move with 4 points each, while Jim envelopes, Swiss results charts, Yorke of Linden topped another Swiss pairing cards, and paper four players who tied with 3% tournament boards. The idea of points cacho such a contest came from Morde The 6 round Swiss was run off In Position No. 217, a 4-move King manoeuver makes the draw D. Treblow of Philadelphia, a mem­ December 26, 27, 28, at the lode· eViden't. ber of the ICLA Advisory Board. pendent Chcss Club in East Orange, In Position No. 218, the power of rooks on the seventh rank is The purposes are as follows: (1) To attracting an entry of 34 boys repre­ demonstrated beautifully. White mates in six or win a rook. stimulate college clubs into ob­ senting more than 15 high schools taining more local publicity, (2) For solutions, please turn to page 8, column 1. • and prep schools in New Jersey. To encourage college clubs to hold Send all contributions for this column to Edmund Nash, 1530 'l8th Place, S.E. WaShington 20, D. C, Leslie F. Ault directed the event. tournaments using official USCF supplies to improve the quality of USCF GOLDEN KINGS Long Island Amateur Chess Championship' ORLANDO TIES tournament administration, and Brooklyn, N,Y., Nov. 29th·Dec. lst, 1957 TAMPA 5-5 (3) To obtain new members ,for the Rank PIAye. Rdl ." Rd5 Rd& Sc. In a hard fought battle, the Or­ ICLA. To enter, a club must be or L R. A. Weinstein (Brooklyn, N .Y ), ........ .. .. W51 W36'" w,"." W, W2 03 s~ lando chcss team came from behlnd become an ICLA member; any col­ 2 . E. T. McCormick (East Orange, N.J.) ...... W42 WH W' T.I WIO 5 to tie Tampa 5-5 in a ten·board lege club may join the ICLA by 3, Sanford Gr.... ne (Elmsford, N.Y.) ............ W4S WU w"wn 0' WI6 01 5 4. Brian E. Owens (Great Neck, N.Y.) .......