Who are these players representing the United States? Can you name all 3 players?
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Who are these players representing the United States? Can you name all 3 players?
Easy. Reshevsky on the left, Benko on the right. Circa…. 1960?
I think the third might be Donald Byrne
No, that’s Robert Byrne. But judging from his appearance, the picture is probably closer to 1970.
Donald Byrne looked like Clark Kent.
I think you’re right, I stand corrected.
No, the one in the middle is Campari. It’s written next to him.
Reshevsky, Benko, and Robert Byrne.
Reshesvky, Benko and Byrne.
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No, the one in the middle is Campari. It’s written next to him.
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I think you’ll find that Campari is the name of an Italian beverage manufacturer, but not Benko’s name. They also manufactured red herrings.
>> They also manufactured red herrings.
Ah, I thought they fished them.
I won’t bore everyone with the clues this time, but this picture is also from Lugano. We can’t see the entire position on Reshevsky’s board, and knowing this is from Lugano, we can see enough to know that he’s playing Cesar Boutteville.
Here are the three games in the picture:
[Event “Lugano ol (Men) qual-B”]
[Site “Lugano”]
[Date “1968.10.17”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Reshevsky,Samuel Herman”]
[Black “Boutteville,Cesar”]
[Result “1-0”]
[Eco “C82”]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Bc5 10.Nbd2 0-0 11.Bc2 Bf5 12.Nb3 Bg4 13.Nxc5 Nxc5 14.Re1 Re8 15.Bf4 Ne6 16.Bg3 Bh5 17.Qd2 Na5 18.b3 c5 19.Nh4 Bg6 20.Rad1 Bxc2 21.Qxc2 g6 22.Nf3 Nc6 23.Bh4 g5 24.Bg3 b4 25.h4 bxc3 26.Qxc3 h6 27.hxg5 hxg5 28.Nh2 Ncd4 29.Ng4 Kg7 30.Nf6 Rh8 31.f3 Rh6 32.Kf2 Nb5 33.Qd2 d4 34.Rh1 Qh8 35.Rxh6 Qxh6 36.Ne4 Rd8 37.Qc1 Rc8 38.a4 Nbc7 39.Nd6 Qh8 40.Rh1 Qg8 41.Nxc8 Qxc8 42.Qc2 Ne8 43.f4 Qd7 44.Qh7+ Kf8 45.f5 d3 46.fxe6 Qd4+ 47.Kf1 1-0
[Event “Lugano ol (Men) qual-B”]
[Site “Lugano”]
[Date “1968.10.17”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Letzelter,Jean Claude”]
[Black “Benko,Pal C”]
[Result “1/2”]
[Eco “B58”]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nf3 h6 8.h3 Be7 9.Nh2 Be6 10.Ng4 0-0 11.Be3 Qd7 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.Qxd5 Ne7 15.Qb3 d5 16.Bb5 Qd8 17.exd5 Qxd5 18.Bc4 Qc6 19.0-0 Rac8 20.Be2 Qxc2 21.Bg4 Rc7 22.Qa3 Nc6 23.Rac1 Qg6 24.Bc5 Re8 25.Bxa7 Bg5 26.Bb6 Bxc1 27.Bxc7 Qc2 28.Qc3 Qxc3 29.bxc3 Bd2 30.c4 Ba5 31.Bxa5 Nxa5 32.Rb1 Re7 33.Rb4 Rc7 34.Bf3 Kf8 35.Bd5 f6 36.Kf1 Ke7 37.Ke2 Kd6 38.Rb6+ Nc6 39.Kd3 f5 40.a4 e4+ 41.Kc3 1/2
[Event “Lugano ol (Men) qual-B”]
[Site “Lugano”]
[Date “1968.10.17”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Byrne,Robert E”]
[Black “Huguet,Bernard”]
[Result “1/2”]
[Eco “A56”]
1.d4 c5 2.d5 d6 3.c4 e5 4.e4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Nge2 0-0 7.g3 Nh5 8.Bg2 Bg5 9.0-0 Bxc1 10.Nxc1 g6 11.f4 Nd7 12.Nd3 Qe7 13.Qd2 b6 14.Rae1 Ba6 15.b3 Ng7 16.Bh3 f6 17.Re3 Rae8 18.Ref3 Bc8 19.Qf2 a6 20.b4 Nb8 21.Bxc8 Rxc8 22.bxc5 bxc5 23.Qb2 Nd7 24.Qa3 Rb8 25.fxe5 Nxe5 26.Nxe5 Qxe5 27.Qxa6 Ra8 1/2