California Chess Reporter

Most of these magazines were digitized by Sam Sloan; who I heartily thank.

Vol. 1, No. 1, June 1951 (GM Mikhail Botvinnik retained his World Champion title against GM David Bronstein.)

Vol. 1, No. 2, July 1951 (The North won the Annual North-South Team Match by a score of 38.5-19.5; on the 1st board, Adolf J. Fink (N) lost to IM Isaac Kashdan (S).)

Vol. 1, No. 3, August 1951 (William T. Adams won the San Jose CC Championship.)

Vol. 1, No. 4, October 1951 (Arthur Spiller won the California State Championship and Neil Falconer won the California Open Championship)

Vol. 1, No. 5, November 1951 (Emil Ladner, who was deaf, won the Berkeley CC Championship. Henry Gross and Guthrie McClain tied for 1st in the Castle CC Championship.)

Vol. 1, No. 6, December 1951 (George Koltanowski's 2nd Marines' Memorial Chess Festival in San Francisco)

Vol. 1, No. 7, February 1952 (Larry Evans-Herman IM Steiner Match announcement)

Vol. 1, No. 8, March 1952 (George W. Chase won the Cosmo CC Championship.)

Vol. 1, No. 9, April 1952 (Larry Evans-IM Herman Steiner Match postponement)

Vol. 1, No. 10, May 1952 (GM Svetozar Gligoric won the Hollywood International)

Vol. 2, No. 1, June 1952 (The North won the Annual North-South Team Match by a score of 32-27; Vladimir Pafnutieff, of the North, lost to IM Herman Steiner, of the South. 1st Sonoma Valley of the Moon Chess Festival)

Vol. 2, No. 2, July 1952 (History of the California Championships. IM Larry Evans retained his US Champion title against IM Herman Steiner by a score of 8.5-2.5.)

Vol. 2, No. 3, September 1952 (Henry Gross and Irving Rivise tied for the California State Championship and Sven Almgren won the California Open Championship)

Vol. 2, No. 4, November 1952 (Santa Monica CC Team beat Long Beach CC Team by a score of 10.5-9.5; on 1st board, Ray Martin, of the Santa Monica Team, beat Serge Giritsky, of the Long Beach Team.)

Vol. 2, No. 5, December 1952 (Guthrie McClain won the Castle CC Championship. Henry Gross won the Golden Gate CC Championship.)

Vol. 2, No. 6, January-February 1953 (Eugene Rubin won the Cosmo CC Championship.)

Vol. 2, No. 7, March 1953 (League match results.)

Vol. 2, No. 8, April 1953 (IM Isaac Kashdan won the Hollywood Invitational)

Vol. 2, No. 9, May 1953 (Paul Morphy Anniversary Issue)

Vol. 2, No. 10, June 1953 (The North won the Annual North-South Team Match by a score of 34-27; on the 1st board, IM Imre Konig (N) drew with IM Herman Steiner (S).)

Vol. 3, No. 1, September 1953 ('European Diary' by Guthrie McClain about the Golden Gate CC Team, consisting of Henry Gross, Guthrie McClain, Dr. Kenneth Colby and IM George Koltanowski, leaving SF on a tour of European chess clubs to play matches. (Probably the start of the bad feelings between Henry Gross and Guthrie McClain on one side and IM George Koltanowski on the other.) Henry Gross won the Northern California Championship.)

Vol. 3, No. 2, October 1953 (IM Herman Steiner won the California State Championship and Eugene Levin won the California Open Championship)

Vol. 3, No. 3, November 1953 (Karl Reissmann won the Inglewood CC Championship. Henry Gross won the Castle CC Championship. Phil Smith won the Fresno CC Championship. Jack Kliger won the Palo Alto CC Championship.)

Vol. 3, No. 4, December 1953 (The Chessplayers by Charles L. Harness)

Vol. 3, No. 5, January 1954 (IM Herman Steiner won the Hollywood Chess Group Championship.)

Vol. 3, No. 6, February 1954 (Dr. Alex Janushkowsky won the Capital City CC Championship. Jerome Wolfe won the Southern California Junior Championship.)

Vol. 3, No. 7, March-April 1954 (O.A. Celle won the Sacramento City Championship. Bob Burger won the Central California Chess League Individual Championship. 'Somewhere in Europe, Part II by Guthrie McClain.)

Vol. 3, No. 8, May 1954 (WIM Sonja Graf Stevenson won the California Women's Championship)

Vol. 3, No. 9, June 1954 (The North won the Annual North-South Team Match by a score of 42-30; on the 1st board, IM Imre Konig (N) won against IM Isaac Kashdan (S).)

Vol. 3, No. 10, July 1954 (GM Arthur Bisquier won the Hollywood Pan-American International Open and Ross Siemms won the Long Beach U.S. Junior Championship; 13-year-old Larry Remlinger came in 2nd)

Vol. 4, No. 1, August 1954 (Hollywood Pan-American International Open crosstable)

Vol. 4, No. 2, September 1954 (IM Herman Steiner won the California Open Championship)

Vol. 4, No. 3, November 1954 (Robert Currie won the Golden Gate CC Championship. Henry Gross and Guthrie McClain tied for the Castle CC Championship.)

Vol. 4, No. 4, December 1954 (IM Herman Steiner won the California State Championship)

Vol. 4, No. 5, January 1955 (Juris Petriceks won the Palo Alto CC Championship.)

Vol. 4, No. 6, February 1955 (The Castle CC 25th aniversary reunion, 1929-1954.)

Vol. 4, No. 7, March 1955 (13-Year-old Larry Remlinger wins Long Beach Chess Club Championship)

Vol. 4, No. 8, April 1955 (American Chess Foundation formed.)

Vol. 4, No. 9, May 1955 (Phil D. Smith won the Central Valley Championship. Mike Hailparn won the Fresno CC Championship. San Francisco won the Annual San Francisco vs East Bay Team Match by a score of 15-12; on the 1st board, William Addison (SF) beat Neil E. Falconer (EB).)

Vol. 4, No. 10, June 1955 (The North won the Annual North-South Team Match by a score of 35-24; on the 1st board, IM Imre Konig (N) drew against GM Isaac Kashdan (S).)

Vol. 5, No. 1, July 1955 (GM Nicolas Rossolimo won the Long Beach U.S. Open Championship on tie break over GM Sammy Reshevsky)

August 1955 (Welcome to the United States Open Chess Championship)

Vol. 5, No. 2, September 1955 (IM Herman Steiner won the California Open Championship)

Vol. 5, No. 3, October 1955 (William Addison won the Golden Gate CC Championship. Henry Gross won the Castle CC Championship.)

Vol. 5, No. 4, December 1955 (IM Herman Steiner dies while playing in California State Championship; tournament was cancelled)

Vol. 5, No. 5, January 1956 (Earl Pruner won the Mechanics' Institute Centenary Tournament. Isaac Kashdan took over the Los Angeles Times chess column.)

Vol. 5, No. 6, February 1956 (William T. Adams won the San Jose CC Championship.)

Vol. 5, No. 7, March 1956 (San Francisco Bay Area Chess League results.)

Vol. 5, No. 8, April 1956 (Robert Jacobs won the Herman Steiner Memorial Masters Tournament.)

Vol. 5, No. 9, May 1956 (San Francisco Chess Team beat the East Bay Chess Team by a score of 12.5-7.5; on the 1st board, Earl Pruner (SF) drew with J. Demos (EB). Phil D. Smith won the 7th Annual Fresno CC Championship.)

Vol. 5, No. 10, June 1956 (The South won the Annual North-South Team Match by a score of 35.5-31.5; on the 1st board, GM Isaac Kashdan (S) won against IM Imre Konig (N).)

Vol. 6, No. 1, August 1956 (Nicholas Preo of Oakland won the U.S. Correspondence Championship)

Vol. 6, No. 2, September 1956 (17-Year-old Gilbert Ramirez of SF won the California Open Championship)

Vol. 6, No. 3, October 1956 (William G. Addison won the San Francisco City Championship. Robert Jacobs won the Herman Steiner CC Masters Tournament. Janis Kalnins won the San Jose CC Championship.)

Vol. 6, No. 4, November 1956 ( 17-Year-old Gilbert Ramirez won the California State Championship)

Vol. 6, No. 5, December 1956 (WIM Sonia Graf Stevenson won the California State Women's Championship)

Vol. 6, No. 6, February 1957 (William Addison won the Golden Gate CC Championship. Henry Gross won the Castle CC Championship. IM Al Horowitz gave a Simultaneous Exhibition at the Clarion Club (formerly the Hollywood Athletic Club) and scored 36 wins, 13 draws and 2 losses. IM Al Horowitz gave a Simultaneous Exhibition at the Mechanics' Institute CC and scored 15 wins and 4 draws.)

Vol. 6, No. 7, March 1957 (GM Sammy Reshevsky gave a Simultaneous Exhibition at Romanoff's (in Los Angeles) and scored 54 wins, 2 losses and 21 draws. GM Samuel Reshevsky gave a Clock Simultaneous Exhibition in San Francisco and scored 4 wins, 2 losses and 2 draws.)

Vol. 6, No. 8, April 1957 (Peter Lapiken and Irving Rivise tied for 1st in the Herman Steiner CC Masters' Tournament. IM Nicolas Rossolimo gave a Simultaneous Exhibition at the Mechanics' Institute CC and scored 14 wins, 6 losses and 2 draws. Robert E. Baker won the Fresno CC Championship. Nancy Roos, US Women's Co-Champion, died of cancer after a long illness.)

Vol. 6, No. 9, May 1957 (San Francisco Chess Team beat the East Bay Chess Team by a score of 13-2; on the 1st board, Earl Pruner (SF) beat Neil Falconer (EB).)

Vol. 6, No. 10, June 1957 (The South won the Annual North-South Team Match by a score of 37-36; on the 1st board, GM Isaac Kashdan (S) drew against IM Imre Konig (N).)

Vol. 7, No. 1, July 1957 (14-Year-old Bobby Fischer won the San Francisco U.S. Junior Championship over Gil Ramirez)

Vol. 7, No. 2, September 1957 (Jim Schmitt won the California Open Championship on tie-break)

Vol. 7, No. 3, November 1957 (Jim Cross won the California State Championship)

Vol. 7, No. 4, December 1957 (WIM Sonia Graf Stevenson tied with WIM Gisela Gresser for 1st in the Hollywood U.S. Women's Championship. Crosstable for the California State Championship)

December 20, 1957 (Special Bulletin: An Address by Jerry Spann)

Vol. 7, No. 5, January 1958 (Henry Gross won the Castle CC Championship. Captain Ed B Edmondson won the Sacramento City Championship. IM Imre Konig gave a Simultaneous Exhibition for the Capital City and City Recreation Department CC's and scored 25 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss.)

Vol. 7, No. 6, February 1958 ('The Chess Poem of Einsiedeln' - oldest European chess document by Dr. Robert Blass.)

Vol. 7, No. 7-8, March-April 1958 (Bill Addison won the Golden Gate CC Championship. Larry Zipfel gave a Simultaneous Exhibition at the Redding High School CC and scored 28 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw. IM Imre Konig gave a Simultaneous Exhibition at the Riverside CC and scored 28 wins, 1 loss and 5 draws. Review -'Leaves of Chess - A Journal of Scaccography'...It is delightful!)

Vol. 7, No. 9, May 1958 (The North won the Annual North-South Team Match by a score of 32.5-30.5; on the 1st board, IM Imre Konig (N) drew against Irving Rivise (S).)

Vol. 7, No. 10, June 1958 (Zoltan Kovacs and Irving Rivise tied for 1st in the Herman Steiner CC Masters Tournament.)

Vol. 8, No. 1, August 1958 (Irving Rivise won the California Open Championship)

Vol. 8, No. 2, September 1958 (Ray Martin won the George Steven Memorial Tournament. Harry Borochow and Irving Rivise conducted a Tandom Simultaneous Exhibition and scored 17 wins, 3 losses and 3 draws.)

Vol. 8, No. 3, October 1958 (James J. Murray won the San Francisco City Championship. John Demos, Arthur Wang and Larry Ledgerwood all tied for 1st in the Oakland Chess and Checker Club Championship.)

Vol. 8, No. 4, December 1958 (Charles Bagby won the California State Championship)

Vol. 8, No. 5-6, January-February 1959 (R. Lewis won the San Gabriel Valley Open. Henry Gross won the Castle CC Championship. J. Smith won the Pittsburg CC Championship. Bob Moore won the Redding Regional Tournament.)

Vol. 8, No. 7, March 1959 (Ray Martin won the Santa Monica Invitational Master-Expert Tournament. Henry Gross won the Golden Gate CC Championship.)

Vol. 8, No. 8, April 1959 (Hyman Gordon won the Herman Steiner CC Master Tournament.)

Vol. 8, No. 9, May 1959 (The East Bay won the San Francisco-East Bay Team Match; on the 1st board, Larry Ledgerwood beat Don Sutherland.)

Vol. 8, No. 10, June 1959 (The North won the Annual North-South Team Match by a score of 37-33; on the 1st board, IM Imre Konig (N) drew against Irving Rivise (S).)

Vol. 9, No. 1-2, August-September 1959 (Clark Harmon of Oregon won the 1st California Junior Championship; Gil Ramirez, who came in 2nd, was the highest scoring Californian.)

Vol. 9, No. 3-4, October-November 1959 ( (Tibor Weinberger won the California Open Championship.)

Vol. 9, No. 5-6, January-February 1960 (Tibor Weinberger won the California State Championship. Arthur Wang won the Northern California Championship.)

Vol. 9, No. 7-8, March-April 1960 (Phil D. Smith and Tom Fries tied for 1st in the San Joaquin Valley Championship. Bob Baker won the Fresno City Championship.)

Vol. 9, No. 9-10, May-June 1960 (The North won the Annual North-South Team Match by a score of 29-22; on the 1st board, IM Imre Konig (N) lost against GM Isaac Kashdan (S).)

Vol. 10, No. 1-2, August-September 1960 (Ojars Celle and Bill Rogers tied for 1st in the Capital City CC Championship.)

Vol. 10, No. 3, October 1960 (Zoltan Kovacs won the California Open Championship)

Vol. 10, No. 4-5, November-December 1960 (Zoltan Kovacs won the California State Championship)

Vol. 10, No. 6-7, February-March 1961 (Another Botwinnik Comeback!)

Vol. 10, No. 8-9, April-May 1961 (California State Chess Federation Ratings)

Vol. 10, No. 10, June 1961 (The North won the Annual North-South Team Match by a score of 31.5-17.5; on the 1st board, Boris Siff (N) won against GM Isaac Kashdan (S).)

Vol. 11, No. 1-2, August-September 1961 (U.S. Open 1961, Welcome to San Francisco announcement)

Vol. 11, No. 2, September 1961 (Stephen Sholomson won the California Open Championship)

Vol. 11, No. 3, November 1961 (GM Robert Fischer-GM Samuel Reshevsky; A vote of confidence in Jacqueline Piatigorsky)

Vol. 11, No. 4, December 1961 (Irving Rivise and Tibor Weinberger tied for the California State Championship)

Vol. 11, No. 5, February 1962 (Tibor Weinberger won the Westchester Open Championship. Irving Rivise won the Herman Steiner CC Championship. "Fritz Leiber has written a story about the first grandmaster tournament in which a computing machine is one of the contestants. The story will appear in the May issue of IF, on sale in March." Robert Burger won the Castle CC Championship.)

Vol. 11, No. 6, April 1962 (Santa Monica CC won the Southern California Team Championship.)

Vol. 11, No. 7, May 1962 (Roy Hoppe won the Mechanics' Institute Open.)

Vol. 11, No. 8, June 1962 (The North won the Annual North-South Team Match by a score of 28.5-14.5; on the 1st board, IM Imre Konig (N) won against Tibor Weinberger (S).)

Vol. 12, No. 1, July 1962 (William G. Addison won the Southern California Open. Bill Addison won the Hamilton AFB Open. Charles Walker won the Riverside CC Championship. Ben Kakimi won the City Terrace CC Experts Invitational.)

Vol. 12, No. 2, September 1962 (Walt Cunningham won the California Open Championship. Dr. Anthony Saidy won the Pacific and Southwest Open Championship. Kenneth Pfeiffer won the California Junior Championship.)

Vol. 12, No. 3, November 1962 (William G. Addison won the Herman Steiner Memorial Open. Dr. Anthony Saidy won the Metropolitan Open. Charles Henin won the Riverside Open. Bob Bliss won the Westchester CC Championship.)

Vol. 12, No. 4, December 1962 (William Addison won the California State Championship.)

Vol. 12, No. 5, February 1963 (GM Larry Evans won the Westchester Fiesta. Bill Addison won the Santa Monica Open.)

Vol. 12, No. 6, April 1963 (Dr. Anthony Saidy won the Herman Steiner CC Championship. Donald Cotton won the Riverside CC Championship. Dr. Walter Studnicki won the Polonia CC Championship.)

Vol. 12, No. 7, May 1963 (Piatigorsky Cup announcement)

Vol. 12, No. 8, June 1963 (The South won the Annual North-South Team Match by a score of 22-18; on the 1st board, Val Zemitis (N) drew against William Addison (S).)

Vol. 13, No. 1, July 1963 (GM Paul Keres and GM Tigran Petrosian tied for 1st in the Piatigorsky Cup.)

Vol. 13, No. 2, September 1963 (Irving Rivise won the California Open Championship. GM Larry Evans won the Pacific Southwest Open Championship.)

Vol. 13, No. 3, November 1963 ( William Addison won the California State Championship. Jacqueline Piatigorsky won the California State Women's Championship.)

Vol. 13, No. 4, December 1963 (Announcement with dates and prices for GM Robert Fischer's California Exhibitions.)

Vol. 13, No. 5, February 1964 (William Addison won the Herman Steiner CC Championship.)

Vol. 13, No. 6, April 1964 (Bill Addison won the Monterey Park International Fund Tournament. Duncan Suttles won the 1st South Central Valley Chess Open. Norman Goldberg won the San Fernando CC Championship. Gordon Barrett won the Bi-Club Invitational.)

Vol. 13, No. 7, May 1964 (William Addison won the Stamer Memorial Tournament. The East Bay Team beat the San Francisco Team by a score of 12.5-7.5; on the 1st board, Peter Cleghorn (SF) won against Duncan Suttles (EB). Sonja Graf won the U.S. Women's Championship.)

Vol. 13, No. 8, June 1964 (The North won the Annual North-South Team Match by a score of 29-19; on the 1st board, Roy Hoppe (N) drew against Irving Rivise (S).)

Vol. 14, No. 1, July 1964 (John Blackstone won the California Junior Championship)

Vol. 14, No. 2, September 1964 (Jerry Hanken won the California Open Championship)

Vol. 14, No. 3, November 1964 (Tibor Weinberger won the Pacific Southwest Open Championship)

Vol. 14, No. 4, December 1964 ( (Zoltan Kovacs and Norris Weaver tied for the California State Championhip)

Vol. 14, No. 5, February 1965 (Bill Addison won the Santa Monica Open. Bob Burger won the Castle CC Championship. Allan Troy won the Bernard Oak Memorial Open. Paul Quillen won the Downey Open Championship. Jerry Hanken won the Monterey Park Bi-Club Invitational.)

Vol. 14, No. 6, April 1965 (Charles Henin won the 1st Santa Monica Masters-Expert Tournament.)

Vol. 14, No. 7, May 1965 (Earl Pruner won the 2nd Annual Arthur B. Stamer Memorial. Ronald Gross won the San Bernardino Open. Koit Tullus won the Redwood Empire Open Championship. Tim DeLaney won the San Bernardino CC Championship.)

Vol. 14, No. 8, June 1965 (The North won the Annual North-South Team Match by a score of 21-18; on the 1st board, Duncan Suttles (N) lost against Irving Rivise (S).)

Vol. 15, No. 1, July-August 1965 (GM Arthur Bisquier won the Pacific Southwest Open Championship and David Blohm won the California Junior Championship)

Vol. 15, No. 2, September-October 1965 (John Blackstone and Captain John Hudson tied for the California Open Championship)

Vol. 15, No. 3, November-December 1965 (Don Sutherland won the California State Championship and GM Pal Benko won the American Open Championship)

Vol. 15, No. 4, January-February 1966 (The Blue Unicorns (Blue Unicorn Coffee House players, Earl Pruner, Jim Schmitt, Dave Blohm, Frank Thornally, Max Wilkerson, Alan Benson and Walter Dorne) won the San Francisco Bay Area Team Championship. Hector Guadarrama won the Whittier CC Championship. Walt Cunningham won the Bi-Club Invitational. Thirteen-year-old Jim Tarjan won the (King's Gambit) Spielmann Memorial Gambit Tournament. Ronnie Gross won the Downey Open.)

Vol. 15, No. 5, March-April 1966 (Second Piatigorsky Cup announcement)

Vol. 15, No. 6, May-June 1966 ((The North won the Annual North-South Team Match by a score of 24.5-15.5; on the 1st board, Duncan Suttles (N) drew against Irving Rivise (S).) Jim Tarjan won the California Junior Championship.)

Vol. 16, No. 1, July-August 1966 (GM Boris Spassky won the 2nd Piatigorsky Cup; GM Robert Fischer came in a close second. Tibor Weinberger won the Pacific Southwest Open Championship.)

Vol. 16, No. 2, September-October 1966 (Irving Rivise won the California Open Championshup)

Vol. 16, No. 3, November-December 1966 (Charles Henin won the California State Championship and Lawrence Kaufman won the American Open Championship)

Vol. 16, No. 4, January-February 1967 (Eric Osbun and Arthur Wang tied for 1st in the 3rd Annual Mill Valley Open.)

Vol. 16, No. 5, March-April 1967 (Dr. Anthony Saidy won the El Segundo Open. Koit Tullus won the San Jose CC Championship.)

Vol. 16, No. 6, May-June 1967 (The North won the Annual North-South Team Match by a score of 17-15; on the 1st board, John Blackstone (N) won against Irving Rivise (S).)

Vol. 17, No. 1, July-August 1967 (Robion Kirby and Tibor Weinberger tied for 1st in the Pacific Southwest Open Championship. William Stewart won the California Junior Championship.)

Vol. 17, No. 2, September-October 1967 (Charles Henin, Jim Tarjan and Viktors Pupols tied for 1st in the California Open Championship.)

Vol. 17, No. 3, November-December 1967 (18-Year-old Walter Browne won the California State Championship. Anthony Saidy won the American Open Championship. IM William Addison and Anthony Saidy tied for 1st in the Santa Monica International Tournament.)

Vol. 17, No. 4, January-February 1968 (John Blackstone won the Los Angeles County Open. Andy Vinock won the San Gabriel Valley Open.)

Vol. 17, No. 5, March-April 1968 (Tibor Weinberger won the West Coast Open Championship.)

Vol. 17, No. 6, May-June 1968 ((The North won the Annual North-South Team Match by a score of 21-9; on the 1st board, Robert Burger (N) drew against Jim Lazos (S).) Crosstable of the West Coast Open Championship.)

Vol. 18, No. 1, July-August 1968 (Jim Tarjan won the California Junior Championship. 16-Year-old Jim Tarjan won the Pacific Southwest Open Championship.)

Vol. 18, No. 2, September-October 1968 (Charles Henin won the Ernest Shield Open. Larry Kaufman, William Bills and Carl Pilnick tied for 1st in the Southern California Open. Jose Tossas won the San Diego Open. Joe Morton won the Sacramento City Championship.)

Vol. 18, No. 3, November-December 1968 (Charles Henin won the Southern California Championship. Walter Browne won the Long Beach Classic. Jude Acers, David Blohm and Frank Thornally tied for 1st in 3rd Annual Lera Open. Louis Portillo won the Whittier CC Championship.)

Vol. 18, No. 4, January-February 1969 (David Blohm won the California State Championship. Tibor Weinberger, John Blackstone and Gilbert Ramirez tied for 1st in the California Open Championship.)

Vol. 18, No. 5, March-April 1969 (James Lazos won the American Open Championship.)

Vol. 18, No. 6, May-June 1969 (The North won the Annual North-South Team Match by a score of 11-7; on the 1st board, Robert Burger (N) lost against Irving Rivise (S).)

Vol. 19, No. 1, July-August 1969 (Bruce Antman won the California Junior Championship on tie-break over Albyn Jones. Ed Kennedy won the Pacific Southwest Open Championship on tie-breaks over Tibor Weinberger, Keykhosro Kahyai and Ivars Dahlberg.)

Vol. 19, No. 2, September-October 1969 (Alan Baisley won the California Open Championship.)

Vol. 19, No. 3, November-December 1969 (Charles Henin won the California State Championship. Ray Martin won the American Open Championship.)

Vol. 19, No. 4, January-February 1970 (Mike Leidner, Jerry Wollschlager and Ray Martin tied for 1st in the Los Angeles County Championship. Irving Lyon won the El Segundo CC Championship.)

Vol. 19, No. 5, March-April 1970 (Jim Tarjan won the West Coast Open Championship on tie-break with Tibor Weinberger.)

Vol. 19, No. 6, May-June 1970 (The South won the Annual North-South Team Match by a score of 15-11; on the 1st board, John Grefe (N) won against Irving Rivise (S).)

Vol. 20, No. 1, July-August 1970 (Kenneth Morrisey won the California Junior Championship. Kim Commons and Miroslav Tasev tied for the Pacific Southwest Open Championship. IM Julio Kaplan won the Monterey International Open Championship on tie-breaks over GM Larry Evans and Frank Thornally.)

Vol. 20, No. 2, September-October 1970 (Tibor Weinberger won the California Open Championship.)

Vol. 20, No. 3, November-December 1970 (GM Robert Byrne and GM Larry Evans tied for 1st in the Continental Open Championship. GM Robert Byrne won the American Open Championship.)

Vol. 20, No. 4, January-February 1971 (Dennis Fritzinger and Charles Henin tied for 1st in the California State Championship.)

Vol. 20, No. 5, March-April 1971 (GM Larry Evans won the Lone Pine Louis D. Statham Masters and Experts Tournament.)

Vol. 20, No. 6, May-June 1971 (David Berry, Bruce Antman and Robert Reynolds tied for 1st in the California Junior Championship.)

Vol. 21, No. 1, July-August 1971 (GM Larry Evans and GM Walter Browne tied for 1st in the Ventura U.S. Open Championship. Jim McCormick won the Monterey International Open Championship.)

Vol. 21, No. 2, September-October 1971 (IM Julio Kaplan won the California Open Championship on tie-break over Julius Loftsson and Ronald Gross.)

Vol. 21, No. 3, November-December 1971 (According to the article, 11-year-old chessmaster Jutta Hempel of Germany had been a master since she was 5-years-old.)

Vol. 21, No. 4, January-February 1972 (Kim Commons won the California State Championship. Carl Pilnick won the American Open Championship on tie-break over GM Larry Evans, GM Walter Browne, Ross Stoutenborough and David Strauss.)

Vol. 21, No. 5, March-April 1972 (GM Svetozar Gligoric won the Louis D. Statham Masters and Experts Tournament at Lone Pine.)

Vol. 21, No. 6, May-June 1972 (Ronnie Gross won the California Class Championship. Lawrence Hughes and Edward Rosenthal tied for 1st in the San Jose Regional Class Tournament. Ross Stoutenborough won the 8th Annual El Segundo Open Championship. Vitaley Radaikin won the Marin CC 10th Anniversary Open. David Strauss and Larry Christensen tied for 1st in the 14th Annual San Bernardino Open. Eleuterio Alsasua, John Grefe, C. Bill Jones and Romeo Rodriguez tied for 1st in the Santa Clara County Memorial Day Open.)

Vol. 22, No. 1, July-August 1972 (GM Bobby Fischer won the World Chess Championship.)

Vol. 22, No. 2, September-October 1972 (Kim Commons won the California Open Championship. Rex Wilcox won the Monterey International Championship on tie-break over Dennis Fritzinger and James McCormick.)

Vol. 22, No. 3, November-December 1972 (Larry Remlinger won the American Open Championship.)

Vol. 22, No. 4, January-February 1973 (The California Chess Hall of Fame. Cross-table of the American Open Championship.)

Vol. 22, No. 5, March-April 1973 (GM Arthur Bisquier won the Louis D. Statham Masters and Experts Tournament at Lone Pine.)

Vol. 22, No. 6, May-June 1973 (David Strauss won the California State Championship. Larry Christiansen won the U.S. Junior Championship. Takashi Kurosaki won the California Junior Championship.)

Vol. 23, No. 1, July-August 1973 (Kim Commons won the Paul Masson's American Class Championship. David Strauss won the Pacific Southwest Open Championship.)

Vol. 23, No. 2, September-October 1973 (Tibor Weinberger won the California Open Championship on tie-break over Boris Siff and James McCormick. GM Walter Browne won the Golden West Open Championship.)

Vol. 23, No. 3, November-December 1973 (James Tarjan won the American Open Championship.)

Vol. 23, No. 4, January-February 1974 (Ruben Rodriguez won the First California People's Chess Festival.)

Vol. 23, No. 5, March-April 1974 (GM Svetorzar Gligoric won the Eagle Rock International Tournament. GM Walter Browne won the Louis D. Statham Tournament at Lone Pine.)

Vol. 23, No. 6, May-June 1974 (IM Peter Biyiasis won the Paul Masson Class Championship. "The Last Stand", Chapter 8 of "The Road" by Jude Acers.)

Vol. 24, No. 1, July-August 1974 (Jack Zinke won the California Junior Championship. Larry Christiansen won the U.S. Junior Championship. James Ulrich won the Pacific Southwest Open Championship on tie-break over William Batchhelder, Julius Loftsson, Tibor Weinberger, Ray Martin and Alan Pollard.)

Vol. 24, No. 2, September-October 1974 (David Strauss won the California Open (South) Championship on tie-break over Larry Christiansen and Ronald Gross. IM Jim Tarjan won the California Open (North) Championship.)

Vol. 24, No. 3, November-December 1974 (Arthur Spiller won the Southern California Fall Open. Robert Newbold, Steve Spencer and Jeremy Silman tied for 1st in the Redwood City Open.)

Vol. 24, No. 4, January-February 1975 (IM Peter Biyiasis and Kim Commons tied for 1st in the American Open Championship.)

Vol. 24, No. 5, March-April 1975 (IM James Tarjan won the Western Futurity Qualifying Tournament. GM Walter Browne won the 2nd Peoples Tournament. IM Peter Biyiasis and David Strauss tied for 1st in the 6th Annual Los Angeles Chess Congress. Julius Loftsson, Lee Corbin, Perry Youngworth and Greg Fields tied for 1st in the 3rd Pacific Coast Open.)

Vol. 24, No. 6, May-June 1975 (GM Vladimir Liberzon won the 5th Annual Louis D. Staham Masters-Plus Tournament at Lone Pine.)

Vol. 25, No. 1, July-August 1975 (IM Peter Biyiasis won the Pacific Southwest Open Championship. GM Walter Browne won the Paul Masson Class Championship. Donald Reents won the U.S. Junior Open Chess Championship in San Diego. Jerry Kearns won the California State Junior Championship on tie-break over Paul Nikitovich and Jay Whitehead.)

Vol. 25, No. 2, September-October 1975 (IM Jim Tarjan won the California Open (North) Championship. Nick DeFirmian won the California Open (South) Championship.)

Vol. 25, No. 3, November-December 1975 (Kim Commons and David Strauss tied for 1st in the American Open Championship.)

Vol. 25, No. 4, January-February 1976 (GM Walter Browne, IM Peter Biyiasis and IM John Grefe tied for 1st in the People's Chess Tournament.)

Vol. 25, No. 5, March-April 1976 (GM Tigran Petrosian won the Louis D. Statham Lone Pine Masters-Plus Tournament.)

Vol. 25, No. 6, May-June 1976 (GM Walter Browne won the Paul Masson Class Championship. GM James Tarjan won the First Annual Golden Gate Open Championship.)

_____ ARTICLES FROM THE MAGAZINE _____

The Art in Chess by Bernard Madrid, Riverside, California: (Vol. 1 No. 9, April 1952)

History of the Annual North-South Match, by Fred N. Christensen (Vol. 1 No. 10, May 1952)

History of California Championships (Vol. II, No. 2, July 1952)

Peter V. Prokoodin & JAMES C. McCREADY (Vol. IV, No. 4 December, 1954)

The Seven C's Of Tournament Success by Phil D. Smith (Vol. IV, No. 6 February 1955)

Herman Steiner (Vol. 5 No. 4 December, 1955)

John Purdy (Vol. V, No. 5 January 1956)

Beverly Hills (Vol. V, No. 9 May, 1956)

A.J.Fink 1890-1956 (Vol. VI No. 5 December 1956)

Al Horowitz Exhibitions (Volume VI, #6: February 1957)

Nancy Roos (Vol. VI No. 8 April 1957)