AThe Daily Oklahoman Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Sunday, July 22, 1956 - Page 20 — New Yorkers Tie In Chess Session — Two New Yorkers tied for first place Saturday in the speed tournament held here in connection with the national open chess tournament. They are James Sherwin of New York City and Anthony Saidy of Douglaston, N.Y. Arthur Bisguier of New York City was third, Geza Fuster of Toronto, Canada fourth, Stephen Popel of Paris, France, fifth, and Simon Del Gado of Mexico sixth.
The speed tourney is played in two rounds, with players divided into four sections in the first round and each section playing a round-robin among its members.
The three leaders in each section, 12 men in all played another round robin among themselves for the championship. There were also consolation sections.
In the speed tourney, each man has only 10 seconds to make his move. A gong sounds three seconds before the time is up, then again when he must move. As a result, the tournament is rather noisy with a gong sounding loudly twice every 10 seconds throughout the room.
Play resumes in the regular tournament at 7 p.m. Sunday, with Sherwin and Robert Steinmeyer of St. Louis tied for first place after five nights of play. Each has won all of his matches.
Saidy is close behind with 4½ points—he has won four of his matches and drew with his opponent in the other one.
Eight men are tied with 4 points, including Arthur Bisguier of New York, the U.S. champion (not the U.S. open champion), who was seeded first in the tourney, and Geza Fuster of Toronto, Canada, a dark horse who was tied with Sherwin and Steinmeyer for first place until he lost Friday night's match.
Fourteen players have 3½ points and 21 have 3 points. There are 101 players competing in the tournament.
(Caption: Jimmy Sherwin of New York, right, the defending champion, meets Attilio DiCamillo, also of New York, in the final round of the speed tournament in connection with the U.S. Open chess tournament in the Biltmore hotel.)
Mechanics' Institute Chess: James Sherwin (Black) and Arthur Bisguier get ready to face off in a game played at the Marshall Chess Club in the mid-1960s. Paul Brandts (glasses) and a young Andy Soltis are on an adjacent board. (Photo: Beth Cassidy).
Cleveland Public Library Digital Gallery: Anthony Fred Saidy: Anthony Fred Saidy, an American chess player, won the American Open Championship in 1967 and became International Master in 1969. He is a physician and author of chess books. Owns one of the largest private collections of chess books in the U. S.
