Chess Life America's Chess Newspaper March 20 , 1958

For sale is Chess Life, America's Chess Newspaper, Vol. XII No. 14, Thursday, March 20, 1958. The banner headline is "Botvinnik Overwhelms Smyslov — Takes First Three Games In Return Match For World Championship." Mikhail Botvinnik, appearing as a challenger for the first time since he won the title in 1948, took a 3-0 lead over the reigning champion in Moscow. The front page describes the games as they happened. In the first, he played the Black side of a Caro-Kann without castling and won in 62 moves. In the second, Smyslov's King's Indian ended with a resignation after Botvinnik's sealed 41st move. Botvinnik chose the Caro-Kann again in the third. The match games are printed with notes.The front page also reports Hans Berliner's 10-0 sweep of the D.C. Rapids Championship, and Bob Steinmeyer's undefeated win in the St. Louis Chess Club annual. William Lombardy, the World Junior Champion, annotates Bisguier's win over Ader at the Tournament of the Americas in Bogota, and writes his own column. Aben Rudy's New York column reports that Bobby Fischer withdrew from the Pavey Memorial Tournament at the Manhattan Chess Club the day before it started, and tells how Paul Leith finally won official New York City recognition for Fischer and Lombardy. There is also a Position No. 228 problem, Gabor's problem column, the college chess column, Marchand's tactics column, and the 1958 world chess calendar, with the Portoroz Interzonal and the Munich team tournament coming up.Condition: Very Good for its age, with the normal toning of 1958 newsprint. No handwriting or tears that I can see. Shipped in a clear plastic sleeve.

Condition: Very Good.

One available.