Chess Life America's Chess Newspaper June 5, 1960

For sale is Chess Life, "America's Chess Newspaper," Vol. XIV, No. 19, dated Sunday, June 5, 1960.The front page has regional news, but the inside has the part chess fans will want: Spassky's King's Gambit against Fischer at the International Masters Tournament in Mar del Plata, Argentina, annotated under the title "Shades of Tchigorin" by U.S. Master Tony Santasiere. This was the 17-year-old Fischer facing a young Boris Spassky twelve years before Reykjavik. Santasiere has strong views on the opening and on Fischer's play. In the same issue, Dr. Edward Lasker writes in with corrections to Fischer's own annotations of his game against Robert Byrne from the April 20 issue, and shows that Byrne had forced wins Fischer missed.Also inside: Samuel Reshevsky annotates two of his own games, a King's Indian against Kalme from the Rosenwald Tournament and a Queen's Gambit against Guimard from the 1951 Wertheim Memorial. The third part of Santasiere's essay on chess has him arguing that tactics are the scales and arpeggios while strategy is the poetry. The cover story promotes the 61st U.S. Open in St. Louis, August 8 to 19, with the line "Meet Me in St. Louis, Looie." Dorothy Williams of Webster Groves, Missouri is announced as the first woman to play in the U.S. Open.The front page also has Tautvaisas repeating as Chicago champion with 7½-½ in a 54-player field, and George Krauss winning the Midcontinent Open in Kansas for the third year in a row. There's also the USCF's nine-month financial report, with an appeal from the business manager for $1 contributions, and a membership drive called Operation 5000.Condition is Very Good for its age, with the normal toning of 1960 newsprint. A small amount of handwriting in ink and pencil appears on the front page. It is shipped in a clear plastic sleeve.

Condition: Very Good.

One available.