Idaho Chess History

January, 1959

The official publication of the Idaho Chess Association.

President

R.K. Hart
Box 547
Pocatello, Idaho

Editor & Treasurer

Dick Vandenburg
2316 Regan Ave. <----NOTE ADDRESS CHANGE
Boise, Idaho

Games Editor

Eugene Cowan
Box 431
Driggs, Idaho

Committeemen

Sterling Vaughn
1187 Morningside Dr.
Twin Falls, Idaho
Roy Parker
Box 137
Nampa, Idaho
Charles Buttcane
Box 595
Rupert, Idaho
Sven Gridseth
Box 363
Idaho Falls, Idaho

Where to play chess!

Boise -- meets 8:00 Wednesday nights at Y.M.C.A. building.

Canyon County -- meets 8:00 Thursday nights at Lakeview Parkhouse, Nampa.

Idaho Falls -- meets Friday nights 7:30 next to Masonic Temple.

Rupert -- reorganizing, meetings being held, contact committeeman.

Twin Falls -- meets Tuesday nights 8:00 at Harry Barry Park Building.

Pocatello -- meets Wednesday nights at Y.M.C.A. building.

Events during the next Quarter!

Oregon Centennial Open -- in Portland, February 21, 22, Hostess House.

Nevada Open -- date and place not known, contact Bill Taber.

Inland Empire Open -- date not known, contact Dr. Griffith Parker.

Idaho Team Tournament Matches -- Twin Falls-Rupert, Pocatello-Idaho Falls, then finals.

Montana Open -- in Missoula, May 3, 4, Florence Hotel.

Idaho Open -- in Boise, Memorial Day weekend, May 30, 31, Y.M.C.A.

Idaho Chess Quarterly -- price $1.00 per year, 4 issues, send money to Editor.

Washington Chess Letter -- price $2.00 per year, 12 issues, send money to W.H. Raleigh, 4312 Woodland Park Ave., Seattle 3, Washington

TWO NORTHWEST PUBLICATIONS PROMOTING NORTHWEST CHESS

BUCKENDORF REGAINS IDAHO STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

Glen Buckendorf of Buhl has regained his Idaho State Championship by winning the Class A section of the second annual "Closed" Tourney held January 10-11 at the American Legion Hall in Twin Falls. As in last year's event, we again proved the value of a two day, multi-class event which brought out 38 players -- even more than our previous record. Thanks for an excellent event go to the Twin Falls Chess Club and especially to Lloyd Kimpton and Sterling Vaughn, who directed and organized it. The playing quarters were the best possible and the availability of pop and coffee added much to the relaxed atmosphere.

The (we hope) temporarily weak condition of the Rupert Chess Club showed up in that only one player entered from the Rupert-Burley area. Last year 11 players entered from there and those not entering this year were sorely missed. Twin Falls and Boise countered with large delegations which helped make up the difference. Two players attended from Idaho Falls as the first ever in a State tournament. We hope more from there will become active in state-wide functions now that the new Idaho Falls Chess Club is doing so well. Several juniors from North Idaho also expected to attend but were unable to at the last minute.

Buckendorf convincingly won the Class A section 4½-½ allowing only a draw to C.H. Stewart of Boise who placed second, 3½-1½, drawing three games. Lloyd Kimpton, who almost didn't enter because of being tournament director, placed third, 3½-1½, losing to Buckendorf and drawing Stewart. Buckendorf replaces Dick Vandenburg of Boise as State Champion. Dick, who won easily last year (5-0) couldn't seem to go anywhere this year and wound up 8th, 2½-2½. Bryant Hanson who placed third last year had similar troubles and wound up 15th. Surprise of the Class A tournament was Ted Hartwell who placed 5th with an excellent 3½-1½ score. Ted won last year's Class B section.

The Class B Tournament was a real dogfight with Nick Skirmants of Boise finally coming out on top, 4-1. Sterling Vaughn won a long last round game with George Osterman and took second, 4-1. George could have won first with a final round win and maintained his winning ways -- he was last year's Class C Champion. It looked for a time as if he couldn't be beaten as he won five straight last year and his first three this time. However, 4th place M.W. Wright finally beat him in the fourth round to end his winning streak at eight games. A.L. Harle of Boise, and always a strong player, placed third, 3½-1½.

The Class C and Junior competition were run together and Kenneth Barclay of Jerome won his first tournament and the Class C title, 4½-½. He was drawn in the final round by Glen Peck of Pocatello who copped the Junior title. Second place in the C division went to Dorian Larsen of Pocatello who lost to Barclay but defeated Peck. Several of the Juniors were sons of Class B players and their friends and the kids had an excellent time.

Tournament rules were amended this year so that Class B and C winners don't automatically go up to the next class but have to win their division twice before they have to play in the next higher section.

CLASS A
Place	Player	Town	-1-	-2-	-3-	-4-	-5-	Score	Solk.	S.B.
1.	Glen Buckendorf	Buhl	W10	W8	D2	W3	W6	4½-½	14	24½
2.	C.H. Stewart	Boise	W6	W11	D1	D4	D3	3½-1½	16½	21½
3.	Lloyd Kimpton	Twin Falls	W16	W7	W14	L1	D2	3½-1½	14	15½
4.	Eugene Cowan	Driggs	L14	W13	W7	D2	W8	3½-1½	12	15½
5.	Ted Hartwell	Twin Falls	L7	W10	D8	W11	W9	3½-1½	10½	14
6.	R.K. Hart	Pocatello	L2	W16	W12	W9	L1	3-2	13	10
7.	Mel Schubert	Pocatello	W5	L3	L4	D12	W10	2½-2½	14½	13
8.	Dick Vandenburg	Boise	W15	L1	D5	WF14	L4	2½-2½	12½	5½
9.	Phil Dolph	Boise	D13	D14	W11	L6	L5	2-3	12½	8
10.	A.B. Ellis	Nampa	L1	L5	W15	W16	L7	2-3	12½	4
11.	Horton Thompson	Kendrick	W12	L2	L9	L5	W16	2-3	12	6
12.	John Cosho	Boise	L11	W15	L6	D7	D13	2-3	10	6
13.	Nigel Robinson	Idaho Falls	D9	L4	L16	D15	D12	1½-3½	9½	5
14.	Dean Blair	Buhl	W4	D9	L3	LF8	WD	1½-3½	9	9
15.	Bryant Hanson	Blackfoot	L8	L12	L10	D13	Bye	1½-3½	7½	1½
16.	George Rasor	Boise	L3	L6	W13	L10	L11	1-4	12	3

CLASS B
Place	Player	Town	-1-	-2-	-3-	-4-	-5-	Score	Solk.	S.B.
1.	Nick Skirmants	Boise	W14	L6	W9	W7	W4	4-1	11	16
2.	Sterling Vaughn	Twin Falls	L3	W12	W14	W8	W6	4-1	10½	14
3.	A.L. Harle	Boise	W2	L10	W7	D5	W11	3½-1½	14	20½
4.	M.W. Wright	Boise	W12	D7	W10	W6	L1	3½-1½	13½	16½
5.	Roy Parker	Nampa	W13	L8	W11	D3	W9	3½-1½	10½	13½
6.	George Osterman	Rupert	W9	W1	W8	L4	L2	3-2	15½!	16
7.	Gary Bray	Nampa	W10	D4	L3	L1	W8	2½-2½	15	11½
8.	Norman Lee	Boise	W11	W5	L6	L2	L7	2-3	15	11
9.	Clarence Rambo	Murtaugh	L6	W13	L1	W10	L5	2-3	13½	6
10.	Lewis Trout	Twin Falls	L7	W3	L4	L9	W13	2-3	12½	9
11.	Roger Andrews	Wendell	L8	W14	L5	W12	L3	2-3	11	4
12.	Barney Graff	Murtaugh	L4	L2	W13	L11	W14	2-3	10½	2
13.	Leonard Carlson	Idaho Falls	L5	L9	L12	W14	L10	1-4	9½	0
14.	Jack Allred	Murtaugh	L1	L11	L2	L13	L12	0-5	13	0

CLASS C
Place	Player	Town	-1-	-2-	-3-	-4-	-5-	Score	Solk.	S.B.
1.	Kenneth Barclay	Jerome	W7	W6	W8	W2	D3	4½-½	11½	20
2.	Dorian Larsen	Pocatello	W5	W8	W3	L1	W4	4-1	12½	16
3.	Glen Peck	Pocatello	W4	W5	L2	WF7	D1	3½-1½	12½	12½
4.	Gene Rambo	Murtaugh	L3	W7	D5	WF8	L2	2½-2½	11	6
5.	Ken Graff	Murtaugh	L2	L3	D4	D6	W6	2-3	12	6½
6.	Clark Kaggie	Twin Falls	W8	L1	L7	D5	L5	1½-3½	11½	4
7.	Steve Graff	Murtaugh	L1	L4	W6	LF3	WD	1-4	8	3
8.	H. Marshall	Twin Falls	L6	L2	L1	LF4	WD	0-5	10	0

Trophies were presented at the annual banquet and business meeting held Saturday evening. Officers elected for 1959 were R.K. Hart, President; Dick Vandenburg, Treasurer and Editor; Roy Parker, Sterling Vaughn, Charles Buttcane, and Sven Gridseth, committeemen. Gridseth and Buttcane were more or less appointed for one year as the most active in their respective clubs. Next year's tournament will again be held in Twin Falls on January 16-17. We hope to have all of this year's entrants back plus many more!

FINNISH JUNIOR CHAMP WINS UTAH OPEN

Ilmari Toumainen hung on in the last round against Farrell Clark and came out with the 1958 Utah Open Championship. Toumainen is the Finnish Junior Champion now an exchange student in Salt Lake. In a game, reprinted in the games section, which is all but lost in the last round, he managed to draw Clark, who was in bad time pressure, thus winning the tournament. Clark, who placed third, needed a win to annex the state title. Second place went to Richard Owen, amazing Salt Lake junior who really played excellent chess and surprised everyone with the high quality of his play. He defeated fourth place Ben Greenwald (who lost his first Nevada or Utah State Tournament game) in the second round. Tied from 5th through 8th were four prominent tri-state chess players, Ken Jones, Don Benge, Bill Taber, and Dick Vandenburg. Richard Owen was declared Utah State Champion, youngest ever.

Seven rounds were played and this provided an excellent test of the players' abilities. The first four finishers actually played a round robin amongst themselves with Clark taking the honors. Neither Toumainen nor Clark lost a game but drew three and four respectively. Toumainen won his first four games and proceeded to coast in with three draws at the end.

The tournament was played at the Y.M.C.A. Building in Salt Lake City on November 12-15. Don Benge, now of California, arrived late and forfeited the first round but still placed 6th. Richards Durham, defending Utah Champion was out of practice and lost heart after a couple of tough games and placed 21st. Both Ken Jones and Ben Greenwald had won two previous Utah Tourneys but neither could match the two youths winning this one.

Had U.S.C.F. rules been followed to the letter adjusting the scores of those that won (or lost) by default, bye or withdrew, the results would have placed Benge ahead of Jones, Vandenburg ahead of Taber, Stevenson ahead of Hunt, and Wigginton ahead of Morawski. ½ point is used to adjust scores of players winning or losing without actually playing their games.

1958 UTAH STATE TOURNAMENT RESULTS

Place	Player	State	-1-	-2-	-3-	-4-	-5-	-6-	-7-	Score	S.B.
1.	Ilmari Toumainen	Utah	W17	W7	W12	W5	D4	D2	D3	5½-1½	23¼
2.	Richard Owen	Utah	W15	W4	L3	W20	W9	D1	W6	5½-1½	21¾
3.	Farrell Clark	Utah	W18	D5	W2	D9	W15	D4	D1	5-2	21
4.	Ben Greenwald	Utah	W21	L2	W16	W12	D1	D3	W9	5-2	18¼
5.	Kenneth Jones	Nevada	W13	D3	W20	L1	L6	W10	W11	4½-2½	16
6.	Donald Benge	California	LF	W25	W13	D14	W5	W7	L2	4½-2½	14¼
7.	Bill Taber	Nevada	W23	L1	D11	W16	W14	L6	W12	4½-2½	13¾
8.	Dick Vandenburg	Idaho	W24	W11	L9	L15	D13	W20	W16	4½-2½	11¾
9.	Louis Page	Utah	W19	D20	W8	D3	L2	W15	L4	4-3	14¼
10.	Charles Metzelaar	Utah	L12	W22	W23	L11	W21	L5	W15	4-3	9½
11.	Gaston Chappuis	Utah	D16	L8	D7	W10	D12	W14	L5	3½-3½	13
12.	Irvin Taylor	Utah	W10	W14	L1	L4	D11	W13	L7	3½-3½	12¾
13.	Stan Hunt	Utah	L5	W21	L6	W18	D8	L12	W20	3½-3½	10¼
14.	Philip Stevenson	Utah	W25	L12	W19	D6	L7	L11	W17	3½-3½	8¼
15.	Clinton McDaniel	Utah	L2	W17	W18	W8	L3	L9	L10	3-4	10½
16.	Fred Docekal	Utah	D11	W24	L4	L7	D17	W19	L8	3-4	7¼
17.	Jim Fisher	Utah	L1	L15	W25	W22	D16	D21	L14	3-4	4¾
18.	Hans Morawski	Utah	L3	W23	L15	L13	L20	Bye	W21	3-4	4½
19.	Bill Wigginton	Utah	L9	W26	L14	L21	W23	L16	W22	3-4	4
20.	Ray Smith	Nevada	W22	D9	L5	L2	W18	L8	L13	2½-4½	7
21.	Richards Durham	Utah	L4	L13	W22	W19	L10	D17	L18	2½-4½	6½
22.	Ben J. Peterson	Utah	L20	L10	L21	L17	Bye	W23	L19	2-5	2
23.	Carl Thorstensen	Utah	L7	L18	L10	WF25	L19	L22	Bye	2-5	0
24.	Bob Campbell	Utah	L8	L16	Bye	WD	WD	WD	WD	1-6	0
25.	Sam Trotter	Utah	L14	L6	L17	LF23	WD	WD	WD	0-7	0
26.	George Sormers	Utah	LF	L19	WD	WD	WD	WD	WD	0-7	0

WEST COAST RATINGS OF JANUARY 1959

The Northwest Rating system has now been expanded into a West Coast system to include all players in the Western states. There are over 1,000 names in the latest list, a copy of which may be obtained by mailing your name and address and 10¢ to Robert A. Karch, 1025 El Paseo Del Campo, San Lorenzo, California. It is impossible to list even most of those players rated in a small publication as this so we must sample from the big list to get one most meaningful to our readers. As has been our policy in the past, we list complete all players from Idaho, Utah, and Nevada with samples from other states that we believe our readers are interested in. The master and expert lists are complete for Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Nevada. Our sampling will be done on Classes A, B, and C. The ratings include all tournaments and matches published before this Quarterly plus the Utah Open! All other games reported here will be rated in time for our April issue.

MASTERS (2150 up)
Dake, Arthur	Oregon	2431
McCormick, Jim	Washington	2306
Dalbergs, Ivars	Oregon	2198
Lapikan, Peter	Montana	2194
Ulvestad, Olaf	Washington	2277
Zemgalis, Elmars	Washington	2267

EXPERTS (2000 up)
Ballantine, Ch.	Washington	2010
Baumwell, Max	Washington	2012
Eilmes, Donald	Washington	2004
Gedance, Maurice	Nevada	2004
Greenwald, Ben	Utah	2074
Griffiths, Charles	Washington	2093
Hartwig, Ken	Washington	2009
Holmes, Vernon	Washington	2057
Joachim, Charles	Washington	2096
Manney, O.W.	Washington	2147
Moore, Gerald	Montana	2023
Patterson, G.S.	Washington	2115
Power, Neil	Washington	2002
Pupols, Viktors	Washington	2137
Seglins, Viesturs	Washington	2134
Smith, Adam	Montana	2082
Somsen, Dick	Washington	2007
Trembois, Jim	Washington	2085
Tuomainen, Ilmari	Utah	2055
Turner, Tom	Washington	2041
Vellias, Russell	Washington	2002
Wade, Daniel	Washington	2096
Warner, Eugene	Washington	2040

CLASS A (1800 up)
Anderson, John	Idaho	1827
Benge, Donald	California	1916
Buckendorf, Glen	Idaho	1992
Byron, Fred	Oregon	1968
Chappuis, Gaston	Utah	1828
Clark, Farrell	Utah	1944
Cornelius, Gordon	Washington	1986
Cosho, John	Idaho	1806
Crawford, Don	Washington	1850
Cziep, Alois	Idaho	1865
Dolph, Cliff	Washington	1807
Ellis, A.B.	Idaho	1880
Freeman, Darrell	Idaho	1866
Gridseth, Sven	Idaho	1873
Groenig, Dave	Washington	1985
Hartwell, Ted	Idaho	1907
Heilbut, Dick	Utah	1830
Hughart, Harold	Oregon	1949
Hunt, Stan	Utah	1832
Johnson, Don	Oregon	1937
Jones, Ken	Nevada	1960
Joseph, N.B.	Nevada	1809
Kimpton, Laverl	Nevada	1981
Kimpton, Lloyd	Idaho	1858
Kittredge, Robert	Washington	1905
Makens, Tom	Washington	1839
Moore, Deane	Oregon	1922
Morris, Richard	Nevada	1864
Murray, A.A.	Washington	1966
Owen, Richard	Utah	1930
Page, Louis	Utah	1858
Parker, Dr.	Washington	1834
Pathakis, Ted	Nevada	1964
Rasor, George	Idaho	1826
Robinson, Nigel	Idaho	1802
Schofield, William	Idaho	1870
Sponagle, Charles	Colorado	1876
Stanke, Jerry	Idaho	1885
Stewart, C.H.	Idaho	1965
Taber, William	Nevada	1900
Taylor, Irvin	Utah	1842
Teitelbaum, Sam	Utah	1861
Vandenburg, Richard	Idaho	1929
Walker, Robert	California	1996
Weaver, F.W.	Washington	1826

CLASS B (1600 up)
Allred, Jack	Idaho	1684
Allred, Joe	Idaho	1612
Anderson, Herbert	Montana	1668
Archbold, John	Utah	1646
Batie, Ralph	Idaho	1666
Benoit, Jim	Idaho	1681
Blair, Dean	Idaho	1795
Campbell, Bob	Utah	1712
Conway, Mike	Washington	1620
Cowan, Eugene	Idaho	1730
Davis, Mrs. D.	Wyoming	1615
Docekal, Fred	Utah	1782
Dolph, Phil	Idaho	1796
Donaldson, C.	Nevada	1677
Durham, Richards	Utah	1790
Eddy, Buz	Washington	1720
English, John	Idaho	1653
Falk, Charles	Idaho	1754
Fisher, Jim	Utah	1698
Flowers, Dorn	Idaho	1710
Fricke, Ray	Idaho	1743
Guth, Eugene	Idaho	1631
Hanson, Bryant	Idaho	1731
Hansen, Ralph	Montana	1724
Harle, Albert	Idaho	1788
Harris, C.E.	Idaho	1762
Hart, Kay	Idaho	1731
Haynes, Russ	Idaho	1617
Healy, Paul	Idaho	1710
Horn, Ben	Utah	1790
Horstman, E.H.	Idaho	1758
Hunt, Thad	Idaho	1702
Jeffs, Paul	Utah	1797
Johnson, Mark	Idaho	1676
Karch, Robert	California	1789
King, D.J.	Idaho	1721
Kooyman, Ray	Idaho	1693
Lauritzon, Carlos	Idaho	1755
Lee, Norman	Idaho	1727
Lieberman, A.	Utah	1662
McDaniel, C.C.	Utah	1711
McNeese, Jim	Oregon	1759
Madsen, Alma	Utah	1688
Metzelaar, Charles	Utah	1754
Millar, Mrs. Bernice	Idaho	1630
Murphy, Don	Idaho	1775
Osgood	Sam	1735
Osterman, George	Idaho	1740
Parker, Roy	Idaho	1699
Peterson, Hershel	Montana	1644
Rambo, Clarence	Idaho	1668
Sala, Steve	Idaho	1676
Schubert, Mel	Idaho	1734
Skirmants, Nick	Idaho	1781
Smith, Ray	Nevada	1680
Stevens, Claude	Idaho	1690
Stevenson, P.	Utah	1764
Thompson, Horton	Idaho	1754
Trout, Ed	Idaho	1600
Vaughn, Sterling	Idaho	1708
Walton, Larry	Idaho	1791
Wheeler, Ray	Nevada	1771
Wigginton, Bill	Utah	1683
Wright, M.W.	Idaho	1762

CLASS C (under 1600)
Adams, Albert	Nevada	1298
Asay, Melvin	Idaho	1473
Barnstein, Charles	Idaho	1525
Britt, D.	Idaho	1523
Brown, Richard	Idaho	1579
Cleveland, William	Idaho	1567
Fox, Don	Idaho	1500
Fredstrom, Bruce	Idaho	1485
Graff, Barney	Idaho	1492
Hayworth, P.G.	Idaho	1500
Hopkins, Delbert	Idaho	1540
Hull, Everett	Idaho	1590
Jacobsen, Kenneth	Idaho	1493
Jester, Jim	Idaho	1536
Johnston, R.	Utah	1517
Larsen, D.	Idaho	1425
Lee, David	Idaho	1592
Leonard, Frank	Idaho	1485
Madden, Tom	Idaho	1548
Parker, Dick	Idaho	1588
Pattie, I.B.	Idaho	1583
Peterson, Ben	Utah	1554
Pierce, Robert	Idaho	1400
Seefried, W.	Idaho	1532
Solts, Carl	Idaho	1383
Sormers, George	Utah	1400
Spangenberg, Cecil	Idaho	1576
Stanke, Richard	Idaho	1464
Suydam, Bob	Idaho	1533
Talbot, Clinton	Idaho	1589
Taylor, Nelson	Idaho	1530
Thorstensen, C.	Utah	1480
Trotter, Sam	Utah	1491
Whittley, Boyd	Nevada	1584
Williamson, John	Idaho	1508

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ULVESTAD WINS CENTRAL WASHINGTON

Clark Harmon, 16 year old player from Portland, defeated Ivars Dalbergs of Portland in the final round of the "Central Washington Open" to help Olaf Ulvestad of Seattle continue his current winning streak through placing first, 5½-½. Dalbergs and Ulvestad were tied going into the last round, 4½-½, having drawn their individual game in the fourth round. Dalbergs was ahead on tie breaking Solkoff points but the upset loss to the amazing Harmon cost him victory. Harmon placed second, 5-1, losing only to Ulvestad. Fourth place went to Oliver LaFreniere of Yakima who was tournament director, and fifth went to Dr. Dave Groenig of Spokane. The tournament was held in the new Yakima Y.M.C.A. Building way back on November 8-9 and a total of 28 players entered. Others tied from fourth to tenth with LaFreniere and Dr. Groenig (4-2) were Mike Franett, Seattle; Robert Holzinger, Seattle; Deane Moore, Portland; Cliff Dolph, Maryhill; and Bill Hoge, Yakima.

ULVESTAD WINS 1959 WASHINGTON OPEN

With a perfect score of 6-0 Olaf Ulvestad of Seattle continued his current "red hot" winning streak in sweeping the 1959 Washington Open held in Seattle January 24-25. Another master, Jim McCormick, placed second, 5-1, losing to Ulvestad in the final round. Spokane's Dr. Dave Groenig reached the high point of his budding chess career by placing third, 4½-1½! Another always strong player, Dr. A.A. Murray of Seattle, placed fourth. others with identical scores of 4½-1½ were Dan Wade (editor of Washington Chess Letter), 5th; C.S.G. Patterson, Seattle, 6th; Oliver LaFreniere, Yakima, 7th; Don Kendall, Tacoma, 8th; and Edward Diedrich, Tacoma, 9th. Clark Harmon of Central Washington Open fame lost to Ulvestad and drew two games to place 10th.

A total of 50 players entered and they all played in one section. Players well known in this area other than the top ten were Duane Meador of Vancouver, Washington who ran into trouble in the last two games winding up 22nd, 3-3. Harold Hughart of Albany, Oregon also had his difficulties finishing 23rd, 3-3. Donald C. Crawford, formerly of Boise and now from Olympia, also had a 3-3 score to place 29th. Local players will remember Don well and welcome him back to the chess tournament scene.

As per the custom in Washington, the top finishers in the Open plus the State Champion and other strong players qualify for the Washington State Championships to be played February 21-23. This year the top nine finishers plus State Champion Viesturs Seglins and masters Zemgalis and Pupols are eligible.

BOISE DEFEATS CANYON COUNTY TWICE
IN STATE TEAM TOURNAMENT

Boise got plenty of revenge on Canyon County for its loss last year in the State Team Tournament preliminaries by beating their cross-the-valley adversaries 7-1 with the white pieces (in Boise November 26) and 8-4 with the black pieces (in Nampa December 4). The total winning margin gives Boise the right to play in the finals this spring against the winner of the Eastern Idaho vs. Central Idaho match. Double winners for Boise were Dick Vandenburg, C.H. Stewart, M.W. Wright, Nick Skirmants, Bob Babcock, and Dave Reid. Vic Waterman of Nampa played two games for his team in the second match and won them both! (not simultaneously!)

BOISE			CANYON COUNTY
Bd	Player	Result	Bd	Player	Result
1.	Dick Vandenburg	1	1.	Jerry Stanke	0
2.	C.H. Stewart	1	2.	A.B. Ellis	0
3.	George Rasor	0	3.	E.H. Horstman	1
4.	M.W. Wright	1	4.	Dan Jess King	0
5.	Nick Skirmants	1	5.	C.E. Harris	0
6.	Dave Reid	1	6.	Marion Parsons	0
7.	Bob Babcock	1	7.	Roy Parker	0
8.	Cecil Spangenberg	1	8.	John Williamson	0
		7			1

BOISE			CANYON COUNTY
Bd	Player	Result	Bd	Player	Result
1.	C.H. Stewart	1	1.	Jerry Stanke	0
2.	Dick Vandenburg	1	2.	A.B. Ellis	0
3.	John Cosho	1	3.	E.H. Horstman	0
4.	M.W. Wright	1	4.	C.E. Harris	0
5.	George Rasor	1	5.	Dan Jess King	0
6.	Nick Skirmants	1	6.	Gary Bray	0
7.	Norman Lee	0	7.	Roy Parker	1
8.	Bob Babcock	1	8.	Marion Parsons	0
9.	Dave Reid	1	9.	John Williamson	0
10.	Jim Jester	0	10.	Vic Waterman	1
11.	Cecil Spangenberg	0	11.	John English	1
12.	Dick Parker	0	12.	Vic Waterman	1
		8			4

Apology!

This issue of the Idaho Chess Quarterly is some three to four weeks late and your editor would like to apologize for this almost inexcusable occurrence! I am especially sorry that the issue comes out after the possibility of publicizing the Oregon Centennial Open and probably before being able to publicize the results. Several Idaho players were aware of this tournament but were unable to make it this year. I seem to have taken on too many projects this year and haven't had time for chess at all, these include being President of two different organizations connected with skiing and also acting as coach of a Boise Junior ski team. Now that the winter season is drawing to a close I hope to get back to the chess trail and will try to get future publications out on time! In addition to the above, you will notice on the front page that I have changed my address -- I'll not do that again for 20 years! Please change my address on your records.

PREVIEW OF COMING EVENTS

NEVADA OPEN -- this always excellent and powerful tournament will be held as usual on or about the Easter weekend. However, at this time it is not known whether it will be held in Las Vegas (as originally scheduled) or in Reno, and the date is not certain. It should probably follow closely the policy of previous years -- 7 rounds, monetary prizes, coast players excluded, etc. For further information contact Bill Taber, 440 Ridge St., Reno, Nevada.

INLAND EMPIRE OPEN -- no word has been received on this tournament annually held in Spokane the latter part of April. It will undoubtedly follow past history being six rounds, two days. For further information contact Dr. Griffith Parker, 416 Hyde Building, Spokane, Washington.

IDAHO TEAM TOURNAMENT MATCHES -- In the preliminaries, the new Idaho Falls Chess Club and the Pocatello Chess Club play a two round match in Idaho Falls on February 21 at the Western Army Store. The winner of this match gets the right to play the winner of the Twin Falls-Rupert game, should these two teams be able to schedule a match. The game between Eastern Idaho and Central Idaho will be played in either Idaho Falls or Pocatello. The winner of this game will play Boise, the game probably to be played at either Rupert or Twin Falls. The team championship trophy is now jointly held by Pocatello and Canyon County.

MONTANA OPEN -- Word was received from John Butler, Secretary of the Montana Chess Association that the 1959 Montana Open will be held in Missoula at the Florence Hotel on May 2-3. It will be a five round Swiss with two games played on Saturday and three on Sunday, and will probably start about 1:00 Saturday afternoon. Play will be divided into Expert, A, and Junior divisions with three trophies for each. Entry fee will be $3.00 for Expert and A and $2.00 for Junior. For further information contact Mr. Butler, 510 Plymouth, Missoula, Montana.

IDAHO OPEN -- again to be held in Boise, Memorial Day Weekend, May 30-31. This will also be a five round Swiss but with three rounds Saturday and two Sunday. Starting time will be about 10:00 Saturday morning, the location will be the Boise Y.M.C.A. Play will be divided into Class A and Class B divisions, as was done last year. This gives the better players more of a chance to play each other and gives the poorer players a chance to win a trophy. West Coast Ratings will apply to both Classes but the A Class will also be Nationally Rated. Trophies will be awarded in the B Class while monetary prizes will be awarded all plus-score finishers in Class A. Last year strong players were attracted from Montana, Utah, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington and it is hoped that Boise will again become a meeting place for chess talent from all over the Northwest and Intermountain region.

WITH THE CLUBS

BOISE

The 1959 Boise City Chess Tournament has just started and play is again divided into three Classes -- A, B, and C. C.H. Stewart, John Cosho, Phil Dolph, and Dick Vandenburg make up the A Class. Nine players are entered in Class B including Mrs. Hazel Dolph who adds considerable beauty to the otherwise drab surroundings of quiet, bowed heads! Class C now has five entrants and more are expected. A double round robin will be played in each class. Currently, C.H. Stewart leads Class A, 2-0 and A.L. Harle leads Class B, 3-0.

CANYON COUNTY

A.B. Ellis is undefeated thus far in the Ninth Annual Canyon County Chess Tournament. His record is 9½-½ with only one draw, to John English, the winner of the first tournament in 1951. Roy Parker ranks second, 11-5 and C.E. Harris is third, 7-5. Other high ranked players are John English, 3½-2½, E.H. Horstman, 5½-4½, John Williamson, 7-6, Carl Solts, 7-6, and Vic Waterman, 7½-6½. 15 players are entered in Classes A, B, and C.

IDAHO FALLS

The new Idaho Falls Chess Club is really booming with more members than any other club in the State. They have adopted a constitution and elected officers for 1959. Sven Gridseth was elected President; Nigel Robinson, Vice President; Albert Hamp, Secretary; Russ Haynes, Treasurer; and Gene Guth, Tournament Director. Over 30 members are listed! That's almost twice what we have in Boise and the organizers should really pat themselves on the back for doing such a terrific job.

In the Idaho Falls Chess Club Bulletin, 1/30/59, the announcement of an Idaho Falls City Chess Tournament to be held on March 20, 21, and 22 was made. Play will be divided into three classes -- A, B, and Junior. First prize in A and B will be a chess clock! A ladder tournament is currently in progress and is scheduled to be completed March 6. A friendly match is tentatively scheduled with the Teton Valley Club on March 13.

POCATELLO

Location of meetings has been changed to the Y.M.C.A. A match is scheduled in the State Team tourney with Idaho Falls. A match is being arranged with the Rupert Club which should help that Club get back on its feet.

TWIN FALLS

Ladder standings for the club reported show Ted Hartwell leading, 1336. Lloyd Kimpton is second, 1218, Glen Buckendorf, 1178, Don Murphy, 1150.

RUPERT

Club activities came to a standstill after a summer recess. Charles Buttcane has revived the club and reports that about 10 players have begun meeting again. We hope players in the Rupert area will support the club and bring it up to former strength.

TETON VALLEY

Chess interest in Teton Valley is picking up according to Club President Eugene Cowan. Meetings are now held at the members' homes once a week on Wednesday nights. Carlos Lauritzen is Vice President and Darrell Dalley is Treasurer.

The club has just completed its first (1958) Teton Valley Chess Tournament (in Driggs) and Eugene Cowan won handily, 6-0. A round robin with seven players was used. Alma Kunz was second and Ed Schiess third.

##	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
1.	Eugene Cowan	xx	W	W	W	W	WF	W	6-0
2.	Alma Kunz	L	xx	W	W	W	WF	WF	5-1
3.	Ed Schiess	L	L	xx	W	W	WF	WF	4-2
4.	Darrell Dalley	L	L	L	xx	W	WF	WF	3-3
5.	Carlos Lauritzen	L	L	L	L	xx	W	WF	2-4
6.	Alfred Marcum	LF	LF	LF	LF	L	xx	LF	0-6
7.	Dale Robson	L	LF	LF	LF	LF	LF	xx	0-6

The 1959 Tourney is now in progress with play being considerably tougher than in 1958. Cowan is leading, 5-0; Lauritzen, 2-1; Shiess, 2-2; Dalley, 2-3; Kunz, 1-4; and Ervin Schiess, 0-2.

NORTH IDAHO CHESS

Word has been received of the formation of the "Inland Empire Junior Chess League (IEJCL)". The League consists of teams from Sandpoint, Wallace, Spirit Lake, Lewis & Clark (Spokane), and Coeur d'Alene High Schools. The new league is equipped with a charter and Bruce Fredstrom of Sandpoint has been named 1959 League Coordinator. At a meeting early in January an IEJCL Founders' Tourney was held with all of the original founders present except Bob Corder, Kellogg. Bruce Fredstrom and Don Britt (Wallace) came out on top-- 3-1. Steve Sala and Fred Pettit both of Wallace tied with 2-2. Jim Ashford of Kellogg placed last, 0-4. The newly formed League will start playing matches immediately to determine the 1959 winner.

Steve Sala came out on top of the 1958 Wallace High School 5 round Swiss tournament played during November and December. He recorded a perfect score beating out second place Fred Pettit, 4-1. Third was Pat Chaffney, 3½-1½. A total of 16 players entered.

SALT LAKE CITY

News items received from Salt Lake include a simultaneous exhibition by Samuel Reshevsky. 18 players tried their skill at beating the champion and 17 went down to defeat. Gaston Chappuis was the only player able to get even a draw, his second in two years from Sammy. The next day Reshevsky encountered 35 players in Ogden and beat every one!

Starting immediately, the 1959 Salt Lake City Tournament will be played. A high school tourney will be played at the same time. Ogden is also having a city tourney, running about the same time. More about the Salt Lake Tourney in the next issue.

Late Flash!

POCATELLO BEATS IDAHO FALLS!

Pocatello won the right to play further in the State Team Tourney by beating Idaho Falls 9½-6½ on February 21. Pocatello standbys R.K. Hart and John Anderson helped with 1½ wins apiece. Mansour Amini and Glen Peck both won two for Pocatello. Mrs. Millar won two for Idaho Falls from Dorian Larsen who placed second in the State Class C.

POCATELLO			IDAHO FALLS
Bd	Player	Result	Bd	Player	Result
1.	R. Kay Hart	½-1	1.	Alois Cziep	½-0
2.	Mel Schubert	0-½	2.	Sven Gridseth	1-½
3.	Charles Barnstein	0-1	3.	Nigel Robinson	1-0
4.	Louis Tomay	0-1	4.	Eugene Guth	1-0
5.	John Anderson	½-1	5.	Arlan Anderson (Shelly)	½-0
6.	Mansour Amini	1-1	6.	Edward Breiter	0-0
7.	Dorian Larsen	0-0	7.	Mrs. Bernice Millar	1-1
8.	Glen Peck	1-1	8.	Charles B. Amberson	0-0
		9½			6½

GAMES SECTION

Games From Idaho Closed Tournament, 1959

The new system works!---

KING'S FIANCHETTO DEFENSE

White: R.S. Vandenburg
Black: Glen Buckendorf

1	P-K4	P-KN3 (a)	14	B-KB2	Q-N4
2	P-Q4	B-N2	15	BxN	BxB
3	P-QB4 (b)	P-Q3	16	N-N3	P-K5
4	N-QB3	N-QB3	17	P-KR4	Q-K2
5	B-K3	P-K4	18	NxB	RxN
6	P-Q5	N/3-K2	19	R-QR2	PxPch
7	B-Q3	P-KB4	20	K-B	PxPch
8	P-B3	N-KB3	21	KxP	Q-K5ch
9	KN-K2	P-QR3	22	K-R2	R/1-KB
10	P-QR3	0-0	23	B-N3	B-K4
11	P-QN4	PxP	24	Q-K2	QxRPch
12	NxP	NxN	25	K-N	QxBch
13	BxN	N-B4	26	Resigns

(a) According to theory, it is good strategy to allow the opponent to occupy the center, then counterattack, and take over. However, it is necessary to not allow him to get too complete a hold of it. I'm afraid that this defense either allows White to do that, or makes Black's struggle to recover the center too hard.

(b) P-QB3 is better, strengthening both the center and the diagonal. White, however, plays poorly and makes Black's job easier.

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No it don't!---

KING'S FIANCHETTO DEFENSE

White: Eugene L. Cowan
Black: R.S. Vandenburg

1	P-K4	P-KN3	15	P-KR3	B-K2
2	P-Q4	B-N2	16	Q-K2	P-N3
3	P-KB4	P-Q3	17	K-Q2	B-N2
4	P-B3	P-K3	18	P-KN4	K-B2
5	B-Q3	P-KB4?	19	QR-KN	Q-R2
6	N-B3	P-Q4	20	R-N2	KR-KN
7	P-K5	N-KR3	21	R/1-KN	P-QR4
8	QN-Q2	N-Q2	22	P-KR4	P-B4
9	N-N5	Q-K2	23	P-R5	PxQP
10	P-QN3	N-B2	24	BxQP	PxRP
11	N/2-B3	NxN	25	PxBP	PxP
12	NxN	P-KR3	26	P-K6ch	K-K
13	N-B3	B-B!?	27	RxRch	N-B
14	B-K3	Q-N2	28	R/1-N7	Resigns

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Oh yes it does!---

KING'S FIANCHETTO DEFENSE

White: A.B. Ellis
Black: G.W. Buckendorf

1	P-K4	P-KN3	17	N-K4	N-B3
2	P-Q4	B-N2	18	N-B3	N-K2
3	N-KB3	P-Q3	19	N-R4	B-Q2
4	B-QB4	N-QB3	20	B-Q3	Q-K
5	0-0	P-K4	21	B-K4	NxB
6	N-N5	N-R3	22	QxN	Q-R4
7	P-Q5	N-K2	23	N-B3	B-B4
8	N-QB3	0-0	24	Q-N4	R-KN
9	P-KR3	P-R3	25	KR-K	BxRP
10	P-QR4	K-R	26	BxP	PxB
11	B-K3	N/3-N	27	QxBP	BxP
12	Q-Q2	P-R3	28	KxB	B-K4ch
13	N-B3	P-KB4	29	Q-N3	BxQ
14	PxP	PxP	30	PxB	QR-KB
15	Q-K2	P-B5	31	R-K3	N-B4
16	B-Q2	N-N3	32	Resigns

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SICILIAN DEFENSE

White: John Cosho
Black: Bryant Hanson

1	P-K4	P-QB4	14	B-B4	0-0-0
2	B-B4	N-KB3	15	Q-Q3	BxN
3	N-QB3	N-B3	16	QxB	B-B
4	N-B3	P-Q3	17	R/R-K	N-R3
5	P-Q3	N-QR4	18	R-K6	N-N
6	P-KR3?	NxB	19	P-KN4	P-KN4
7	PxN	P-KN3	20	BxQP	BxB
8	P-K5!	N-N	21	RxB	QxR
9	PxP	PxP	22	Q-B5ch	K-B2
10	N-Q5	B-K3	23	RxQ	RxR
11	Q-K2	Q-Q2	24	QxQBPch	R-B3
12	B-N5	B-N2	25	Q-B8	Resigns
13	0-0-0	P-B3

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BUDAPEST COUNTER GAMBIT

White: Mel Schubert
Black: Lloyd Kimpton

1	P-Q4	N-KB3	13	Q-Q5ch	K-R
2	P-QB4	P-K4	14	P-KR4	BxN
3	PxP	N-N5	15	PxB	NxBP
4	P-K4	NxKP	16	BxN	RxB
5	P-B4	N-N3	17	N-R3	R-B
6	B-K3	P-Q3	18	N-N5	Q-B3
7	N-QB3	B-K2	19	Q-B3	QxQ
8	B-K2	0-0	20	BxQ	N-K4
9	Q-B2	P-KB4	21	R/R-K	NxB
10	0-0-0	PxP	22	N-B7ch	K-N
11	QxP	N-B3	23	Resigns
12	P-KN4	B-B3

More from this event next issue!

Games From Utah Open Tournament, 1958

An interesting struggle with a theme of center pawns vs. attack.

KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE

White: Ilmari Tuomainen
Black: W.F. Taber

1	P-Q4	N-KB3	13	P-Q5	P-QN4
2	P-QB4	P-KN3	14	BxP	N-Q5
3	N-QB3	P-Q4	15	B-N4	QxP
4	PxP	NxP	16	NxN	BxN
5	P-K4	NxN	17	0-0	B-B3
6	PxN	P-QB4	18	P-B4	R-N
7	B-QB4	B-N2	19	P-K5	RxB
8	N-K2	PxP	20	PxB	RxP
9	PxP	N-B3	21	PxP	R-K
10	B-K3	Q-R4ch	22	Q-K!	B-N5
11	B-Q2	Q-R6	23	Q-R4	B-K7
12	R-QN	0-0	24	Q-R6	Resigns

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ENGLISH OPENING

White: Farrell Clark
Black: Ilmari Tuomainen

1	P-QB4	P-K4	24	P-Q5	N/3-B4
2	N-QB3	N-KB3	25	N-N3	N-B3
3	N-B3	P-Q3	26	P-KR3	B-N2
4	P-KN3	P-KN3	27	P-R3	P-R5
5	B-N2	B-N2	28	B-N4	P-N3
6	P-Q3	0-0	29	BxN	NPxB
7	0-0	QN-Q2	30	N/2-K4	N-Q2
8	R-N	P-QR4	31	N-R5	Q-K2
9	B-Q2	N-B4	32	N/4-N3	RxRch
10	Q-B2	N-R4	33	RxR	N-B
11	N-KN5	P-R3 (a)	34	B-K4	B-Q2
12	N/5-K4	N-K3	35	NxB	QxN
13	P-B3	P-KB4	36	N-R5	Q-K2
14	N-B2	N-Q5	37	B-N6! (c)	P-K5
15	Q-B	K-R2	38	BxP? (d)	Q-K4
16	P-K3	N-K3	39	Q-B2!	Q-K2
17	N-K2 (n)	P-KN4	40	N-B6ch	K-N2
18	P-KN4	PxP	41	Q-B2	Q-K4
19	PxP	N-B3	42	K-N2	R-N
20	N-N3	B-R	43	R-B2	R-N6
21	Q-B2	Q-K	44	N-R5ch (e)	K-N
22	N/3-K4	N-Q2	45	N-B6ch (f)	K-N2
23	P-Q4 (b)	K-N	46	N-R5ch	Drawn

Notes and punctuation by F.L. Clark.

(a) Not 11...P-B4, B-Q5ch wins the exchange.

(n) A real, cool, hypermodern position Farrell! (ELC).

(b) Threatening a double check with the N at B6 winning.

(d) Missing the winning combination of R-B7, Q-K4; R-N7ch, K-R; Q-B2, and Q-B7.

(e) Time was running out. White had six moves to make in five minutes.

(f) With less than two minutes remaining and 3 moves to make, White didn't have time to analyze B-R7ch on move 45. The following shows a win for White: 45 B-R7ch, NxB; 46 Q-N6ch, K-R; 47 R-B7, QxPch; 48 K-B3, RxPch; 49 KxR -- and with the exchange up and a mating threat restricting Black's Queen from gobbling up pawns, White wins.

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KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE

White: Richard Owen
Black: Farrell Clark

1	P-Q4	N-KB3	20	N/2-N	B-KN2
2	P-K3	P-KN3	21	Q-Q2	B-R3
3	P-QB4	B-N2	22	P-K5?	PxKP
4	N-QB3	0-0	23	NxP?? (b)	RxN!
5	N-B3	P-Q3	24	P-B3	R-N4
6	B-Q3	QN-Q2	25	QxP	RxQP
7	0-0	R-K	26	Q-K4!	RxB
8	Q-B2	P-B4	27	QxR/R	R-Q7ch
9	P-QN3	P-N3	28	K-R	B-B (c)
10	B-N2	B-N2	29	Q-K4	N-B2
11	P-Q5	P-K4	30	N-K2	N-K3
12	P-K4	N-N	31	N-N	B-QN2
13	QR-K	N-R3	32	Q-N4	P-KR4
14	P-QR3	N-R4	33	Q-R3	Q-Q6
15	P-N3	B-QB	34	Q-R4	N-Q5
16	K-N2	Q-Q2	35	Q-B6	N-B7
17	B-B	N-B5ch (a)	36	R-B	N-K6
18	BxN	PxB	37	KR-K	N-N5!
19	N-K2	B-R3	38	Resigns

(a) If 18 PxN?, Q-N5ch; K-R, QxNch; K-N, B-R6.

(b) Capture of Black's KP by either the R or N loses a piece.

Un-evening the score -- Ervin Schiess, brother of Ed Schiess, is, that is was, the only player in the valley with an even score vs. me, of 2-2.

KING'S PAWN GAME

White: Ervin Schiess
Black: Eugene Cowan

1	P-K3	P-K4	7	PxN	BxP
2	P-K4?	N-KB3	8	NxP	P-Q3
3	N-QB3	B-B4	9	N-B4	B-B5!
4	N-B3	0-0	10	N-Q5?	Q-R5ch
5	P-Q3	N-N5	11	K-K2	B-N5 Mate
6	B-K3	NxB

Games From Eastern Idaho Tournament, 1958

It takes practice to keep an accurate game score during the tensions of tournament play. Very few of those turned in at this event were readable all the way through and, lack of regular club games and other events in Eastern Idaho can be blamed. Here is a sample of Sven Gridseth's abilities.

KING'S PAWN GAME

White: Sven Gridseth
Black: Russell Haynes

1	P-K4	P-K4	10	N-Q5	N-Q5
2	N-KB3	N-QB3	11	NxN/Q	B/BxN
3	B-B4	N-B3	12	P-B3	P-B3
4	N-B3	B-K2	13	NxNch	PxN
5	0-0	0-0	14	B-KR6	R-K
6	P-Q3	B-B4? (a)	15	BxB	PxB
7	B-KN5	P-QN3	16	Q-N4ch	K-B2
8	P-QR3	P-Q3	17	Q-N7 Mate
9	P-R3	B-K3

(a) A waste of time -- and White gets a pin on the knight which is a primary cause of disaster.

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SICILIAN DEFENSE

White: Alois Cziep
Black: Eugene Cowan

1	P-K4	P-QB4	17	K-R	N-R4
2	B-B4	N-QB3	18	N-K4	B-QB3
3	P-Q3	P-Q3	19	K-R2	BxN
4	N-KB3	N-B3	20	PxB	QxP/5
5	P-QR3	P-KN3	21	Q-B3	Q-B7? (a)
6	0-0	B-N2	22	R-B2!	Q-B4? (b)
7	P-R3	0-0	23	P-KN4	QxB
8	B-KN5	Q-N3	24	PxQ	BxPch
9	B-N3	B-Q2	25	K-N	N-B5
10	N-B3	P-K3	26	R-K	B-B2
11	N-Q2	N-Q5	27	R-K4	P-K4
12	N-B4	Q-B2	28	K-R2	QR-Q
13	P-B4	P-N4	29	R-K3	KR-K?
14	NxQP?	NxB	30	Q-B6	B-N
15	PxN	QxN	31	RxN	and --
16	P-K5	Q-Q5ch

White wins, move 49.

(a) Suddenly the queen is trapped!

(b) Should have taken the rook instead of the bishop later -- but I thought of that three months too late. The N on R4 can be saved by P-KB3!

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PHILIDOR'S DEFENSE

White: Eugene Cowan
Black: Mrs. Bernice Millar

1	P-K4	P-K4	17	K-K2	P-KN3
2	N-KB3	P-Q3	18	RxKP	N-QB3
3	P-Q4	B-N5 (a)	19	R-Q5	N-Q5ch
4	B-B4	Q-B3	20	K-Q3	RxR
5	PxP	PxP	21	BxR	NxKBP
6	B-KN5	BxN (b)	22	BxNP	NxP
7	QxB	QxQ	23	B-B8	N-B6
8	PxQ	B-K2	24	K-B3	N-B3
9	R-N	N-KB3	25	B-QN7	N-N5
10	N-QB3	0-0	26	B-B4	NxP
11	B-R6	N-R4	27	BxP	N-Q8ch
12	N-Q5	N-QB3	28	K-N4	NxP
13	0-0-0	QR-Q	29	K-N3	N-Q8
14	NxBch	NxN	30	P-B3	N-B7
15	R-N5	RxRch	31	P-K5	P-R4??
16	KxR	R-Qch	32	BxN	P-R5

And White won, move 53.

(a) An aggressive variation, which I haven't seen in the books. B-K2, or (better) B-B4 and Q-Q3 answers it for White. Bernice plays a good game and the difficult ending is of theoretical interest -- two N's vs. two B's. Despite the blunder, White should have won with careful play.

(b) The plot of mate on Q8 only gets a reproachful glance.

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QUEEN'S PAWN GAME

White: Eugene Cowan
Black: Eugene Guth

1	P-Q4	P-Q4	17	P-QN4	B-N3
2	P-K4	N-QB3	18	B-B4	N-Q6
3	P-K5	B-B4	19	B-N3	R-Q2
4	B-QN5	P-K3	20	N-B3	KR-Q
5	P-QB4	PxP	21	N-K4	P-KR3
6	Q-R4	B-K5	22	P-KR3	P-KB4
7	P-B3	B-Q4	23	N-B3	P-N4
8	N-B3	KN-K2	24	K-R2	P-B5
9	BxP	BxB	25	B-K	NxB
10	QxB	QxP	26	KRxN	P-K4
11	QxQ	NxQ	27	N-K4	R-Q6
12	R-N	0-0-0	28	R-N2	R-K6
13	KN-K2	KN-B3	29	R/2-K2	RxR
14	0-0	B-B4	30	RxR	R-Q8
15	K-R	NxN	31	N-B6??	B-N8ch
16	NxN	NxP	32	K-R	B-B7ch

White resigns, mate in two.

I was impressed by Richard Brown's play. He nearly won from Gridseth, and I was lucky to draw with him.

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April, 1959

The official publication of the Idaho Chess Association.

President

R.K. Hart
Box 547
Pocatello, Idaho

Editor & Treasurer

Dick Vandenburg
2316 Regan Ave.
Boise, Idaho

Games Editor

Eugene Cowan
Box 431
Driggs, Idaho

Committeemen

Sterling Vaughn
1187 Morningside Dr.
Twin Falls, Idaho
Roy Parker
Box 137
Nampa, Idaho
Charles Buttcane
Box 595
Rupert, Idaho
Sven Gridseth
Box 363
Idaho Falls, Idaho

Where to play chess!

Boise -- meets 8:00 Wednesday nights at Y.M.C.A. building.

Canyon County -- meets 8:00 Thursday nights at Lakeview Parkhouse, Nampa.

Idaho Falls -- meets Friday nights 7:30 next to Masonic Temple.

Rupert -- reorganizing, meetings being held, contact committeeman.

Twin Falls -- meets Tuesday nights 8:00 at Harry Barry Park Building.

Pocatello -- meets Wednesday nights at Y.M.C.A. building.

Events during the next quarter!

IDAHO OPEN -- in Boise, Memorial Day weekend, May 30-31, Y.M.C.A. Class A -- U.S.C.F. RATINGS, West Coast Ratings, $3.00 entry fee, $25.00 guaranteed 1st prize, $10 for second, other prizes to plus scores, entries from several states. Class B -- West Coast Ratings, B and Junior prizes, $2.00 entry fee including Juniors, trophies for B winners and Junior winner. Tournament starts promptly at 10:00 Saturday, May 30. Three rounds Saturday, two Sunday. 50 moves in 2 hours. Class A entries must belong to or join U.S.C.F., Class B entries need not join to play.

Idaho Chess Bulletin -- price $1.00 per year, 5 issues, send money to Editor.

Washington Chess Letter -- price $2.00 per year, 12 issues, send money to W.H. Raleigh, 4312 Woodland Park Ave., Seattle 3, Washington

TWO NORTHWEST PUBLICATIONS PROMOTING NORTHWEST CHESS

CHAPPUIS - KIMPTON WIN
NEVADA STATE CHESS TOURNAMENT

Gaston Chappuis, playing the tournament of his life, tied Laverl Kimpton for first place in the 1959 Nevada State Chess Tournament played in Reno, April 8-11. Kimpton, who repeats as Nevada State Champion, again proved to be the toast of Nevada Chess. He scored 1½ points more than the next highest Nevada finisher, Ken Jones, himself a Nevada Champion in past years. Third place went to Farrell Clark who garnered his second third of the year in strong competition. The junior players couldn't quite repeat their Utah triumph. Richard Owen placed 4th, John Freeman, nationally ranked Expert from El Paso, Texas, placed 5th, and Ilmari Tuomainen, Utah winner, could do only 11th. The real shocker of the tournament was the showing of Ben Greenwald who really had his troubles and placed 15th! All in all, it must be said that the competition was very keen. It is amazing that the top two players were able to place a full point ahead of such a strong field.

A sad point of the tournament was the car accident involving tournament director, Harold Lundstrom. He was injured shortly after the return of the Utah players and suffered a broken leg and pelvis. The report is that he is now recuperating and out of danger. All chess players in the area wish Harold a speedy recovery and hope he will soon be out doing his usual fine promotional job for chess.

Place	Player	Town	-1-	-2-	-3-	-4-	-5-	-6-	-7-	Score	S.B.
1.	Gaston Chappuis	Salt Lake	W10	D14	D12	W5	D2	W8	W6	5½-1½	22½
2.	Laverl Kimpton	Sparks	W9	W4	W8	D6	D1	W14	D5	5½-1½	22½
3.	Farrell Clark	Salt Lake	D7	W10	L6	D14	W15	D4	W8	4½-2½	16¾
4.	Richard Owen	Salt Lake	W18	L2	D14	D7	W13	D3	W15	4½-2½	14¾
5.	John Freeman	El Paso	W20	D6	W7	L1	D9	W17	D2	4½-2½	13¼
6.	Kenneth Jones	Reno	W11	D5	W3	D2	L8	W9	L1	4-3	17!
7.	William Taber	Reno	D3	W15	L5	D4	D17	W11	D9	4-3	14¼
8.	Donald Benge	Culver City	W16	W13	L2	W12	W6	L1	L3	4-3	14
9.	Maurice Gedance	Las Vegas	L2	W20	W11	W13	D5	L6	D7	4-3	11¼
10.	Ted Pathakis	Reno	L1	L3	W16	L11	W20	W19	W14	4-3	7
11.	Ilmari Tuomainen	Salt Lake	L6	W16	L9	W10	D18	L7	W17	3½-3½	10¾
12.	Richard Morris	Reno	D15	W17	D1	L8	L14	D13	W19	3½-3½	9½
13.	Richard Bryan	Reno	W19	L8	W18	L9	L4	D12	W20	3½-3½	5¼
14.	Dr. N.B. Joseph	Reno	D17	D1	D4	D3	W12	L2	L10	3-4	12
15.	Ben Greenwald	Salt Lake	D12	L7	D17	W18	L3	W16	L4	3-4	8½
16.	Ray Wheeler	Sparks	L8	L11	L10	W20	W19	L15	W18	3-4	3½
17.	Dr. A. Janushkowsky	Sacramento	D14	L12	D15	W19	D7	L5	L11	2½-4½	6
18.	Ray Smith	Reno	L4	W19	L13	L15	D11	W20	L16	2½-4½	2¾
19.	James Fisher	Salt Lake	L13	L18	W20	L17	L16	L10	L12	1-6	0
20.	Ralph E. Day	Carson City	L5	L9	L19	L16	L10	L18	L13	0-7	0

GREENWALD WINS SALT LAKE TOURNEY

Incomplete results show Ben Greenwald winning the annual Salt Lake Tourney held recently. There were 14 players. The first five placers were Greenwald, 4½-½; Tuomainen, 4-1; Chappuis, 3½-1½; Clark, 3½-1½; and Dick Heilbut, 3½-1½. Greenwald drew with Tuomainen. It seems that the complete records have been misplaced. If they can be found we will print the news in the next issue for West Coast Ratings.

BOISE WINS STATE TEAM TITLE

In a match played Saturday, May 9 at Twin Falls, Boise defeated Pocatello in a close match, 7½-6½, to regain the State Team Title. Boise had eliminated Canyon County earlier while Pocatello had eliminated Idaho Falls and Twin Falls. At the conclusion of the first round Boise led 5-2 and had the advantage of playing the White pieces the second round. It looked as if it was all over but the wins for Pocatello kept piling up until it was all tied up with only one game remaining -- Schubert vs. Vandenburg. This game went to Vandenburg after a long and tricky end game and the match was decided in Boise's favor. John Anderson of Pocatello continued his unbeaten match play to win 1½ points. Pocatello also had two other plus score finishers in R.K. Hart (1½), and Glen Peck (1½) who topped the State class B champion. Boise's plus scores were made by Vandenburg (2) and Phil Dolph (2). Boise gets custody of the traveling team trophy for 1 year.

BOISE			POCATELLO
Bd	Player	Result	Bd	Player	Result
1.	C.H. Stewart	½-0	1.	R.K. Hart	½-1
2.	Dick Vandenburg	1-1	2.	Mel Schubert	0-0
3.	Phil Dolph	1-1	3.	Charles Barnstein	0-0
4.	A.L. Harle	0-½	4.	John Anderson	1-½
5.	Nick Skirmants	½-0	5.	Glen Peck	½-1
6.	Norman Lee	1-0	6.	Phillip Fung	0-1
7.	Cecil Spangenberg	1-0	7.	Monsour Amini	0-1
		7½			6½

An open letter to the Idaho Chess Bulletin -- by Eugene Cowan

The UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION
NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT

Organized chess in the United States on the national level is in deplorable condition. And that is very encouraging! -- for in the not very past past its condition was horrible. Originally organized in 1938, by 1952 the Federation was heavily in debt, badly managed, torn by dissension -- and about to collapse. Several vigorous measures were adopted at that time including a balanced budget and the hiring of a business manager (Kenneth Harkness). Several hard, but not hopeless, years followed until, in 1957, a new regime under Jerry Spann began an energetic campaign to revitalize the Federation. A fair degree of harmony was at last attained, both within the ranks and with other organizations devoted to chess, such as the National Chess foundation, regional chess associations, and Chess Review. Old debts are beginning to be paid off, membership is growing, the national chess team returned to the Chess Olympics, and our stars have new support. Our condition is deplorable, but the future looks good.

An example of this improvement: the U.S. Championship Tournament, once held every two years, had been discontinued. In desperation, the Rosenwald Trophy Tournament had been instituted to give practice to our best masters. This was combined after some negotiations with the U.S. Championship, which has been won last year and this year by our own Bobby Fischer, the teen-ager from New York City.

In the big nation-wide drive for at least 1,000 new members for a broadened basis to national chess, Idaho is looking bad -- near the bottom of the list, although far from being the worst organized. For our population we would be high on the organizational list but not in U.S.C.F. support. We had three whole members last summer, dropping to two last fall. Since then, one or two have joined.

But surely, there are a half-dozen or more Idaho chess devotees who are not desperately poor, who have a little extra generosity, patriotism, and enthusiasm who will help improve this record. The cost is not prohibitive -- $5.00, of which only $2.00 (or less) can be considered a contribution. Three dollars of the five go to pay for the twice monthly newspaper of chess, Chess Life. For the other two, you get a. membership, b. your contribution to national chess and prestige, c. the opportunity to buy books, sets, and other items at reduced rates (no small item!), and d. national ratings. The membership advantage can be used by clubs who have one member, at least, to buy sets, boards, and books at savings for club prizes.

To join, send checks made out to the U.S. Chess Federation to U.S.C.F. membership Secretary, 80 East 11th St., New York 3, N.Y. Don't leave it to the other fellow -- they won't do it! ---- E.L. COWAN

Recently the U.S.C.F. embarked upon a new policy that in order to have a tournament rated by them all competitors would have to be members. This has caused considerable turmoil in various parts of the country but it seems that the majority favor the plan.--it may have been the only way to stay solvent and still issue national ratings. I have recently been appointed Director for Idaho by the U.S.C.F. and to rate (nationally) the Class A section of this year's Open on a trial basis to see if it helped attract more out of state players while not reducing the participation of Idaho players. We feel the Class B division cannot be rated as the vast majority of those players are not yet interested in national ratings and probably wouldn't wish to join. (Of course, the whole tournament will receive West Coast Ratings!) The State Tournaments of Utah and Nevada are both nationally rated and we hope to get several players from each state to enter. It is also hoped that representatives from other Western states will make the trip to Idaho -- partly because of this added incentive. We are going to give the new system a fair try and are hopeful of a large turnout and increased Idaho membership in the national organization. -- THE EDITOR

NEW ADDITIONS

With this edition we are embarking on several new ideas. You will notice the name has been changed to the "Idaho Chess Bulletin". This change has been made because we are no longer a Quarterly -- from now on we will publish bi-monthly, that is once every other month except for the August issue which will be skipped. Publications will come out in October, December, February, April, and June. This is an attempted response to inquiries from several sources.

We are also adding, on a trial basis, a chess problem corner. These are currently being received courtesy of Isaac Kashdan of Los Angeles. We will have one problem each issue and, depending upon the response, we will give a prize to the winner or winners once each year. Answers should be sent to the Editor for verification.

I am also interested in starting a small section on National and International chess but need someone who has access to several publications to take care of this part. If any of you readers (inside Idaho or out) would like to help out with this phase or any other, please get in touch with me. The job of getting out this material is a big one and I would like to distribute a little of the work to other interested players -- who might have a little composing ability.

PROBLEM CORNER

No. 1, by H.L. Musante, courtesy of Isaac Kashdan.

White to play, mates in two. Solution next issue.

Send solutions to Dick Vandenburg, 2316 Regan Ave., Boise, Idaho.

WEST COAST RATINGS
by Robert A. Karch

A new five game minimum has come out for these quarterly lists. Unless a player plays in at least 5 rated games during one quarter, his name will not appear on the list. This is to simplify the terrific job of getting the ratings out. This does not mean that matches of one and two games aren't rated. It only means that you would have to play in three two game matches to be able to see your rating more often than once a year. If you play in three different matches, when the number accumulates to at least five games, your rating will appear. I was hoping to be able to publish ratings of all our players but you fellows who have only played in one match will have to enter a city or state tournament, or play in another couple of matches to see your name in print! Other than this new innovation, the ratings remain the same. Everything possible is rated (except speed events) as long as it is published in one of these periodicals -- THE IDAHO CHESS BULLETIN to January, 1959 inclusive; THE WASHINGTON CHESS LETTER to March 1959 inclusive; THE PACIFIC COAST CHESS HERALD, and THE CALIFORNIA CHESS REPORTER. This list is alphabetical and contains names of all Idaho, Utah, and Nevada players with a good sampling of Oregon, Montana, and Washington. Remember, this is a performance list, not a reputation list! All that can be measured here is actual performance in organized competition since these ratings started, April, 1957.

Allred, Jack	Idaho	1583
Andrews, Roger	Idaho	1612
Barkley, Ken	Idaho	1638
Barney, Cliff	Idaho	1302
Bell, John	Oregon	1961
Bray, Gary	Idaho	1723
Britt, Don	Idaho	1533
BUCKENDORF, GLEN	Idaho	2035
Carlson, Leonard	Idaho	1493
Cornelius, Gordon	Washington	2050
Cosho, John	Idaho	1776
Cowan, Eugene	Idaho	1898
DALBERGS, IVARS	Oregon	2165
Dalley, Darrell	Idaho	1528
Dolph, Phil	Idaho	1773
Ellis, A.B.	Idaho	1795
Fredstrom, Bruce	Idaho	1592
Graff, Barney	Idaho	1534
Graff, Ken	Idaho	1377
Graff, Steve	Idaho	1315
GROENIG, DAVE	Washington	2046
Hanson, Bryant	Idaho	1703
Harle, A.L.	Idaho	1789
Harmon, Clark	Oregon	1933
Hart, R.K.	Idaho	1814
Hartwell, Ted	Idaho	1914
Henry, Bob	Idaho	1170
Hughart, Harold	Idaho	1895
Kaggie, Clark	Idaho	1315
Kimpton, Lloyd	Idaho	1910
Kittredge, Robert	Washington	1899
Kunz, Alma	Idaho	1728
Larsen, Dorian	Idaho	1493
Lauritzen, Carlos	Idaho	1608
Lee, Norman	Idaho	1663
MC CORMICK, JIM	Washington	2217
Marshall, H.	Idaho	1187
MEADOR, DUANE	Washington	2013
Moore, Deane	Oregon	1918
MURRAY, A.A.	Washington	2090
Osterman, George	Idaho	1760
Parker, Roy	Idaho	1755
Peck, Glen	Idaho	1513
Pettit, Fred	Idaho	1636
PUPOLS, VIKTORS	Washington	2185
Rambo, Clarence	Idaho	1647
Rambo, Gene	Idaho	1377
Rasor, George	Idaho	1727
Robinson, Nigel	Idaho	1703
Sala, Steve	Idaho	1701
Schiess, Ed	Idaho	1628
Schubert, Mel	Idaho	1772
SEGLINS, VIESTURS	Washington	2180
Skirmants, Nick	Idaho	1828
Stewart, C.H.	Idaho	1866
Trout, Lewis	Idaho	1645
Vandenburg, Richard	Idaho	1910
Vaughn, Sterling	Idaho	1772
Wright, M.W.	Idaho	1803
ZEMGALIS, ELMARS	Washington	2317

SCHULTZ WINS PACIFIC NORTHWEST OPEN

Richard Schultz of Seattle scored a win against Ivars Dalbergs and drew with Duane Meador to win the Pacific Northwest Open held in Portland on March 28-29. Schultz' record was 5½-½. Dalbergs was second, 5-1 and Meador with three draws was third, 4½-1½. Deane Moore of Portland also had three draws and 4½-1½. Harold Hughart had some trouble and finished 12th with 3½-2½ as did Clark Harmon, 16 year old Portland Junior who won the recent Oregon Centennial Open. Other plus score finishers were Jack Strong, Charles Geary, Gary Feuerberg, and Richard Fauber, 4-2; Harmon, Gregory Kern, John Bell, Hughart, Gary Singer, and Visvaldis Smits, 3½-2½. There were 34 players in all.

HARMON WINS CENTENNIAL OPEN

Sixteen year old Clark Harmon won the Oregon Centennial Open played in Portland on February 21-22. Harmon scored 5-1 (two draws) as did another 16 year old, John Bill (also two draws). Another Portlander, James McNeese, placed third with three draws, 4½-1½. Harold Hughart missed a chance to cop the tourney by losing to Harmon in the last round and placing 4th, 4½-1½. Robert Walker, now of Newport, California, placed 5th, 4½-1½, and Duane Meador of Vancouver, Washington placed 6th. As in the Pacific Northwest Open above, there were 34 entrants.

ULVESTAD WINS INLAND EMPIRE OPEN

Olaf Ulvestad won the Inland Empire Open held in Spokane April 25-26 with a perfect score of six wins and no losses. He won from just about all of the strong players including Dr. Dave Groenig of Spokane who finished second, 5-1. Dr. Groenig is right up there with the best of them. Donald Eilmes of Seattle placed third, 4½-1½ and Richard Schultz placed fourth (we think), 4-2. John Barto was the highest placing Montana player at 4-2. Several Idaho players also entered including Bob Quass, Bruce Fredstrom, Steve Sala, and Horton Thompson, all of North Idaho. Harold Hughart, currently residing in Boise, slipped enough to win the Class B crown and the $5 that went with it! At that, Harold was the highest Idaho placer, 3-3. Ric Jerome won the Junior prize.

We must apologize for the sketchy report on this tournament. However, tournament officials might examine their publicity program as neither an invitation or notice of the tournament nor a report of the results was received here. It is pretty hard to get representation when you don't advertise. In contrast, the Montana people sent notices out a couple of months in advance. We hope to hear about the tournament next time. This report is what Harold Hughart remembered after leaving early.

POCATELLO SLAUGHTERS TWIN FALLS

Pocatello won the right to play Boise in the finals of the State Team Tournament by convincingly beating Twin Falls, 9½-½! Don Murphy managed to get ½ point from the strong Pocatello club. Twin Falls was without the services of State Champion, Glen Buckendorf, but the strength shown by Pocatello was truly amazing. Hartwell reports that he thinks Pocatello is invincible in Pocatello, where this match was played, and that it seems like Schubert has a jinks over Lloyd in team play. Of course, the loss of Buckendorf, who was sick with the flu, hurt the Twin Falls team tremendously. All in all, though, it was a brilliant win for Pocatello.

POCATELLO			TWIN FALLS
Bd	Player	Result	Bd	Player	Result
1.	R.K. Hart	2	1.	Ted Hartwell	0
2.	Mel Schubert	2	2.	Lloyd Kimpton	0
3.	Charles Barnstein	1½	3.	Don Murphy	½
4.	Lewis Tomay	2	4.	Lewis Trout	0
5.	John Anderson	2	5.	Barney Graff	0
		9½			½

WITH THE CLUBS

BOISE

Boise is winding up its 1959 City Tournament but the report won't be ready until the next issue. C.H. Stewart is currently leading the Class A, Nick Skirmants and A.L. Harle are ahead in Class B, and Bob Funderburg is leading Class C.

On May 7 a match was played between Boise and Canyon County at Canyon County's regular meeting in Nampa. Boise came out on top, 4½-3½.

BOISE			CANYON COUNTY
Bd	Player	Result	Bd	Player	Result
1.	C.H. Stewart	1	1.	A.B. Ellis	0
2.	Dick Vandenburg	½	2.	Jerry Stanke	½
3.	A.L. Harle	1	3.	Vic Waterman	0
4.	Nick Skirmants	0	4.	Roy Parker	1
5.	George Rasor	0	5.	C.E. Harris	1
6.	Dave Reid	1	6.	John English	0
7.	Cecil Spangenberg	1	7.	D.J. King	0
8.	Dave Reid (played twice)	0	8.	Dr. G.O. Cross	1
		4½			3½

CANYON COUNTY

Canyon County completed their 9th Annual Canyon County Tournament with A.B. Ellis convincingly winning the Class A section, 21-1! Jerry Stanke was second, 14½-5½ and Roy Parker was third, 15-7. Carl Solts placed first in the Class C with John A. Williamson second.

Place	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	W	D	L	Score
1.	A.B. Ellis	xx	1½	11	11	½1	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	20	2	0	21-1
2.	Jerry Stanke	0½	xx	00	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	--	11	14	1	5	14½-5½
3.	Roy Parker	00	11	xx	00	1½	11	11	10	11	10	11	1½	14	2	6	15-7
4.	C.E. Harris	00	00	11	xx	--	00	11	11	01	01	--	11	10	0	8	10-8
5.	John English	½0	01	0½	--	xx	--	--	11	--	11	--	11	7	2	3	8-4
6.	Dan Jess King	00	01	00	11	--	xx	00	10	11	11	--	--	8	0	8	8-8
7.	Vic Waterman	00	00	00	00	--	11	xx	½0	11	01	01	11	8	1	11	8½-11½
8.	E.H. Horstman	00	00	01	00	00	01	½1	xx	11	11	--	--	7	1	10	7½-10½
9.	Carl Solts	00	00	00	10	--	00	00	00	xx	11	11	11	7	0	13	7-13
10.	John Williamson	00	00	01	10	00	00	10	00	00	xx	11	11	7	0	15	7-15
11.	Lewis McKellip	00	--	00	--	--	--	10	--	00	00	xx	11	3	0	9	3-9
12.	Richard Stanke	00	00	0½	00	00	--	00	--	00	00	00	xx	0	1	17	½-17½

In the above games, substitute the following: Parker won one game for Horstman against Solts, Williamson played for McKellip in four games -- lost two to Ellis and won one and lost one to Waterman.

In other Canyon County games played, not enough for the Tournament but for West Coast Ratings -- Gary Bray won from McKellip and Waterman, lost to Waterman, and lost two to Horstman. Bill Cleveland split two games with Carl Solts, Williamson, McKellip, and Richard Stanke, and lost two games to Roy Parker. John P. English won one game from Garry Waterman. Garry Waterman lost two games each to Solts, Williamson and McKellip.

IDAHO FALLS

The Idaho Falls club held a $100 tournament March 20, 21, and 22, sponsored by local merchants, which enabled them to present several prizes of chess clocks, sets, books etc. to winners of the A, B, and Jr. divisions. The Class A was won by Sven Gridseth, 5-0. Class B was won by J. Davidson with W.A. Lynch second and F. Barker third. L. Bamer won the Junior prize. Round by round totals were received thus far for only the Class A division. All participants were members of the Idaho Falls Chess Club.

CLASS A
Place	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	Score
1.	Sven Gridseth	xx	1	1	1	1	1	5-0
2.	Nigel Robinson	0	xx	1	1	0	1	3-2
3.	Alois Cziep	0	0	xx	1	½	1	2½-2½
4.	Bernice Millar	0	0	0	xx	1	1	2-3
5.	Russell Haynes	0	1	½	0	xx	0	1½-3½
6.	Eugene Guth	0	0	0	0	1	xx	1-4

TETON VALLEY

The new Teton Valley Club played the new Idaho Falls Club a friendly match (not for ratings) and surprisingly won, 4-1 after getting two games on pure blunders. The win made Eugene Cowan and his boys feel pretty good and should put them in line for play in the state team tourney next year. Bernice Millar was the only winner for Idaho Falls while Eugene Cowan, Alma Kunz, Ed Schiess, and Darrell Dalley won for Teton Valley. Losers were Carlos Lauritzen for Teton and Gridseth, Robinson, Haynes, and J. Davidson for Idaho Falls.

Teton Valley also had a Club Tournament (this for ratings) with Cowan and Ed Schiess winning, 7-3. These two will play off their tie at a later date.

Place	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	Score
1.	Eugene L. Cowan	xx	10	10	10	11	11	7-3
2.	Ed Schiess	01	xx	01	10	11	11	7-3
3.	Carlos Lauritzen	01	10	xx	10	10	11	6-4
4.	Alma Kunz	01	01	01	xx	00	11	5-5
5.	Darrell Dalley	00	00	01	11	xx	10	4-6
6.	Ervin Schiess	00	00	00	00	01	xx	1-9

TWIN FALLS

In addition to the match with Pocatello, Twin Falls played a match with a group of players in Gooding. It is hoped that these fellows can unite to revive the Gooding club. Twin Falls won, 8-2 using 5 boards and 2 games. The Gooding players traveled to Twin for the Match(!), so their interest must be picking up.

NORTH IDAHO CHESS

The Inland Empire Junior Chess League organized this year has finished its play with the Wallace High School team coming out on top, seven wins and no losses! Coeur d'Alene was second, 3-3, Lewis & Clark of Spokane third, 1-3, Sandpoint 4th, 1-1, and Spirit Lake 5th, 0-5. The Wallace team, headed by Steve Sala, should be congratulated on its victory and also because it completed more games than any other school. Steve is a senior this year. Someone will have to come forth next year to lead the way for a continuance of this excellent competitive league. In this year's league, Wallace beat all their opponents except Lewis & Clark quite handily -- they even beat Lewis & Clark 6½-3½, which was the closest score they played.

The Wallace High School held its second single-round-robin school tournament with Steve coming out on top, 11-2. Don Britt was second, 10-3. Third and fourth were Fred Pettit and Loren Solum, 9-4. Jim Williams was 5th, 8½-4½.

ATTEND THE IDAHO OPEN!

U.S.C.F. ratings for Class A. $25.00 guaranteed first prize. Prizes for all plus scores. Trophies for Class A and Juniors. West Coast Ratings! See you in Boise, Y.M.C.A. May 30-31.

LAPIKEN WINS MONTANA OPEN
VANDENBURG-SECOND, HUGHART-THIRD

Dr. Peter Lapiken of Missoula proved again his mastery over Montana chess players with a 5-0 sweep of the Montana Open, played in Missoula on May 2-3. Idaho's Dick Vandenburg placed second, 4-1, losing only to Montana Expert Adam Smith. Harold Hughart, now of Boise also, placed third, 4-1, losing to 4th place Ellak Papp of Billings and winning from Smith in the final round. Luckily? for the Idaho players, they didn't draw Lapiken in the last round. That unfortunate task went to James Felt who played gallantly but lost. John Barto gave Lapiken his best test in the first round but couldn't quite hold on to a draw. Next year's tourney will be in Billings.

CHAMPIONSHIP CLASS
Place	Player	State	1	2	3	4	5	Score	S.B.
1.	Dr. Peter Lapiken	Montana	W9	W15	W8	W5	W6	5-0	12
2.	Dick Vandenburg	Idaho	W14	W13	L5	W8	W7	4-1	8
3.	Harold Hughart	Idaho	L4	W14	W12	W11	W5	4-1	7½
4.	Ellak Papp	Montana	W3	L8	D9	W10	W14	3½-1½	8¾
5.	Adam Smith	Montana	W6	W10	W2	L1	L3	3-2	9½
6.	James Felt	Montana	L5	W11	W13	W7	L1	3-2	6½
7.	Robert Southern	Montana	W13	W12	W15	L6	L2	3-2	4
8.	Larry Porter	Montana	W11	W4	L1	L2	D9	2½-2½	6¾
9.	John Barto	Montana	L1	W16	D4	D12	D8	2½-2½	3¾
10.	Les DeBruin	Montana	D12	L5	WF14	L4	W16	2½-2½	1¾
11.	Paul Shanley	Montana	L8	L6	W16	L3	W15	2-3	1
12.	Lyman Johnson	Washington	D10	L7	L3	D9	D13	1½-3½	3¼
13.	Herbert Wendel	Montana	L7	L2	L6	W16	D12	1½-3½	¾
14.	Ingwald Stromsberg	Montana	L2	L3	LF10	W15	L4	1-4	1
15.	Theodore Stelmach	Montana	W16	L1	L7	L14	L11	1-4	0
16.	Ron Ricco	Montana	L15	L9	L11	L13	L10	0-5	0

The tournament had a total of 46 players, including four juniors. Winner of the round robin junior class was Robert Hollibaugh of Missoula with 3 wins. Second was Ellen Shiere, 2-1, Everett Lajoie, Jr. was third, 1-2, and Richard Southern was fourth, 0-3.

Montana always has a large turnout to its annual tournaments. This year's Class A section had 26 entries with good competition all the way. Ted Salverson and Larry McKay both scored 4½ while John Reddy and Wally Albert scored 4 wins. North Idaho's Steve Sala placed 6th scoring 3½. It is the Editor's opinion that many of the class A players could do very well in the AA Class. The final results of the Class A is as follows:

CLASS A
Place	Player	Score
1.	Ted Salverson	4½
2.	Larry McKay	4½
3.	John Reddy	4
4.	Wally Albert	4
5.	George Tricky	3½
6.	Steve Sala	3½
7.	Herbert Anderson	3
8.	Martin Ruggles	3
9.	Joseph Gerle	3
10.	Ed Reeves	3
11.	Ted McDonald	3
12.	C.B. Phillips	2½
13.	Al Johnson	2½
14.	W.R. Daugherty	2½
15.	O.E. Olsen	2
16.	Helmer Lundberg	2
17.	J.E. Yanda	2
18.	Gary White	2
19.	C.O. Orr	2
20.	Lawrence Dunkin	1½
21.	Ralph Hansen	1
22.	Zotta Meder	1
23.	Carl Brunduld	1
24.	Gary Wendel	1
25.	Frank Mizen	1
26.	Chris Burgmier	0

GAMES SECTION

by Eugene L. Cowan

Games From the 1959 Nevada Open Tournament

SICILIAN DEFENSE

White: Gaston Chappuis
Black: John Freeman

1	P-K4	P-QB4	15	PxPep	NxNP
2	N-KB3	P-Q3	16	BxB	QxB
3	P-Q4	PxP	17	P-KR4!	N/5-K4
4	NxP	N-KB3	18	N-R4	Q-B2
5	N-QB3	P-QR3	19	Q-N5!	P-N4
6	B-KN5	P-K3	20	BxPch (c)	PxB
7	P-B4	P-R3 (a)	21	NxNP	Q-R4
8	B-R4	B-K2	22	NxPch	K-B
9	Q-B3	Q-B2	23	R/R-B (d)	B-R3
10	0-0-0	QN-Q2	24	RxPch!	K-N (e)
11	P-B5 (b)	N-K4	25	R-B6	N-Q6ch
12	Q-R3	N/3-N5	26	PxN	QxQch
13	B-K2	P-KR4	27	PxQ	N-K4
14	Q-N3	P-KN4	28	N-QB5	Resigns

Notes by Chappuis.

(a) Six pawn moves out of the first seven? (But Black's development is only one piece down, ELC).

(b) Perhaps premature. White relinquishes control of K5 to increase the pressure on K6, a calculated risk. Of course if 11...P-K4, Black's Q4 is controlled by White and the QP is backward.

(d) The Knight is immune to capture as 23...QxN would bring Q-Q8ch (the idea behind White's 19th move) then K-N2; Q-B6ch, K-any; and 26 NxBP.

(e) 24...NxR and 25 QxQ!

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SICILIAN DEFENSE

White: Ben Greenwald
Black: Richard Owen

1	P-K4	P-QB4	24	P-B3 (d)	P-Q4!
2	N-KB3	N-QB3	25	B-N5	PxP
3	P-Q4	PxP	26	PxP	P-R3
4	NxP	N-B3	27	BxNch	PxB
5	N-QB3	P-Q3	28	R-K2	B-K4 (e)
6	B-KN5	P-K3	29	N-B3	B-N6! (f)
7	Q-Q2	P-QR3	30	N/1-Q2	B-N4
8	P-B3	B-K2	31	R-K3	B-B7
9	0-0-0	B-Q2	32	R/3-K	BxR
10	N-N3 (a)	Q-B2	33	RxB	R/R-N
11	B-KB4	N-K4	34	R-N	R-N5
12	P-KR4	P-QN4 (b)	35	NxP	R/1-KN
13	Q-B2	R-QB	36	N/N-Q2	P-K4
14	B-K3	B-Q	37	P-B4	B-B3
15	Q-Q2	P-N5!	38	R-K	RxNP
16	N-N	N-B5	39	P-N3	R-B7
17	BxN	QxB	40	R-K3	R/1-N7
18	Q-Q3 (c)	QxQ	41	P-N4	B-Q2
19	RxQ	K-K2	42	R-N3	B-N5
20	R/1-Q	B-B2	43	P-N5	BxN
21	P-R3	B-N4!	44	RxB	RxN
22	R/3-Q2	B-R5!	45	R-B3	R/Q-KB7
23	N-Q4	P-N6!	46	Resigns

Notes by Owen.

(a) This N move is mysterious but adds to the complications later on.

(b) Black must beat White to the attack.

(c) With this move White admits that Black's attack is apt to be more powerful than his, so he trades hoping to win the end game.

(d) After PxP, B-R4 dch, 25 N-B3, BxN Black ends up with a piece to the good.

(e) Now White's pieces are tied down to the defense of each other and of pawns.

(f) This move wins the exchange and with it the game.

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POLISH OPENING

White: Richard Owen
Black: Richard Bryan

1	P-QN4	P-Q4 (a)	18	N-K5 (f)	N-Q3
2	B-N2	P-K3	19	BxN	PxB
3	P-K3	N-KB3	20	PxP	PxP
4	P-N5	P-B4	21	RxQP	N-N2
5	P-QB4	P-QN3	22	N-B6	RxR
6	P-B4 (b)	B-N2	23	QxR	B-Q3
7	N-KB3	QN-Q2	24	NxP	Q-N3
8	N-R3 (c)	B-Q3	25	Q-N5	P-B3
9	B-K2	0-0	26	Q-Q5ch	K-R
10	0-0	Q-B2	27	N-B6	QxP
11	R-B (d)	QR-Q	28	B-R	Q-K7 (g)
12	P-Q4 (e)	N-K5	29	Q-N3	R-K
13	BPxP	BxQP	30	R-N!!	QxKPch
14	N-B4	BxN	31	QxQ	RxQ
15	BxB	N/2-B3	32	K-B2	R-QR6
16	Q-N3!	B-K2	33	RxN	RxPch
17	KR-Q	N-Q4?	34	B-N2

And White wins move 43.

Notes by Owen.

(a) Black had 15 minutes on his clock. White played this opening which is full of traps because he knew his opponent would be unfamiliar with it and require much time.

(b) This move ties up the center but allows P-Q5 for Black (which he didn't take advantage of). White also tries to prevent P-K4 for Black.

(d) White takes full advantage of the awkward position of Black's Queen.

(e) Played in order to stop Black's P-K4 and to support White's N at K5 on his way to QB6. If 12...BPxP; 13 BPxP wins a pawn and weakens Black's position.

(f) White wants to trade off his N for the Bishop by 19 N-B6, and then win a pawn with an easy game.

(g) Black is now under severe time pressure.

Games From the 1959 INLAND EMPIRE OPEN

Dr. Groenig tries to take the old Maestro -- from scores sent in by Horton Thompson.

RETI IRREGULAR

White: Dave Groenig
Black: Olaf Ulvestad

1	N-KB3	P-Q3	19	Q-R4	N-N2
2	P-K4	N-KB3	20	R-N3	B-Q2
3	N-B3	QN-Q2	21	P-B3	QR-K
4	P-Q4	P-K4	22	R/1-B3	R-B2
5	B-QB4	B-K2	23	R-R3	R/2-B
6	0-0	P-KR3	24	R/B-N3	K-B2
7	B-N3	P-KN4	25	Q-N5	R-K3
8	BxNP!?	PxB	26	R-R7	R-KN
9	NxNP	0-0!? (a)	27	N-B4	PxP
10	P-B4	PxQP	28	NxR	BxN
11	QxP	N-B4	29	Q-N6ch	K-B
12	R-B3	NxB	30	R-N5	Q-B5
13	RPxN	N-R4	31	RxN? (b)	Q-QB8ch
14	N-Q5	BxN	32	K-B2	QxPch
15	PxB	QxP	33	K-K3	QxPch
16	QR-KB	P-QB4	34	KxP	QxR
17	Q-B3	Q-K4	35	Resigns
18	Q-K	P-B4

(a) A courageous and cold-blooded move.

(b) Horton's note suggested P-KR4.

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ENGLISH OPENING

White: R. Schultz
Black: D. Groenig

1	P-QB4	N-KB3	19	R-K6	P-QR3
2	N-QB3	P-K4	20	Q-K2	P-QN4
3	N-B3	P-Q3	21	R-K	K-B
4	P-Q4	N-B3	22	P-N3	R-N
5	P-Q5	N-K2	23	N-K4	P-R3
6	P-K4	N-N3	24	NxN	BxN
7	P-KN3	B-K2	25	P-B5	PxP
8	B-N2	0-0	26	BxBP	R-B
9	0-0	N-K	27	B-Q6ch	K-N
10	N-K	P-KB4	28	R-K8ch	K-R2
11	PxP	BxP	29	Q-B2ch	P-N3
12	B-K3	Q-Q2	30	RxR	QxR
13	N-Q3	B-R6	31	QxBP	Q-B4
14	P-B4	PxP	32	R-KB	QxR!!
15	NxP	NxN	33	KxQ	B-Q5ch
16	BxN	BxB	34	K-K2	BxQ
17	KxB	N-B3	35	BxB	R-B4!
18	R-K	R-B2	36	Resigns

Notes by Thompson. This game was very important to each. It looked like Groenig was sunk but that 32nd move changed things. Schultz grew up in New York's Marshall Chess Club.

Games From the 1959 Teton Valley Tourney

COLLE SYSTEM

White: Eugene Cowan
Black: Ed Schiess

1	P-Q4	N-KB3	14	B-QB4	B-KB4
2	P-QB3 (a)	P-Q4	15	B/1xP	P-K6
3	N-B3	N-B3	16	Q-K2	PxPch
4	P-K3	P-K3	17	NxP	KR-K
5	B-Q3	B-Q3	18	0-0-0	Q-Q2
6	QN-Q2	0-0	19	Q-Q2	P-K5
7	N-N3	P-QR3	20	R/Q-K	N-QR2
8	P-QR4	B-Q2	21	N-B5	BxN
9	Q-B2	Q-K2	22	PxB	QxP
10	N-N5	P-R3	23	Q-Q4	N-R4??
11	P-R4	P-KN3	24	BxPch	KxB
12	N-R3	P-K4	25	QxQ and wins
13	P-K4	PxKP

This is supposed to be a good variation against inexperienced players but Ed defends well against it to a point -- he doesn't see the King side storm coming. Then the blunder ends it.

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PETROFF DEFENSE

White: Carlos Lauritzen
Black: Eugene Cowan

1	P-K4	P-K4	8	RxN	Q-R5
2	N-KB3	N-KB3	9	Q-B3	BxRch
3	B-B4	NxP	10	QxB	Q-R4
4	NxP	P-Q4	11	P-Q4?	Q-Q8ch
5	B-N3	B-QB4	12	Q-B	QxPch
6	0-0	0-0	13	K-R	QxN
7	P-Q3	NxP!?

And Black wins, move 31.

My apologies for a hastily put together Games Section this time -- and thanks to Owen, Chappuis, and Thompson for their hot scores.

ATTEND THE IDAHO OPEN -- BOISE YMCA
MAY 30-31 -- 5 rounds, good competition

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Idaho Chess History - 1959

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