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A similar opportunity will come this summer with two-top status tournaments following each other. The sites are both in the Far West, though some distance apart, Ventura, Cal. and Vancouver, B. Canada. Ventura will hold the 72nd annual U.S.

Open Championship, always the major open chess tournament in the world, based on amount of prizes, number of participants or any other statistics The dates are Aug. 8 to 20 at the Ventura County Fairgrounds, a vast area at the Tacific Ocean. There should he ample space hi one of the huildings for the more than 300 players expected. A record for attendance was set last year with 303 players in Boston. It was also, one of the strongest tournament of its kind, with five i ternational grandmasters, in the field.

The winner was Bent Lar-sen of Denmark, who made a. short and successful visit to this side of the Atlantic. Pal Benko of New York was second and Robert Byrne of Indianapolis third. The' total prize fund was $6,000, which is expected to be at least matched in Ventura. The number and strength of the players should be exceeded, for another record, with expected cooperation from Los Angeles and vicinity, The second tournament is the Canadian Open Championship, to be held from Aug.

24 to Sept. 3 at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. The prize fund will be over $4,000. This annual event was originally scheduled for Ottawa," but was moved to Vancouver when the International Chess Federation accepted Canada's bid to hold its 1971 Congress there. This will he the first time that the federation has met on, the North American continent.

Representatives of at least 60 countries are expected: to attend. Some of them will undoubtedly participate in the tournament. TOURNAMENT NOTES The Simi Valley Chess Club will hold an open tournament starting at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19 at the Larwin Community Center, 1692 Sycamore Simi.

It will be a five round Swiss sytem event, played on successive Friday evenings. The winner will receive $30. The top player rated under 2000 by the U.S. Chess Feder-aiion will get $30. and $20 will go to the best of those rated under 1800.

The entrance fee is $6 for adults and $4 for juniors under 18. It will be $1 less for those entering before Feb. 15. Write to Stanley E. Ring, "009 Corpus Christi, Santa Susana, Cal.

93063. The San Fernando Valley Chess Club, which recently moved to 10919 Saticoy In Sun Valley, is organizing a series of rating tournaments to be played Friday evenings. A ladder tournament will start on Thursday. As a special feature George Kdltanowski will be at the club at 8 p.m. Friday to discuss recent tournaments at which he was present, including the U.S.

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