Another Score from the Exhibition at Fitchburg

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The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Sunday, March 29, 1964 - Page 37

The fifth annual New England Amateur Chess Tournament is to be played at Boylston Chess Club, 48 Boylston at., Boston, April 17-19. This tournament, originated by Frank Brady, is being carried on by Robert Goodspeed.
Tournament is open to any U.S.C.F. member whose latest rating is 2199 or under. Entry fees are based on ratings: $9 for Class A or better; $7 for Class B; $5 for Class C or lower. A $1 discount on any entry received before April 10. This leaves the question of what happens to unrated players unanswered. Mr. G. will have an answer before the deadline.
Registrations for this G-round Swiss close Apr. 17, 7 p.m. For details write to Robert Goodspeed. 981 Plymouth st., Bridgewater, Mass. 02324.

Anthony Suraci, Ct., is one of New England's most devoted tournament buffs. He rockets round the country playing anywhere and everywhere. He's speedy. But not as speedy as Chess Notebook made him appear last week. According to our report Suraci tied for second place in the Sturgis Memorial and also finished further down the list with Curdo and Scheffer. No man is fast enough to take two places in one tournament.
Eugene Solot was the man who tied for second place with Alex Keyes and Pat Eberlein.
But what do we do about Harlow Daly who won the Sturgis Memorial? The sage of Sanford, Me., has turned 80. He celebrated that milestone by winning the Maine Open and his third straight Portland city championship. And now the Sturgis, Daly was New England champion in 1908 and the way he's going he may be New England champion in 1968.
Ben Landey, Sharon, M.S.C.A. tournament director, grappled with the problem of handling a turnout of 120 hopeful players in the 1964 Mass. schoolboy tournament. The weeding out started March 14; the tournament will conclude at the Cambridge Y.M.C.A. on April 4.

John Cheevers, Cambridge, has large plans for an invitational tournament at the conclusion of the Met League season. Only the elite will be called. Milan Vukcevich. John Curdo, Robin Ault, Edmund Nash (distinguished visitor from Washington), Dr. Julian Keilson, Stephen Brandwein, David Scheffer, and those of similar stripe, etc. To hand is a copy of the Congressional Record for Monday, Feb. 24. Senator Hubert Humphrey, Minn., (pp A852 - A853) spoke of the Armed Forces Chess Championship and announced the plans for the 5th annual Armed Forces championship. the finals of which will he held in Washington, next Nov. 7-14.

Rocco Pasquale, West hinge, N.H., has favored us with more scores from the Bobby Fischer exhibition at Fitchburgh. Here is how Clarence Barber, Holden, took a point from the champion.