1956

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January 01, 1956

• The Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky Sunday, January 01, 1956 - Page 10 — Louisville Open Tourney Starts Here January 21 — Well, there's just never a dull moment for chess players. Not around Louisville, anyway. Not satisfied with having completed the most active year in its 90-year history, the Louisville Chess Club starts off the New Year by announcing plans for a city-wide tournament on a grand scale.
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January 09, 1956

Chess Tournament 09 Jan 1956, Mon The Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com

January 20, 1956

World Champion In Hour of Triumph 20 Jan 1956, Fri Times Colonist (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) Newspapers.com

• Times Colonist Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Friday, January 20, 1956 - Page 1 — World Champion In Hour of Triumph — Samuel Reshevsky, centre, ranking North American chess master, receives congratulations from Russia's Bulganin, left, and Khrushchev after defeating world champion Mikhail Botvinnik last year in a U.S.-Russian team match. (Photo by Sports Illustrated)
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• Times Colonist Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Friday, January 20, 1956 - Page 1 — 40-Game Chess Match Tickets Will Go On Sale Here Monday — Spectator tickets for a 40-board simultaneous chess exhibition match by Samuel Reshevsky in Central Junior High School auditorium Feb. 14 will go on sale Monday. Tickets, priced at 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for students, may be obtained at the Victoria Times, 2631 Douglas, the downtown Times office and from Victoria Chess Club members.
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January 28, 1956

• The Province, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada January 28, 1956, Saturday — Chess News — Alina Markowski v John Biddle 1955 Ohio Open Tournament. ★ ★

February 02, 1956

• The Plattsmouth Journal Plattsmouth, Nebraska Thursday, February 02, 1956 - Page 1 — Chess In The Cards — When Mrs. H.G. Frey makes a move, someone far away is likely to furrow his brow, little drops of perspiration may break on his forehead and sometimes he “resigns”. He may look at the postcard again and frown some more.
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February 04, 1956

• The Province Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Saturday, February 04, 1956 - Page 28 — Chess News by Frank Fillery, Vancouver Province Chess Editor — Greater New York Open: Winner of the Greater New York Open championship, held Jan. 20-22, is William Lombardy of New York. He tied with Dr. Ariel Mengarini, also of New York, each scoring 6-1.
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February 18, 1956

• The Semi-Weekly Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Saturday, February 18, 1956 - Page 22 — Reshevsky Beats 'Alberta' — Calgary, Feb. 17 (AP)— Samuel Reshevsky, five times United States chess champion, met 58 of Alberta's best chess players in a four-hour battle Wednesday night, losing one and drawing in two matches.

February 26, 1956

• Lincoln Journal Star Lincoln, Nebraska Sunday, February 26, 1956 - Page 6 — Liepnieks Wins City Chess Race — Alexander Liepnieks, 1226 So. 26th Street, has won the city chess tournament for the sixth straight year. The 47-year-old Latvian native won four and drew three of his games to win the seven-round tourney. Liepnieks is former chess champion of post-war North Western Germany. In a recent contest, he drew in a match against U.S. chess champion Samuel Reshevsky. Intermediate group winners of the tourney were Norman Strand and Ernest Adminis. John Winkelman captured the student division. Read More

Liepnieks Wins City Chess Race 26 Feb 1956, Sun Lincoln Journal Star (Lincoln, Nebraska) Newspapers.com

March 02, 1956

• The Tampa Times, Tampa, Florida, Friday, March 02, 1956 - Page 2 — Bobby Is Wonder at Chess, But Loses Game to Tampan —Bobby Fischer is one boy who never gets “board.” This burr-haired lad of 12 years is a chess champ from way back.
  On tour with the Log Cabin Chess Club of West Orange, N.J., which takes some of the top players from the nation on its rounds, he lost his first game of the tour last night to Nestor Hernandez of Tampa. The seven on circuit played in Miami, St. Petersburg, Hollywood and Havana, Cuba, before returning to St. Petersburg, yesterday and Tampa last night. Proves Prowess While in Havana, Bobby, chaperoned by his mother, proved his prowess as a chess player by giving a simultaneous exhibition against 10 players in the Casa Blanca Chess Club.
  This simultaneous show features 10 players sitting at their respective boards which form a square surrounding Bobby. He walks from one board to another, making a play here and a play there until the game is finished. In Havana, he claims he whipped eight players and “drew” two. He also won his individual tournament game with J. R. Florido of Havana. Mr. Florido plans to come to Tampa in the Fall to take part in the Pan-American chess tournament. Requires Genius It takes a certain amount of genius to perform tasks such as those performed by Bobby, especially when you are only in the eighth grade. As a student at Brooklyn Community Woodward, a private progressive school, the nervous, blond youth with hazel eyes admits that arithmetic is the “least unpopular” subject to which he is exposed but that baseball is his favorite sport. A native New Yorker, he became interested in the game at the age of six when his sister, Joan, now 19 and a student nurse at Brooklyn College, brought home a chess set and a book of rules. By the time he was eight, Bobby was taking the game seriously and at 10, he joined the Brooklyn Chess Club and was tutored by the club president, Carmine Nigro. As a current member of the Manhattan Chess Club, he plans to take part in the Metropolitan League Tournament in New York after his return this week end. Read More

March 04, 1956

• Fort Lauderdale News Fort Lauderdale, Florida Sunday, March 04, 1956 - Page 21 — Let's Play Chess: Visit from Log Cabin Chess Club of New Jersey — Today is the second day of the South Florida Championship Tournament. The last day will be March 11th. On Thursday we were pleased to have a visit from the Log Cabin Chess Club of New Jersey.
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March 06, 1956

• Daily News New York, New York Tuesday, March 06, 1956 - Page 61 — Chess Whiz Is Back In School After Tour — Bobby Fischer of 560 Lincoln Place, who celebrates his 13th birthday Friday, was back at class yesterday after successfully barnstorming through the East and Cuba with an adult chess team. Among his victims were Dr. A.M. Jenkins, North Carolina state champion, and Cuban expert J.R. Florido. Bobby, an eighth grade student at the Community-Woodward School, 321 Clinton Ave., is tabbed by chess associates for a promising tournament career. Played 12 at a Time In seven matches on the tour, Bobby won five, drew one and lost one. In Havana, he played 12 opponents simultaneously, winning 10 and drawing two. Formerly a member of the Brooklyn Chess Club and now active at the Manhattan Chess Club, he was invited by the Log Cabin Chess Club of West Orange, N.J., to be a member of its seven-man team. During the tour by station wagon from Feb. 18 to last Sunday, the team played in Clinton, N.C.; Tampa, Miami, Hollywood and St. Petersburg, Fla., and Havana. Bobby is now looking ahead to the U.S. national open tournament and the junior open championships this summer. He hopes to compete in both as a representative of the Manhattan Chess Club. Read More

March 07, 1956

• Oakland Tribune Oakland, California Wednesday, March 07, 1956 - Page 31 — Nick Preo Wins Chess Tournament — Nick Preo (Preobrajensky), 5423 Ygnacio Ave., today received the Henry D. Hibbard Memorial Trophy as winner of the 19th National Correspondence Chess Tournament. The tournament, conducted by the Correspondence Chess League of America, actually began in September, 1951.
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March 15, 1956

• Daily News New York, New York Thursday, March 15, 1956 - Page 686 — Chess Star Gets N.J. Bid — Chess player Bobby Fischer, 13, of 560 Lincoln Place, Crown Heights, has been invited by the New Jersey Chess Federation to give an exhibition of playing several opponents simultaneously at the Jersey City YMCA next Thursday. Young Fischer, an eighth-grader at the Brooklyn Community-Woodward School, 321 Clinton Ave., recently returned from a chess barnstorming tour of Cuba and Florida. Read More

March 23, 1956

• The Evening Times, Sayre, Pennsylvania, Friday, March 23, 1956 - Page 7 — Looking Ahead — BOBBY FISCHER, 13, of Brooklyn, N.Y. ponders a chess move after he announced he will play all comers in a 25-board simultaneous exhibition at the Jersey City, N.J. Y.M.C.A. on March 29. The players will contribute one dollar each. Bobby plans to use the money to help pay his way to the U.S. National Open Chess Tournament, July 16-28, at Oklahoma City, Okla. Bobby hopes to be national champion in about ten years. (International) / ★ / ★ / ★ Read More

March 28, 1956

• Daily News New York, New York Wednesday, March 28, 1956 - Page 84 — Boy Chess Wizard To Play 25 at Once — It will be 25 to 1 against Bobby Fischer, 13, of 560 Lincoln Place, Brooklyn's chess phenomenon, tomorrow night in the lobby of the YMCA, 654 Bergen Ave., Jersey City. Bobby will take 'em all on simultaneously. The boy wizard, aiming to be national champion 10 years from now, is raising funds to take him to the National Open Chess Tournament in Oklahoma City July 16-28. Read More

March 31, 1956

• Getty Images, Bettmann, March 31, 1956 — Corner of the Battlefield, Bobby Fischer, 13-year-old — Here's a corner of the battlefield, as 13 year old Bobby Fischer, (R), of Brooklyn, New York, fought out a chess battle with 21 opponents, (20 of them adults), simultaneously in the lobby of the YMCA in Jersey City. Bobby won 19 of the games, lost one and drew one. Play took five hours. Proceeds from the event would help Bobby go to the U. S. National Open Chess Tournament in Oklahoma City, July 16-28. Read More

April 29, 1956

• Fort Lauderdale News, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Sunday, April 29, 1956 - Page 19 — Bobby Fischer and Log Cabin Chess Club — The April issue of Chess review carried a picture of 12-year-old Bobby Fischer of the Log Cabin Chess Club in simultaneous action against some of our club members. Pictured were R. E. Burry, R. Zeiffert, J. Greenwood, J. Hutchinson and J. Harvey. Everyone lost against the whiz kid of chess except Burry. He got a draw. Read More

May 01, 1956

• Gettys Images, Bettmann, Date Taken Unknown, 1956 — Bobby Fischer with Hands on his Face While Concentrating — (Original Caption) Restless hands play about the head of thirteen year old Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, (560 Lincoln Place) as the youngest member of the Manhattan Chess Club takes part in a current tournament there. So far, he is in the lead, and the end is near. While his hands may be fidgety, the 8th grader's eyes are riveted on the chessboard before him. His goal is the U.S. National Chess Championship—and he's made an excellent start toward it. Read More

May 28, 1956

• Asbury Park Press, Asbury Park, New Jersey, Monday, May 28, 1956 - Page 16 — Bobby Fischer, Wins Amateur B Crown — “…Bobby Fischer, a 13-year-old prodigy who already holds the Greater New York Class B Open title, won the Amateur B crown yesterday.”

July 05, 1956

• New York Times, New York, New York, Monday, July 5, 1956 - Page 33 — Feuerstein Takes Title: New Yorker Triumphs in U.S. Junior Speed Chess Play —Philadelphia, July 4 — Arthur Feuerstein of the Manhattan Chess Club today won the national junior speed chess championship in the United States Chess Federation tournament at the Franklin Chess Club.
  As one of the six finalists in a field of 18, the New Yorker scored 4½—½. Bobby Fischer, with 4—1, was the runner-up and William Lombardy, 3½—1½, placed third. Francois Jobin of Quebec tied at 1½—3½ with A. Rudy of New York. Sanford Greene of New York was sixth.
  Fischer, the youngest competitor, leads with a score of 4½—½ in the national junior championship. Charles Henin of Chicago is tied for second with Sidney Geller of Philadelphia. Each has 4—1.
  Dennis Blake of New York, 3½—1½, is in a tie with Thomas S. Levine of Port Washington, N.Y. and George Baylor of Hollidaysburg, Pa. Feuerstein, with a score of 3—2, is level with Jobin, David Kerman of Detroit and Charles Weldon of Milwaukee. Read More

July 07, 1956

• New York Times, New York, New York, Saturday, July 7, 1956 - Page 16 — Fischer In Chess Lead — Brooklynite, 13, Posts 7½-1½ Mark in U.S. Junior Event — Philadelphia, July 6 — Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, 13-year-old member of the Manhattan Chess Club, forged into the lead in the annual tournament for the junior championship of the United States Chess Federation at the Franklin Chess Club today.
  Fischer beat Billy Adams of Bethesda, Md., to break a tie for first place with Charles Henin of Chicago. The Brooklyn boy's score is 7½-1½ to 6½-1½ for Henin.
  Arthur Feuerstein of New York, winner of the speed championship, is third with 6 points. Sidney Gellar of Philadelphia is next with 5½-2½. Read More

July 08, 1956

Trophies Go To Champions In Chess Tournament 08 Jul 1956, Sun The Miami Herald (Miami, Florida) Newspapers.com

• The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sunday, July 08, 1956 - Page 38 — Boy, 13, Captures Chess Laurels —Bobby Fischer, 13, of 560 Lincoln place, Brooklyn, last night won the U.S. Junior Chess Championship, conducted at the Franklin Mercantile Chess Club, 1616 Locust St. Bobby, the youngest player in the tournament and the youngest in history to win the championship for players under 21 years, scored 8½ to 1½ to defeat 28 participants from 13 States and Canada. He is a member of the Manhattan Chess Club and has been playing chess since he was 8 years old. He said he expected to compete in the U.S. Open Chess Tournament at Oklahoma City, July 16 through 28.
  Charles Henin, of Chicago, and Arthur Feuerstein, of New York, were in a tie for second place with scores of 8-2, followed by Sydney Geller, of Philadelphia, with 7-3. Read More

July 12, 1956

• Courier-Post, Camden, New Jersey, Thursday, July 12, 1956 - Page 7 — Bobby Fischer, 13-year-old member of NY Manhattan Chess Club, is New Junior Champion of U.S. Chess Federation — Bobby Fischer, 13-year-old member of New York's Manhattan Chess Club, is the new junior champion of the U. S. Chess Federation, succeeding Charles Kalme of Philadelphia. Fischer won his title by defeating a brilliant field in the annual tournament for players under 21 years of age, held at the Franklin-Mercantile Chess Club, Philadelphia.
  Fischer was the youngest player in the tournament and is the youngest ever to win the title. A resident of Brooklyn, he has been playing chess since he was eight. He expects to compete in the U.S. Open at Oklahoma City, which starts next Monday.
  Fischer's final score was 8½-1½. Tied for second were Charles Henin of Chicago and Arthur Feuerstein of New York at 8-2. Sydney Geller of Philadelphia finished fourth at 7-3, Twenty-eight players from 13 states and Canada took part in the tournament. Feuerstein was the winner of the speed championship. Read More

July 15, 1956

• The Daily Oklahoman Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Sunday, July 15, 1956 - Page 7 — Youngest Chess Champ Arrives For Play Here — Photo Caption: Bobby Fischer, 13, of Brooklyn, studies a chess problem at the headquarters of the $3,000 U.S. open chess tournament in the Biltmore hotel. Bobby, who last month became the youngest person in history to win the U.S. junior chess title, will play in the U.S. open starting Monday. Bobby Fischer, 13, of Brooklyn, the youngest U.S. junior chess champion in history, arrived in Oklahoma City alone on a bus Saturday and promptly started studying chess problems. Bobby will play in the $3,000 U.S. Open chess tournament which starts Monday at the Biltmore hotel. He was met at the bus station by Jerry Spann, the tournament chairman, and taken to tournament headquarters in the Biltmore hotel. There, he got to work on the chess set, working out problems. He will stay during the two-week tournament with Earnest Gill, 3300 NW 19, who is a member of the Oklahoma City Chess club.
  So far, he's traveled to Cuba, Florida, Philadelphia and Lincoln, Neb., for chess tournaments. It was last month at Philadelphia that he won the U.S. junior championship.
  
  He's ‘A’ Student Besides playing chess, he's also a Dodger fan and likes to play baseball. He'll start his freshman year in high school next year and he admits to usually making “A” grades. He was wearing a T-Shirt, jeans and tennis shoes Saturday morning, and said that reporters and photographers didn't bother him “too much.” He's also been on television. He's played in simultaneous chess matches where one player plays up to 25 other men at one time. He was the one man. “How do you remember what's going on in all those 25 games at once?” he was asked. “You don't have to,” he replied. “You just look at each board when you get to it.”
  
  Tourney to Open Play in the tournament begins at 7 p.m. Monday in the civic room of the Biltmore hotel, with play each night to midnight through July 28, with the exception of July 21, when there will be a speed match. The finals on July 28 will start at noon rather than 7 p.m. Chess leaders from all over the world will be on hand, although just what ones won't be known for sure until the registration closes at 1 p.m. Monday. Many players including those from Yugoslavia and Russia, have expressed an interest but it isn't known for sure if they'll be here. The tournament director will be George Koltanowski, a master of blindfold chess. But Kathy Grant another chess player who is also a movie star and whose name has been linked romantically with Bing Crosby, won't be able to get here for the first week of the tournament.
  
  200 Expected Spann said he talked with her by telephone and she said she will try to be here for the second week of the tournament. Besides playing chess, she is also queen of the United States chess federation. About 200 players are expected for the tournament; first prize is $1,000, and there are 19 other cash prizes. In addition, everyone who finishes in the top half of the standings will get topflight medals. Spann said the tournament is open to any chess player and there are no qualifying rounds; anyone who enters can play through the whole tournament. The entry fee is $15, plus $5 for U.S. Chess federation dues if the entrant is not already a member. He said more Oklahoma players are needed for the tournament. There will be a women's championship if 12 or more women want a separate women's championship, but they often play in the same tournament with men. So far, Spann said, New York is leading in the number of out-of-town entries in the tournament, with Chicago and Detroit running neck-and-neck for second. Entries have also come in from such places as the University of Florida professor from Gainesville, Fla., and entries from Laramie, Wyo.; Minnesota; Albuquerque, N.M., and Aberdeen, Md. The Cuban and Mexican champions are also entered. Read More

• The Press Democrat Santa Rosa, California Sunday, July 15, 1956 - Page 24 — Sonoma Valley Prepares For Chess Festival — Sonoma — Devotees of the most cerebral of pastimes will concentrate here on Aug. 12 for the Sixth Valley of the Moon Chess Festival. More than 200 players, most of them from the Redwood Empire, are expected to try for checkmates at the festival which will be held in historic Sonoma Plaza. George Koltanowski, international chess master, will again direct the festival. Also, he will, as in former years, play multiple boards simultaneously. Last year he played 36 boards, winning 29, losing two and drawing five. Among those who drew with the chess master last year were Stein Hope, Mill Valley; V. Bloomfield, Cotati; and I. Zbitnoff, Ukiah. Among the players who participated last year was Harold Dondis, Cambridge, Mass., who learned of the festival through a story published in a Mexico City newspaper. Winners in the various classifications will be awarded handsome prizes, according to Mrs. Lois McVeigh, secretary-manager of the sponsoring organization, the Sonoma Valley Chamber of Commerce. Read More

July 16, 1956

• Statesman Journal, Salem, Oregon, Monday, July 16, 1956 - Page 2 — Young Chess Champ to Vie With Veterans — Oklahoma City (AP) — Bobby Fischer, 13-year-old U.S. Junior Chess champion from Brooklyn, N.Y. has arrived in Oklahoma City to tackle a bunch of tested veterans. Bobby will compete in the U.S. Open Chess tournament which opens here Monday for a two week run. The Brooklyn youth won the junior chess championship last month at Philadelphia, becoming the youngest titleholder in history, but he'll find plenty of competition here.
  Jerry Spann, tournament chairman, said Bobby will be one of 200 chess leaders from throughout the world competing for the open title. Finals will be played July 28.
  The Brooklyn boy, who started studying chess problems as soon as he arrived yesterday, already has a reputation as a rugged competitor.
  He has played as many as 25 persons in separate games at one time and has competed in tournaments in Cuba, Florida and Neb. Read More

• The Lawton Constitution, Lawton, Oklahoma, Monday, July 16, 1956 - Page 3 — Boy, 13, Challenges Chess Champions —OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A 13-year-old U.S. junior chess champion, Bobby Fischer, will pit his skill against some tested veterans in the U.S. open chess tournament opening here today. He won the junior chess championship last month at Philadelphia, becoming the youngest title-holder in history. The New York youngster will be one of 200 chess leaders from throughout the world competing for the open title. Finals will be played July 28. Read More

July 17, 1956

• New York Times, New York, New York, Tuesday, July 17, 1956 - Page 28 — Entrant in U.S. Open Championship — “Bobby Fischer, 13, of Brooklyn, the national junior champion, is also entered.

• The Daily Oklahoman Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Tuesday, July 17, 1956 - Page 1 — Oldest and Youngest of the 115 players here for the 12-day U.S. Chess Federation tournament, which opened Monday night, the game between this pair drew crowds of spectators all evening. A.M. Swank, 78, of 623 SE 14, Oklahoma City, bowed to Bobby Fischer, 13, of Brooklyn, N.Y. Bobby is national junior champ. (Story on Page 2) Read More

• The Daily Oklahoman Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Tuesday, July 17, 1956 - Page 1 — 115 Top Chess Experts Start Tourney in City — Three foreign countries and 21 U.S. states were represented as more than 100 players squared away Monday night in first-round games of the United States Chess federation tournament here. The 12-day event at the Biltmore hotel drew participants from Mexico, Canada and India. Only four women registered for tournament competition and 111 men.
  One of the latest arrivals was Arthur Bisguier, 26, of New York City, national “closed” champ. He was paired against Thomas Jenkins of Huntington Woods, Mich., in his first match.
  
  Crowds Drawn
  Another match that drew crowds of spectators was between Buddy Fischer, 13, of Brooklyn, N.Y., national junior champ, and A.M. Swank, 78, of 623 SE 14, Oklahoma City.
  Many of the first-round matches that started about 8 p.m., were expected to continue until after midnight. Never bored of the board, many players wandered about the room between moves, analyzing other player's problems and strategy.
  One player insisted upon playing with white chessmen, complaining the other color was “unlucky.” Another contestant had a companion take photographs of the chessboard after each move.
  
  End is July 28
  Monday's matches were paired by a draw. Tuesday night's games will pit winners against winner and losers against losers. Wednesday night, players with 2-0 records will oppose others with 2-0 records. The tournament will continue this way to the end July 28, with each match between players with equal records.
  The largest representation of any state is the contingent of 16 from Oklahoma. Fourteen players are from California, 12 from New York, 11 from Indiana, and 10 from Michigan.
  Other states represented are Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Kansas, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington D.C., Wisconsin and Wyoming.
  
  115 Register
  Tournament chairman Jerry Spann of Norman, said “we were hoping for 150 registrants and praying for 200. We ended up with 115 players, but that's a pretty good crowd.”
  Director of the tournament is George Koltonowski of San Francisco, an international grand master who is considered the world's best blindfold chess player. He holds records both for games played simultaneously blindfolded, 32 games, and not blindfolded, 110 games.
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July 18, 1956

• New York Times, New York, New York, Wednesday, July 18, 1956 - Page 33 — 7 New Yorkers Win In U.S. Open Chess — Oklahoma City, July 17 — … Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, 13, started off with a victory over F. Swan of Midwest City, Okla.

• The Tampa Tribune Tampa, Florida Wednesday, July 18, 1956 - Page 2 — Former National Chess Champion Dies in Manatee — Sarasota, July 17. —(AP)— Maj. John Broadus Holt, 75, of Manatee County, died tonight after a long illness. Holt, a veteran of World War I, was a former national amateur chess champion. He was past secretary and life director of the U.S. Chess Federation, secretary of the Florida Chess League and director of the Correspondence Chess Players of America.
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• Brooklyn Daily Brooklyn, New York Wednesday, July 18, 1956 - Page 3 — Bobby Fischer Off to Oklahoma For Chess Tilt — A 13-year-old Brooklyn boy is on his way to Oklahoma City to-day to compete in the 57th Annual U.S. Open Chess Championship. Bobby Fischer, of 560 Lincoln Place, Brooklyn, forged his way to victory in the 1956 Junior Chess Championship of the United States at the Manhattan Chess Club.
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July 19, 1956

• New York Times, New York, New York, Thursday, July 19, 1956 - Page 33 — Three New Yorkers are in the group with scores of 1½-½ — These are Anthony E. Santasiere, Bronx school teacher; Anthony F. Saidy, Fordham University, and Bobby Fischer, 13, of Brooklyn.

July 20, 1956

• New York Times, New York, New York, Friday, July 20, 1956 - Page 12 — Scores in Tournament

• The Daily Oklahoman Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Friday, July 20, 1956 - Page 10 — Pair Shares Lead in Chess — Robert H. Steinmeyer, St. Louis, Mo., and Geza Fuster, of Toronto, Canada, jumped ahead in the 57th annual National Chess Federation tournament here Thursday night. Steinmeyer, seeded fifth, and Fuster, seeded 15th, are the only two of the more than 100 players who have not lost a single match since the tournament opened Monday.
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July 21, 1956

• The Daily Oklahoman Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Saturday, July 21, 1956 - Page 2 — Dark Horse Threatens Top Players in Chess Competition —Two top-seeded players and a dark horse from Toronto, Canada, held the lead going into the fifth round of the $3,000 U.S. Open chess tournament in Oklahoma City Friday night. All three of the leaders have won four straight matches without a draw or a loss. They are Jimmy Sherwin of New York, seeded second; Robert Steinmeyer of St. Louis; seeded fourth, and Geza Fuster of Toronto, who has not made much of a name in chess although he holds the rating of “expert.”
  The third seeded player, Anthony Saidy of Douglaston, N.Y. was tied with three other players at 3½ points— three wins and a draw — while the U.S. champion) Arthur Bisguier of New York, seeded first in the tournament, was tied with several other players for eighth place with 3 points.
  Also in the eighth place tie is Bobby Fischer, 13-year-old high school student from Brooklyn, who beat Dr. Peter Lapiken of Los Angeles, in an hour-and-a-half match Thursday night. The clocks showed Fischer used only 10 of the 90 minutes for his moves. Lapiken holds the rating of master and was seeded 14th.
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• New York Times, New York, New York, Saturday, July 21, 1956 - Page 12 — Fischer in Tie with Bisguier and Beats Lapiken — “James T. Sherwin of New York, 3—0, adjourned his match with Jack Shaw of Albuquerque, N.M. Bisguier, the United States champion, is in a tie at 3—1 with Edmar Mednis of New York, Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn and six others.
  Bisguier defeated C.F. Tears, Dallas; Fischer beat Dr. Peter Lapiken, Los Angeles, and Mednis drew with Jeremiah P. Donovan of Brooklyn.” Read More

July 22, 1956

• New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, July 22, 1956 - Page 150 — Bobby Fischer vs. Brian Owens of Great Neck, L.I. — Bobby Fischer, 13-year-old from Brooklyn, drew with the black pieces against Brian Owens of Great Neck, L.I. a fellow member of the Manhattan Chess Club, to attain a score of 3½—1½.

• The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, Sunday, July 22, 1956 - Page 51 — Champions Compete In U.S. Open Tourney —The tournament for the Open Championship of the United States Chess Federation got under way Monday night in Oklahoma City with 115 chess players gathered from all parts of the United States and Mexico. Arthur B. Bisguier, U.S. champion, was among the winners in the first round, defeating Thomas Jenkins of Detroit. Edmar Mednis, New York State champion, won from F.E. Bartholy of Binghamton, N.Y. Newly crowned Junior Champion Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn started with a victory over F. Swan of Midwest City, Okla.
  The upset of the opening round was the defeat of Col. Jose J. Araiza, Mexican champion, by Dr. Steven J. Shaw, professor of economics at the University of Florida. Another surprise was the defeat of Dr. Peter Lapiken of Los Angeles by relatively inexperienced Rex V. Wilcox of Salinas, Cal. … Junior Winners
  Bobby Fischer, 13-year-old from Brooklyn, won the national junior championship with a score of 8½–1½ in the tournament completed at the Franklin Chess Club in Philadelphia.
  … Fischer was second in this event with 4-1 and William Lombardy of New York third, 3½-1½ Read More

• The 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.
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July 23, 1956

• Chicago Tribune Chicago, Illinois Monday, July 23, 1956 - Page 60 — New York and St. Louis Chess Players in Lead — Oklahoma City, July 22 (AP) — James Sherwin of New York and Robert Steinmeyer of St. Louis were tied for first place in the National Open chess tournament tonight after the completion of five night's of play. Both have won all their matches.
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• The Daily Oklahoman Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Monday, July 23, 1956 - Page 4 — Player Claims a First — The first player from India to compete in a major chess tournament outside of India said Sunday the United States is a land of plenty compared to India. “You don't have the unemployment we do in India,” Kamalakar Raut of Bombay, India, said.
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July 24, 1956

• New York Times, New York, New York, Tuesday, July 24, 1956 - Page 32 — Sixth Round: Bobby Fischer — Anthony F. Saidy of Douglaston, Queens, a student at Fordham University, also was an outstanding performer in the sixth round. Playing black, he defeated Jeremiah F. Donovan of Brooklyn, a former varsity star at Brooklyn College, to press the leader with a score of 5½-½… Read More

• The Daily Oklahoman Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Tuesday, July 24, 1956 - Page 2 — Chess Player Retains Lead Despite Being Held to Draw — Chess master Robert J. Steinmeyer of St. Louis, Mo. continued to lead all contenders in the 57th annual tournament of the United States Chess federation in the Biltmore hotel. With six straight victories, Steinmeyer played to a draw Monday night with Anthony Saidy of Douglaston, N.Y. to gain a half point and lead with a total score of 6½ points.
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July 25, 1956

• The Daily Oklahoman Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Wednesday, July 25, 1956 - Page 2 — Chess Leader Plays to Draw — Robert H. Steinmeyer, master player from St. Louis, held on to his lead in the 57th annual United States Chess federation tournament here Tuesday night. The Washington university graduate played a draw match with Atillio DiCamillo, of Philadelphia, bringing his collective score to 7 points. Steinmeyer has had six victories and another draw.
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July 26, 1956

• The Daily Oklahoman Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Thursday, July 26, 1956 - Page 8 — The Two Top Teenagers — The Two Top Teenagers in the U.S. Chess Tournament here were matched against each other Wednesday night. Bobby Fischer, 13-year-old Brooklyn whiz (left) continued his winning streak, beating Dale Ruth, 19, of 225 W. Steed, Midwest City.
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• The Daily Oklahoman Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Thursday, July 26, 1956 - Page 2 — U.S. Chess Champ, Tourney Leader Will Tangle Tonight — Matches that adjourned until Thursday morning were the highlight of Wednesday night's top play in Oklahoma City's United States Chess federation national open tournament in the Civic room of the Biltmore hotel.
  The top match of the tournament will come up Thursday night when Steinmeyer now in first place, will tangle with Bisguier, the U.S. champion.
  Robert H. Steinmeyer of St. Louis, currently leading the field with a total of seven points, adjourned his even-steven match with Derwin Kerr of Cranford, N.J., one of the four men in a tie for second place, until the morning.
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  In other top competition Robert Sherwin, the second-seeded player drew with A. DiCamillo of Philadelphia, Pa. and 13-year-old Bobby Fischer won his match from Dale Ruth of Midwest City. Read More

• New York Times, New York, New York, Thursday, July 26, 1956 - Page 29 — Leading Scores, Eighth Round

July 27, 1956

• New York Times, New York, New York, Friday, July 27, 1956 - Page 15 — Bobby Fischer, Still Undefeated in Eight Way Tie — Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, still undefeated, won in 25 moves on the black side of a Sicilian defense from Dale Ruth of Midwest City, Okla. The 13-year-old chess prodigy is in an eight-way tie at 6—3.

• The Daily Oklahoman Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Friday, July 27, 1956 - Page 2 — National Chess Champ in Lead — “Bobby Fischer, the 13-year-old chess expert, moved into a tie for fourth position in the tourney by defeating Orest Popovych, a Lakewood, N.J. master player.”

• Brooklyn Daily Brooklyn, New York Friday, July 27, 1956 - Page 5 — Brooklyn Boy, 13, Is Junior Chess Champ — Bobby Fischer, 13 year old chess competitor, is the new national junior champion of the United States Chess Federation. Bobby, who just finished eighth grade, won the title in a week-long competition against 27 other boys ranging in age from 15 to 20.
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July 28, 1956

• New York Times, New York, New York, Saturday, July 28, 1956 - Page 14 — The 13-year-old Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn won in fifty-seven moves against the King's Indian defense of Orest Popovych of Lakewood, N.J.

• The Daily Oklahoman Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Saturday, July 28, 1956 - Page 2 — Two Leading Chess Entries Play to Draw — Thirteen-year-old Bobby Fischer drew a master player, A. Popel of Detroit, to stay in a fourth place tie. Sonja Graff, the women's champ, won her match Friday night, and was in a first place tie among the women with Mrs. Selensky of Philadelphia, Penn. Read More

July 29, 1956

• The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, July 29, 1956 - Page 49 — Bobby Fischer at Oklahoma Open Tourney — Bobby Fischer, 13 who is the new U.S. Junior champion, is the center of attraction for the spectators. The brilliant Brooklyn youngster has been on two television programs and been featured in the local press. Bobby chews gum continuously, is a Dodger fan, likes Elvis Presley, and seems completely unaffected by all the publicity he is getting.
  Bobby was paired in the first round with A. M. Swank of Oklahoma City, who is 78 and boasts a long, flowing beard. Swank proved no match for the junior champion, who has not lost a game. His score was 4½-2½. Read More

• New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, July 29, 1956, Page 7 — Bisguier Annexes Open Chess Title; Tie With Sherwin at 9½-2½ Broken by Median System —Steinmeyer Third —…Bobby Fischer, 13 years old, of Brooklyn, undefeated throughout the twelve rounds, wound up as one of five players with a score of 8½-3½. He won from Jeremiah F. Donovan of Brooklyn in the final session.
  Others in Fischer's group, and also undefeated, were Atillio DiCamillo of Philadelphia, Mednis, Anthony F. Saidy of Fordham and Douglaston, Queens, and S. Popel of Detroit. Read More

• The Daily Oklahoman Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Sunday, July 29, 1956 - Page 9 — 13-Year-Old Ties — Robert Steinmeyer of St. Louis finished in third place with 9 points. Thirteen-year-old Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, the U.S. junior champion, finished in a tie with four men for 4th place with 8½ points.

July 30, 1956

• News-Press, Fort Myers, Florida, Monday, July 30, 1956 - Page 8 — Fischer Finishes In Tie For Fourth in Oklahoma Tournament — Oklahoma City, July 29 (AP) —… Bobby Fischer, 13-year-old Brooklyn, N.Y. schoolboy and the U.S. junior champion, finished in a tie with four others for fourth place with 8½ points.

• The Times, Shreveport, Louisiana, Monday, July 30, 1956 - Page 2 — 13 Year Old Fischer Finishes Fourth in Tie — Bobby Fischer, 13-year-old Brooklyn, N.Y. schoolboy and the U.S. junior champion, finished in a tie with four others for fourth place with 8½ points.

August 01, 1956

• Brooklyn Daily Brooklyn, New York Wednesday, August 01, 1956 - Page 2 — Chess Champ Back in Brooklyn — Bobby Fischer, 560 Lincoln Pl., Brooklyn's 13-year-old Chess Champion, arrived home yesterday from the U.S. open Chess Championship in Oklahoma.

August 02, 1956

• Courier-Post, Camden, New Jersey, Thursday, August 02, 1956 - Page 46 — Undefeated in Oklahoma Open Tournament — “One of them was the sensational 13-year-old, Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, who just won the national junior championship at Philadelphia. Fischer was undefeated.”

August 03, 1956

• The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Friday, August 03, 1956 - Page 3 — 13-Year Old Boy is Junior Chess Champion —Brooklyn, N.Y. — (JTA) — Bobby Fischer, 13 year old chess competitor, is the new national junior champion of the United States Chess Federation. Bobby, who just finished eighth grade won the title in a week-long competition against 27 other boys ranging in age 15 to 20.
  Bobby learned the moves of the game from an older sister, Joan, now 19, when he was just 6 years old. He became seriously interested in the game when he was 8.
  But he'd like it to be known that his interests in chess is not the only important facet of his life.
  He has a couple of other enthusiasm. One is rock and roll music. And the other — no story from Brooklyn would be complete without it — is that the national junior chess champion is an ardent Dodger fan. Read More

August 04, 1956

• Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Saturday, August 04, 1956 - Page 13 — World of Chess: U.S. Champ Wins Oklahoma Tourney — U.S. chess champion, Arthur B. Bisguier, has won the $1,000 USCF Open tourney played in Oklahoma City. James Sherwin was second on the median tie-break; both scored 9½-2½. Sherwin is the New York State champion. Bob Steinmeyer of St. Louis was third at 9-3. Five players scored 8½-3½ including 13-year-old Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn who can point to this major tournament as evidence that he has acquired his chess majority. Bobby's score represents five wins, seven draws and no losses.
  Tournament director Kenneth Harkness tells us that the youngster was matched with the best as indeed he had to be in the Swiss System. He was the feature attraction in Oklahoma City, since he came as U.S. Junior champion. Read More

August 05, 1956

• The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, August 05, 1956 - Page 46 — Fischer Undefeated in Open Chess Tourney — “Junior Champion Bobby Fischer, the 13-year-old Brooklynite, was one of five players who finished with a score of 8½-3½. Others in this group were DiCamillo, Saidy, Mednis and S. Popel of Detroit. Fischer, DiCamillo and Mednis were the only undefeated players, each scoring five wins and seven draws.” Read More

• The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Sunday, August 05, 1956 - Page 64 — Chess Notebook by Lyman Burgess — Robert Steinmeyer of St. Louis held down third place with 9-3. But the surprise of the tournament was 13-year-old Bobby Fischer, Brooklyn, who scored 8½-3½ and found himself tied with such fine players as Philadelphia's A. DiCamillo, Fordham's Saidy and Edmar Mednis. Young Fischer seems to be a genuine, dyed in the wool comer. Read More

• Hartford Courant, Hartford, Connecticut, Sunday, August 05, 1956 - Page 45 — Connecticut Chess — “A 13-year old Brooklyn player, Bobby Fischer, with four others, was tied for fourth place.”

August 06, 1956

• The Honolulu Advertiser Honolulu, Hawaii Monday, August 06, 1956 - Page 13 — Chess Played At Long Range — Oakland, Calif. (UP) — Talk about long chess games! Nick Preo recently won one that began in 1951 and is currently in another that isn't expected to end until 1960. Preo, an Owens-Illinois Glass Co. employee, recently took the honors in the 19th Grand National Correspondence Chess Tournament.
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August 09, 1956

• Deseret News and Salt Lake Telegram Salt Lake City, Utah Thursday, August 09, 1956 - Page 19 — U.S. Champion Captures Federation Title — Arthur B. Bisguier, United States chess champion, added to his laurels by capturing the Open Championship of the United States Chess Federation at Oklahoma City last week end.
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August 11, 1956

• The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Canada Saturday, August 11, 1956 - Page 24 — U.S. Junior Championship and U.S. Open Championship — “Robert Steinmeyer, St. Louis, places third, 9-3. Bobby Fischer, 13-year-old Brooklyn boy now U.S.A. junior champion, tied with four others at 8½-3½… In winning the U.S.A. Junior at Philadelphia, Bobby Fischer, Brooklyn, set a record as the youngest to win the title. His score, 8½-1½, was followed by C. Henin, Chicago, and A. Feurstein, N.Y., with 8-2 each…” Read More

• The Province Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Saturday, August 11, 1956 - Page 28 — Chess News: Thirteen Year Old Junior Chess Champion and U.S. Open Championship — Thirteen-Year-Old Wins! The U.S. Junior Championship, held in Philadelphia, has been won by Bobby Fischer, age 13, of Brooklyn, N.Y. thus setting a record for this event.
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August 12, 1956

• Daily News New York, New York Sunday, August 12, 1956 - Page 404 — Boy of 13 Is Real King In the Realm of Chess —A handsome, blond-haired boy who takes his hobby seriously, 13-year-old Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, has won a championship crown. A chess enthusiast since he was six, Bobby won the National Junior Chess Championship in Philadelphia last month. The youngest contestant in the tournament, his opponents were all about five years older. The son of Mrs. Regina Fischer, a nurse, of 560 Lincoln Place, the young champ was taught the game by his 19-year-old sister, Joan, a student at Brooklyn College.
  
  First Set at Seven “She started to read me the rules from a book and we played together.” said Bobby, who bought his first chess set when he was seven. “I really liked the game so I kept it up and joined the Brooklyn Chess club when I was older. That gave me a chance to play once or twice a week with good players.”
  Recognized as coming champ by his older opponents, other chess enthusiasts have high hopes that the youngster will reach the rank of master shortly. At the moment, he is rated a “Class A” player.
  A freshman at Erasmus High School, Bobby doesn't like to talk about his hobby. He prefers to spend his time matching wits with his opponents at the Manhattan Chess Club which he joined last year and where he can be found almost every night in the week during the summer. During the school term, weekdays are devoted to homework, but Saturdays are open for chess.
  He just returned to Brooklyn following a two-week trip to Oklahoma City where he participated in the U.S. Open Championship.
  
  ‘Just a Game’
  One of the youngest members at the Manhattan Chess Club, the new junior champ plays in the rapid tournaments held there Friday nights. Pitted against much older players, he has won one speed tournament and placed second in others.
  Asked if his mother and sister was proud of his progress, Bobby said they were. “But gee,” he added, “it's just a game. I don't see what everybody is making such a fuss about.”
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• Hartford Courant, Hartford, Connecticut, Sunday, August 12, 1956 - Page 76 — U.S. Junior Championship — “The winner of the tournament at Philadelphia to pick the United States Junior Chess Champion was Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, N.Y. His score was 8½-1½ […] Bobby is but 13 years old, is the youngest player to hold the title. He also played in the recent USCF Championship Tournament at Oklahoma City, and turned in a good score. He therefore shows strong indications of becoming a master player.” Read More

August 13, 1956

• The Times Recorder, Zanesville, Ohio, Monday, August 13, 1956 - Page 23 — Anxious Moments — When Bobby Fischer, 13, of Brooklyn, took part in a chess tournament, he worried his way through the game. At top left, Bobby opens his hand to support his head as he analyzes his opponent's last move. At right, his hands support his head as he loses himself in chess strategy. Lower left, one hand moves over his head as he plans a move and, right, Bobby is lost in a world of pawns, queens, bishops and knights. Read More

August 18, 1956

• The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Quebec, Canada Saturday, August 18, 1956 - Page 33 — Chess News: The Sensation of the 1956 Open at Oklahoma Proved to be Bobby Fischer — First Canadian Open Championship — The First Canadian Open, to be played here Aug. 25th to Sept. 2nd, will be an historic event, something which everybody who can possibly make it will want to be in on.
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August 19, 1956

• Fort Lauderdale News, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Sunday, August 19, 1956 - Page 11 — 13 Year Old Bobby Fischer Plays Like A Master — “Bobby Fischer, the whiz kid of chess from New Jersey Log Cabin Chess Club, recently sopped the U.S. Junior Chess Title. He is only 13, but don't let that fool you. He plays like a master, as our top club members will attest. Last fall he played our club simultaneously and beat everyone except Rich Burry who garnered a draw.” Read More

August 21, 1956

• The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Quebec, Canada Tuesday, August 21, 1956 - Page 15 — Chess Champs To Attend 1st Canadian Match Here — The Canadian Open Chess Championship will be held in Montreal for the first time this year. Aug. 25 to Sept. 2. Many of the ranking champions on this continent are expected to participate in the 10-round championship which will be held in Redpath Hall, McGill University and, on the two Sundays, in the YHMA building, Park and Mount Royal Aves.
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August 24, 1956

• Weekly Times-Advocate Escondido, California Friday, August 24, 1956 - Page 1 — California Open Chess Tourney Set Sept. 1-3 — Santa Barbara (Special) — The annual California open chess championship will be held at the Hotel Carillo here Sept. 1-3. It will be a seven round Swiss tournament. A trophy will go to the winner with all $5 entry fees returned in cash prizes.
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August 25, 1956

• The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Canada Saturday, August 25, 1956 - Page 3 — $1,000 In Prizes Offered In Canadian Open Chess — “Le Dain says 13-year-old Bobby Fischer, of New York, who recently caused a sensation in chess circles by winning the U.S. junior championship at Philadelphia and finishing fourth in the U.S. open championship, may also be on hand.” Read More

August 26, 1956

• New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, August 26, 1956 - Page 238 — Evans in Canadian Event — … Larry Evans, former United States champion, heads the invaders. Other visitors are William Lombardy, Edmar Mednis and James T. Sherwin, two former New York State champions, and Nicholas Bakos of New York, and Sidney Bernstein and 13-year-old Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn. Read More

August 27, 1956

• The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Quebec, Canada Monday, August 27, 1956 - Page 9 — Montreal Man In Chess Vanguard — Leaders narrowed to 10 here yesterday after the second round of the first Canadian open chess championships. One Montrealer, Lionel Joyner, was among them. Few major upsets marked the day's early round.
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• New York Times, New York, New York, Monday, August 27, 1956 - Page 24 — Experience Tells in Match Between Bobby Fischer and Robert Sobel — “Experience told in the match between 13-year-old Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn and Robert Sobel of Philadelphia. Soble won in twenty-seven moves. Fischer bet Gerard Lepine, 17, of Montreal, in the opening round.” Read More

August 28, 1956

• The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Canada Tuesday, August 28, 1956 - Page 33 — Anderson, Evans On Top After Fourth Chess Round — “The field was narrowed from the eight players with unscathed records after the third round Sunday night. Maurice Fox, eight times Canadian champion, disposed of 13-year-old Bobby Fischer of New York, after a grueling, five-hour, 13-minute match in which Fox employed a King's Indian defense against the American prodigy. It took Fox 50 moves to dispose of the youth.” Read More

• New York Times, New York, New York, Tuesday, August 28, 1956 - Page 24 — Eight in Tie at Montreal —Montreal, Aug. 27—Eight of a total of eighty-eight entries in the first open championship of the Canadian Chess Federation are setting the pace with clean scores after three rounds on the campus of McGill University. Three of them are New Yorkers—Larry Evans, William Lombardy and James T. Sherwin. The fourth from the other side of the border is Hans Berliner of Washington, and the fifth, Atillio DiCamillo of Philadelphia.
  Canadians with three straight are Frank Anderson of Toronto, D.A. Yanofsky of Winnipeg and Pavolis Vaitonis of Hamilton. Next, with 2½-½ each, are Sidney Bernstein and Edmar Mednis of New York.
  In a group with 2-1 scores Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, 13, is on equal terms with Maurice Fox, Dr. J. Rauch and Lionel Joyner of Montreal, M. Rohland of Milwaukee and Robert Sobel of Philadelphia. Read More

August 29, 1956

• New York Times, New York, New York, Wednesday, August 29, 1956 - Page 48 — Out-Maneuvered — “Maurice Fox of Montreal, a former Canadian champion, out-maneuvered Bobby Fischer, 13, of Brooklyn in fifty moves.”

August 30, 1956

• Cloverdale Reveille Cloverdale, California Thursday, August 30, 1956 - 2 — Ten Year Old Boy Wins Chess Tourney, 17 Competed Here — Bill Price, ten, was the winner of the playground chess tournament held at the City Park. The tournament, which was held on Wednesday, Aug. 23, had entrants whose ages ranged from eight to 15 years. The runner-up was Truman Boyce.
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• Courier-Post, Camden, New Jersey, Thursday, August 30, 1956 - Page 9 — Championship Tournament Play Holds Chess Student Interest — “…The 13-year-old Fischer succumbed in 50 moves to Maurice Fox of Montreal, a former Canadian champion, in the fourth round for his second defeat of the tournament.”

September 01, 1956

• The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Canada Saturday, September 01, 1956 - Page 3 — Bill Lombardy Ties Sherwin In Chess Open —James Sherwin, of New York, and William Lombardy, 18-year-old science student from the Bronx, were tied for top honors with seven points each when play ended last night in the first Canadian open chess championship, in Redpath Hall.
  Larry Evans, second ranking US chess player, is alone in second position with 6½ points. In third spot with six points are: Frank Andrews, of Toronto: J.N. Williams, of Montreal; and Edmar Mednis. Tied in fourth place with 5½ points are: Lionel Joyner, of Montreal; G. Fuster, of Toronto; R. Sobel; and 13-year-old Bobby Fischer, from Brooklyn.
  In last night's play S. Bernstein, of Brooklyn adjourned his game with C.D. DiCamillo of Philadelphia, and E.S. Jackson of New York, adjourned his match with D.E. Grimshaw, of Toronto.
  Play will resume today at 4 p.m. in Redpath Hall with the National open speed championship slated for 11 a.m. in the Davis Building of the YMHA, Mount Royal and Park Aves.
  (Caption) EXPERIENCE COUNTS: Shortly after this picture was taken 13-year old Bobby Fischer, New York Junior Chess Champion, looked up with a grin and knocked over his king in the traditional concession of inevitable defeat at the hands of Montreal Architect Joseph Sawyer, who was Canadian Chess Champion in 1908 but admits only to having “been around a long time.” The two played a fast, friendly game at Redpath Hall of McGill yesterday while waiting for the resumption of play in the First Canadian Open Chess Championship. Young Fischer is one of the contestants in the tournament; Young Sawyer said he no longer competes because “a five-hour game is a little tough these days.” Others in the picture are, left to right, John J. Prentice, president of the Canadian Chess Federation, Sidney Bernstein of New York and Larry Evans of New York. Read More

September 03, 1956

• Daily News New York, New York Monday, September 03, 1956 - Page 343 — Voice of Brooklyn: Teen Honor Roll-No. 2 —EDITORIAL: Voice of Brooklyn — We were pleased to print an item from Albany the other day about Mrs. Regina Fischer of 560 Lincoln Place. She had brought honor to Brooklyn by taking top place among 30 winners of Regents scholarships, worth $750 each, for advanced study in nursing.
  Checking further into this remarkable 43-year-old woman's feat in a field usually reserved for youth, we learned that she is the mother of two children: Bobby, 13, and Joan, 19. Bobby is a national junior chess champion, who has held his own against adult whizzes around the U.S.A. and in Havana. Joan not only taught Bobby how to play chess, but is following in her mother's footsteps toward a nursing career. She will be graduated from Brooklyn College next January.
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• The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Canada Monday, September 03, 1956 - Page 3 — Evans Edges Sherwin To Carry Chess Open — “Larry Evans and 13-year-old Bobby Fischer, also of New York, will play in a tandem simultaneous round today at 12:30 at the YMHA, Park and Mount Royal Aves.”

• New York Times, New York, New York, Monday, September 3, 1956 - Page 19 — Russians Pressed In Moscow Chess — “…Bobby Fischer, 13, of Brooklyn, scored 7—3 to tie Frank Anderson, the champion of Canada, and D.A. Yanofsky of Winnipeg.

September 04, 1956

• The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Canada Tuesday, September 04, 1956 - Page 32 — Young Chess Whiz Earns $60 Deflating 19 Within 2 Hours — Thirteen-year-old Bobby Fischer, of Brooklyn, N.Y., United States open junior chess champion and fourth-ranking player in the American open, yesterday took just two hours to defeat 19 challengers in a special tournament following the first Canadian open chess championships which ended on the weekend.
  The youth disposed of the players in an average of 6.5 minutes apiece in the simultaneous match, played at the Mount Royal Ave. YM-YWHA. Only one opponent, William Oaker, of Montreal, managed to draw with the “boy wonder.”
  Fischer originally was scheduled to have taken on 80 players with International Master Larry Evans of New York, who Sunday captured the Canadian open championship. But there were so few challengers that Fischer appeared alone.
  One of the defeated candidates, Jack Thompson, played Fischer three times and lost each game. Thompson had traveled from Louisville, Ky., specifically for the opportunity of playing Fischer.
  The exhibition matches, which cost each entrant $3, were set up to permit average chess players to test their skill against a master. All proceeds went to the Brooklyn youngster.
  Fischer, who started slowly in the championships here last week, ended high among the ranks of the 88 players entering the championships.
  Tournament directors announced that next year's closed championships, which are restricted to former Canadian champions or runner-ups, will be held in Vancouver.
  Next August, Toronto will be host to the World Junior Championships. Top-ranking juniors from several countries will participate. The site of the next Canadian open championships has not yet been decided. It will be a biennial event. Read More

• The Ottawa Citizen Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Tuesday, September 04, 1956 - Page 16 — Close Finish: Young Film Producer Canada Chess Winner — “With seven points were…Bobby Fischer, Brooklyn, N.Y.… ★ / ★ / ★

September 07, 1956

• Times Colonist Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Friday, September 07, 1956 - Page 8 — Chess Champ Here: Eugene Gained Fame By Penny Postcards — Victoria has the temporary honor of hosting the 1955 B.C. correspondence chess champion, Eugene Butkov, of 141 Robertson Street. But Eugene will be gone soon. Working for the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory during the summer here, he will be off to Montreal in three weeks time.
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September 09, 1956

• The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, Sunday, September 09, 1956 - Page 43 — Tripled Pawns Win — “Are doubled pawns a weakness? Are tripled pawns?? Not to judge by the manner in which Junior Champion Bobby Fischer uses a set of triplets in the following game from the Philadelphia tournament.”

• Daily News New York, New York Sunday, September 09, 1956 - Page 531 — Late Starter Wins Nurse Exam Honor —Despite the fact that she had a late start in a new career, 43-year-old Mrs. Regina Fischer of Brooklyn has managed to walk away with state-wide honors.
  The winner of a $750 scholarship for advanced training in nursing, Mrs. Fischer, who has been an RN for only three years, scored the top grade among 300 applicants who took the scholarship exam giving by the University of the State of New York this summer.
  The mother of two, Bobby, 13, and 19-year-old Joan, Mrs. Fischer started her nurse's training at the age of 37. A student at the Prospect Heights Hospital School of Nursing, she went to work for the Visiting Nurses Association following her graduation three years ago.
  
  Nursing Her Goal
  “I've always wanted to work in the field of medicine,” said the attractive brunette nurse, who obtained her BA from the University of Colorado in 1941. “But bringing up a family and earning a living didn't leave much opportunity for studying.”
  Living on the West Coast until she came to New York in 1948, Mrs. Fischer taught school and worked in shipyards during the war. When she settled in Brooklyn with her two children in 1950, she decided to finally have a go at the career she always wanted.
  “It wasn't easy getting into a nursing school,” she admitted. “A lot of my applications were turned down because I was too old. I was thrilled when I finally found a school where they relaxed the age requirements.”
  Attending classes during the day and studying at night was no easy grind for the newcomer to the field, who had a family to look after. But encouraged by her two children who were proud of their mother's efforts, she came through with high grades.
  
  Boy a Chess Wiz
  A slender, energetic woman, she lives at 560 Lincoln Place. Her son Bobby, a chess wizard, is one of the national junior champions. Joan, following in her mother's footsteps in a nursing career, will be graduated from Brooklyn College next January. Like her mother, she is also a scholarship winner with a four-year grant to any college in New York.
  Since Mrs. Fischer's newly won scholarship requires her to become a full-time student, she is faced with the problem of earning a living for her family while continuing her studies. Anxious to acquire top educational requirements for public health nursing, however, she has found a solution.
  
  Studies by Mail
  Aware that there are no visual study aids for student nurses, she has started a mail order study aid program of her own. So far, she has been successful with at least 100 schools ordering copies of her study aid devices.
  “My study aid program should be a big financial help while I'm back in school,” said Mrs. Fischer, who will take a leave of absence from the Visiting Nurses. “I'd have been awfully unhappy if I would have had to pass up this chance for further education. I've waited this long to be a nurse and now I want to be able to learn everything there is to know.” Read More

September 10, 1956

• Edmonton Journal Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Monday, September 10, 1956 - Page 3 — New Chess Champion Declares Concentration Is Main Need —“Good chess is mostly a knack,” he says. Contrary to popular belief among non-players, the game does not involve a profound knowledge of higher mathematics. “There are some schoolboys in their teens and even pre-teens who can provide tough opposition for older, more-experienced chess experts. A good example is Bobby Fischer, at 13 one of the stronger players in North America.”
  Fischer, from Brooklyn, N.Y., won the U.S. junior title at Philadelphia this year and finished in a fourth-place tie in the Canadian open tourney here, bracketed with such chess experts as Dan (Abe) Yanofsky of Winnipeg and Frank Anderson of Toronto.” ★ / ★ Read More

September 15, 1956

• The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Canada Saturday, September 15, 1956 - Page 63 — Canadian Open Championship — “On Labor Day, young Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn tackled 19 in a simultaneous exhibition at YMHA and only W. Oaker escaped with a draw.”

September 16, 1956

• The Racine Journal-Times Sunday Bulletin, Racine, Wisconsin, Sunday, September 16, 1956 - Page 42 — David and Goliath — “Young Bobby Fischer, 13, who recently became the youngest player to win the U.S. Amateur, seems to be another thing, however. The game below is from the 1956 U.S. Open.” ★

September 25, 1956

• The Ottawa Journal Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Tuesday, September 25, 1956 - Page 2 — Five Were RA Chess Members — Special Detail Looked Over Soviet Shoulders by Richard Jackson of The Journal — Five RCMP officers, one of them from the anti-espionage Special Branch, for more than a year have been watching Russian Embassy officials “work on” certain members of the RA Chess Club.
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• The Ottawa Journal Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Tuesday, September 25, 1956 - Page 2 — Staples Thinks Reds Played Chess to Spy by Dick Brown — Were those friendly games of chess planned as the foundations of another Russian spy ring in Canada? James Stanley Staples, whose suspicions were partially responsible for the expulsion of a top Russian diplomat from Canada, thinks they were.
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September 30, 1956

• The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, Sunday, September 30, 1956 - Page 46 — New Teen-Age Star Vaults Into Limelight —The recent United States Chess Federation junior title tournament turned up perhaps the most promising teenager to hit the big-time since Larry Evans and Arthur Bisguier rocked the chess world as prodigies. This newest 13-year-old wonder is Brooklyn's Bobby Fischer, Bobby jumped into the lead at the very start of the Oklahoma City tournament and swept to an amazing 8½-1½ victory.
  Chess Review reports that he won the final game from David Kerman on an adjudication which required more than two hours of analysis by a panel of three referees.
  Arthur Feuerstein of New York and Charles C. Henin of Chicago tied for second honors at 8-2, followed by Sidney Geller, 8-3.
  Feuerstein won the U.S.C.F. junior speed championship. As one of six finalists in a field of 18, he scored 4½-½, just a half-point ahead of Fischer. William Lombardy placed third with a score of 3½-1½. Read More

October 08, 1956

• New York Times, New York, New York, Monday, October 08, 1956 - Page 37 — Byrne Triumphs In Chess Match — - Beats Reshevsky When Star Fails to Meet Time Limit in Rosenwald Tourney — The clock last night played an important part in the first round of the Lessing J. Rosenwald Trophy chess tournament at the Manhattan Chess Club. Forty moves must be made in five hours. Samuel Reshevsky, American international ace and five-time holder of the United States championship, was in a close race to keep within the time limit in his match with Donald Byrne of Ann Arbor, Mich. However, Reshevsky was still lacking the required number of moves at the five hour mark and was counted out under the time limit rule by Hans Kmoch, the international chess judge and tournament director. Reshevsky had been making a fine defense of a difficult ending against a passed pawn on the queen's file which had reached the sixth rank. The grand master was not too pleased with the decision. he declared he still did not understand the working of what he termed “these new-fangled clocks.”
  Game Lasts 38 Moves The decision, however, was final even though it spoiled the finish of what was otherwise a splendidly conducted game, lasting 38 moves. Byrne had the white pieces in a Benoni-Indian defense. With accurate and well-timed moves, the Michigan state champion was able to hold the initiative all the way. Reshevsky's defense was regarded by the critics to be fully adequate, for he, too, had a passed pawn on the queen's rook's file. With two bishops Byrne, nevertheless, was conceded to have the edge. A long drawn out game was thus avoided. The United States champion, Arthur B. Bisguier, defeated Bobbie Fischer, the 13-year-old student at Erasmus Hall High School of Brooklyn, who made a study fight of it on the black side of a King's Indian defense. The schoolboy was outmaneuvered in trying to save a knight he had marooned on the queen's side of the board. Bisguier returned the piece in a long-winded combination at the end of which the black king was driven out into the middle of the board. Fischer resigned after 33 moves.
  Feuerstein Is Victor Arthur Feuerstein won in 29 moves from George Shainswit when the latter overstepped the time limit. The opening was another Benoni-Indian defense adopted by Feuerstein. A draw was registered in 33 moves between Max Pavey and Herbert Seidman in an Alekhine defense adopted by Seidman. Pavey played aggressively and sacrificed a piece for two pawns, which Seidman saw fit to return to avoid getting into deep water.
  The games between Edmar Mednis and Abe Turner and between Eliot Hearst and Sidney Bernstein were adjourned. Read More

October 11, 1956

• New York Times, New York, New York, Thursday, October 11, 1956 - Page 70 — Fischer Cleverly Extricates Himself: King's Indian Defense —“Feuerstein, a 20-year-old City College student, played a thirty-one move draw with Bobby Fischer, 13, of Erasmus Hall High School. Reshevsky won in thirty-seven moves from Eliot Hearst in a fast finish. Fischer cleverly extricated himself from a difficult position in a King's Indian defense in which the schoolboy played the black pieces. Read More

October 12, 1956

• New York Times, New York, New York, Friday, October 12, 1956 - Page 40 — Rosenwald Event — “After losing to Mednis, Turner resumed his second-round game with Bobby Fischer, winning in forty-eight moves.”

October 13, 1956

• The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Quebec, Canada Saturday, October 13, 1956 - Page 37 — Canadian Open Championship —Following is the standing of all competitors in the First Canadian Open Championship. Ten rounds of Swiss system play. Players drew numbers by lot and first round a blind draw. Second round, winners paired with winners, and those who drew or lost were similarly paired.
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• New York Times, New York, New York, Saturday, October 13, 1956 - Page 22 — Fischer, 13, Gains Draw In 66 Moves; Youngest Player in Chess Tourney Here Deadlocks With Bernstein, Oldest —The oldest of the twelve competitors in the Lessing J. Rosenwald Trophy tournament at the Manhattan Chess Club, Sidney Bernstein, former champion of that club, was still undefeated yesterday after finishing his adjourned third-round game with Bobby Fischer, 13-year-old student at Erasmus Hall High School, Brooklyn.
  Their encounter, the result of a Ruy Lopez adopted by Fischer, was a draw in sixty-six moves. Bernstein, who is 45, moved into fifth place in the standing with a score of 2—1. He defeated the United States champion, Arthur B. Bisguier, in the second round and drew with Eliot Hearst in ninety-three moves.
  Fischer, who has drawn two and lost two, displayed ingenuity in averting defeat. Bernstein had a knight, a bishop and two pawns against a rook and four pawns at adjournment.
  The Brooklyn student advanced one of his pawns to the seventh rank and exchanged his rook for a knight. Eventually Bernstein was left with a lone bishop and no pawns, making a draw unavoidable. Bernstein's unfinished game with Abe Turner in the fourth round was held over until next week.
  Eliot Hearst won his adjourned third-round game with Herbert Seidman in fifty-eight moves. Both players had two rooks but Hearst's advantage of four pawns to three told in his favor.
  There will be no play in the tournament today. The fifth round is scheduled for 2 P.M. tomorrow at the Manhattan Chess Club. Read More

October 14, 1956

• The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, Sunday, October 14, 1956 - Page 102 — Reshevsky Upset In Rosenwald Tourney — “Arthur Bisguier, who bowed to Sidney Bernstein after beating Junior Champion Bobby Fischer.”

• The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Sunday, October 14, 1956 - Page 126 — Lessing-Rosenwald Trophy Tournament — Today, the third Lessing-Rosenwald Trophy Tournament goes on in New York. The first two events in this series were limited to six entrants who played a double round-robin. This year's tournament has 12 players: Reshevsky, Bisguier, S. Bernstein, Donald Byrne, A. Feuerstein, Bobby Fischer (13 years old), I.A. Horowitz, Edmar Mednis, Max Pavey, H. Seidman, G. Shainswit and A. Turner. … The inclusion of Bobby Fischer in this formal masters tournament marks the first time in this country that so young a chess-player has qualified for a tournament of this caliber since the incredible Reshevsky did it in 1922 (at the age of 11). Read More

October 16, 1956

• New York Times, New York, New York, Tuesday, October 16, 1956 - Page 57 — Reshevsky Beats Fischer In Chess; Takes Undisputed Lead in Tourney When Rival, 13, Oversteps Time Limit … Samuel Reshevsky, a child chess marvel when he arrived here from Poland at the age of 8, last night defeated Bobby Fischer, 13 years old, to take the lead in the sixth round of the Lessing J. Rosenwald Trophy tournament at the Marshall Chess Club. Reshevsky's score is 5—1. … Fischer, ordinarily a fast player, overstepped the time limit after thirty-one moves. This meant forfeiture of the game, although the boy had held his own fairly well against his world-famous opponent on the black side of a King's Indian defense. … Fischer, a student at Erasmus Hall High School, Brooklyn, has yet to win a game in the tournament. … The score of Reshevsky's game with Fischer follows: Read More

October 18, 1956

• New York Times, New York, New York, Thursday, October 18, 1956 - Page 44 — Bobby Fischer Defeats Donald Byrne, Adopting the Gruenfeld Defense. Byrne Resigns. —“Bobby Fischer, a 13-year-old expert from Brooklyn, defeated Donald Byrne of Ann Arbor, Mich., a former national open champion. … Fischer adopted the Gruenfeld defense and made one startling move after another. Byrne resigned at midnight after forty moves. Read More

• Courier-Post, Camden, New Jersey, Thursday, October 18, 1956 - Page 56 — A strong field topped by Grand Master Samuel Reshevsky — “One of the surprises of the tournament was that Fischer, sensational 13-year-old Brooklyn high school student, had yet to win a game at that point.”

October 19, 1956

• The Journal News, White Plains, New York, Friday, October 19, 1956 - Page 3 — Reshevsky Leads in Chess Tourney — “…Reshevsky's position was strengthened by the defeat of second place Donald Byrne of Ann Arbor, Mich., by 13-year-old Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn during Wednesday's competitions.”

October 20, 1956

• The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Canada Saturday, October 20, 1956 - Page 11 — Lessing J. Rosenwald Trophy Tournament — “Entry in the annual Lessing J. Rosenwald Trophy tournament at New York has been broadened this year to include twelve competitors. After four rounds Reshevsky and Feurstein lead 3-1 each, followed by Bisguier and Mednis, 2½-1½ each. Bernstein, Byrne, Pavey, 2-2 each, Hearst and Seidman, 1½-2½ each, Turner, 1-2, Bobby Fischer and Shainswit, 1-3 each. ” Read More

• Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Saturday, October 20, 1956 - Page 14 — World of Chess - Tourney Passes Half-Way Mark — The third annual Lessing J. Rosenwald Trophy tournament has passed the half-way point. Invited to compete were 12 leading players…

October 21, 1956

• New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, October 21, 1956 - Page 217 — Fischer Sets Back Seidman In Chess —Bobby Fischer, 13 years old, of Brooklyn, last night defeated Herbert Seidman, champion of the Marshall Chess Club in their postponed game from the fifth round of the Lessing J. Rosenwald Trophy chess tournament at the Manhattan Chess Club. The talented Erasmus Hall high school student had the white side of a Reti opening and won in 39 moves.
  Fischer made effective use of his knight against the weakened pawn position on the queen's side of the board. He captured one of Seidman's pawns on the twenty-first move and a second pawn, five moves later.
  Pressed for time, Seidman sacrificed a piece in a vain attempt to create a diversion. The score follows… Read More

• The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, Sunday, October 21, 1956 - Page 85 — Reshevsky in Tie With Feuerstein — “Feuerstein is the only undefeated player, with two drawn games against Bisguier and Bobby Fischer.”

October 22, 1956

• New York Times, New York, New York, Monday, October 22, 1956 - Page 48 — Fischer, Pavey Draw — Next to finish was 13-year-old Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, who played white against Max Pavey, champion of the Manhattan C.C. The youngster again played impressively and succeeded in drawing in thirty-five moves. The scores of the Seidman-Reshevsky and Fischer-Pavey games… Read More

October 25, 1956

• New York Times, New York, New York, Thursday, October 25, 1956 - Page 44 — Bobby Fischer vs. Eliot Hearst — “Eliot Hearst won in forty-one moves from Bobby Fischer and Sidney Bernstein drew against George Shainswit. The tournament will end tonight.

• The Guardian London, Greater London, England Thursday, October 25, 1956 - Page 4 — In the New York Tournament — The new American prodigy Robert Fischer, aged 13, is doing well and brilliantly defeated Byrne by a queen sacrifice.

October 26, 1956

• New York Times, New York, New York, Friday, October 26, 1956 - Page 49 — Seidman Moves into Deadlock with Bobby Fischer for 8th Place — Byrne was tied for fifth in the standings by Sidney Bernstein and Abe Turner with scores of 5½—5½. Seidman, with 4½—6½, moved up to deadlock Bobby Fischer for eighth place.

October 28, 1956

• The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, Sunday, October 28, 1956 - Page 82 — The Most Brilliant Game of the Rosenwald Tournament — “The most brilliant game of the tournament was won by Junior Champion Bobby Fischer from Donald Byrne of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Byrne posted his Queen in an advanced position before his development was completed and 13 year old Bobby took advantage by a series of remarkable sacrifices. The final moves leading to checkmate were a delight to all but the losing player.” Read More

• The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, California, Sunday, October 28, 1956 - Page 37 — Oklahoma City: Bobby Fischer vs. Dr. Lapiken — Probably underrates his opponent or he would have played B-K2 and O-O here. (b) Profits immediately and from now on takes over completely. (c) B-K2 was better. (d) Well-played. If 14 . . . QPxP 15, PxP NxN; 16. BxN, QxB; 17. BxPch, etc. (e) Ends matters fast. He must lose a rook. If 19 . . . R-KN1; then 20. Q-K5ch and he loses the Queen's Rook. Read More

November 01, 1956

• Courier-Post, Camden, New Jersey, Thursday, November 01, 1956 - Page 47 — Bobby Fischer Makes Creditable Showing — “and 13-year-old Bobby Fischer made a creditable showing in placing next in a 4½-6½ tie with Seidman.”

November 03, 1956

• The Province, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Saturday, November 03, 1956 - Page 28 — Chess News - Rosenwald Tournament — There are twelve entries in the third annual Lessing J. Rosenwald trophy tournament being played at the Manhattan C.C. and Marshall C.C., instead of six as formerly, included is 13 year old Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, U.S. junior champion. Reshevsky lost to Byrne on time-limit in the first round. A fine game was won by Bobby Fischer from Byrne. In the fifth round, the Hearst-Mednis game became a double forfeit following a time-limit complication involving both players.
  After nine incomplete rounds, the standing is: S. Reshevsky 7-2; A. Bisguier, A. Feuerstein, E. Mednis and A. Turner, 5½-3½ each;; D. Byrne, 4½-3½; Bobby Fischer and M Pavey, 4-5 each; S. Bernstein, 3-5; H. Seidman, 3-6; E. Hearst, 2½-6½; and G. Shainswit, 2-7. Read More

November 04, 1956

• The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, California, Sunday, November 04, 1956 - Page 40 — Oklahoma City — Bobby Fischer, the 13-year-old whiz, after playing his fourth master-opponent in a row without a loss asked me: ‘When do I get a fish as an opponent?” So I promptly gave him Fischheimer of Chicago.” ★

• The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Sunday, November 04, 1956 - Page 75 — Scores: Lessing J. Rosenwald Trophy — “Bobby Fischer's score of 4½-6½ cannot be considered a failure but is, rather, a sort of triumph.”

November 15, 1956

• Courier-Post, Camden, New Jersey, Thursday, November 15, 1956 - Page 7 — Game of the Century: Brilliancy Prize Bobby Fischer — “The other score is a brilliancy prize candidate by Bobby Fischer, 13-year-old Brooklyn star, who had an uneven record in the tournament, but who shocked Byrne with his eleventh move and soon chalked this game up on the credit side of the ledger.” Read More

• The Guardian London, Greater London, England Thursday, November 15, 1956 - Page 17 — D. Byrne - R. Fischer — Boy prodigies in chess have, on the whole, maintained their promise in adult life. Morphy, Capablanca and Reshevsky are all examples of players who approached master class before their teens and later attained world championship calibre.
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• The Journal Herald Dayton, Ohio Thursday, November 15, 1956 - Page 32 — Other Deaths — Great Falls, Montana — Johannes Van Teylingen, 64, prominent architect and internationally known chess player.

November 17, 1956

• The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Canada Saturday, November 17, 1956 - Page 29 — Hats Off Gentleman! A Genius!; Canadian Open Championship —Hats Off Gentleman! A Genius! — 13-year-old Bobby Fischer, USA junior champion, proved in the Canadian Open, USA Open and in the Rosenwald tourney that he already belongs in the best senior company. His remarkable win from Don Byrne, involving a queen sacrifice was one of the highlights of the Rosenwald-Byrne is ranked No. 5 in the USA. Is there anything that Morphy, Capablanca, Reshevsky or Pomar produced at the same age against comparable competition that surpasses it?
  
  Canadian Open Championship — A three deep throng of spectators watched throughout the dramatic game from the 4th round of the Canadian Open which brought together the youngest competitor, Bobby Fischer, of N.Y., and veteran Maurice Fox. The former Canadian champion needed all his experience and sangfroid to deal with the fiery attack the youngster had boldly initiated. Read More

November 18, 1956

• The Journal Times, Racine, Wisconsin, Sunday, November 18, 1956 - Page 42 — Bobby Fischer finished 8th in a field of 12 — a respectable showing — “…Young Bobby Fischer, now 13 years old, finished 8th in a field of 12, a most respectable showing for the young and promising Brooklynite.

November 25, 1956

• The Journal Times, Racine, Wisconsin, Sunday, November 25, 1956 - Page 39 — Byrne-Fischer Match — “Though he defeated Sammy Reshevsky in the first round, Donald Byrne did not fare too well at the hands of two of the U. S.' leading junior players in the 3rd Rosenwald Memorial Tournament in New York this fall. He lost to Edmar Mednis in 27 moves, and to 14-year-old Bobby Fischer in 41. The game with Fisher follows.” Read More

December 22, 1956

• The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Canada Saturday, December 22, 1956 - Page 27 — Brilliancy Prize Awarded to Bobby Fischer in Rosenwald Tourney — “Special prize awards in the Rosenwald tourney at N.Y. for best games have been made in the following order: to Bobby Fischer for his brilliant win vs. D. Byrne (published here a few weeks ago), to H. Seidman vs. M. Pavey, and to D. Byrne for a fine positional game vs. S. Reshevsky, the latter's only loss.” Read More

December 23, 1956

• New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, December 23, 1956 - Page 90 — Champions Who Retained or Won Individual and Team Honors During 1956 — Competitors Who Distinguished Themselves in Various Fields of Sports During the Year

December 29, 1956

• The Province, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Saturday, December 29, 1956 - Page 38 — Chess News — Maurice Fox v. Robert J. Fischer — The veteran former Canadian champion, Maurice Fox of Montreal, had to draw upon his resourcefulness and experience to the full in order to ward off the potent attack of the youngest competitor, Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, in their fourth-round game in the First Canadian Open Championship, Montreal, 1956. Here is their game. Read More

December 30, 1956

• The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, Sunday, December 30, 1956 - Page 16 — Christmas Chess Congress in Hastings, England — “Another nonstarter is 13 year old Bobby Fischer, the ‘chess wonder of Brooklyn,’ who turned down an invitation because of lack of funds, then accepted it after the funds were raised, but was himself turned down because his place had since been filled by someone else.” Read More