California Chess Reporter 1971-1974
Lawless, Kerry / McClain, Guthrie / Burger, Robert E. In 1971-1974, there was a great increase in chess activity world wide because of the 1972 Fischer Spassky Match in Iceland. In California, there was the emergence of talented new players and the departures of some old ones.
Louis D. Statham (1907-1983) established his famous series of tournaments in Lone Pine, California. Every year it got stronger as grandmasters throughout the world came in increasing numbers and the cash prizes got bigger. ...