ALansing State Journal Lansing, Michigan Sunday, September 19, 1971 - Page 67
Local Clubs Reflect Interest Here Sun, Sep 19, 1971 – Page 67 · Lansing State Journal (Lansing, Michigan) · Newspapers.com
Local Clubs Reflect Interest Here
Fischer and Evans — Bay City hosted the 1963 Western Open (a nationally ranked affair) that attracted Bobby Fischer. Flint has been the scene of several simultaneous matches drawing top-ranked U.S. masters. In 1964, one simultaneous affair featured Bobby Fischer against 58 players (four of whom played the master to a draw). In 1965, Larry Evans played 37 persons in Flint simultaneously also drawing four. Nobody beat Fischer or Evans in those events. The fact that neither Fischer nor Evans bothered to stop in Lansing while they were in Michigan might be an indication of this area's low standing in their eyes. But perhaps that's unfair, because Fischer and Evans didn't both to go to other Michigan cities either.
