First Piatigorsky cup, international grandmaster chess tournament held in Los Angeles, California July, 1963.

223 Pages·1965·6.896 MB·English

by  Samuel Reshevsky, Isaac Kashdan

THE FIRST PIATIGORSKY CUP
MR.A NDM RS.G REGORP IATIGORSKY
FIRST
PlATI GORSKYC UP
INTERNATIONAL GRANDMASTER
CHESS TOURNAMENT
HELD IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
JULY, 1963
ANNOTATED BY
SAMUEL RESHEVSKY
AND OTHE R TOURNAMENT PARTICIPANTS
EDITED BY
ISAAC KASHDAN
TH E WARD RITCHIE PRESS
LOS ANGELES · 1965
COPYRIGH'J'Cl 196B5Y
JACQUELINEA ND GREGOR PIATIGORSKY
LIBRARY OF CONGRESSC ATALOG CARD NUMBER 65-q6z4
DESIGNEDB Y WARD RITCHIE
PRINTEDI N THE UNITED STATESO F AMERICA
Allr ighrtess erved
Contents
IndetxoOpe nings vii
Indext oG ames and Players vii
CrosTsa blaned Final Standings viii
IntroductiobnyI saaKacs hdan X
Summ aryo fth eP lay xvii
ProgressRiovuend b yR oundSco res xix
Roun1d 3
Round2 17
Round3 26
Round4 44
RoundS 60
Round6 73
Round 7 89
RoundS 101
Round9 115
Round1 0 128
Round 11 145
Round1 2 161
Round1 3 177
Round 14 191
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Indetxo O penigsn
Followiinsag l isotfa ltlh eop enings usedT.h en umberrse fetrog ames.
P-Q4w asm ucht hem ospto pularfi rsmto veo,c curr2i9nt gi mePs-.Q B4
wass econwdi t1h6 ,P -K4w asu sed 10 timeasn dN -KB3 justo nceO.f
coursvea riooupse ninwgesr ea rrivaetbd y i nverssioot nh,efir stm ovei s
noc rietrion.
BenonDie fen-s2e,2 5.
CaroK-ann Defen-s1e.
Cataaln Openi4n9g.-
DutcDhe fen-s4e6 .
Englhi Ospeni-n2g3,2 9,5 3.
FrencDhe fen-s3e6.
KingF'isa ncheOtpteon in-g15.
KingI'nsd iDaenf en-s4e,8 ,9 ,1 0,1 2,1 9,2 0,2 6,3 0,3 2,3 5,3 7,4 2,4 8,
50,5 1,5 6.
MeranD efen-s2e1 .
Nimzo-IndiDaenf en-s1e1,1 6,3 3,4 0,4 5,5 2,54 .
QueenG'asm bi-t28.
QueenG'asm biDte cli-ne1d4,2 2,3 8.
QueenI'nsd iDaenf en-s6e,7 ,1 3,3 9,4 1,4 3.
RuyL opez5-,2 7,4 4,4 7,5 5.
SicilDieafne ns3e,1- 8,2 4.
TarrasDcehf en-s1e 73,1 ,34
Indetxo G amesa ndP layers
Then umberrse fetort heg amesT.h osien t heh orizonctoallu minnsd icate
thep lyaers ahvintgh ew hitpei eceasn,dt hosient hev erticcoallu mntsh e
playehrasv intgh eb lacpki eces.
KE PE NA OL RE GL BE PA
Keres I 18 50 44 27 36 12
Petsrioa n 29 41 17 26 35 9 49
Najdorf 46 22 33 13 10 56 2
Olafsson 15 45 7 37 3 24 55
Reshevsky 23 53 52 11 20 4 34
Gligoric 54 5 40 32 47 14 21
Benko 6 38 25 43 30 51 19
Panno 39 16 31 28 8 42 48
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INTRODUCTION
BY ISAAC KASHDAN
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