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January 01 1961

Robert James Fischer vs Pal Benko United States Championship (1960/61), New York, NY USA, rd 10, Jan-01 Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon. Maroczy Bind Gurgenidze Variation (B36) 1/2-1/2

• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, January 01, 1961 - Page 46, “Fischer Leads, 5-1 In U.S. Title Chess”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky Sunday, January 01, 1961 - Page 16, “Fischer Seems Certain Of Retaining U.S. Title”

January 03, 1961

Arthur Bisguier vs Robert James Fischer United States Championship (1960/61), New York, NY USA, rd 11, Jan-03 Indian Game: West Indian Defense (E61) 0-1

• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Tuesday, January 03, 1961 - Page 38, “Fischer Retains U.S. Chess Title: 4th Straight Victory Clinched by Draw Against Benko”

  

  • (Duplicate) (★) The Corpus Christi Caller-Times Corpus Christi, Texas Tuesday, January 03, 1961 - Page 29, “17-Year-Old Boy Wins Chess Title”
  • (Duplicate) (★) St. Louis Post-Dispatch St. Louis, Missouri Tuesday, January 03, 1961 - Page 13, “Bobby Fischer Wins 4th Chess Crown In Row”
  • (Duplicate) (★) The Des Moines Register Des Moines, Iowa Tuesday, January 03, 1961 - Page 8, “Bobby Fischer Wins Fourth Chess Title”
  • (Duplicate) (★) The Warren County Observer Warren, Pennsylvania Tuesday, January 03, 1961 - Page 21, “Bobby Fischer Wins Fourth Chess Title”
  • (Duplicate) (★) Tampa Bay Times St. Petersburg, Florida Monday, January 09, 1961 - Page 31, “Fischer Wins Fourth U.S. Chess Crown”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Wednesday, January 04, 1961 - Page 39, “Key Draw Recorded: Match With Benko Clinched Chess Title for Fischer”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Thursday, January 05, 1961 - Page 38, “Lombardy Takes Second In Chess: Beats Kalme in Final Round —Weinstein Sets Back Reshevsky for Third”

January 06, 1961

Bobby Fischer, Chess Player Closeup portrait of Bobby Fischer, New York, NY January 06, 1961 (Photo by Richard...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Monday, September 30, 2019

Bobby Fischer, Chess Player Closeup portrait of Bobby Fischer, New York, NY January 06, 1961 (Photo by Richard Meek/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images/Getty Images) https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/closeup-portrait-of-bobby-fischer-new-york-ny-1-6-1961-news-photo/81421841 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://vindication-of-bobby-fischer.co/images/1961/sports-illustrated-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target=_blank><img alt="Closeup portrait of Bobby Fischer, New York, NY January 06, 1961" title="Bobby Fischer, Chess News Articles: 1961" border="0" src="https://vindication-of-bobby-fischer.co/images/1961/sports-illustrated-001-600.jpg" width="600" height="900" /></a></div>

Bobby Fischer, Chess Player Closeup portrait of Bobby Fischer, New York, NY January 06, 1961

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Saturday, November 16, 2019

Bobby Fischer, Chess Player Closeup portrait of Bobby Fischer, New York, NY January 06, 1961 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://vindication-of-bobby-fischer.co/images/1961/sports-illustrated-002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target=_blank><img alt="Closeup portrait of Bobby Fischer, New York, NY January 06, 1961" title="Bobby Fischer, Chess News Articles: 1961" border="0" src="https://vindication-of-bobby-fischer.co/images/1961/sports-illustrated-002.jpg" width="600" height="880" /></a></div>

Bobby Fischer, Chess Player Closeup portrait of Bobby Fischer, New York, NY January 06, 1961 (Photo by Richard Meek/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images/Getty Images)

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Saturday, November 16, 2019

Bobby Fischer, Chess Player Closeup portrait of Bobby Fischer, New York, NY January 06, 1961 (Photo by Richard Meek/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images/Getty Images) https://www.gettyimages.fi/detail/news-photo/closeup-portrait-of-bobby-fischer-new-york-ny-1-6-1961-news-photo/81429801 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://vindication-of-bobby-fischer.co/images/1961/sports-illustrated-003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target=_blank><img alt="Closeup portrait of Bobby Fischer, New York, NY January 06, 1961" title="Bobby Fischer, Chess News Articles: 1961" border="0" src="https://vindication-of-bobby-fischer.co/images/1961/sports-illustrated-003-600.jpg" width="600" height="694" /></a></div>

• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky Sunday, January 08, 1961 - Page 36, “Fischer Tops Field In New York”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, January 08, 1961 - Page 249, “Fischer's Triumph Detailed”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Monroe Morning World Monroe, Louisiana Saturday, January 14, 1961 - Page 4, “Reaching For Stars”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, January 15, 1961 - Page 60, “Fischer Easy Winner In Fourth Title Tourney”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Orlando Evening Star Orlando, Florida Thursday, January 19, 1961 - Page 9, “The United States Championship”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, Thursday, January 19, 1961 - Page 30, “Old Man's Game?”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Pensacola News Pensacola, Florida Friday, January 20, 1961 - Page 7, “Changing His Luck”

  

  • (Duplicate) (★) Anderson Herald Anderson, Indiana Friday, January 20, 1961 - Page 24, “Changing His Luck”
  • (Duplicate) (★) The Honolulu Advertiser Honolulu, Hawaii Sunday, February 12, 1961 - Page 3, “Changing His Luck”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Indianapolis News Indianapolis, Indiana Saturday, January 21, 1961 - Page 18, “Bobby Fischer Simultaneous Prison Exhibition Match”

January 23, 1961

• Sports Illustrated, January 23, 1961 — The Genius From Brooklyn — Bobby Fischer has now won the U.S. chess championship for the fourth consecutive year, and since he will not be 18 until March, this means he has been sole possessor of the title ever since he was 14 years old. What made his most recent triumph particularly meaningful, however, was the fact that the players who pressed him hardest are not much older than he is. Second place in the tournament went to William Lombardy, a seasoned veteran of 23, and third to Raymond Weinstein, a 19-year-old college junior. Read More

January 25, 1961

Isaac Kashdan reports on Harry Borochow and Bobby Fischer at the Ambassador Hotel, Wednesday, February 01, 1961:
“In a similar exhibition at the Ambassador Hotel last Wednesday Fischer faced 50 opponents and an equal number had to be turned down. The youthful champions won 40 games, lost three to Antonio Loera of Los Angeles, D.C. McKenna of Claremont and Robert W. Moore of Red Bluff. Draws were recorded by Robert Cooper, Herbert Goldhamer, Kenneth Hense, Robert Katz, Tauno Saila, Wasily Skriabin and Kurt Smith. Harry Borochow was the referee.”

Robert Fischer (White) v. Robert W. Moore (Black) Red Bluff, California. Simultaneous in Los Angeles, January 25, 1961. This is the "lost game" that turned up in a George Koltanowski column and only recently pointed out! https://bfchos.blogspot.com/2018/06/lost-game-of-bobby-fischer.html <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://vindication-of-bobby-fischer.co/images/1961/1961-01-25-001.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target=_blank><img alt="Robert Fischer (White) v. Robert W. Moore (Black) Red Bluff, California. Simultaneous in Los Angeles, January 25, 1961." title="Robert Fischer (White) v. Robert W. Moore (Black) Red Bluff, California. Simultaneous in Los Angeles, January 25, 1961." border="0" src="https://vindication-of-bobby-fischer.co/images/1961/1961-01-25-001.gif" width="596" height="596" /></a></div>

Descriptive Notation 1. P-K4 P-QB4 2. N-KB3 P-Q3 3. P-Q4 PxP 4. NxP N-KB3 5. N-QB3 P-QR3 6. B-KN5 P-K3 7. Q-B3 B-K2 8. 0-0-0 QN-Q2 9. R-N1 0-0 10. P-KN4 Q-B2 11. B-K3 P-QN4 12. P-N5 N-K4 13. Q-R3 N-K1 14. P-B4 N-B5 15. BxN QxB 16. P-R3 P-N3 17. P-B5 KPxP 18. PxP N-N2 19. Q-B3 BxBP 20. N-Q5 QR-K1 21. N-B6ch BxN 22. PxB B-K5 23. Q-B2 N-B4 24. NxN BxN 25. B-R6 R-K7 26. QxB Q-R7 27. Resigns

Algebraic Notation: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qf3 Be7 8. 0-0-0 Nd7 9. Rg1 0-0 10. g4 Qc7 11. Be3 b5 12. g5 Ne5 13. Qh3 Ne8 14. f4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. a3 g6 17. f5 exf5 18. exf5 Ng7 19. Qf3 Bxf5 20. Nd5 Re8 21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22. gxf6 Be4 23. Qf2 Nf5 24. Nxf5 Bxf5 25. Bh6 Re2 26. Qxf5 Qa2 27. 0-1

• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Guardian London, Greater London, England Thursday, January 26, 1961 - Page 5, “Fischer Wins Again”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, January 29, 1961 - Page 24, “Grandmasters Will Give Exhibitions”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (★) (★) (Image) The Tennessean Nashville, Tennessee Sunday, January 29, 1961 - Page 14, “Chess Players Take Their Hobby Seriously”

  

  • (Duplicate) (★) The Tennessean Nashville, Tennessee Sunday, January 29, 1961 - Page 14, “Chess Players Take Their Hobby Seriously”

February 01, 1961

Robert James Fischer vs Kenneth Hense Simul, 50b (1961) (exhibition), Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles CA USA, Feb-01 Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Modern Steinitz Defense (C75) 1/2-1/2

Isaac Kashdan reports on Harry Borochow and Bobby Fischer at the Ambassador Hotel, Wednesday, February 01, 1961: "In a...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Thursday, November 28, 2019

Isaac Kashdan reports on Harry Borochow and Bobby Fischer at the Ambassador Hotel, Wednesday, February 01, 1961: “In a similar exhibition at the Ambassador Hotel last Wednesday Fischer faced 50 opponents and an equal number had to be turned down. The youthful champions won 40 games, lost three to Antonio Loera of Los Angeles, D.C. McKenna of Claremont and Robert W. Moore of Red Bluff. Draws were recorded by Robert Cooper, Herbert Goldhamer, Kenneth Hense, Robert Katz, Tauno Saila, Wasily Skriabin and Kurt Smith. Harry Borochow was the referee.” https://bobby-fischer-1961.blogspot.com/2018/06/fischer-exhibition.html <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://vindication-of-bobby-fischer.co/images/1961/1961-02-01-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target=_blank><img alt="Fischer Exhibition at Ambassador Hotel Facing 50 Opponents." title="Bobby Fischer, Chess News Articles: 1961" border="0" src="https://vindication-of-bobby-fischer.co/images/1961/1961-02-01-001-600.jpg" width="600" height="656" /></a></div>

One of Bobby Fischer's “Lost Games” turned up in another Chess Column. Robert W. Moore (above mentioned). https://bfchos.blogspot.com/2018/06/lost-game-of-bobby-fischer.html

February 1961

1. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Guardian London, Greater London, England Thursday, February 02, 1961 - Page 4, “Fischer's opportunism”
2. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Canada Saturday, February 04, 1961 - Page 29, “Chess On The Arctic Rim”
3. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Ottawa Journal Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Saturday, February 04, 1961 - Page 45, “Warm-Up In Iceland”
4. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, February 05, 1961 - Page 43, “Fischer Exhibition”

March 07, 1961

Casual chess between Bobby Fischer and U.S. Women's Champion Lisa Lane, New York, March 07, 1961. The games closed after two days, on March 09, 1961. Original b/w photograph by Wil Blanche/Sports Illustrated. For fair use, all credits must be kept intact. Color photo version created by the developer (me, yours truly) of https://bobby-fischer-1961.blogspot.com https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/casual-portrait-of-chess-champion-lisa-lane-during-chess-news-photo/1080983118

Casual chess between Bobby Fischer and U.S. Women's Champion Lisa Lane, New York, March 07, 1961. The games closed after two days, on March 09, 1961. Original b/w photograph by Wil Blanche/Sports Illustrated. For fair use, all credits must be kept intact. Color photo version created by the developer (me, yours truly) of https://bobby-fischer-1961.blogspot.com https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/casual-portrait-of-chess-champion-lisa-lane-during-chess-news-photo/1080983120

Casual chess between Bobby Fischer and U.S. Women's Champion Lisa Lane, New York, March 07, 1961. The games closed after two days, on March 09, 1961. Original b/w photograph by Wil Blanche/Sports Illustrated. For fair use, all credits must be kept intact. Color photo version created by the developer (me, yours truly) of https://bobby-fischer-1961.blogspot.com https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/casual-portrait-of-chess-champion-lisa-lane-during-informal-news-photo/1079559188

March 1961

1. (Opinion) (★) The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle Milwaukee, Wisconsin Friday, March 10, 1961 - Page 7, “Data”
2. (Brief Mention/Horoscope) (★) The Morning News Wilmington, Delaware Saturday, March 11, 1961 - Page 15, “Your Birthday”

   

   • (Duplicate) (★) The Terre Haute Tribune Terre Haute, Indiana Sunday, March 12, 1961 - Page 4, “Horoscope”
   • (Duplicate) (★) Independent Star-News Pasadena, California Sunday, March 12, 1961 - Page 38, “Your Birthday by Stella”
   • (Duplicate) (★) The Daily News-Texan Grand Prairie, Texas Sunday, March 12, 1961 - Page 8, “Stella - Horoscope”
   • (Duplicate) (★) The Palm Beach Post West Palm Beach, Florida Sunday, March 12, 1961 - Page 8, “Your Birthday”
3. (Vague Mention) (★) The Guardian London, Greater London, England Wednesday, March 15, 1961 - Page 7, “Game For The Young: National Chess Week in Progress”
4. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Guardian London, Greater London, England Friday, March 17, 1961 - Page 8, “Master Meets Master”

   

   • (Duplicate) (★) The Ottawa Journal Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Thursday, March 30, 1961 - Page 6, “Tal vs. Botvinnik: Chess Masters Meet”
5. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) St. Louis Post-Dispatch St. Louis, Missouri Sunday, March 26, 1961 - Page 93, “Taking the Long, Long Trail to Peace: Eighteen Determined Pacifists Here En Route From San Francisco; Some Hope to Reach Moscow”

April 02 1961

• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Fort Lauderdale News Fort Lauderdale, Florida Sunday, April 02, 1961 - Page 32, “Botvinnik - Fischer Crown”

April 16 1961

• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, April 16, 1961 - Page 81, “Botvinnik Widens Lead In Title Match”

May 11 1961

• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Evening Sun Hanover, Pennsylvania Thursday, May 11, 1961 - Page 34, “Lisa Lane Hasn't Met Her Match”

  

  • (Duplicate) (★) The Progress-Index Petersburg, Virginia Tuesday, May 02, 1961 - Page 8, “Woman Chess Champion Still Seeks Her Knight”
  • (Duplicate) (★) The Index-Journal Greenwood, South Carolina Monday, May 08, 1961 - Page 2, “Chess Champion Hasn't Met Her Match”
  • (Duplicate) (★) Greeley Daily Tribune Greeley, Colorado Monday, May 08, 1961 - Page 16, “Lisa's Romance Is Still Bright”
  • (Duplicate) (★) Hattiesburg American Hattiesburg, Mississippi Wednesday, May 10, 1961 - Page 24, “Chess champ Lisa Lane hasn't met her match”
  • (Duplicate) (★) Rocky Mount Telegram Rocky Mount, North Carolina Sunday, May 14, 1961 - Page 21, “Lisa Hasn't Met Her Match”
  • (Duplicate) (★) The Ogden Standard-Examiner Ogden, Utah Thursday, May 18, 1961 - Page 33, “Champ's 'Knight' Leads A Checkered Existence”
  • (Duplicate) (★) The Courier-News Bridgewater, New Jersey Friday, May 19, 1961 - Page 26, “Lisa Hasn't Met Her Match-Yet!”
  • (Duplicate) (★) Casper Star-Tribune Casper, Wyoming Wednesday, May 24, 1961 - Page 11, “Lisa Hasn't Met Her Match”
  • (Duplicate) (★) The Racine Journal-Times Sunday Bulletin Racine, Wisconsin Sunday, May 28, 1961 - Page 25, “White Knight Is Winner for Lisa Lane”
  • (Duplicate) (★) The Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune Chillicothe, Missouri Thursday, June 01, 1961 - Page 15, “Lisa Hasn't Met Her Match”
  • (Duplicate) (★) The Pensacola News Pensacola, Florida Thursday, June 22, 1961 - Page 10, “Concentration Asset to Woman Chess Champion”
  • (Duplicate) (★) (★) The Dispatch Moline, Illinois Thursday, August 03, 1961 - Page 12, “Glamour and Brains Are Both Lisa Lane's”
  • (Duplicate) (★) The San Bernardino County Sun San Bernardino, California Sunday, August 13, 1961 - Page 29, “Lisa Lane's Shining Knight Marches Across Chessboard”
  • (Duplicate) (★) Kingsport Times-News Kingsport, Tennessee Sunday, October 01, 1961 - Page 51, “Women's Chess Champion Hasn't Met Match Yet”
  • (Duplicate) (★) Kingsport Times-News Kingsport, Tennessee Sunday, October 01, 1961 - Page 52, “Women's Chess Champion Hasn't Met Match Yet”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, May 14, 1961 - Page 271, “Bobby Fischer Hailed: Botvinnik Cites U.S. Player as Chess Title Prospect”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, May 14, 1961 - Page 36, “Fischer Vs. Reshevsky”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Press and Sun-Bulletin Binghamton, New York Wednesday, May 17, 1961 - Page 49, “Bobby Fischer Exhibition Match”

May 22 1961

• Evening Standard, London, Greater London, England, Monday, May 22, 1961 — For the Top Masters: £4000 A Year Plus A Pension: Why Russia Rules the Chessboard — A 49-year-old greying, bespectacled electrical engineer named Mikhail Botvinnik has just given 40 million Russian sports fans their biggest shock for many years. Sports fans? Yes.
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May 27 1961

• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Canada Saturday, May 27, 1961 - Page 19, “Morphy Movie Biography”

June 15, 1961

Regina Fischer Out Of Water Swiss-born American physician and political activist Regina Fischer (later Pustan) (1913 -...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Monday, September 30, 2019

June 1961

1. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Guardian London, Greater London, England Thursday, June 01, 1961 - Page 6, “The Marshall Attack”
2. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, June 04, 1961 - Page 56, “Fischer Vs. Reshevsky”
3. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) (Image) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, June 11, 1961 - Page 55, “Champions Matched At Beverly Hilton Hotel”
4. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Sunday Gazette-Mail Charleston, West Virginia Sunday, June 11, 1961 - Page 66, “16 Match Game Between Bobby Fischer and Samuel Reshevsky ”
5. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Canada Saturday, June 17, 1961 - Page 19, “Fischer-Reshevsky Match”
6. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Guardian London, Greater London, England Thursday, June 22, 1961 - Page 6, “Fischer - Reshevsky Summer Match”
7. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, June 25, 1961 - Page 224, “16 Game Match Between Reshevsky-Fischer”
8. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, June 25, 1961 - Page 65, “Fischer Vs. Reshevsky at Herman Steiner Chess Club”
9. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Bridgeport Post Bridgeport, Connecticut Friday, June 30, 1961 - Page 33, “Intellectual Sport”

   

   • (Duplicate) “Bobby Fischer, 18-year-old chess champion, discusses curious tensions of the game.” (★) Democrat and Chronicle Rochester, New York Sunday, July 02, 1961 - Page 75, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) “The Curious Tension of Chess,” exploring the history of chess and its irregular status as both an intellectual pursuit and a competitive sport. Guests: Miles Herbert, chess authority, and Bobby Fischer, United States chess champion, (★) The Burlington Free Press Burlington, Vermont Saturday, July 01, 1961 - Page 7, “Camera 3”
   • (Duplicate) “Camera Three - The history of chess will be described and Bobby Fischer, U.S. champion, will be a guest.” (★) The Dispatch Moline, Illinois Saturday, July 01, 1961 - Page 14, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) “Camera Three” delves into “The Curious Tensions of Chess.” International grand champ Bobby Fischer, 18, and chess authority Miles Herbert discuss the origin and history (13).” (★) Arizona Daily Star Tucson, Arizona Sunday, July 02, 1961 - Page 37, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) (★) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Sunday, July 02, 1961 - Page 37, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) (★) The Des Moines Register Des Moines, Iowa Sunday, July 02, 1961 - Page 83, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) (★) Press and Sun-Bulletin Binghamton, New York Sunday, July 02, 1961 - Page 35, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) (★) The Decatur Daily Review Decatur, Illinois Sunday, July 02, 1961 - Page 28, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) (★) The Indianapolis Star Indianapolis, Indiana Sunday, July 02, 1961 - Page 93, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) (★) The Baltimore Sun Baltimore, Maryland Sunday, July 02, 1961 - Page 36, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) (★) The Bridgeport Post Bridgeport, Connecticut Sunday, July 02, 1961 - Page 52, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) (★) The Times Munster, Indiana Sunday, July 02, 1961 - Page 21, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) (★) Star-Gazette Elmira, New York Sunday, July 02, 1961 - Page 26, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) (★) Daily Press Newport News, Virginia Sunday, July 02, 1961 - Page 47, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) (★) Southern Illinoisan Carbondale, Illinois Sunday, July 02, 1961 - Page 12, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) (★) The Kokomo Tribune Kokomo, Indiana Sunday, July 02, 1961 - Page 23, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) (★) The Times Hammond, Indiana Sunday, July 02, 1961 - Page 28, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) (★) Asbury Park Press Asbury Park, New Jersey Sunday, July 02, 1961 - Page 29, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) (★) Chicago Tribune Chicago, Illinois Sunday, July 02, 1961 - Page 24, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) (★) Lansing State Journal Lansing, Michigan Sunday, July 02, 1961 - Page 32, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) (★) The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Sunday, July 02, 1961 - Page 52, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) (★) The Republic Columbus, Indiana Monday, July 03, 1961 - Page 12, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) (★) The Capital Journal Salem, Oregon Monday, July 03, 1961 - Page 12, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) (★) The Monroe News-Star Monroe, Louisiana Monday, July 03, 1961 - Page 11, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) (★) Austin American-Statesman Austin, Texas Monday, July 03, 1961 - Page 3, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) (★) The Pensacola News Pensacola, Florida Monday, July 03, 1961 - Page 14, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) (★) The Daily Republican Monongahela, Pennsylvania Monday, July 03, 1961 - Page 10, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) (★) The News Journal Wilmington, Delaware Monday, July 03, 1961 - Page 22, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) (★) Traverse City Record-Eagle Traverse City, Michigan Monday, July 03, 1961 - Page 2, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) (★) The News-Herald Franklin, Pennsylvania Monday, July 03, 1961 - Page 9, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) (★) The Town Talk Alexandria, Louisiana Monday, July 03, 1961 - Page 14, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) (★) The Sandusky Register Sandusky, Ohio Monday, July 03, 1961 - Page 17, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) (★) The Call-Leader Elwood, Indiana Monday, July 03, 1961 - Page 7, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) (★) The Daily Times New Philadelphia, Ohio Monday, July 03, 1961 - Page 3, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) (★) New Castle News New Castle, Pennsylvania Monday, July 03, 1961 - Page 16, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) (★) Redlands Daily Facts Redlands, California Monday, July 03, 1961 - Page 10, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) (★) Springfield Leader and Press Springfield, Missouri Monday, July 03, 1961 - Page 12, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) (★) Marysville Journal-Tribune Marysville, Ohio Monday, July 03, 1961 - Page 9, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) (★) The Lawton Constitution Lawton, Oklahoma Monday, July 03, 1961 - Page 7, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) (★) Logansport Pharos-Tribune Logansport, Indiana Monday, July 03, 1961 - Page 4, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) (★) Simpson's Leader-Times Kittanning, Pennsylvania Monday, July 03, 1961 - Page 13, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) (★) Cumberland Evening Times Cumberland, Maryland Monday, July 03, 1961 - Page 10, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) (★) Shamokin News-Dispatch Shamokin, Pennsylvania Monday, July 03, 1961 - Page 7, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) (★) The Oshkosh Northwestern Oshkosh, Wisconsin Monday, July 03, 1961 - Page 17, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) (★) The Tipton Daily Tribune Tipton, Indiana Monday, July 03, 1961 - Page 2, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) (★) Courier-Post Camden, New Jersey Monday, July 03, 1961 - Page 22, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) (★) The Alexandria Times-Tribune Alexandria, Indiana Monday, July 03, 1961 - Page 3, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) (★) Las Vegas Daily Optic East Las Vegas, New Mexico Monday, July 03, 1961 - Page 2, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) (★) Las Vegas Daily Optic East Las Vegas, New Mexico Monday, July 03, 1961 - Page 6, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) (★) Pampa Daily News Pampa, Texas Tuesday, July 04, 1961 - Page 2, “Camera Three”
   • (Duplicate) “The history of chess will be described and Bobby Fischer, U.S. champion, will be a guest.” (★) The Dispatch Moline, Illinois Friday, June 30, 1961 - Page 20, “Camera Three - History of Chess”

July 1961

In 1961 Fischer waits while Reshevsky studies his first move.

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Saturday, November 16, 2019

Photograph, courtesy of James B. Hunt, shows Samuel Reshevsky and Robert J. Fischer starting their first game at the Beverley Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. Half-hidden by the placard with Fischer's name is Jose Ferrer. Fischer waits while Reshevsky studies his first move. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://vindication-of-bobby-fischer.co/images/1961/reshevsky-fischer-1961.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target=_blank><img alt="Fischer waits while Reshevsky studies his first move." title="Bobby Fischer, Chess News Articles: 1961" border="0" src="https://vindication-of-bobby-fischer.co/images/1961/reshevsky-fischer-1961-600.jpg" width="600" height="486" /></a></div>

1. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, July 02, 1961 - Page 30, “Jose Ferrer Match M.C. of Fischer-Reshevsky Match”
2. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Naugatuck Daily News, Naugatuck, Connecticut, Monday, July 03, 1961 - Page 6, “Television In Review”
3. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Press Democrat Santa Rosa, California Sunday, July 09, 1961 - Page 44, “Bobby Fischer on White Side, Simultaneous”

   

   • (Duplicate) (★) El Paso Times, El Paso, Texas Sunday, July 30, 1961 - Page 29, “Chats on Chess”
   • (Duplicate) (★) The Corpus Christi Caller-Times Corpus Christi, Texas Sunday, August 20, 1961 - Page 49, “Chats on Chess”
   • (Duplicate) (★) Arizona Republic Phoenix, Arizona Sunday, January 07, 1962 - Page 26, “Sicilian Defense”
4. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, July 16, 1961 - Page 70, “Fischer, Reshevsky Start Match Today”
5. (Advertisement) (★) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, July 16, 1961 - Page 70, “Play Chess?”
6. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Fort Lauderdale News Fort Lauderdale, Florida Sunday, July 16, 1961 - Page 25, “Fischer-Reshevsky”
7. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Sunday Gazette-Mail Charleston, West Virginia Sunday, July 16, 1961 - Page 68, “16-Game Match Between Fischer and Reshevsky Gets Underway”
8. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Monday, July 17, 1961 - Page 15, “Reshevsky Meets Fischer In Chess: First Game of Match Here Adjourned on 43d Move”
9. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Chicago Tribune Chicago, Illinois Tuesday, July 18, 1961 - Page 35, “Former Chess Champ Beats Bobby Fischer”
10. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Tuesday, July 18, 1961 - Page 23, “Reshevsky Beats Fischer In Chess”
11. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Des Moines Register Des Moines, Iowa Tuesday, July 18, 1961 - Page 2, “Samuel Reshevsky vs. Bobby Fischer, Won 1st Game of Match”
12. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Wednesday, July 19, 1961 - Page 21, “Fischer Turns Back Reshevsky In Chess”
13. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Tampa Tribune Tampa, Florida Wednesday, July 19, 1961 - Page 28, “Chess Match”

    

    • (Duplicate) (★) The Tampa Tribune Tampa, Florida Wednesday, July 19, 1961 - Page 28, “Chess Match”
14. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Friday, July 21, 1961 - Page 20, “Reshevsky Holds Fischer To Draw: Chess Rivals Remain Tied After 25-Move Match”
15. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Canada Saturday, July 22, 1961 - Page 29, “The West and the World Championship”
16. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Tuesday, July 25, 1961 - Page 23, “Chess Game A Draw: Fischer, Reshevsky End 4th Contest After 43 Moves”
17. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Wednesday, July 26, 1961 - Page 26, “Reshevsky, Fischer Off To Coast Today”
18. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Wednesday, July 26, 1961 - Page 23, “Reshevsky, Fischer Tied 2-2 in Chess”
19. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Thursday, July 27, 1961 - Page 11, “Chess Champions To Start Matches Today”
20. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Oakland Tribune Oakland, California Thursday, July 27, 1961 - Page 5, “Chess Titlist, 18, Meets Ex-Champ”
21. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (★) (Image) (Image) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Friday, July 28, 1961 - Page 23, “Reshevsky and Fischer Open Chess Matches”
22. (Brief mention) Bobby Fischer, the U.S. chess champion, and Samuel Reshevsky, his top opponent, have their chess game in Beverly Hills, Calif., adjourned until Monday night. The game had lasted five hours and each player had made 42 moves… (★) Poughkeepsie Journal Poughkeepsie, New York Friday, July 28, 1961 - Page 24, “AP Dispatches: Bobby Fischer vs. Samuel Reshevsky”
23. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Oakland Tribune Oakland, California Friday, July 28, 1961 - Page 26, “Chess Match to Resume Monday”
24. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Lansing State Journal Lansing, Michigan Saturday, July 29, 1961 - Page 2, “It's (Yawn) Your Move Next, Bob”
25. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Saturday, July 29, 1961 - Page 13, “Fischer Assumes Chess Advantage: Reshevsky a Pawn Down as 42-Move Game Is Put Off”
26. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, July 30, 1961 - Page 39, “Fischer Favored In Adjourned Game”
27. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Monday, July 31, 1961 - Page 25, “Fischer, Reshevsky Draw”
28. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Times-News Twin Falls, Idaho Monday, July 31, 1961 - Page 6, “Chess Champs Play off Draw”

August 1961

Samuel Reshevsky and Bobby Fischer at their 1961 tournament which took place in New York and California. Original photo by Herbert Dallinger.

Jacqueline Piatigorsky and Bobby Fischer at the Herman Steiner Chess Club, 1961. Original photo by unknown. World Chess Hall of Fame collection.

Samuel Reshevsky and Bobby Fischer during their 1961 match (New York/California). The final position from the 5th game is on the board from July 27. For a few years, much ado was made over the question whether former U.S. champion Sammy Reshevsky or young Fischer the reigning U.S. champ were the superior. Reshevsky felt certain he could defeat Fischer in tournament play. However, upon reaching Los Angeles, California, the referee Irving Rivise (seen standing, dressed in a black suit) broke the tournament rules, and without gaining young Mr. Fischer's consent, changed the schedule for a second time, to an earlier starting time, solely to accommodate his personal schedule to arrive earlier, at the San Francisco U.S. Open. For this flagrancy, Mr. Fischer forfeited his round. The news outlets published a distortion of events, claiming Piatigorsky's cello was the underlying cause. However, the Los Angeles Times interviewed the organizers and confirmed the specific reason was to accommodate Mr. Rivise's scheduled trip to San Francisco. Without Mr. Fischer's consent. See: The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Monday, August 14, 1961 Chess Champ Forfeits by Failing to Appear U.S. chess champion Bobby Fischer forfeited his 12th match game with former champion Samuel Reshevsky when he failed to appear on time Sunday. The match, set for the Herman Steiner Chess Club, 8801 Cashio St., at 11 a.m. was declared forfeited after the supervising committee waited an hour for Fischer to show up. A spokesman for the committee said Fischer had protested the starting time was “too early” and that he wanted the match to begin at the time originally scheduled, 1:30 p.m. The time had been advanced, it was explained, to permit the referee and the committee to be on hand for a championship tournament scheduled to open in San Francisco today. Fischer and Reshevsky were engaged in a 16-game match and had completed 11 up until Sunday's forfeiture. The final four games were to have been played in New York. The two contestants had been tied in the number of victories. https://bobby-fischer-1961.blogspot.com/2018/06/chess-champ-forfeits-by-failing-to.html

Samuel Reshevsky, Robert J. Fischer, Jacqueline Piatigorsky, José Ferrer and Lina Grumette in 1961 Fischer-Reshevsky Series Match.

1. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Tuesday, August 01, 1961 - Page 34, “Fischer Is Favored In Adjourned Game”
2. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Minneapolis Star Minneapolis, Minnesota Tuesday, August 01, 1961 - Page 16, “Youth Wins Game in Chess Series”

   

   • (Duplicate) (★) Poughkeepsie Journal Poughkeepsie, New York Tuesday, August 01, 1961 - Page 18, “Bobby Fischer, 18 year old chess champion, wins a game”
3. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Tuesday, August 01, 1961 - Page 28, “Chess Experts Play to Draw”
4. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Tuesday, August 01, 1961 - Page 25, “Fischer Wins Game No. 5 in Chess Series”
5. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Times-News Twin Falls, Idaho Tuesday, August 01, 1961 - Page 8, “Boy Player Is Chess Leader”
6. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Wednesday, August 02, 1961 - Page 72, “U.S. Champion Fischer Loses Chess Round”
7. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Journal News White Plains, New York Wednesday, August 02, 1961 - Page 1, “Reshevsky Win Ties Chess Series”
8. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Poughkeepsie Journal Poughkeepsie, New York Wednesday, August 02, 1961 - Page 40, “Champion Defeated In Chess Match”
9. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Times-News Twin Falls, Idaho Wednesday, August 02, 1961 - Page 6, “Evened up”
10. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Minneapolis Star Minneapolis, Minnesota Wednesday, August 02, 1961 - Page 7, “Chess King Loses”
11. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Thursday, August 03, 1961 - Page 16, “Reshevsky Beats Fischer In Chess”
12. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Guardian London, Greater London, England Thursday, August 03, 1961 - Page 5, “Defensive errors”
13. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Oakland Tribune Oakland, California Friday, August 04, 1961 - Page 6, “Chess Masters Call Recess in Game”
14. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Saturday, August 05, 1961 - Page 12, “Fischer, Reshevsky Adjourn 8th Game”
15. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Canada Saturday, August 05, 1961 - Page 11, “Reshevsky, 2, Fischer, 2”
16. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, August 06, 1961 - Page 22, “Fischer, Reshevsky Closely Matched”
17. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Sunday Gazette-Mail Charleston, West Virginia Sunday, August 06, 1961 - Page 34, “Fischer vs. Reshevsky: Pawn Advantage”
18. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Fort Lauderdale News Fort Lauderdale, Florida Sunday, August 06, 1961 - Page 82, “Fischer leading in Match with Reshevsky 3.5 to 2.5”
19. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Monday, August 07, 1961 - Page 28, “Chess Adjourned Again: Fischer, Reshevsky Will Try to Finish 8th Game Tonight”
20. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Monday, August 07, 1961 - Page 79, “Chess Titans Adjourn 9th Contest Here”
21. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Tuesday, August 08, 1961 - Page 40, “Two Games in Chess Series End in Draws”
22. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Oakland Tribune Oakland, California Tuesday, August 08, 1961 - Page 4, “Chess Matches End in Draws”

    

    • (Duplicate) (★) The Times-News Twin Falls, Idaho Tuesday, August 08, 1961 - Page 11, “Chess Players Play 2 Draws”
23. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) St. Louis Post-Dispatch St. Louis, Missouri Tuesday, August 08, 1961 - Page 16, “2 Draws In Chess Match”
24. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Wednesday, August 09, 1961 - Page 31, “Reshevsky, Fischer in Chess Draw”

    

    • (Duplicate) (★) Des Moines Tribune Des Moines, Iowa Wednesday, August 09, 1961 - Page 44, “Chess Tie”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Wednesday, August 09, 1961 - Page 29, “Reshevsky, Fischer in Chess Draw”
25. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Wednesday, August 09, 1961 - Page 41, “Fischer, Reshevsky Still Tied In Chess”
26. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Pasadena Independent Pasadena, California Wednesday, August 09, 1961 - Page 28, “Championship Chess Series Deadlocked”
27. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Oakland Tribune Oakland, California Wednesday, August 09, 1961 - Page 3, “U.S. Chess Stars Tied in 10th Game”
28. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Thursday, August 10, 1961 - Page 21, “Reshevsky Stays Tied With Fischer: Chess Rivals Draw in 10th Game After 40 Moves”
29. (Brief mention) (★) “Bobby Fischer, 18, U.S. chess champion, and former champion Samuel Reshevsky, 47, tied in the 10th game of their 16-game series. The game was called after 40 moves…” The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Canada Thursday, August 10, 1961 - Page 4, “People make news”
30. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Thursday, August 10, 1961 - Page 45, “Chess Experts to Clash Tonight”
31. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Friday, August 11, 1961 - Page 16, “Passed Pawn Failed To Win For Fischer”
32. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Oakland Tribune Oakland, California Saturday, August 12, 1961 - Page 2, “2 Chess Champions Can't Win for Tying”
33. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Saturday, August 12, 1961 - Page 13, “Chess Adjourned After 40 Moves: Fischer Holds Edge Over Reshevsky in 11th Game”
34. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, August 13, 1961 - Page 195, “Fischer, Reshevsky Draw In 11th Game”
35. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) (Image) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, August 13, 1961 - Page 42, “Fischer Misses Chances In Match”
36.  ! (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The San Bernardino County Sun San Bernardino, California Sunday, August 13, 1961 - Page 64, “Fischer Fails to Show Up, Rocks Chess Circles”

    

    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) Arizona Daily Star Tucson, Arizona Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 6, “Chess Champ Fischer Fails To Show Up”
    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) Albuquerque Journal Albuquerque, New Mexico Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 1, “Youthful Chess Champ Forfeits His 12th Game”
    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) The Times Shreveport, Louisiana Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 8, “U.S. Chess Champ Fails to Show Up”
    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 9, “Chess Champ Fails to Play”
    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) Democrat and Chronicle Rochester, New York Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 9, “U.S. Chess Champion Skips 12th Match”
    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) The Kansas City Times Kansas City, Missouri Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 2, “Chess Forfeit Costs Fischer”
    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) Arizona Republic Phoenix, Arizona Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 5, “U.S. Chess Champ Defaults”
    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) Arizona Republic Phoenix, Arizona Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 25, “U.S. Chess Champ Defaults”
    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) Arizona Republic Phoenix, Arizona Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 15, “U.S. Chess Champ Defaults”
    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) The Des Moines Register Des Moines, Iowa Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 2, “No Show”
    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) Florence Morning News Florence, South Carolina Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 2, “U.S. Chess King Forfeits Match”
    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) The Morning Herald Uniontown, Pennsylvania Tuesday, August 15, 1961 - Page 7, “Chess Champ and Challenger”
37. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Fort Lauderdale News Fort Lauderdale, Florida Sunday, August 13, 1961 - Page 64, “Fischer vs. Reshevsky Mid-Match Stats”
38.  ! (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 20, “Fischer Cites Hour, Misses Chess Game”
39.  ! (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Miami News Miami, Florida Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 18, “Chess Champion Throws Tantrum”

    

    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) The Jackson Sun Jackson, Tennessee Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 9, “Chess Game Has Ended in Rhubarb”
    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) The Oshkosh Northwestern Oshkosh, Wisconsin Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 15, “Chess Champ Will Not Move”
    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) Herald and News Klamath Falls, Oregon Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 12, “Forfeit Irks Chess Champ”
    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) The Daily Reporter Greenfield, Indiana Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 6, “U.S. Chess Champion Claims He's Rooked”
    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) The Winona Daily News Winona, Minnesota Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 2, “Chess Champ Won't Play In Mornings”
    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) Vidette-Messenger of Porter County Valparaiso, Indiana Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 9, “Chess Aces Have Some Difficulties”
    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) Manitowoc Herald-Times Manitowoc, Wisconsin Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 16, “Chess Champ Likes Sleep”
    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) Hattiesburg American Hattiesburg, Mississippi Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 12, “Chess champ plays only on his own terms”
    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) The Lawton Constitution Lawton, Oklahoma Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 5, “Chess Champ Is 'Rooked'”
    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) Alton Evening Telegraph Alton, Illinois Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 13, “Champ Chess Player Irked”
    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) Port Angeles Evening News Port Angeles, Washington Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 3, “Chess champ is unhappy”
    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) The Evening Standard Uniontown, Pennsylvania Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 16, “Chess Champ Is Bitter”
    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) Great Bend Tribune Great Bend, Kansas Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 7, “Chess Champion Fails To Show”
    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) The Santa Fe New Mexican Santa Fe, New Mexico Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 15, “Chess Star ‘Rooked’”
    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) The Iola Register Iola, Kansas Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 9, “U.S. Chess Champion, 16, Declines Morning Match With a Challenger”
    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) Miami Daily News-Record Miami, Oklahoma Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 5, “Chess King Says Forfeit No Good After Coast Balk”
    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) The Gettysburg Times Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 4, “Chess Champs Have Battle”
    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) Lebanon Daily News Lebanon, Pennsylvania Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 13, “U.S. Chess Champ Claims He Was Rooked”
    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) The Salina Journal Salina, Kansas Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 9, “Whose Move Is It Now In This Chess Dispute?”
    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) Wausau Daily Herald Wausau, Wisconsin Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 17, “Chess Champ Doesn't Show”
    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) The Evening Sun Hanover, Pennsylvania Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 11, “Chess Champion Forfeits Match”
    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) The Hays Daily News Hays, Kansas Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 8, “Teen-Age Chess Champ Says He's Been Rooked”
    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) The Daily Tribune Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 6, “Forfeits Chess Contest, Won't Play in Morning”
    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) The Daily Tribune Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 6, “Forfeits Chess Contest, Won't Play in Morning”
    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) Nanaimo Daily News Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 11, “Chess Player Has Referee Problems Too”
    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) The Daily Republic Mitchell, South Dakota Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 13, “Chess Champion Thinks He's Been 'Rooked'”
    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) The Circleville Herald Circleville, Ohio Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 7, “Rhubarb Fouls Up Chess Tournament”
    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) Journal Gazette Mattoon, Illinois Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 9, “Chess Champion Thinks That He Has Been Rooked”
    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) The Advocate-Messenger Danville, Kentucky Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 5, “Chess Champ Says He's Been Rooked”
    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) Idaho State Journal Pocatello, Idaho Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 6, “One Rooked, One Moves In Stalemate”
    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) The Evening Standard Uniontown, Pennsylvania Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 27, “Chess Champ Is Bitter”
    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) Northwest Arkansas Times Fayetteville, Arkansas Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 3, “Chess Contenders Find A Real-Life Checkmate”
    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) The Santa Fe New Mexican Santa Fe, New Mexico Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 12, “Chess Star 'Rooked'”
    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) The Times-News Twin Falls, Idaho Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 6, “Chess Champ Says Forfeit Is Not Legal”
    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) The Ottawa Herald Ottawa, Kansas Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 2, “Whose Move Is It?”
    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) Muncie Evening Press Muncie, Indiana Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 13, “Champ Declines Play in Morning, Match Forfeit”
40. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Monday, August 14, 1961 - Page 73, “Chess Champ Forfeits by Failing to Appear”
41. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Tuesday, August 15, 1961 - Page 36, “Reshevsky Earns Draw: Threat of Perpetual Check Ends 11th Game in Chess”
42.  ! (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Journal Times Racine, Wisconsin Tuesday, August 15, 1961 - Page 13, “Champ and Challenger”

    

    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) The Corpus Christi Caller-Times Corpus Christi, Texas Tuesday, August 15, 1961 - Page 3, “Chess Champ and Challenger”
    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) The Times Shreveport, Louisiana Tuesday, August 15, 1961 - Page 5, “Bobby Fischer failed to show up”
43.  ! (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Tuesday, August 15, 1961 - Page 36, “Fischer Threatens to Quit His Series: He Says He'll Walk Out if Forfeit in Chess Is Upheld”
44.  ! (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The San Bernardino County Sun San Bernardino, California Wednesday, August 16, 1961 - Page 9, “High and Inside”
45.  ! (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Wednesday, August 16, 1961 - Page 83, “Chess and Cobwebs”
46.  ! (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Wednesday, August 16, 1961 - Page 25, “Absence Of Fischer Puts Off Chess Game”
47.  ! (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Thursday, August 17, 1961 - Page 22, “Fischer Facing Damage Suit If He Fails to Resume Chess: 18-Year-Old U.S. Champion Is Warned by Foundation to Play Here Today and Continue Series With Reshevsky”
48.  ! (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Morning News Wilmington, Delaware Thursday, August 17, 1961 - Page 5, “Young Chess King Rebuked”

    

    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) Chicago Tribune Chicago, Illinois Thursday, August 17, 1961 - Page 71, “Ultimatum Hits Chess Champion, 18”
    •  ! (Duplicate) (★) The Kansas City Times Kansas City, Missouri Thursday, August 17, 1961 - Page 2, “Chess Champion Draws Warning”
49. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Oakland Tribune Oakland, California Friday, August 18, 1961 - Page 8, “Young Chess Champ Forfeits Series”
50. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Friday, August 18, 1961 - Page 27, “Absent Fischer Loses Chess: He Fails to Appear, Forfeiting Series to Reshevsky”

    

    • (Duplicate) (★) The Des Moines Register Des Moines, Iowa Friday, August 18, 1961 - Page 2, “Forfeit”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Friday, August 18, 1961 - Page 7, “Chess Match Forfeited by Fischer”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Idaho State Journal Pocatello, Idaho Friday, August 18, 1961 - Page 32, “Chess Champ Reneges”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Idaho State Journal Pocatello, Idaho Friday, August 18, 1961 - Page 20, “Chess Champ Reneges”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Chicago Tribune Chicago, Illinois Saturday, August 19, 1961 - Page 50, “Forfeit”
51.  ! (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Guardian London, Greater London, England Friday, August 18, 1961 - Page 16, “Fischer fails to attend and loses game by forfeit”
52. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Saturday, August 19, 1961 - Page 15, “Sponsor to Decide Fischer Chess Fee In Light of Forfeit”
53. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Times Shreveport, Louisiana Saturday, August 19, 1961 - Page 7, “Chess Champ May Lose His Prize Share”

    

    • (Duplicate) (★) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Saturday, August 19, 1961 - Page 8, “Chess Group May Withhold Prize”
54. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The San Bernardino County Sun San Bernardino, California Saturday, August 19, 1961 - Page 14, “Chess Champ Gives Up, Forfeits $8,000 Match”
55. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, August 20, 1961 - Page 217, “Chess Congress To Start Sept. 2: 20 Stars to Pay Tribute to Bled Tourney of 1931”
56. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Sunday Gazette-Mail Charleston, West Virginia Sunday, August 20, 1961 - Page 70, “U.S. Chess Open San Francisco vs. Fischer-Reshevsky Tournament”
57. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky Sunday, August 20, 1961 - Page 36, “Fischer Fails To Show, Forfeits To Reshevsky”
58. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Fort Lauderdale News Fort Lauderdale, Florida Sunday, August 20, 1961 - Page 48, “Fischer-Reshevsky Match”
59. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Sunday, August 20, 1961 - Page 27, “Chess Notebook by Lyman Burgess”
60. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Courier-Post Camden, New Jersey Wednesday, August 23, 1961 - Page 4, “Reshevsky-Fischer Match Ends in Fiasco”
61. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle Milwaukee, Wisconsin Friday, August 25, 1961 - Page 2, “Reshevsky-Fischer”
62. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Ottawa Journal Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Saturday, August 26, 1961 - Page 48, “Match Fiasco”
63. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Fort Lauderdale News Fort Lauderdale, Florida Sunday, August 27, 1961 - Page 39, “Fischer Forfeits”
64. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) (Image) El Paso Times El Paso, Texas Sunday, August 27, 1961 - Page 64, “Those Special Children”

    

    • (Duplicate) (★) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Sunday, August 27, 1961 - Page 79, “Bobby Fischer”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Fort Lauderdale News Fort Lauderdale, Florida Sunday, August 27, 1961 - Page 94, “Bobby Fischer”
65.  ! (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Sunday, August 27, 1961 - Page 25, “Chess Notebook”
66. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky Sunday, August 27, 1961 - Page 38, “America's Top Chess Players are Among the Best in the World”
67. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Courier-Post Camden, New Jersey Wednesday, August 30, 1961 - Page 16, “Bobby Fischer, 1957 New Jersey Open Championship Winner and Reshevsky Match”

September 1961

Zadnji dvoboj. (Last duel.) Jubilarni Medjunarodni Veleturnir, Bled 1961 (Jubilee International Tournament) Ljubljana, Slovenia 1962, Page 158. Borislav Ivkov vs Robert James Fischer Bled (1961), Bled YUG, rd 19, Oct-03 Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation (D35) 1/2-1/2 https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1044534

Fischer-Tal from Bled 1961. Najdorf looks on. Robert James Fischer vs Mikhail Tal Bled (1961), Bled YUG, rd 2, Sep-04 Sicilian Defense: Paulsen. Bastrikov Variation (B47) 1-0 https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1008404

Bobby Fischer Visits Bled, Yugoslavia for tournament ply in 1961. Here he poses for Mostar based sculptor Florijan Mickovic in Rudolf Matutinovic's atelier (studio) in Zagreb.

Bobby Fischer in Bled, 1961.

Majstori medju gledaocima turnira (Masters among tournament spectators). Jubilarni Medjunarodni Veleturnir, Bled 1961 (Jubilee International Tournament) Ljubljana, Slovenia 1962, Page 46. https://chessbookchats.blogspot.com/2017/05/fischers-early-tournaments-part-3.html

Velemajstori Talj, Fischer, Petrosjan i Darga (Grandmasters Talj, Fischer, Petrosjan and Darga). Jubilarni Medjunarodni Veleturnir, Bled 1961 (Jubilee International Tournament) Ljubljana, Slovenia 1962, Page 62. https://chessbookchats.blogspot.com/2017/05/fischers-early-tournaments-part-3.html

•  ! (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle Milwaukee, Wisconsin Friday, September 01, 1961 - Page 2, “The Bobby Fischer Explosion”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Chicago Tribune Chicago, Illinois Sunday, September 03, 1961 - Page 21, “Chess Regains Foothold Here: Verber Stepping in Famed Path of Fischer”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Tuesday, September 05, 1961 - Page 44, “Fischer Beats Tal in Chess”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Kansas City Times Kansas City, Missouri Tuesday, September 05, 1961 - Page 25, “American Defeats Tal: Russian Chess Champion Is Conquered by Bobby Fischer”

  

  • (Duplicate) (★) Tampa Bay Times St. Petersburg, Florida Tuesday, September 05, 1961 - Page 9, “Fischer Beats Tal In Chess Tournament”
  • (Duplicate) (★) The Post-Standard Syracuse, New York Tuesday, September 05, 1961 - Page 12, “Bobby Fischer Beats Russian Chess Star”
  • (Duplicate) (★) The Times Shreveport, Louisiana Tuesday, September 05, 1961 - Page 18, “Fischer Defeats Red Chess Ace”
  • (Duplicate) (★) The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Tuesday, September 05, 1961 - Page 3, “Fischer Defeats Red Chess Ace”
  • (Duplicate) (★) The Tennessean Nashville, Tennessee Tuesday, September 05, 1961 - Page 25, “Fischer Beats Soviet Ace”
  • (Duplicate) (★) The Times Record Troy, New York Tuesday, September 05, 1961 - Page 19, “Chess Master Beats Russian”
  • (Duplicate) (★) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Tuesday, September 05, 1961 - Page 22, “Yank Beats Russian”
  • (Duplicate) (★) The Pensacola News Pensacola, Florida Tuesday, September 05, 1961 - Page 9, “U.S. Chess Master Defeats Russian”
  • (Duplicate) (★) News-Press Fort Myers, Florida Tuesday, September 05, 1961 - Page 7, “Russian Beaten”
  • (Duplicate) (★) Asbury Park Press Asbury Park, New Jersey Tuesday, September 05, 1961 - Page 28, “Fischer Defeats Tal In Chess in 47 Moves”
  • (Duplicate) (★) Chicago Tribune Chicago, Illinois Tuesday, September 05, 1961 - Page 55, “Bobby Fischer Turns Back Tal in 47 Moves”

September 08 1961

Robert James Fischer vs Fridrik Olafsson September 08, 1961, Bled Yugoslavia.

• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Friday, September 08, 1961 - Page 41, “Bisguier, U.S., Tied For Lead In Chess: Sets Pace With Geller and Trifunovic in Yugoslavia”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, September 10, 1961 - Page 6, “Fischer Gains Tie For Lead In Chess: U.S. Player Beats Olafsson at Bled—Bisguier Draws”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Sunday, September 10, 1961 - Page 30, “Disputed Coast Match Still In News”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, September 10, 1961 - Page 42, “Fischer In Three-Way Tie For Chess Honors”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky Sunday, September 10, 1961 - Page 40, “Fischer Beats Tal In International”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Monday, September 11, 1961 - Page 30, “Fischer, Petrosian Tie For Chess Lead”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Tampa Bay Times St. Petersburg, Florida Monday, September 11, 1961 - Page 36, “Fischer Tied For 1st”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Tuesday, September 12, 1961 - Page 39, “Four Share Lead In Chess At Bled: Fischer, Among Leaders, Turns Back Geller”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Courier-Post Camden, New Jersey Tuesday, September 12, 1961 - Page 28, “Twenty of the world's leading players”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Friday, September 15, 1961 - Page 43, “Fischer Is Held To Draw In Chess: Seventh-Round Game With Darga Goes 18 Moves”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Saturday, September 16, 1961 - Page 14, “Lead In Chess Goes To Petrosian, Keres”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, September 17, 1961 - Page 281, “Fischer and Tal Take Chess Lead: Each Scores 1½ Points in Adjourned Games at Bled”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, September 17, 1961 - Page 39, “Fischer Tied For Lead In Yugoslav Tourney”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Morning Call Allentown, Pennsylvania Sunday, September 17, 1961 - Page 84, “Who is the current chess champion of the United States?”

  

  • (Duplicate) (★) Albuquerque Journal Albuquerque, New Mexico Sunday, September 17, 1961 - Page 75, “Can you tell me who is the current chess champion of the United States?”
  • (Duplicate) (★) Arizona Daily Star Tucson, Arizona Sunday, September 17, 1961 - Page 54, “Can you tell me who is the current chess champion of the United States?”
  • (Duplicate) (★) Detroit Free Press Detroit, Michigan Sunday, September 17, 1961 - Page 62, “Can you tell me who is the current chess champion of the United States?”
  • (Duplicate) (★) Daily Press Newport News, Virginia Sunday, September 17, 1961 - Page 78, “Can you tell me who is the current chess champion of the United States?”
  • (Duplicate) (★) Tampa Bay Times St. Petersburg, Florida Sunday, September 17, 1961 - Page 156, “Can you tell me who is the current chess champion of the United States?”
  • (Duplicate) (★) Clarion-Ledger Jackson, Mississippi Sunday, September 17, 1961 - Page 66, “Can you tell me who is the current chess champion of the United States?”
  • (Duplicate) (★) Dayton Daily News Dayton, Ohio Sunday, September 17, 1961 - Page 123, “Can you tell me who is the current chess champion of the United States?”
  • (Duplicate) (★) The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Sunday, September 17, 1961 - Page 239, “Can you tell me who is the current chess champion of the United States?”
  • (Duplicate) (★) St. Louis Post-Dispatch St. Louis, Missouri Sunday, September 17, 1961 - Page 204, “Can you tell me who is the current chess champion of the United States?”
  • (Duplicate) (★) Press and Sun-Bulletin Binghamton, New York Sunday, September 17, 1961 - Page 66, “Can you tell me who is the current chess champion of the United States?”
  • (Duplicate) (★) Honolulu Star-Bulletin Honolulu, Hawaii Sunday, September 17, 1961 - Page 92, “Can you tell me who is the current chess champion of the United States?”
  • (Duplicate) (★) Hartford Courant Hartford, Connecticut Sunday, September 17, 1961 - Page 145, “Can you tell me who is the current chess champion of the United States?”
  • (Duplicate) (★) The Akron Beacon Journal Akron, Ohio Sunday, September 17, 1961 - Page 170, “Can you tell me who is the current chess champion of the United States?”
  • (Duplicate) (★) Independent Star-News Pasadena, California Sunday, September 17, 1961 - Page 102, “Can you tell me who is the current chess champion of the United States?”
  • (Duplicate) (★) Independent Press-Telegram Long Beach, California Sunday, September 17, 1961 - Page 102, “Can you tell me who is the current chess champion of the United States?”
  • (Duplicate) (★) Oakland Tribune Oakland, California Sunday, September 17, 1961 - Page 78, “Can you tell me who is the current chess champion of the United States?”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Monday, September 18, 1961 - Page 39, “Fischer On Top in Chess”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Tuesday, September 19, 1961 - Page 44, “Fischer Leader in Chess At Bled: U.S. Champion Tops Bertok — Tal, Keres, Runners-Up”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Thursday, September 21, 1961 - Page 44, “Petrosian Plays A Draw In Chess: Breaks a 3-Way Tie for 2d—Fischer Keeps Lead”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Baltimore Sun Baltimore, Maryland Thursday, September 21, 1961 - Page 24, “Fischer and Russian Deadlock In Chess”

  

  • (Duplicate) (★) Asbury Park Press Asbury Park, New Jersey Thursday, September 21, 1961 - Page 35, “Chess Tourney Tied”
  • (Duplicate) (★) Nanaimo Daily News Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada Thursday, September 21, 1961 - Page 10, “Chess Play”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Friday, September 22, 1961 - Page 42, “Fischer Has Edge In Twelfth Game: Adjourns With Trifunovic, in Winning Position”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Saturday, September 23, 1961 - Page 14, “Fischer Sets Back Trifunovic at Bled, Holds Chess Lead”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, September 24, 1961 - Page 285, “Fischer and Tal Tied in Chess”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky Sunday, September 24, 1961 - Page 46, “Fischer Leads Field In Masters Tourney”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, September 24, 1961 - Page 72, “Fischer Beats Tal, Leads Bled Tourney”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Sunday, September 24, 1961 - Page 61, “Fischer Leads, Bisguier Drops Back of Pack”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Sunday, September 24, 1961 - Page 3, “Fischer Drops Into Tie With Red”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Monday, September 25, 1961 - Page 43, “Tal, Fischer Tied For Lead In Chess”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Tuesday, September 26, 1961 - Page 46, “Tal Takes Lead In Chess At Bled: Draws in 14th Round and Goes Ahead of Fischer”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Nanaimo Daily News Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada Tuesday, September 26, 1961 - Page 11, “Chess Tourney Remains Tied”

  

  • (Duplicate) (★) Asbury Park Press Asbury Park, New Jersey Tuesday, September 26, 1961 - Page 23, “Fischer, Tal Tied”
  • (Duplicate) (★) The Baltimore Sun Baltimore, Maryland Tuesday, September 26, 1961 - Page 24, “Fischer Remains Tied”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Wednesday, September 27, 1961 - Page 47, “Fischer and Tal Take Games And Lead International Chess”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Asbury Park Press Asbury Park, New Jersey Wednesday, September 27, 1961 - Page 34, “Fischer, Tal Tie For Chess Lead”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Oakland Tribune Oakland, California Wednesday, September 27, 1961 - Page 7, “Chess Winner”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Tampa Bay Times St. Petersburg, Florida Wednesday, September 27, 1961 - Page 34, “Fischer, Tal Tied”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Thursday, September 28, 1961 - Page 56, “Fischer Winner In 48-Move Game: Tal Requires 61 to Defeat Bisguier in 15th Round”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Saturday, September 30, 1961 - Page 20, “Fischer, Najdorf Play Chess Draw: American Drops to Third at Bled—Tal Takes Lead”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Asbury Park Press Asbury Park, New Jersey Friday, September 29, 1961 - Page 30, “Tal One Point Ahead of Fischer in Chess”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Tennessean Nashville, Tennessee Friday, September 29, 1961 - Page 37, “Tal Takes Chess Lead”

September 30 1961

Bled, 1961. At this tournament, Fischer won for the first time not only against Tigran Petrosian (pictured), but also against Tal! Robert James Fischer vs Tigran V Petrosian Bled (1961), Bled YUG, rd 18, Sep-30 Caro-Kann Defense (B17) 1-0 https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1044008 Robert James Fischer vs Mikhail Tal Bled (1961), Bled YUG, rd 2, Sep-04 Sicilian Defense: Paulsen. Bastrikov Variation (B47) 1-0 https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1008404

• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Canada Saturday, September 30, 1961 - Page 15, “Fischer Ahead At Bled”
• (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Asbury Park Press Asbury Park, New Jersey Saturday, September 30, 1961 - Page 13, “Fischer Still Is Threat in Chess”

October 1961

1. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, October 01, 1961 - Page 275, “Fischer Shares Second Place With Gligoric in Chess at Bled”
2. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, October 01, 1961 - Page 60, “Fischer, Tal Tied In Bled Tourney”
3. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Sunday Gazette-Mail Charleston, West Virginia Sunday, October 01, 1961 - Page 67, “Bobby Fischer sets blazing pace in Bled, Yugoslavia”
4. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Sunday, October 01, 1961 - Page 45, “Bobby Fischer Holds Half Point Lead Over Mikhail Tal”
5. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky Sunday, October 01, 1961 - Page 43, “Tal Forges Into Lead In Masters”
6. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Monday, October 02, 1961 - Page 40, “Fischer And Keres Draw Chess Game”
7. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Daily Telegram Eau Claire, Wisconsin Monday, October 02, 1961 - Page 10, “How old was Bobby Fischer when he first became the U.S. chess champion?”

   

   • (Duplicate) (★) Globe-Gazette Mason City, Iowa Thursday, November 16, 1961 - Page 4, “How old was Bobby Fischer when he first became the U.S. chess champion?”
   • (Duplicate) (★) Eau Claire Leader Eau Claire, Wisconsin Tuesday, October 03, 1961 - Page 12, “How old was Bobby Fischer when he first became the U.S. chess champion?”
   • (Duplicate) (★) The Times Munster, Indiana Tuesday, October 10, 1961 - Page 26, “How old was Bobby Fischer when he first became the U.S. chess champion?”
   • (Duplicate) (★) The Morning Call Allentown, Pennsylvania Friday, October 13, 1961 - Page 32, “How old was Bobby Fischer when he first became the U.S. chess champion?”
   • (Duplicate) (★) Star-Gazette Elmira, New York Sunday, January 21, 1962 - Page 8, “How old was Bobby Fischer when he first became the U.S. chess champion?”
   • (Duplicate) (★) The Bakersfield Californian Bakersfield, California Tuesday, August 03, 1965 - Page 20, “How old was Bobby Fischer when he first became the U.S. chess champion? - T.A.”
8. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Warren County Observer Warren, Pennsylvania Monday, October 02, 1961 - Page 18, “Fischer Gains Top Spot Tie”
9. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Tuesday, October 03, 1961 - Page 18, “Peace March Is Due At Moscow Today”
10. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Tuesday, October 03, 1961 - Page 49, “Tal Captures Lead In Masters Chess”
11. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Minneapolis Star Minneapolis, Minnesota Tuesday, October 03, 1961 - Page 44, “Pacifists End March in Moscow”
12. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Akron Beacon Journal Akron, Ohio Tuesday, October 03, 1961 - Page 1, “Soviets Forbid Speeches By U.S. 'Peace Marchers'”
13. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Philadelphia Daily News Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Tuesday, October 03, 1961 - Page 2, “Peace Marchers Greeted In Moscow, but Silenced”

    

    • (Duplicate) (★) Oakland Tribune Oakland, California Tuesday, October 03, 1961 - Page 3, “Moscow Vetos Speeches by Peace Hikers”
    • (Duplicate) (★), (★) The Tampa Tribune Tampa, Florida Wednesday, October 04, 1961 - Page 12, “U.S. Group In Moscow-'Peace Marchers' Picket Kremlin”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Tennessean Nashville, Tennessee Wednesday, October 04, 1961 - Page 4, “Moscow Hears Plan”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Hartford Courant Hartford, Connecticut Wednesday, October 04, 1961 - Page 4, “Peace Marchers Complete Historic Trek to Moscow”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Quad-City Times Davenport, Iowa Wednesday, October 04, 1961 - Page 22, “U.S Peace Marchers In Moscow”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Gazette and Daily York, Pennsylvania Wednesday, October 04, 1961 - Page 30, “Peace Marchers”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Post-Standard Syracuse, New York Wednesday, October 04, 1961 - Page 2, “Peace Marchers”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Morning News Wilmington, Delaware Wednesday, October 04, 1961 - Page 2, “Peace Marchers Reach Kremlin”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Morning Call Allentown, Pennsylvania Wednesday, October 04, 1961 - Page 15, “Band of U.S. Peace Marchers Demonstrates at Kremlin Gates”
    • (Duplicate) (★) News-Press Fort Myers, Florida Wednesday, October 04, 1961 - Page 2, “U.S. Peace Parade Arrives in Moscow”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wednesday, October 04, 1961 - Page 2, “Moscow Gags U.S. Marchers in Peace Rally”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Greenville News Greenville, South Carolina Wednesday, October 04, 1961 - Page 7, “American Peace Marchers Stage Demonstration At Gates of Kremlin”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Wednesday, October 04, 1961 - Page 10, “March”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Baltimore Sun Baltimore, Maryland Wednesday, October 04, 1961 - Page 2, “Peace Group Arrives At Red Square”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Hartford Courant Hartford, Connecticut Wednesday, October 04, 1961 - Page 28, “Peace Marchers Complete Historic Trek to Moscow”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Tampa Bay Times St. Petersburg, Florida Wednesday, October 04, 1961 - Page 3, “'Peace Marchers' In Moscow”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Wisconsin State Journal Madison, Wisconsin Wednesday, October 04, 1961 - Page 9, “Peace Marchers End Trek to Kremlin Gates”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Montgomery Advertiser Montgomery, Alabama Wednesday, October 04, 1961 - Page 15, “U.S. Peace Marchers Cooled Off At Kremlin”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Hartford Courant Hartford, Connecticut Wednesday, October 04, 1961 - Page 40, “Peace Marchers Complete Historic Trek to Moscow”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Independent Long Beach, California Wednesday, October 04, 1961 - Page 8, “U.S. Marchers at Kremlin in Plea for Disarmament”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Arizona Republic Phoenix, Arizona Wednesday, October 04, 1961 - Page 1, “No Talks, U.S. Peace Unit Told”
14. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Wednesday, October 04, 1961 - Page 57, “Fischer, Ivkov Adjourn: Chess Game at Bled Halted—Tal, Najdorf Adjourn”
15. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Courier-Post Camden, New Jersey Wednesday, October 04, 1961 - Page 45, “International Masters' Tournament at Bled, Yugoslavia: Mikhail Tal ”
16. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Chicago Tribune Chicago, Illinois Wednesday, October 04, 1961 - Page 54, “Chess Play Adjourns; Russ Leads Fischer”
17. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Thursday, October 05, 1961 - Page 48, “Tal Wins Chess Tourney, With Fischer Second: Latvian Turns Back Najdorf in Final Round at Bled — U.S. Champion Is Unbeaten but Finishes a Point Back”
18. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) St. Louis Post-Dispatch St. Louis, Missouri Thursday, October 05, 1961 - Page 14, “Tal Wins Chess Tourney, Fischer Comes in Second”
19. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Great Bend Tribune Great Bend, Kansas Thursday, October 05, 1961 - Page 15, “Mrs. Khruschchev Says Russia Isn't Building Bomb Shelters”

    

    • (Duplicate) (★) Hobbs Daily News-Sun Hobbs, New Mexico Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 4, “Mrs. Khrushchev Says Soviet Builds No Fallout Shelters”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Ironwood Daily Globe Ironwood, Michigan Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 11, “Mrs. K. Talks of Peace, Disarming”
    • (Duplicate) (★) St. Cloud Times Saint Cloud, Minnesota Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 1, “No Russ A-Shelter Plan, Mrs. K Tells Marchers”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Ottawa Herald Ottawa, Kansas Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 1, “Mrs. Khrushchev Says Fallout Shelters Futile”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Great Bend Tribune Great Bend, Kansas Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 1, “Mrs. Khrushchev Says Russia Isn't Building Bomb Shelters”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Bismarck Tribune Bismarck, North Dakota Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 2, “Mrs. Khrushchev Says Russ Not Building Shelters”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, The Evening News Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 9, “Russia Not Building Air Raid Shelters”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Fort Lauderdale News Fort Lauderdale, Florida Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 1, “Shelter Useless, Peace Walk Told”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Fort Lauderdale News Fort Lauderdale, Florida Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 9, “Shelter Useless, Peace Walk Told”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Kokomo Tribune Kokomo, Indiana Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 9, “Mrs. 'K' Says Reds Not Building Air Raid Shelters”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Town Talk Alexandria, Louisiana Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 3, “Nina Khrushchev Tells 'Marchers' Russia Is Building No A-Shelters”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Hobbs Daily News-Sun Hobbs, New Mexico Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 2, “Mrs. Khrushchev Says Soviet Builds No Fallout Shelters”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Daily Times-News Burlington, North Carolina Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 15, “Mrs. K Says No Defenses Planned In Soviet”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Capital Journal Salem, Oregon Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 2, “Mrs. K.: Look, No A-Shelters”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Salem News Salem, Ohio Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 2, “Mrs. K. Says Russians Not Building Air Raid Shelters”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Daily Tribune Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 3, “Mrs. Khrushchev Tells Group Russia Not Building Shelters”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Wellsville Daily Reporter Wellsville, New York Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 3, “No Shelter Panic In Russia Says Mrs. Khrushchev”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Advocate-Messenger Danville, Kentucky Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 6, “Reds Not Building Shelters Mrs. K Says”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Greeley Daily Tribune Greeley, Colorado Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 9, “Peace Marchers Try To Convince Mrs. Khrushchev”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Tallahassee Democrat Tallahassee, Florida Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 1, “Mrs. K. Placates West Peace Group”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Paducah Sun Paducah, Kentucky Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 6, “Leader's Wife Says Reds Not Building Bomb Shelters”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Town Talk Alexandria, Louisiana Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 5, “Nina Khrushchev Tells 'Marchers' Russia Is Building No A-Shelter”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Alton Evening Telegraph Alton, Illinois Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 2, “Mrs. Khrushchev Says No Shelters in Russia”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Santa Fe New Mexican Santa Fe, New Mexico Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 27, “Mrs. Nikita Says Reds Needs Shelter”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Iola Register Iola, Kansas Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 1, “Nina K. Meets Peace Marchers; Says Russia Not Building Shelters”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Daily Republic Mitchell, South Dakota Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 2, “Mrs. K. Says Russia Is Not Erecting Shelters”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Hays Daily News Hays, Kansas Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 2, “Mrs. K. Says Reds Are Not Building Shelters”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Tallahassee Democrat Tallahassee, Florida Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 1, “Mrs. K. Placates West Peace Group”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Lebanon Daily News Lebanon, Pennsylvania Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 16, “Mrs. K. Claims Reds Not Building Fallout Shelters”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Nashua Telegraph Nashua, New Hampshire Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 1, “Reds Not Building Shelters”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Janesville Daily Gazette Janesville, Wisconsin Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 4, “Shelters Are No Nuclear Defense, Says Mrs. Nikita”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Leaf-Chronicle Clarksville, Tennessee Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 2, “Mrs. Khrushchev Says Russians Not Building Shelters”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The News Journal Wilmington, Delaware Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 16, “Marchers Meet Wife of Nikita”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Santa Cruz Sentinel Santa Cruz, California Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 13, “U.S. Peace Marchers Get Nowhere With Mrs. K.”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Manitowoc Herald-Times Manitowoc, Wisconsin Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 3, “Bomb Shelters Not Sufficient Mrs. 'K' Says”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Marion Star Marion, Ohio Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 9, “Bomb Shelters Useless, Mrs. Khrushchev Says”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Fort Lauderdale News Fort Lauderdale, Florida Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 1, “Shelter Useless, Peace Walk Told”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Daily Reporter Greenfield, Indiana Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 8, “Nuclear War Has No Defense Says Mrs. K”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Daily Times Salisbury, Maryland Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 8, “Mrs. Khrushchev”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Northwest Arkansas Times Fayetteville, Arkansas Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 1, “'Why Build Bomb Shelter?' Asks Mrs. Khrushchev”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The News-Messenger Fremont, Ohio Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 11, “No Defense Against Nuclear War, Mrs. K Tells 'Marchers'”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Rushville Republican Rushville, Indiana Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 1, “Russians Not Building Air Raid Shelters, Mrs. Khrushchev Says”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Springfield Leader and Press Springfield, Missouri Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 7, “Mrs. K. Entertains, Does not Cheer Peace Marchers”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Evening Independent Massillon, Ohio Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 2, “No Use To Build Shelters--Mrs. K”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Bee Danville, Virginia Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 12, “Not Building Bomb Shelters”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Miami News Miami, Florida Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 1, “Soviet Unleashes Biggest A-Blast”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Stevens Point Journal Stevens Point, Wisconsin Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 3, “Mrs. Khrushchev Meets Western Peace Marchers”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Petaluma Argus-Courier Petaluma, California Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 10, “Mrs. K Says Russia Builds No Shelters”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Oshkosh Northwestern Oshkosh, Wisconsin Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 5, “No Shelters, Says Wife of Khrushchev”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Greenwood Commonwealth Greenwood, Mississippi Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 1, “No Shelters, Mrs. Nikita Says”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Amarillo Globe-Times Amarillo, Texas Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 16, “No Shelters, Says Mrs. K”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Ithaca Journal Ithaca, New York Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 1, “Mrs. Khrushchev Claims No Defense in Atomic War”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Eugene Guard Eugene, Oregon Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 2, “'Peace Marchers' Chat With Mrs. Khrushchev”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The News-Palladium Benton Harbor, Michigan Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 1, “Mrs. Nikita Pooh-Poohs Shelter Need”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Daily Mail Hagerstown, Maryland Friday, October 06, 1961 - Page 18, “No Shelters Being Built, Says Mrs. K”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Biddeford-Saco Journal Biddeford, Maine Saturday, October 07, 1961 - Page 3, “Mrs. K. Says Russia Is Not Building Shelter”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky Saturday, October 07, 1961 - Page 2, “Pacifists Visit Mrs. Khrushchev But Fail To Prove Their Point”
    • (Duplicate) (★) El Paso Times El Paso, Texas Saturday, October 07, 1961 - Page 6, “Mrs. K. Gives Tea For Peace Marchers”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Lancaster Eagle-Gazette Lancaster, Ohio Saturday, October 07, 1961 - Page 7, “Khru's Wife Claims Russia Making No Air Raid Shelters”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Independent Long Beach, California Saturday, October 07, 1961 - Page 5, “Mrs. K. Entertains Peace Marchers”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Morning Call Allentown, Pennsylvania Saturday, October 07, 1961 - Page 2, “Pacifists Guests at Moscow Tea”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Bridgeport Telegram Bridgeport, Connecticut Saturday, October 07, 1961 - Page 16, “Mrs. Khrushchev Gives Tea For Pacifists, Defends A-Tests”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Sheboygan Press Sheboygan, Wisconsin Saturday, October 07, 1961 - Page 9, “Soviet Union Isn't Building Air Raid Shelters: Mrs. K.”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Gazette and Daily York, Pennsylvania Saturday, October 07, 1961 - Page 3, “Mrs. Khrushchev Entertains Western Pacifists, But Disagrees With Views”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Statesman Journal Salem, Oregon Saturday, October 07, 1961 - Page 15, “Nikita's Wife Gives Party For Pacifists From West”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Paducah Sun Paducah, Kentucky Saturday, October 07, 1961 - Page 6, “Leader's Wife Says Reds Not Building Bomb Shelters”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Tribune Seymour, Indiana Saturday, October 07, 1961 - Page 10, “Soviets Said Building No Air Raid Shelters”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Montgomery Advertiser Montgomery, Alabama Saturday, October 07, 1961 - Page 14, “Nikita's Wife Scuttles Pleas For A-Test Ban”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Hartford Courant Hartford, Connecticut Saturday, October 07, 1961 - Page 7, “Mrs. Khrushchev Parries Peace Marchers' Thrusts”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Daily Press Newport News, Virginia Saturday, October 07, 1961 - Page 1, “Nina, Peace Marchers Have Friendly Debate”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Morning News Wilmington, Delaware Saturday, October 07, 1961 - Page 1, “Mrs. K. Rejects Pacifists' Plea”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Messenger-Inquirer Owensboro, Kentucky Saturday, October 07, 1961 - Page 5, “Mrs. K. Gives Party For Peace Marchers”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Hartford Courant Hartford, Connecticut Saturday, October 07, 1961 - Page 37, “Mrs. Khrushchev Parries Peace Marchers' Thrusts”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Casper Star-Tribune Casper, Wyoming Sunday, October 08, 1961 - Page 11, “Soviets Not Building Bomb Shelters--Nina”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Rocky Mount Telegram Rocky Mount, North Carolina Monday, October 09, 1961 - Page 8, “Nina Presents Shelter Views”
20. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, October 08, 1961 - Page 78, “Tal Wins At Bled, Fischer Second”
21. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, October 08, 1961 - Page 315, “Fischer, Chess Ace, In Yugoslav Hospital”

    

    • (Duplicate) (★) Chicago Tribune Chicago, Illinois Sunday, October 08, 1961 - Page 7, “Fischer, Chess Master, Is Ailing in Yugoslavia”
22. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Lansing State Journal Lansing, Michigan Sunday, October 08, 1961 - Page 1, “Appendicitis Hits Chess Champion”

    

    • (Duplicate) (★) Oakland Tribune Oakland, California Sunday, October 08, 1961 - Page 3, “U.S. Chess Champ Stricken Abroad”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Fort Lauderdale News Fort Lauderdale, Florida Sunday, October 08, 1961 - Page 16, “U.S. Chess Star Has Appendicitis”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Press and Sun-Bulletin Binghamton, New York Sunday, October 08, 1961 - Page 1, “Chess Champ Ill”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Sunday, October 08, 1961 - Page 3, “U.S. Chess Expert Ill in Yugoslavia”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Lincoln Journal Star Lincoln, Nebraska Monday, October 09, 1961 - Page 9, “Check-Mated”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Lincoln Journal Star Lincoln, Nebraska Monday, October 09, 1961 - Page 9, “Check-Mated”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Star Tribune Minneapolis, Minnesota Monday, October 09, 1961 - Page 3, “Bobby Fischer at hospital in Banja Luka”
23. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky Sunday, October 08, 1961 - Page 39, “Fischer Is 2d As Tal Wins In International”
24. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Daily News New York, New York Sunday, October 08, 1961 - Page 9, “Boy Chess Champ Felled”
25. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Pittsburgh Press Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Monday, October 09, 1961 - Page 2, “Bobby Fischer, 18, Released from Hospital in Yugoslavia”
26. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Dispatch Moline, Illinois Monday, October 09, 1961 - Page 14, “Junior Chess Players To Compete In Quad-City Championship Event”
27. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Minneapolis Star Minneapolis, Minnesota Monday, October 09, 1961 - Page 18, “Bobby Fischer, Recovering From Appendicitis”

    

    • (Duplicate) (★) Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Lubbock, Texas Monday, October 09, 1961 - Page 27, “U.S. Chess Player Recovering Health”
28. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Monday, October 09, 1961 - Page 4, “Bobby Fischer to Leave Hospital”
29. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Tuesday, October 10, 1961 - Page 48, “Fischer Leaves Hospital”
30. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Times Record Troy, New York Tuesday, October 10, 1961 - Page 4, “Quits Hospital”

    

    • (Duplicate) (★) The Troy Record Troy, New York Tuesday, October 10, 1961 - Page 16, “Chess Champ Released”
31. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Atlanta Constitution Atlanta, Georgia Tuesday, October 10, 1961 - Page 9, “Leaves Hospital”

    

    • (Duplicate) (★) Philadelphia Daily News Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Tuesday, October 10, 1961 - Page 5, “Chess Champ Better”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Independent Long Beach, California Tuesday, October 10, 1961 - Page 6, “Champion Released”
32. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, October 15, 1961 - Page 279, “Chess Gains Made By White Pieces: 106½ Points Scored in Play at Bled to 83½ for Black”
33. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Sunday, October 15, 1961 - Page 40, “Mikhail Tal and Bobby Fischer Share Top Together and Separately at Bled, Yugoslavia”
34. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Sunday Gazette-Mail Charleston, West Virginia Sunday, October 22, 1961 - Page 38, “Fischer Shows Gain In Strength Compared With World's Best Grand Masters”
35. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, October 22, 1961 - Page 76, “Amsterdam To Host Interzonal Chess”
36. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Fort Lauderdale News Fort Lauderdale, Florida Sunday, October 22, 1961 - Page 100, “Fischer Flashes”
37. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Courier-Post Camden, New Jersey Wednesday, October 25, 1961 - Page 8, “International Masters' Tournament Bled, Yugoslavia Outcome”
38. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Canada Saturday, October 28, 1961 - Page 33, “Bled Tournament”
39. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Sunday, October 29, 1961 - Page 24, “Unofficial Reports of A Second Fischer-Reshevsky Match Persist”

November 1961

1. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Canada Saturday, November 11, 1961 - Page 19, “Action On All Fronts”
2. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, November 12, 1961 - Page 46, “Fischer Vs. Reshevsky”
3. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Fort Lauderdale News Fort Lauderdale, Florida Sunday, November 12, 1961 - Page 90, “Tal Triumphs”
4. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Express and News San Antonio, Texas Sunday, November 12, 1961 - Page 65, “Fischer Triumphs”
5. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Sunday, November 19, 1961 - Page 15, “Bobby Fischer and Women In Chess”
6. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, November 26, 1961 - Page 308, “U.S. Title Chess To Start Dec. 17: 12 Masters Get Invitations—Two Trophies at Stake”
7. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Tampa Bay Times St. Petersburg, Florida Sunday, November 26, 1961 - Page 40, “Fischer To Defend U.S. Chess Crown”
8. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Courier-Post Camden, New Jersey Wednesday, November 29, 1961 - Page 23, “U.S. Championship”

December 1961

1. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Sunday, December 03, 1961 - Page 58, “United States Chess Championship Committee”
2. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, December 03, 1961 - Page 28, “U.S. Title Tourney”
3. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky Sunday, December 03, 1961 - Page 55, “Tourney Set To Decide U.S. Championship”
4. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Baltimore Sun Baltimore, Maryland Monday, December 11, 1961 - Page 22, “Chess Meet Scheduled”
5. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Ottawa Journal Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Saturday, December 16, 1961 - Page 47, “Order In Court”
6. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, December 17, 1961 - Page 6, “U.S. Title Chess Opens Here Today”
7. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (★) (Image) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, December 17, 1961 - Page 26, “Fischer, Reshevsky, Out of U.S. Title Chess”
8. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Sunday, December 17, 1961 - Page 21, “U.S.A. Interzonal Tournament”
9. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Nanaimo Daily News Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada Monday, December 18, 1961 - Page 13, “Chess Champ Won't Compete In U.S. Play”
10. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Monday, December 18, 1961 - Page 24, “Champ Silent On Reason: Chess Tourney Opens, Bobby Fischer Absent”

    

    • (Duplicate) (★) The Pensacola News Pensacola, Florida Monday, December 18, 1961 - Page 2, “Fischer Won't Defend Title”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Austin American Austin, Texas Monday, December 18, 1961 - Page 2, “Chess Contest”
    • (Duplicate) (★) Fort Lauderdale News Fort Lauderdale, Florida Monday, December 18, 1961 - Page 27, “Chess Champ Absent”
    • (Duplicate) (★) The Des Moines Register Des Moines, Iowa Monday, December 18, 1961 - Page 2, “Where's Bobby?”
11. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Times-News Twin Falls, Idaho Monday, December 18, 1961 - Page 6, “Chess Tourney Opens Sunday”
12. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Times Shreveport, Louisiana Monday, December 18, 1961 - Page 30, “First Round Opens in U.S. Chess Event”
13. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Evening Sun Baltimore, Maryland Monday, December 18, 1961 - Page 39, “Chess Play Canceled”
14. (Vague mention) (★)“Don Byrne of University Park, Pa., played to a draw Sunday in a first round match for the U.S. Chess Championship title held by 18-year-old Bobby Fischer…” Standard-Speaker Hazleton, Pennsylvania Monday, December 18, 1961 - Page 20, “Play to Draw”
15. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Poughkeepsie Journal Poughkeepsie, New York Monday, December 18, 1961 - Page 3, “U.S. Chess Play Resumes Wednesday”

    

    • (Duplicate) (★) Tampa Bay Times St. Petersburg, Florida Tuesday, December 19, 1961 - Page 16, “U.S. Chess Tourney Resumes Wednesday”
16. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Times-News Twin Falls, Idaho Tuesday, December 19, 1961 - Page 16, “Upsets Mark Chess Battle At New York”
17. (Vague Mention) (★) The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle Milwaukee, Wisconsin Friday, December 22, 1961 - Page 2, “A Column on Emanuel Lasker with vague mention of Bobby Fischer”
18. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Canada Saturday, December 23, 1961 - Page 37, “Fischer Out”
19. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Sunday, December 24, 1961 - Page 7, “1962 United States championship tournament”
20. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky Sunday, December 24, 1961 - Page 12, “Larry Evans Leads In U.S. Title Fight”
21. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, December 31, 1961 - Page 32, “Interzonal Tourney In Doubt; Help Needed”
22. (Bobby Fischer 1961 Blog) (★) (Image) Sunday Gazette-Mail Charleston, West Virginia Sunday, December 31, 1961 - Page 47, “The United States Championship in New York City”

• (Library/Book List) “…including Bobby Fischer' ‘Game of the Century’ against D. Byrne.… The above mentioned Fischer-Byrne game is a thrilling example of early sacrifice of the Queen, combination play, and then complete conquest on the part of the then 13-year-old Fischer.” (★) The Corpus Christi Caller-Times Corpus Christi, Texas Sunday, March 26, 1961 - Page 23, “The Golden Treasury of Chess”