Chess Life America's Chess Newspaper June 20, 1960

For sale is Chess Life, "America's Chess Newspaper," Vol. XIV, No. 20, dated Monday, June 20, 1960.If you wanted to replay Tal's win over Botvinnik, this is the issue. Pages 4 and 5 present all twenty-one games of the 1960 World Championship match in Moscow, in full notation, with annotations, including Tal's own comments on the game where critics claimed he was lost. Tal finished 12½ to 8½ and became the youngest World Champion to that date. The May 20 issue broke the news with only the first ten games. This issue has them all.The front page has the first Armed Forces Chess Championship, played at the USO in Washington. Pfc. Arthur Feurstein, stationed in France, and Capt. John Hudson of the Air Force, the 1956 U.S. Amateur Champion, tied for first at 10-1, both undefeated, with a four-point gap over the field. A photograph of the trophy presentation is on the front page. Another story announces the U.S. Student Team for Leningrad: William Lombardy, who was studying at a Boston seminary, plus Kalme, Mednis, Raymond Weinstein and Anthony Saidy.Inside, John W. Collins annotates "The Wiser Sex," a Ruy Lopez win by Lisa Lane at the U.S. Amateur, and other games from the U.S. Open at Omaha and state championships. Eliot Hearst's "Chess Kaleidoscope" notes that Bohatirchuk scored 80% against Botvinnik in five games in the 1920s and 30s, discusses the Soviet rehabilitation of Capablanca, and includes an annotated Tal Sicilian. Other items include news of American servicemen's chess in Europe, a planned first U.S. Team Championship, and tournament results from around the country.Condition is Very Good for its age, with the normal toning of 1960 newsprint. It is shipped in a clear plastic sleeve.

Condition: Very Good.

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