The

~Alan Benson~

Chess Book Collection

Berkeley, CA

Rare Chess Books
~&~
Memorabilia Collection

For Sale!

~Section Seven~

~Just click on one of the headings below~

Contents:

• New Lone Pine Scoresheets

• LP Chess Tournament Bulletins

• URL Links

LONE PINE CHESS TOURNAMENT
1976 & 1978 ORIGINAL SCORE SHEETS

Panno-Petrosian (Draw)
Both scores signed by both players.

Panno-Petrosian (Draw)
Detail of the players signatures.

The scoresheets sold at auction on eBay.

Shamkovich-Smyslov (0-1)
Both scores signed by both players.

Shamkovich-Smyslov (0-1)
Detail of the players signatures.

Click to view my ~special GM story~
"Bensonian Books // GM Vasily
Smyslov // Story Selections"

Note: This above set will also feature the
"Sealed Move Envelope" hand drawn by
Ex-World Chess Champion Vasily Smyslov!

The Sealed Move Envelope!

The scoresheets and SME sold at auction on eBay.

Grefe-Najdorf (1-0)
Each score signed once by each player.

This is a truly fantastic chess game!
Miguel just played 25... Q (b6) to b4.
What move did Grefe now play to give
even the legendary Najdorf a bolt from
the beautiful blue skies of Lone Pine CA?

Christiansen-Smyslov (Draw)
Both scores signed by both players.

Click to view my ~special GM story~
"Bensonian Books // GM Vasily
Smyslov // Story Selections"

Petrosian-Polugaevsky (Draw)
Both scores signed by both players.
This is a real hard fought encounter
(from Lone Pine 1978).

Petrosian-Polugaevsky (Draw)
Detail of the players signatures.

A few odds & ends connected with the famous
Louis D. Statham Chess Tournaments (in all its
many forms) collected over the years...

The very first Lone Pine Chess Tournament
Book produced as a labor of love in 1972...

The signatures of the chess fans that made the
1972 Lone Pine Chess Tournament Book possible.
They are listed from top to bottom respectively...
Note: This book was Privately Printed -- Wayne R.
Smith was the graphic artist & all of the others made
valuable contributions to completion (collecting the
game scores, transcribing all the scoresheets, etc.)...

• Dennis Fritzinger


• Steve Sawyer


• Wayne R. Smith


• John Grefe


• Dennis Waterman


• Mary Lasher

The Lone Pine Tournament Book produced
in 1975 (one of three color covers produced).

The "Owens Valley Progress-Citizen" a newspaper publication
(April 17, '75) featuring the Lone Pine Chess Tournament with
twenty-three Grandmasters participating!

"Grandmaster Chess"
- The Book of the Louis D, Statham Lone
Pine Masters-Plus Tournament, 1975.

"Grandmaster Chess" - The Book of the Louis D, Statham
Lone Pine Masters-Plus Tournament, 1975 (back cover credits).
Produced by GM Isaac Kashdan and the Staff of the California
Chess Reporter (Jude Acres, Alan Benson, Robert (Bob) Burger,
Dennis Fritzinger & Guthrie (Mac) McClain).

The Lone Pine Chess Tournament Bulletins for 1976.

The Lone Pine Chess Tournament Bulletins for 1977.

The Lone Pine Chess Tournament Bulletins for 1978.

The Lone Pine Chess Tournament Bulletins for 1979.

The Lone Pine Chess Tournament Bulletins for 1980.

Note: The year 1980 was the last that I was involved
with either working as the Bulletin Editor or helping
to arrange for a Graphic Artist (Mimi McIntosh) to
supply the front cover artwork which she did for the
years 1979 & 1980. The famous "Lone Pine Louis D.
Statham Chess Tournaments" ran from 1971 to 1981...

"The Best of Lone Pine - The Louis D. Statham
Chess Tournaments 1971 - 1980" by IM John Grefe
and National Master Dennis Waterman // Forward
by GM Florian Gheorghiu...

Personal signed dedication to my library copy of
"The Best of Lone Pine" by IM John Grefe.

The Chess Book Collection:

(Sections 1 - 6 below)

"Magazines - Tournaments - Matches
Players Games & Game Collections"