The California Chess Reporter - VOLUME 5 Chess Sets A universal weapon for club

A universal weapon for club players and beyond

Many of his students have been national champions and competed successfully in international youth events

GM Bryan Smith

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Traditional sections: 263 games and fragments

The California Chess Reporter - VOLUME 5 Chess Sets A universal weapon for club1961 1964 was an exciting period for California Chess. This volume of the California Chess Reporter starts with the 1961 US Open in San Francisco won by Grandmaster Pal Benko with the overwhelming score of 11 1 by beating California State Champion Zoltan Kovacs in the last round. This volume concludes with the famous simultaneous exhibitions given by Bobby Fischer in 1964. Among the developments in 1961 1964 was the rise of William Addison as