Chess Life America's Chess Newspaper June 20, 1950

For sale is Chess Life, "Official Publication of The United States Chess Federation," Vol. IV, No. 20, dated Tuesday, June 20, 1950. This is from the fifth year of Chess Life, which began as a bi-weekly newspaper in 1946, and it is a noticeably larger format than the later 1957 to 1960 issues.The front page opens with a match full of famous names. Manhattan beat Marshall 9-7 in the Metropolitan Chess League championship, with what the paper calls "possibly the greatest group of American 'name' players ever to be gathered together for a single team contest." A. C. Simonson came out of retirement to beat Samuel Reshevsky, and Reuben Fine got his revenge on Denker for the spectacular loss in the 1944 U.S. Championship. Before the match began, both teams paid tribute to Maurice Wertheim, the Manhattan Chess Club's president and a patron of American chess, who had died the week before. His obituary is on page one. Erich Marchand annotates the Reshevsky-Simonson game, a Reti Opening, and Bisguier's win over R. G. Wade at Southsea, a Winawer French.The main headline is "USA WINS BORDER MATCH!" The U.S. won the second annual USA-Canada 3,000-mile border match 120½ to 72½, with matches from Maine to Washington State, and the big contest at Niagara Falls ended in a 47-47 tie. The U.S. Open is previewed too: Detroit, July 10 to 22, with Albert Sandrin defending the title and Hermann Helms directing.There's more to read. Kenneth Harkness answers a claim about how the 1945 and 1946 USA-USSR match teams were chosen, and says that the USCF had no say because "these matches were arranged, financed and conducted by private individuals." A review of a book on chess in the Americas reports that the captive Inca chief Atahualpa was said in 1533 to play chess "sufficiently well." There are also Edmund Nash's puzzles, Vincent Eaton's problem column, and state championship results from around the country.Condition is Very Good for its age, with the toning typical of 1950 newsprint and a small red check mark near the title. It is shipped flat in a clear plastic sleeve.

Condition: Very Good.

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