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The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Saturday, October 01, 1960
IN GERMAN TOURNEY
Times Chess Editor Will Head U.S. Team
Times Chess Editor Isaac Kashdan will captain a six-man chess team to represent the United States at the Chess Olympics to be held in Leipzig, East Germany, Oct. 16 through Nov. 9.
Others on the U.S. team with Kashdan are Bobby Fischer, 17, of Brooklyn, U.S. champion for three years and the youngest in history; Robert Byrne, of Indianapolis; Arthur Bisguier and Nicholas Rossolimo, both of New York City, and Raymond Weinstein, of Brooklyn.
Russian Defenders
Kashdan, an international grand master of chess, will leave here by plane for New York Oct. 10. He will fly to East Germany Oct. 13.
The Chess Olympics are held every two years, Russia's team will be the defending champions. They have won every Olympic tournament since the end of the war.
The U.S. team won four world championships from 1931 through 1937. They did not enter a team in 1939 when the championship was won by the German team. Competition then ceased until 1952, when the Soviet team captured the title.
Confident of Victory
Kashdan said yesterday that he feels more confident than ever that this year's U.S. team will return the championship to the United States.
Stories of the competition will be forwarded to The Times by Kashdan and carried on a daily basis during the tournament. Kashdan's regular column will continue to be carried in the Sunday Times.
