May 31 1959
Albuquerque Journal, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Sunday, May 31, 1959
Six Players Win In Chess Match
Six players in the Albuquerque City Chess Tournament scored two points, for two games won, during opening day of the competition.
Entrants winning two games Saturday were Jack Shaw, Max Wilkerson, Ken Pullen, Roger Haines and Warren Miller, all of Albuquerque and Max Burkett, Carlsbad. Shaw is defending city champion.
Entrants earning one point during Saturday's play were O. Miller, W. A. Muff, Dave Funderberg, Max Miller, Robin Adair, Dr. H. M. Johnson, Jose Rodriguez and Jim Wolfe, all of Albuquerque and John Freeman, El Paso; E. SMith and Jim Brazeal, both of Amarillo.
The tournament ends today after three rounds.
June 01 1959
The Albuquerque Tribune, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Monday, June 01, 1959
Shaw Takes Chess Honors
Jack Shaw, 3430 Monte Vista NE, defending chess champion of Albuquerque, has repeated for the fifth time in six years to take the honors of the 1960 Albuquerque chess championship.
Playing over the weekend, Mr. Shaw and the second and third place winners each took four out of five points.
Shaw said his play was steady through the tournament with his stiffest competition coming from John Freeman, 17, El Paso, who won sixth place and the junior open trophy. Max Burkett, Carlsbad, also proved to be a tough opponent, Shaw said.
September 13 1959
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas, Sunday, September 13, 1959
Chess and Chessmen by Kell C. Terry, Jr.
In the light of an 80-player turnout for the Southwest Open, the event may be considered a smashing success.
Kenneth Smith, the only master in the event, coasted effortlessly to victory, with 6½ points out of 7 possible points. His lone draw was to Stephen Jones in the last round. Henry Davis and Max Burkett tied and shared the second and third place prize money, while Stephen Jones came in for the fourth place trophy, but divided the prize money for fourth and fifth places with John Payne, Blake Stephens, Louis Dina, Leon Poliakoff, W. F. Janes, George Smith, Eric Bone and Robert Miller divided the prize money for sixth through 10th places.
A total of 17 trophies was distributed and while the Fort Worth players did not win one of the trophies for the first four places in the event, they did quite well with the other class trophies. In the B class John Steele of Fort Worth won first place with Thomas Cunningham of Port Arthur and Hector Fabela of El Paso coming in second and third respectively.
September 21 1959
The Albuquerque Tribune, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Monday, September 21, 1959
Local Man Chess Champ
Santa Fe, Sept. 21 (UPI)—Max Wilkerson of Albuquerque became the new state champion at the New Mexico Open Chess Tournament which ended here Sunday, but a visiting fireman from Denver stole the show.
Defending champ Jack Shaw of Albuquerque finished third.
Tom Swihart of Los Alamos was fourth, Max Burkett of Memphis, Texas, fifth; Kenneth Grant of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, sixth and Sid Brower of Los Alamos, seventh.
