Chess Life America's Chess Newspaper April 5, 1958

For sale is Chess Life, America's Chess Newspaper, Vol. XII No. 15, Saturday, April 5, 1958. The banner headline is "Botvinnik Holds Lead — Smyslov Wins Fifth Game," reporting on the 1958 return match for the world championship. Botvinnik won the first three games, then drew the fourth. In the fifth he switched from the Caro-Kann to the Sicilian and lost to Smyslov in forty-one moves. After five games Botvinnik had 3½ of the 12½ points he needed to regain his title. Last-minute reports add his win in the sixth game, a King's Indian, with the eighth game adjourned. Annotated games from the match are inside.Down the front page, "Larsen Leads At Mar del Plata" has Bent Larsen starting 5-0 and undefeated, after he tied with Szabo for third and fourth at Dallas. Samuel Reshevsky annotates a Gruenfeld Indian from the Dallas International. Larry Evans's column "Steinitz's Children" looks at simplification as a defensive weapon, with fragments from the 1953 Zurich Candidates' Tournament. John W. Collins annotates games by USCF members. The issue also reports that the American Chess Foundation gave $250 awards to Bobby Fischer and Bill Lombardy for their 1957 achievements. Other items include Nash's "Finish It the Clever Way," Gabor's problem column, a Position No. 229 problem, and the schedule for the 1958 U.S. Junior and U.S. Open.Condition: Very Good for its age, with the normal toning of 1958 newsprint. Shipped in a clear plastic sleeve.

Condition: Very Good.

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