AJanuary 01 1961
The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, January 01, 1961 — Fischer Leads, 5-1 In U.S. Title Chess — Bobby Fischer, 17-year-old Brooklynite who has won the United States chess championship for the last three years, is leading the current tournament with a score of 5-1, according to a report from the New York Times. Fischer has Read More
The Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky Sunday, January 01, 1961 — Fischer Seems Certain Of Retaining U.S. Title — The American chess prodigy, 17-year-old Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, seems certain of holding on to his title for at least another year as the Lessing J. Rosenwald Tournament for the United States Championship nears a Read More
January 03 1961
New York Times, New York, New York, Tuesday, January 03, 1961 — Fischer Retains U.S. Chess Title: 4th Straight Victory Clinched by Draw Against Benko — Bobby Fischer, the 17-year-old international grandmaster, last night won his fourth straight United States chess championship at the Hotel Empire. The Brooklyn boy, Read More
January 04 1961
New York Times, New York, New York, Wednesday, January 04, 1961 — Key Draw Recorded: Match With Benko Clinched Chess Title for Fischer — The score of the tenth-round match in which Bobby Fischer clinched the United States chess championship at the Hotel Empire on Monday night was released yesterday. The 17-year-old Brooklyn Read More
January 05 1961
New York Times, New York, New York, Thursday, January 05, 1961 — Lombardy Takes Second In Chess: Beats Kalme in Final Round —Weinstein Sets Back Reshevsky for Third — William Lombardy finished in second place and Raymond Weinstein in third last night as the United States chess championship ended at the Empire Hotel. Read More
January 06 1961
January 08 1961
The Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky Sunday, January 08, 1961 — Fischer Tops Field In New York — It's That Boy Again! Last week Bobby Fischer, the 17-year-old international grandmaster, won his fourth straight United States chess championship in New York. Fischer, considered by many as the greatest American players since Read More
New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, January 08, 1961 — Fischer's Triumph Detailed — Bobby Fischer's victory over Arthur B. Bisguier in the final round of the United States championship tournament at the Empire Hotel and Raymond Weinstein's triumph over Samuel Reshevsky.
January 14 1961
Monroe Morning World Monroe, Louisiana Saturday, January 14, 1961 — Reaching For Stars — People who go through life discouraged because they are not the best in the world may owe their disappointment to those who say anyone can be president if he tries hard enough or that he can be a champion at anything if he is determined Read More
January 15 1961
The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, January 15, 1961 — Fischer Easy Winner In Fourth Title Tourney — Bobby Fischer, boy wizard of the chess world, was in top form in his fourth straight victory in the Lessing J. Rosenwald Tournament for the U.S. chess championship. He finished two full points ahead of the field, Read More
January 19 1961
Orlando Evening Star Orlando, Florida Thursday, January 19, 1961 — The United States Championship — The United States Championship just completed was won by 17-year-old Bobby Fischer with a score of 9-2. William Lombardi was second in the twelve man round-robin event with 7-4. Raymond Weinstein was third with 6½-4½. Included in Read More
The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, Thursday, January 19, 1961 — Old Man's Game? — Bobby Fischer, the American chess champion for the fourth straight year, is a shaggy-browed veteran of 18. He has held the title since he was 14…Winner of second place in the national tournament was a 23-year-old named Bill Lombardy…And third was Ray Read More
January 20 1961
The Pensacola News Pensacola, Florida Friday, January 20, 1961 — Changing His Luck — Bobby Fischer, 17-year-old Brooklyn youth who recently defended his U.S. chess championship, has become a skiing enthusiast. At the Country Club in Grossinger, N.Y., Bobby (left) is shown getting some pointers from skimeister Tony Kastner.
January 21 1961
The Indianapolis News Indianapolis, Indiana Saturday, January 21, 1961 — Bobby Fischer Simultaneous Prison Exhibition Match — BOBBY FISCHER, four times American chess champ, who will be 18 in March, says chess is just a game, not a science. He is destined to be a world champion according to chess experts. Recently Bobby put on Read More
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, 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!
January 26 1961
The Guardian London, Greater London, England Thursday, January 26, 1961 — Fischer Wins Again — Seventeen-year-old Bobby Fischer has won the United States championship for the fourth successive year, and has now played 44 games in this tournament without a single defeat. Bobby, with his single-minded dedication to chess (in Leipzig Read More
January 29 1961
The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, January 29, 1961 — Grandmasters Will Give Exhibitions — A first in Los Angeles chess history was recorded last weekend when four American grandmasters met here, more by accident than design. Champion Bobby Fischer flew in from New York for a short business visit, Samuel Reshevsky Read More
The Tennessean Nashville, Tennessee Sunday, January 29, 1961 — Chess Players Take Their Hobby Seriously — Proof that the game is not a preserve of the aged is the fact that the current national champion is 17-year-old Bobby Fischer, of Brooklyn, N.Y. who recently successfully defended his title for the third successive year, having won it Read More
February 01 1961
February 02 1961
The Guardian London, Greater London, England Thursday, February 02, 1961 — Fischer's opportunism — Part of Bobby Fischer's success is due to the persistence with which he struggles for the initiative during the entire game. His strategic plans are always well barbed with tactical asides, so that his opponents never have a breathing Read More
February 04 1961
The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Canada Saturday, February 04, 1961 — Chess On The Arctic Rim — On his way to the Chess Olympics at Leipzig, American champion Bobby Fischer stopped off at Reykjavik, Iceland. A small tourney was arranged with four of the leading local experts which Fischer won 3½-½ pts., ahead of Ingi Johannsson, 2½-1½, Read More
The Ottawa Journal Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Saturday, February 04, 1961 — Warm-Up In Iceland — Robert Fischer, the 17-year-old genius who has dominated American chess for the last four years, stopped off at Reykjavik, Iceland, on his way to head the USA team in the Olympics at Leipzig. A small tourney was at once arranged with leading Read More
February 05 1961
The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, February 05, 1961 — Fischer Exhibition — U.S. chess champion Bobby Fischer, extending his visit to Los Angeles, will play simultaneously in the Hollywood Room of the Hotel Knickerbocker, starting 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. The charge for players will be $3.50 and for spectators $1.50. Read More
March 07 1961
March 09 1961
The Morning News, Wilmington, Delaware, Saturday, March 11, 1961 — Bobby Fischer born March 09, 1943 — Among those born on this date are: Gordon McRae, baritone; Jack Kerouac, beat nik author; Bobby Fischer, champion chess player; Benjamin C. Blodgett, composer; Vaino Alfred Tanner, Norwegian political leader. ★
March 17 1961
The Guardian London, Greater London, England Friday, March 17, 1961 — Master Meets Master — If the world champion does have something of the air of the genius liable to burn himself out, at the present time his chess stamina is practically inexhaustible. After the final round at Leipzig, in which he lost to Penrose, Tal went to the American players' Read More
March 21 1961
March 26 1961
St. Louis Post-Dispatch St. Louis, Missouri Sunday, March 26, 1961 — Taking the Long, Long Trail to Peace: Eighteen Determined Pacifists Here En Route From San Francisco; Some Hope to Reach Moscow — Youngest of the Peace Walkers is Allan Hoffman, 19, a New York artist. The group includes 10 men and eight women. One of the women is Mrs. Read More
April 16 1961
The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, April 16, 1961 — Botvinnik Widens Lead In Title Match — The four winners earned the right to represent Russia in the Interzonal Tournament later this year. Here they will meet Bobby Fischer, William Lombardy and Raymond Weinstein of the United States, and winners of other zonal Read More
May 11 1961
The Evening Sun Hanover, Pennsylvania Thursday, May 11, 1961 — Lisa Lane Hasn't Met Her Match — For one thing, Lisa says, all chess players aren't elderly. The U.S. Men's Champion, Bobby Fischer, is younger than Lisa. They aren't all anti-social — “I have a social life. I have my chess friends — we have 30-30 parties (30 moves in 30 minutes) Read More
May 14 1961
New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, May 14, 1961 — Bobby Fischer Hailed: Botvinnik Cites U.S. Player as Chess Title Prospect — Mikhail Botvinnik, who yesterday regained the world chess title, said today that Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn and a Yugoslav were the only two non-Soviet prospects for the elimination tourney that will Read More
The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, May 14, 1961 — Fischer Vs. Reshevsky — For some time there have been attempts to bring together in match play Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, who at 18 has already held the United States chess championship for four years, and his predecessor, Samuel Reshevsky of Spring Valley, N.Y. Read More
May 17 1961
Press and Sun-Bulletin Binghamton, New York Wednesday, May 17, 1961 — Bobby Fischer Exhibition Match — Bobby Fischer the U.S. champion for the last 4 years, was in town and put on two exhibitions where he played several opponents simultaneously. “I played against him both times, paying $3.50 each time for the privilege. In the 1st Read More
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? Read More
May 27 1961
The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Canada Saturday, May 27, 1961 — Morphy Movie Biography — “Chess Life” reports that Frances Parkinson Keyes' novel “The Chess Players” is under negotiation as a possible motion picture. Dealing with the life and love of Paul Morphy, there is speculation that Bobby Fischer, USA champion, may play Read More
June 01 1961
The Guardian London, Greater London, England Thursday, June 01, 1961 — The Marshall Attack — The Marshall is the best known of these counter-attacks, and it reaps a steady annual haul of victims in club and county chess. However, it rarely catches grandmasters, most of whom regard it as unsound. This week's game, taken from the Read More
June 03 1961
June 04 1961
The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, June 04, 1961 — Fischer Vs. Reshevsky — The match between U.S. chess champion Bobby Fischer and his chief rival Samuel Reshevsky is virtually assured, with agreement on the basic playing conditions, and most of the match fund underwritten by sponsors in New York and Los Angeles. Read More
June 11 1961
The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, June 11, 1961 — Champions Matched At Beverly Hilton Hotel — The Los Angeles portion of the match between U.S. champion Bobby Fischer and former champion Samuel Reshevsky will have a gala premier Thursday evening, July 27, in the grand ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel. It is planned Read More
Sunday Gazette-Mail Charleston, West Virginia Sunday, June 11, 1961 — 16 Match Game Between Bobby Fischer and Samuel Reshevsky — On the national scene, efforts are being made to arrange a 16-game match between U.S. champion Bobby Fischer and the veteran grandmaster, Samuel Reshevsky. Eight of the games would be contested in Read More
June 15 1961
Swiss-born American physician and political activist Regina Fischer (later Pustan) (1913 - 1997) aboard cross-channel ferry 'Normannia' surrounded by fellow anti-nuclear protesters after she jumped overboard in the port of Le Havre en route to Moscow, Le Havre, France, June 15, 1961. She was the mother of the brilliant chess champion Bobby Fischer. Original b/w photo by Express Newspapers.
June 17 1961
The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Canada Saturday, June 17, 1961 — Fischer-Reshevsky Match — A 16 game match is in prospect between veteran Samuel Reshevsky and 17 year old Bobby Fischer, who has in recent years taken over the USA title. The aim is to share the games and $7,000 expense between N.Y. and Los Angeles. The American Read More
June 22 1961
The Guardian London, Greater London, England Thursday, June 22, 1961 — Fischer - Reshevsky Summer Match — Meanwhile, an interesting match has been arranged for this summer between Bobby Fischer, who at 18 has already been American champion four years running, and the veteran grandmaster Reshevsky, unbeaten in match play.
June 25 1961
New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, June 25, 1961 — 16 Game Match Between Reshevsky-Fischer — Bobby Fischer, the United States champion, and Samuel Reshevsky, a former champion, are making preparations for their sixteen-game match, scheduled to begin at the Hotel Empire, Broadway and Sixty-third Street, on July 16. Read More
The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, June 25, 1961 — Fischer Vs. Reshevsky at Herman Steiner Chess Club — The chess players who enjoy watching the masters in action will have a rare opportunity in the eight match games between U.S. Champion Bobby Fischer and former champion Samuel Reshevsky. Tickets Read More
June 30 1961
The Bridgeport Post Bridgeport, Connecticut Friday, June 30, 1961 — Intellectual Sport — “Camera Three” explores the history of chess and its irregular status as both an intellectual pursuit and a competitive sport in “The Curious Tension of Chess” Sunday morning at 11:30 o'clock over Channels 2 and 3. Chess authority Miles Herbert traces the Read More
July 02 1961
The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, July 02, 1961 — Jose Ferrer Match M.C. of Fischer-Reshevsky Match — Jose Ferrer, stage and screen star who has added ability at chess to his many talents, will be the master of ceremonies at the opening game of the Los Angeles portion of the match between U.S. champion Bobby Fischer Read More
July 03 1961
Naugatuck Daily News, Naugatuck, Connecticut, Monday, July 03, 1961 — Television In Review — The talk was too hurried and a four-minute ‘crash’ game between champion Bobby Fischer and chess authority Miles Herbert was concealed by the glare of studio lights on the board. Herbert, in describing chess as ‘a game of murder, an outlet for the Read More
July 16 1961
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The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, July 16, 1961 — Fischer, Reshevsky Start Match Today — Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, 18-year-old U.S. chess champion, and his chief rival Samuel Reshevsky of Spring Valley, N.Y., face each other today in the first game of their match at the Empire Hotel in New York. Both players have been away Read More
Fort Lauderdale News Fort Lauderdale, Florida Sunday, July 16, 1961 — Fischer-Reshevsky — The long-awaited match between Bobby Fischer and Sammy Reshevsky will start July 16 and will consist of 16 games. It seems that the majority of international experts are picking Reshevsky to win. We'll admit that he has never lost a match and that he is Read More
Sunday Gazette-Mail Charleston, West Virginia Sunday, July 16, 1961 — 16-Game Match Between Fischer and Reshevsky Gets Underway — The 16-Game Match between U.S. champion Bobby Fischer and former titleholder Samuel Reshevsky gets under way today at the Empire Hotel in New York. There will be four games in New York, then the Read More
July 17 1961
New York Times, New York, New York, Monday, July 17, 1961 — Reshevsky Meets Fischer In Chess: First Game of Match Here Adjourned on 43d Move — Samuel Reshevsky and Bobby Fischer began a sixteen-game chess match for the George P. Edgar Trophy yesterday at the Empire Hotel. Reshevsky is 49 years old, Fischer is 18. Read More
July 18 1961
Chicago Tribune Chicago, Illinois Tuesday, July 18, 1961 — Former Chess Champ Beats Bobby Fischer — New York, July 17 (UPI) — Samuel Reshevsky, former United States chess champion, today defeated Bobby Fischer, 18, present title holder, in the first game of their 16 game match for the George P. Edgar trophy.
New York Times, New York, New York, Tuesday, July 18, 1961 — Reshevsky Beats Fischer In Chess — Samuel Reshevsky defeated Bobby Fischer last night at the Manhattan Chess Club in the first game of their sixteen-game match for the George P. Edgar Trophy. The former United States champion won after sixty moves, Reshevsky, playing Read More
The Des Moines Register Des Moines, Iowa Tuesday, July 18, 1961 — Samuel Reshevsky vs. Bobby Fischer, Won 1st Game of Match — Samuel Reshevsky of Spring Valley, N.Y., won the first in a 16-game series of chess matches with U.S. champion Bobby Fischer, 18, of Brooklyn, N.Y. The first game between the former champ and Bobby lasted Read More
July 19 1961
New York Times, New York, New York, Wednesday, July 19, 1961 — Fischer Turns Back Reshevsky In Chess — Bobby Fischer defeated Samuel Reshevsky in thirty-eight moves last night at the Manhattan Chess Club. Reshevsky had won the first game of their chess series in sixty games Monday night. Reshevsky, on the black side, Read More
The Tampa Tribune Tampa, Florida Wednesday, July 19, 1961 — Chess Match — New York, July 18 (AP)—The second match in the 16-game series for the George P. Edgar chess trophy will be played tonight with Bobby Fischer, 18-year-old national champion playing white. Samuel Reshevsky won the first game last night.
July 20 1961
July 21 1961
New York Times, New York, New York, Friday, July 21, 1961 — Reshevsky Holds Fischer To Draw: Chess Rivals Remain Tied After 25-Move Match — Samuel Reshevsky and Bobby Fischer played to a draw after twenty-five moves last night at the Empire Hotel in the third game of their sixteen-game series. They thus remained even, 1½-1½. Fischer, Read More
July 22 1961
The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Canada Saturday, July 22, 1961 — The West and the World Championship — On the question of the chances for a player from the West winning the world championship, the former British champion, C.H.O'D. Alexander has given his views in the Long “Sunday Times”: “Every match for the world championship Read More
July 24 1961
July 25 1961
New York Times, New York, New York, Tuesday, July 25, 1961 — Chess Game A Draw: Fischer, Reshevsky End 4th Contest After 43 Moves — The fourth game in the sixteen-game chess series between the United States champion Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, and Samuel Reshevsky of Spring Valley, N.Y., ended in a draw last night. The players Read More
July 26 1961
New York Times, New York, New York, Wednesday, July 26, 1961 — Reshevsky, Fischer Off To Coast Today — Samuel Reshevsky and Bobby Fischer will leave for Los Angeles today where they are scheduled to meet tomorrow in the fifth game of their sixteen-game chess match. Eight games will be played on the Coast before the grandmasters Read More
The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Wednesday, July 26, 1961 — Reshevsky, Fischer Tied 2-2 in Chess — New York—With the scores even at 1½ points each, Samuel Reshevsky and Bobby Fischer started play in the fourth game of their 16-game chess match for the George P. Edgar Trophy at the Hotel Empire here Monday night. The Read More
July 27 1961
The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Thursday, July 27, 1961 — Chess Champions To Start Matches Today — Bobby Fischer, U.S. chess champion, will compete against Sam Reshevsky, former U.S. chess champion, in a series of matches to start today at 7:30 p.m. at the Beverley Hilton. Actor Jose Ferrer will be master of Read More
Oakland Tribune Oakland, California Thursday, July 27, 1961 — Chess Titlist, 18, Meets Ex-Champ — Beverley Hills, July 26 —(UPI)—National chess champion Bobby Fischer will meet former United States titleholder Samuel Reshevsky tomorrow at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in the first of a series of special Southern California matches. Fischer, 18, Read More
July 28 1961
Poughkeepsie Journal Poughkeepsie, New York Friday, July 28, 1961 — AP Dispatches: Bobby Fischer vs. Samuel Reshevsky — 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… ★
The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Friday, July 28, 1961 — Reshevsky and Fischer Open Chess Matches — U.S. chess champion Bobby Fischer and his top opponent, Sam Reshevsky, Thursday night opened the first of a series of eight matches to be held here. Fischer and Reshevsky, vying for the George P. Edgar Trophy, played their Read More
Oakland Tribune Oakland, California Friday, July 28, 1961 — Chess Match to Resume Monday — Beverly Hills, July 28—(AP)—A couple of chess players have something to think about between now and Monday. Early this morning, after five hours of play, a game between U.S. chess champion Bobby Fischer and his top opponent, Samuel Read More
July 29 1961
Lansing State Journal Lansing, Michigan Saturday, July 29, 1961 — It's (Yawn) Your Move Next, Bob — A couple of chess players have something to think about between now and Monday. Early this morning, after five hours of play, a game between U.S. chess champion Bobby Fischer and his top opponent, Samuel Reshevsky, was Read More
New York Times, New York, New York, Saturday, July 29, 1961 — Fischer Assumes Chess Advantage: Reshevsky a Pawn Down as 42-Move Game Is Put Off — Bobby Fischer and Samuel Reshevsky adjourned the fifth contest of their sixteen-game chess series after forty-two moves last night in a queen's gambit declined. Reshevsky had won the Read More
July 30 1961
The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, July 30, 1961 — Fischer Favored In Adjourned Game — U.S. chess champion Bobby Fischer and former champion Samuel Reshevsky played for a grueling five hours before a packed house without coming to a decision in the fifth game of their match Thursday evening at the Beverly Hilton Read More
July 31 1961
New York Times, New York, New York, Monday, July 31, 1961 — Fischer, Reshevsky Draw — Bobby Fischer, 18-year-old United States chess champion, and Samuel Reshevsky played to a draw tonight in the sixth game of their sixteen-game series for the George P. Edgar Trophy. The series stands at a victory each and three draws, plus one Read More
The Times-News Twin Falls, Idaho Monday, July 31, 1961 — Chess Champs Play off Draw — Chess champions Bobby Fischer and Sam Reshevsky played to a draw last night in the sixth game of their series for the George P. Edgar trophy. The 16-match series continues tonight at the Herman Steiner chess club in West Los Angeles. Fischer Read More
August 01 1961
New York Times, New York, New York, Tuesday, August 01, 1961 — Fischer Is Favored In Adjourned Game — Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, holding a favorable position, is expected to win from Samuel Reshevsky of Spring Valley, N.Y., when the adjourned fifth game of their sixteen-game chess series is resumed in Los Angeles. Fischer was a Read More
The Minneapolis Star Minneapolis, Minnesota Tuesday, August 01, 1961 — Youth Wins Game in Chess Series — 18-year-old Bobby Fischer Monday night won a chess game he and Samuel Reshevsky started last Thursday.Fischer, United States chess champion, won when Reshevsky resigned after 57 moves. He and Reshevsky are playing a Read More
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Tuesday, August 01, 1961 — Chess Experts Play to Draw — Bobby Fischer, 18, U.S. chess champion, and ex-Champion Samuel Reshevsky played to a draw last night in the sixth game of their 16-game series for the George P. Edgar trophy. The series stands at a victory each and three draws, Read More
The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Tuesday, August 01, 1961 — Fischer Wins Game No. 5 in Chess Series — U.S. chess champion Bobby Fischer out-played ex-champion Sam Reshevsky in 57 moves Monday in the fifth game of a 16-game series for the George P. Edgar Trophy. The fifth game, which opened the Los Angeles Read More
The Times-News Twin Falls, Idaho Tuesday, August 01, 1961 — Boy Player Is Chess Leader — Bobby Fischer, 18, the boy wonder of chess, defeated 49-year-old Samuel Reshevsky last night in a match at the Herman Steiner Chess club. The victory left the series at two games for Fischer, one for Reshevsky and three draws. The two masters Read More
August 02 1961
The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Wednesday, August 02, 1961 — U.S. Champion Fischer Loses Chess Round — Samuel Reshevsky defeated U.S. chess champion Bobby Fischer in 28 moves Tuesday night to advance to a 2-2 tie after seven games in their 16-game, $6,000 series. Three of the seven games have ended in draws. Read More
The Journal News White Plains, New York Wednesday, August 02, 1961 — Reshevsky Win Ties Chess Series — U.S. chess champion Bobby Fischer was defeated by Samuel Reshevsky of Spring Valley, N.Y. yesterday to cause a tie in their 16-game, $6,000 series. Fischer of Brooklyn, facing certain defeat after moving into a Read More
Poughkeepsie Journal Poughkeepsie, New York Wednesday, August 02, 1961 — Champion Defeated In Chess Match — U.S. chess champion Bobby Fischer was defeated by Samuel Reshevsky yesterday to advance to tie in their 16-game $6,000 series. Fischer is from Brooklyn and Reshevsky lives at Spring Valley.
The Times-News Twin Falls, Idaho Wednesday, August 02, 1961 — Evened up — Samuel Reshevsky, 49, evened his chess series with 18-year-old Bobby Fischer last night by forcing his fellow New Yorker to resign on the 28th move at the Herman Steiner Chess club. The series now stands at two wins apiece and three draws. The Read More
The Minneapolis Star Minneapolis, Minnesota Wednesday, August 02, 1961 — Chess King Loses — United States chess champion Bobby Fischer was defeated by Samuel Reshevsky Tuesday to advance to tie in their 16-game, $6,000 series. Three of their seven games have ended in draws, and each has won two.
August 03 1961
New York Times, New York, New York, Thursday, August 03, 1961 — Reshevsky Beats Fischer In Chess — Samuel Reshevsky, an international grandmaster, caught up with Bobby Fischer, the 18-year-old United States champion, by winning the seventh game of their sixteen-game match in twenty-eight moves at the Herman Steiner Chess Read More
The Guardian London, Greater London, England Thursday, August 03, 1961 — Defensive errors — In chess the great majority of players find attack easier than defence; and even good defensive players are handicapped by the fact that an error on their part is usually more costly than any mistake by the attacker. The psychological difficulties Read More
August 04 1961
Oakland Tribune Oakland, California Friday, August 04, 1961 — Chess Masters Call Recess in Game — Chess masters Bobby Fischer, 18, and Samuel Reshevsky, 49, stopped their game after 41 moves and five hours last night. It will be continued Saturday morning at the Herman Steiner Chess Club. The two are vying for the George P. Edgar Trophy.
August 05 1961
New York Times, New York, New York, Saturday, August 05, 1961 — Fischer, Reshevsky Adjourn 8th Game — The halfway mark in the sixteen-game match between Bobby Fischer and Samuel Reshevsky, at the Herman Steiner Chess Club in Los Angeles, was reached with the eighth game adjourned after forty moves Thursday night. Read More
The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Canada Saturday, August 05, 1961 — Reshevsky, 2, Fischer, 2 — After four games in their 16-game match at New York, Samuel Reshevsky and Robert Fischer are all even, having won a game apiece with the other two drawn. They now fly to Los Angeles where the next eight games will be played, following which Read More
August 06 1961
The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, August 06, 1961 — Fischer, Reshevsky Closely Matched — U.S. chess champion Bobby Fischer evidently has a worthy foe in former champion Samuel Reshevsky in their current 16-game match. They were tied up after seven games with two wins apiece and three draws. The fifth game went Read More
Sunday Gazette-Mail Charleston, West Virginia Sunday, August 06, 1961 — Fischer vs. Reshevsky: Pawn Advantage — After the completion of the fifth and sixth games of the match between Bobby Fischer, U.S. champion, and Samuel Reshevsky, veteran grandmaster, Fischer led by 3 to 2. The fifth game was adjourned with Fischer having a Read More
August 07 1961
New York Times, New York, New York, Monday, August 07, 1961 — Chess Adjourned Again: Fischer, Reshevsky Will Try to Finish 8th Game Tonight — Bobby Fischer and Samuel Reshevsky will try again tonight to complete the eighth game of their sixteen-game match, at the Herman Steiner Chess Club in Los Angeles. The contest was Read More
The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Monday, August 07, 1961 — Chess Titans Adjourn 9th Contest Here — The ninth chess game in the 16-game series for the George P. Edgar Trophy and $6,000 adjourned Sunday after five hours of play with former U.S. chess champion Samuel Reshevsky having the advantage over Read More
August 08 1961
The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Tuesday, August 08, 1961 — Two Games in Chess Series End in Draws — The eighth and ninth games of a 16-game championship chess series between the nation's two top players ended in draws Monday night. The closely contested tournament, being staged at the Herman Steiner Chess Read More
Oakland Tribune Oakland, California Tuesday, August 08, 1961 — Chess Matches End in Draws — Bobby Fischer, 18, and Samuel Reshevsky, 49, both of New York, completed two previously adjourned chess matches yesterday and last night, both ending in draws. The series for the George P. Edgar Trophy now stands at two victories apiece Read More
St. Louis Post-Dispatch St. Louis, Missouri Tuesday, August 08, 1961 — 2 Draws In Chess Match — Champion Bobby Fischer and challenger Samuel Reshevsky played two more draws yesterday in their 16-game chess series. The eighth and ninth games, adjourned over the weekend, each concluded with no decision. It brought the score to Read More
August 09 1961
The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Wednesday, August 09, 1961 — Reshevsky, Fischer in Chess Draw — Bobby Fischer, U.S. chess champion, and Samuel Reshevsky, former champion, played to a draw Tuesday night in the 10th game of their 16-game series for a $6,000 prize. Fischer, 18, and his 47-year-old opponent remained Read More
New York Times, New York, New York, Wednesday, August 09, 1961 — Fischer, Reshevsky Still Tied In Chess — Bobby Fischer and Samuel Reshevsky remained tied at 4½—4½ last night in Los Angeles as play got under way in their sixteen-game match at the Herman Steiner Chess Club. The eighth and ninth games, both of which had been Read More
Pasadena Independent Pasadena, California Wednesday, August 09, 1961 — Championship Chess Series Deadlocked — The eighth and ninth games in the 16-game chess championship series between 18-year-old Bobby Fischer and 49-year-old Samuel Reshevsky ended in draws Monday. Game eight was called of after the 79th move and Read More
Oakland Tribune Oakland, California Wednesday, August 09, 1961 — U.S. Chess Stars Tied in 10th Game — U.S. chess champion Bobby Fischer, 18 and former champ Samuel Reshevsky, 47, tied last night in the 10th game of their 16-game series.
August 10 1961
New York Times, New York, New York, Thursday, August 10, 1961 — Reshevsky Stays Tied With Fischer: Chess Rivals Draw in 10th Game After 40 Moves — The sixth draw in the sixteen-game match between Samuel Reshevsky and Bobby Fischer was recorded at the Herman Steiner Chess Club in Los Angeles Tuesday night. The Read More
The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Thursday, August 10, 1961 — Chess Experts to Clash Tonight — The nation's chess champion and his predecessor will play their 11th match in a national series at 7 p.m. today in the grand ballroom of the Beverly Hilton, with actor Jose Ferrer as master of ceremonies. Bobby Fischer, champion, Read More
August 11 1961
New York Times, New York, New York, Friday, August 11, 1961 — Passed Pawn Failed To Win For Fischer — In the ninth of the sixteen-game chess match between Samuel Reshevsky and Bobby Fischer at the Herman Steiner Chess Club in Los Angeles, Reshevsky had the white pieces. An ending was reached with each player having a bishop and Read More
August 12 1961
Oakland Tribune Oakland, California Saturday, August 12, 1961 — 2 Chess Champions Can't Win for Tying — National chess champion Bobby Fischer and former titleholder Samuel Reshevsky drew yesterday for the seventh time in their 16-game competition. Each has won twice. Their 12th match is scheduled tomorrow. The players then return Read More
New York Times, New York, New York, Saturday, August 12, 1961 — Chess Adjourned After 40 Moves: Fischer Holds Edge Over Reshevsky in 11th Game — With the score tied at 5—5, Bobby Fischer and Samuel Reshevsky adjourned the eleventh game of their sixteen-game series at the Herman Steiner Chess Club in Los Angeles Thursday night Read More
August 13 1961
⛔ A lot of false stories were published. This one stuck to facts. Fischer's refusal to play had much to do with being bullied by organizers, and the schedule changed without Fischer's consent to accommodate a referee's whims. It had nothing to do with Fischer resenting the wealth of Piatigorsky, nor the fact that she was a woman, nor did it have anything to do with her husband's Cello concert… many fables were published because chess journalists believe BS sells. This article was the only one, containing any factual confirmation by the organizers themselves. Why did the mainstream press make such pained concerted effort to cover up the fact that the organizers & referee Irving Rivise broke the rules? See L.A. Times, August 14, 1961 “Chess Champ Forfeits By Failing to Appear”
Oh, because Bobby Fischer was “just a kid.”
New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, August 13, 1961 — Fischer, Reshevsky Draw In 11th Game — Bobby Fischer and Samuel Reshevsky drew the eleventh game of their sixteen-game chess series at the Herman Steiner Chess Club in Los Angeles Friday night. They had adjourned after forty moves. Upon resumption Fischer did Read More
The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, August 13, 1961 — Fischer Misses Chances In Match — With four successive drawn games for their week's work, U.S. chess champion Bobby Fischer and former champion Samuel Reshevsky remained tied up with two wins each and seven draws. The 12th match game, the final one of their Read More
⛔The San Bernardino County Sun San Bernardino, California Sunday, August 13, 1961 — Fischer Fails to Show Up, Rocks Chess Circles — Sixteen(sic)-year-old Bobby Fischer, defending U.S. chess champion, failed to show up for the 12th game in his match with challenger Samuel Reshevsky yesterday. The referee called it a forfeit victory for Read More
Fort Lauderdale News Fort Lauderdale, Florida Sunday, August 13, 1961 — Fischer vs. Reshevsky Mid-Match Stats — At the end of the ninth game in the 16-round classic between Bobby Fischer and Sam Reshevsky, the score is tied at 4½-4½. It's a whale of a battle! Reshevsky won the first and seventh games and Fischer Read More
August 14 1961
⛔New York Times, New York, New York, Monday, August 14, 1961 — Fischer Cites Hour, Misses Chess Game — Bobby Fischer, the (sic) 16-year-old United States chess champion, failed to appear yesterday for the twelfth game of his sixteen-game match with Samuel Reshevsky at the Herman Steiner Chess Club in Los Angeles. Fischer was Read More
⛔The Miami News Miami, Florida Monday, August 14, 1961 — Chess Champion Throws Tantrum — U.S. chess champion Bobby Fischer thinks he's been rooked. The 16-year-old refused to show up yesterday at 11 a.m. for a match against challenger Samuel Reshevsky. He said he wasn't used to play in the morning. The referee called it a forfeit. But Read More
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 Read More
August 15 1961
New York Times, New York, New York, Tuesday, August 15, 1961 — Reshevsky Earns Draw: Threat of Perpetual Check Ends 11th Game in Chess — The summary of the adjourned eleventh game of the sixteen-game chess match between Bobby Fischer and Samuel Reshevsky at the Herman Steiner Chess Club in Los Angeles was received Read More
⛔The Journal Times Racine, Wisconsin Tuesday, August 15, 1961 — Champ and Challenger — Bobby Fischer, 16-year-old U.S.chess champion (center) failed to show up for the 12th game of his match with challenger Samuel Reshevsky, left, saying that 11 a.m. is too early to play chess. Reshevsky, shown playing a game with actor Jose Ferrer last Read More
⛔New York Times, New York, New York, Tuesday, August 15, 1961 — Fischer Threatens to Quit His Series: He Says He'll Walk Out if Forfeit in Chess Is Upheld — Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, the 18-year-old United States chess champion, thinks he has been rooked. He refused to show up at 11 A.M. yesterday for the twelfth game of a series of Read More
August 16 1961
⛔The San Bernardino County Sun San Bernardino, California Wednesday, August 16, 1961 — High and Inside — Reeks of negativity, spin-doctored tabloid, vitriolic reporting. Not wasting effort transcribing stupidly fabricated falsehood which was already fully refuted from the article by Los Angeles Times dated August 14, 1961. The Read More
⛔The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Wednesday, August 16, 1961 — Chess and Cobwebs — More idle no-value tabloid BS. How odd the author completely neglects to mention organizers advanced game time to 11 a.m. to accommodate Irving Rivise (referee) itinerary to attend the U.S. Open tournament in San Francisco. The only Read More
⛔New York Times, New York, New York, Wednesday, August 16, 1961 — Absence Of Fischer Puts Off Chess Game — The thirteenth game of the sixteen-game chess series between Samuel Reshevsky and Bobby Fischer was postponed last night until tomorrow evening. The match is scheduled for the Hotel Empire. Fischer, the United States Read More
August 17 1961
⛔New York Times, New York, New York, Thursday, August 17, 1961 — 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 — Bobby Fischer, the 18-year-old chess champion of the United States, faces a suit for damages if Read More
⛔The Morning News Wilmington, Delaware Thursday, August 17, 1961 — Young Chess King Rebuked — The American Chess Foundation yesterday warned youthful champion Bobby Fischer to show up for his next scheduled game with Samuel Reshevsky or lose the championship. Walter J. Fried, president of the foundation, also warned Read More
August 18 1961
⛔Oakland Tribune Oakland, California Friday, August 18, 1961 — Young Chess Champ Forfeits Series — Bobby Fischer, 19-year-old chess champion of the United States, has forfeited the 13th game and his 16-match series against Samuel Reshevsky, 49. Young Fischer had been scheduled to resume the series with Reshevsky, but he Read More
⛔New York Times, New York, New York, Friday, August 18, 1961 — Absent Fischer Loses Chess: He Fails to Appear, Forfeiting Series to Reshevsky — Bobby Fischer, the 18-year-old United States chess champion, failed to show up yesterday for the thirteenth game of his series with Samuel Reshevsky. The move not only cost the young Brooklynite Read More
August 19 1961
⛔New York Times, New York, New York, Saturday, August 19, 1961 — Sponsor to Decide Fischer Chess Fee In Light of Forfeit — Morris J. Kasper, treasurer of the American Chess Federation, said yesterday officials of that organization would meet next week to decide upon the final compensation to be paid to Bobby Fischer. Fischer, the Read More
⛔The San Bernardino County Sun San Bernardino, California Saturday, August 19, 1961 — Chess Champ Gives Up, Forfeits $8,000 Match — Former U.S. chess champion Samuel Reshevsky was declared winner of the $8,000 American Chess Foundation series Thursday night after 18-year-old Bobby Fischer failed to show up for the 13th Read More
August 20 1961
New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, August 20, 1961 — Chess Congress To Start Sept. 2: 20 Stars to Pay Tribute to Bled Tourney of 1931 — The thirtieth anniversary of the Bled tournament, won by the late Dr. Alexander Alekhine, will be memorialized by an international chess masters congress Sept.2 to Oct. 4 at the Casino in Bled, Read More
Sunday Gazette-Mail Charleston, West Virginia Sunday, August 20, 1961 — U.S. Chess Open San Francisco vs. Fischer-Reshevsky Tournament — The United States Open got under way in San Francisco last Monday with more than 200 entrants, including last year's winner, Donald Byrne. Lisa Lane, U.S. women's champion, is also competing. After eleven Read More
⛔The Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky Sunday, August 20, 1961 — Fischer Fails To Show, Forfeits To Reshevsky — One of the most bizarre endings to a chess match in the memory of man occurred Thursday when Bobby Fischer, 19-year-old champion of the United States, forfeited the thirteenth game and his 16-game match Read More
⛔Fort Lauderdale News Fort Lauderdale, Florida Sunday, August 20, 1961 — Fischer-Reshevsky Match — It looks as though the Fischer-Reshevsky match may not be finished. The players were tied 5½-5½ at the end of the eleventh round. Officials switched the time of the twelfth round from Saturday night to Sunday morning at the Read More
The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Sunday, August 20, 1961 — Chess Notebook by Lyman Burgess — United States women's chess champion, Lisa Lane, was given the cover portrait, feature-article treatment by Sports Illustrated, Aug. 7. She is the third chess star to be recognized as newsworthy, the others: Sam Reshevsky Read More
August 23 1961
⛔Courier-Post Camden, New Jersey Wednesday, August 23, 1961 — Reshevsky-Fischer Match Ends in Fiasco — What started out as the most interesting chess match to be held in the United States in many years has ended in a sorry fiasco. The match was between America's two foremost grandmasters—Samuel Reshevsky, 49, long Read More
August 25 1961
⛔The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle Milwaukee, Wisconsin Friday, August 25, 1961 — Reshevsky-Fischer — Sammy Reshevsky, the Jewish chess prodigy of an earlier era, is now matched with Bobby Fischer, the equally brilliant prodigy of contemporary times. It promises to be an outstanding chess event of the year. At this writing, the two men, both at Read More
August 26 1961
⛔The Ottawa Journal Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Saturday, August 26, 1961 — Match Fiasco — Samuel Reshevsky was declared victor in his match with Bobby Fischer at New York when the latter refused to continue play after being over-ruled in his protest on the hour selected for the start of the 12th game. The game was rescheduled Read More
August 27 1961
⛔Fort Lauderdale News Fort Lauderdale, Florida Sunday, August 27, 1961 — Fischer Forfeits — “The rescheduling of the twelfth game was without my consent and the breach of contract therefore was not mine.” Bill Lombardy, well liked American grandmaster, sided with Fischer. “I think there should have been a little more leeway,” he said. “It Read More
El Paso Times El Paso, Texas Sunday, August 27, 1961 — Those Special Children — Bobby Fischer, Chicago-born and Brooklyn-raised, was an eccentric child prodigy bored with school; now is a normal boy of 18. As a baby he was interested in solving Chinese puzzles until an older sister taught him chess. At 14, he became U.S. Chess Champion, Read More
⛔The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Sunday, August 27, 1961 — Chess Notebook — The much-heralded Reshevsky-Fischer match ended unexpectedly after the 11th game with the scored tied, 5½-5½ (2 wins each and 7 draws). The 12th game had been reschedule (reports conflict as to why the time change) for Sunday morning Read More
The Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky Sunday, August 27, 1961 — America's Top Chess Players are Among the Best in the World — It is now pretty generally recognized that America's top chess players are among the best in the world, and the best in the world, of course, includes the Russians, who have dominated the royal game Read More
August 30 1961
⛔Courier-Post Camden, New Jersey Wednesday, August 30, 1961 — Bobby Fischer, 1957 New Jersey Open Championship Winner and Reshevsky Match — Following is the score of the 10th game of the late lamented match between Samuel Reshevsky and Bobby Fischer, which ended so unfortunately for American chess in forfeiture of Read More
Jubilarni Medjunarodni Veleturnir (Jubilee International Tournament), Bled 1961. Namesnik g. suca dr. A. Bajec sa ucesnicima turnira (Deputy judge Dr. A. Bajec with tournament participants). Edited by Anton Preinfalk and published in Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1962.
Contestants in order of their final scores at 1961 Bled Tournament
- Mikhail Tal
- Robert James Fischer
- Tigran Petrosian
- Paul Keres
- Svetozar Gligoric
- Efim Geller
- Petar Trifunovic
- Bruno Parma
- Arthur Bisguier
- Aleksandar Matanovic
- Klaus Darga
- Jan Hein Donner
- Miguel Najdorf
- Fridrik Olafsson
- Lajos Portisch
- Borislav Ivkov
- Ludek Pachman
- Mario Bertok
- Milan Germek
- Mijo Udovcic
September 01 1961
⛔The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle Milwaukee, Wisconsin Friday, September 01, 1961 — The Bobby Fischer Explosion — Chess, some people believe, is a quiet, reflective game. It is a game, they persist in thinking, that lacks action and drama. They are wrong, of course, and now even the casual sports fan knows it because Bobby Read More
September 03 1961
Chicago Tribune Chicago, Illinois Sunday, September 03, 1961 — Chess Regains Foothold Here: Verber Stepping in Famed Path of Fischer — Dick Verber has been playing chess on a serious level only two years but already the 17 year old St. Ignatius High school senior has scored enough points in tournaments sanctioned by the United Read More
September 04 1961
September 05 1961
New York Times, New York, New York, Tuesday, September 05, 1961 — Fischer Beats Tal in Chess — Bobby Fischer, the United States chess grand master, defeated the former world champion, Mikhail Tal of the Soviet Union today in forty-seven moves in the second round of an international chess tournament. It was the first time the Read More
The Kansas City Times Kansas City, Missouri Tuesday, September 05, 1961 — American Defeats Tal: Russian Chess Champion Is Conquered by Bobby Fischer — Bobby Fischer, U.S. chess grand master, defeated Mikhail Tal of Russia, former world champion, today in 47 moves in the second round of an international chess tournament. It was Read More
September 08 1961
New York Times, New York, New York, Friday, September 08, 1961 — Bisguier, U.S., Tied For Lead In Chess: Sets Pace With Geller and Trifunovic in Yugoslavia — Arthur B. Bisguier of New York, a former United States titleholder; Ewfim Geller, Soviet Union, and Dr. Petar Trifunovic, the champion for the lead at 2½—½ after three Read More
September 09 1961
September 10 1961
New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, September 10, 1961 — Fischer Gains Tie For Lead In Chess: U.S. Player Beats Olafsson at Bled—Bisguier Draws — Bobby Fischer of New York yesterday moved into a three way tie for first place with Arthur B. Bisguier of New York and Ewfim Geller of the Soviet Union in the masters chess Read More
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Sunday, September 10, 1961 — Disputed Coast Match Still In News — In the USCF Open Tourney at San Francisco, Pal Benko, a Grand-master, won with a score of 11-1. Zoltan Kovacs was second with 10-2 and third was divided between Arthur Bisguier and Robert Byrne. Mrs. Eva Aronson of Read More
The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, September 10, 1961 — Fischer In Three-Way Tie For Chess Honors — New York—With a fourth-round victory over Fridrik Olafsson of Iceland in the International Chess Masters Tournament at Bled, Bobby Fischer of New York moved up into a three-way tie for first place, at 3-1, with Arthur B. Read More
The Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky Sunday, September 10, 1961 — Fischer Beats Tal In International — Some time ago, this department when out on a limb with the prediction that one of these days the young American grandmaster, Bobby Fischer of New York, would bring the world championship to the United States. Bobby still has a long Read More
September 11 1961
New York Times, New York, New York, Monday, September 11, 1961 — Fischer, Petrosian Tie For Chess Lead — Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn and Tigran Petrosian, the Soviet champion, tied for first place yesterday with scores of 3½-1½ in the international chess masters tournament at Bled, Yugoslavia. Each has won two games and drawn three, Read More
Tampa Bay Times St. Petersburg, Florida Monday, September 11, 1961 — Fischer Tied For 1st — With a fourth-round victory over Fridrik Olafsson of Iceland in the International Chess Masters Tournament at Bled, Bobby Fischer of New York moved up into a three-way tie for first place, at 3-1; with Arthur B. Bisguier of New York and Ewfim Geller, Soviet Read More
September 12 1961
Courier-Post Camden, New Jersey Tuesday, September 12, 1961 — Twenty of the world's leading players — Twenty of the world's leading players are engaged in an international chess masters' tournament at Bled, Yugoslavia. It began Sept. 2 and will continue to Oct. 4. Bobby Fischer, our youthful four-time national champion, drew the Read More
September 13 1961
September 15 1961
New York Times, New York, New York, Friday, September 15, 1961 — Fischer Is Held To Draw In Chess: Seventh-Round Game With Darga Goes 18 Moves — Bobby Fischer of the United States, Mikhail Tal of Latvia and Miguel Najdorf of Argentina drew games in the seventh round of the international masters tournament at Bled, according to Read More
September 16 1961
New York Times, New York, New York, Saturday, September 16, 1961 — Lead In Chess Goes To Petrosian, Keres — With Bobby Fischer, the United States champion, and Mikhail Tal of Latvia adjourning their eighth-round matches in the international chess masters tournament at Bled, Yugoslavia, yesterday, Tigran Petrosian of the Soviet Union Read More
September 17 1961
New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, September 17, 1961 — Fischer and Tal Take Chess Lead: Each Scores 1½ Points in Adjourned Games at Bled — Bobby Fischer, the United States champion, and Mikhail Tal of Latvia gained a tie for first place in the international chess masters tournament at Bled, Yugoslavia, according to a report received Read More
The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, September 17, 1961 — Fischer Tied For Lead In Yugoslav Tourney — United States chess champion Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn is in a four-way tie for first place after six rounds of an international masters tournament in Bled, Yugoslavia, according to a report from the New York Times. Read More
The Morning Call Allentown, Pennsylvania Sunday, September 17, 1961 — Who is the current chess champion of the United States? — Q. Can you tell me who is the current chess champion of the United States?—E.W., Erie, Pa. A. Eighteen-year-old Bobby Fischer.
September 18 1961
New York Times, New York, New York, Monday, September 18, 1961 — Fischer On Top in Chess — Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn held the lead tonight after the tenth round of an international chess tournament. He beat Bertok of Yugoslavia. Mikhail Tal of the Soviet Union and Tigran Petrosian of the Soviet Union drew, dropping Tal to second Read More
September 19 1961
New York Times, New York, New York, Tuesday, September 19, 1961 — Fischer Leader in Chess At Bled: U.S. Champion Tops Bertok — Tal, Keres, Runners-Up — The tie for first place in the international chess masters tournament at Bled was broken in the tenth round yesterday according to a report from Yugoslavia. Bobby Fischer of Read More
September 20 1961
September 21 1961
New York Times, New York, New York, Thursday, September 21, 1961 — Petrosian Plays A Draw In Chess: Breaks a 3-Way Tie for 2d—Fischer Keeps Lead — Tigran Petrosian of the Soviet Union drew with a countryman, Ewfim Geller, today and broke a three-way tie for second place in the international grand masters chess tournament. Read More
The Baltimore Sun Baltimore, Maryland Thursday, September 21, 1961 — Fischer and Russian Deadlock In Chess — Tigran Petrosjan, of Russia, drew with countrymen Efrem Geller today and pulled into a tie with Bobby Fischer, of Brooklyn, for first place in an international chess tournament. The half-point from the draw gave Petrosjan 8 points for Read More
September 22 1961
New York Times, New York, New York, Friday, September 22, 1961 — Fischer Has Edge In Twelfth Game: Adjourns With Trifunovic, in Winning Position — Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, the leader in the international grand masters chess tournament at Bled, adjourned his twelfth-round game, according to a report from Yugoslavia yesterday. The Read More
September 23 1961
New York Times, New York, New York, Saturday, September 23, 1961 — Fischer Sets Back Trifunovic at Bled, Holds Chess Lead — Twelve adjourned games from the seventh, tenth, eleventh and twelfth rounds were played off yesterday in the international chess masters tournament at Bled, according to a report from Yugoslavia. Bobby Fischer, Read More
September 24 1961
New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, September 24, 1961 — Fischer and Tal Tied in Chess — Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn drew his thirteenth-round game today and dropped into a first-place tie with Mikhail Tal of Latvia in the Bled chess tournament. Fischer was held to a draw by Ludvig Pachmann of Czechoslovakia. Tal defeated Read More
The Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky Sunday, September 24, 1961 — Fischer Leads Field In Masters Tourney — Bobby Fischer, 18-year-old chess champion of the United States, was still undefeated after the twelfth round of play was completed Friday in the International Chess Masters Tournament at Bled, Yugoslavia. The New York Read More
The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, September 24, 1961 — Fischer Beats Tal, Leads Bled Tourney — Bobby Fischer, 18-year-old United States chess champion, assumed sole possession of the lead at the half-way mark of the international masters tournament at Bled, Yugoslavia, according to a report from the New York Read More
The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Sunday, September 24, 1961 — Fischer Leads, Bisguier Drops Back of Pack — At this writing Bobby Fischer is among the leaders at Bled, while Arthur Bisguier, after his fine start, has dropped back into the pack.
The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Sunday, September 24, 1961 — Fischer Drops Into Tie With Red — Bobby Fischer, of Brooklyn, ended in a draw in his 13th round game Saturday and dropped into a tie for first with Russia's Mikhail Tal in the Bled chess tournament. The boy wonder from the United States, who had held the Read More
September 25 1961
New York Times, New York, New York, Monday, September 25, 1961 — Tal, Fischer Tied For Lead In Chess — Mikhail Tal of Latvia yesterday tied Bobby Fischer of the United States at 9½—3½ for the lead after thirteen rounds of the international chess masters tournament at Bled, according to a report from Yugoslavia. Tal conducted the white pieces Read More
September 26 1961
New York Times, New York, New York, Tuesday, September 26, 1961 — Tal Takes Lead In Chess At Bled: Draws in 14th Round and Goes Ahead of Fischer — Mikhail Tal of Latvia took the lead with a score of 10—4 in the fourteenth round of the international chess masters tournament at Bled, according to a report from Yugoslavia yesterday. Tal Read More
Nanaimo Daily News Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada Tuesday, September 26, 1961 — Chess Tourney Remains Tied — Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn and Russia's Mikhail Tal each adjourned their 15th-round games Monday night and remained tied for first place in the international grand masters' chess tournament. Each has 10 points with one Read More
September 27 1961
New York Times, New York, New York, Wednesday, September 27, 1961 — Fischer and Tal Take Games And Lead International — Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn and Mikhail Tal of Latvia won adjourned fifteenth-round games tonight and remained tied for first place in the international grand masters chess tournament. The leaders had 11 points apiece. Read More
Asbury Park Press Asbury Park, New Jersey Wednesday, September 27, 1961 — Fischer, Tal Tie For Chess Lead — Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, won the completion of an adjourned game with Lajos Portis of Hungary last night and held a share of first place in the International Grand Masters chess tournament. Fischer, with 11 points after 15 Read More
Oakland Tribune Oakland, California Wednesday, September 27, 1961 — Chess Winner — Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, N.Y., won the completion of an adjourned game with Lajos Portis of Hungary last night and held a share of first place in the International Grand Masters Chess Tournament.
Tampa Bay Times St. Petersburg, Florida Wednesday, September 27, 1961 — Fischer, Tal Tied — Bobby Fischer, United States champion, and Mikhail Tal of Latvia are tied for first place with scores of 10-4 in the International Chess Masters tournament at Bled.
September 28 1961
New York Times, New York, New York, Thursday, September 28, 1961 — Fischer Winner In 48-Move Game: Tal Requires 61 to Defeat Bisguier in 15th Round — Eleven games that had been adjourned from the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth rounds of the international grand masters chess tournament were played off, according to a Read More
September 29 1961
Asbury Park Press Asbury Park, New Jersey Friday, September 29, 1961 — Tal One Point Ahead of Fischer in Chess — Mikhail Tal of the Soviet Union, former world champion, took over the lead last night in an international chess tournament with a total of 12 points. Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, N.Y., had 11 points. Fischer could tie Tal by Read More
The Tennessean Nashville, Tennessee Friday, September 29, 1961 — Tal Takes Chess Lead — Mikhail Tal of the Soviet Union, former world champion, took over the lead last night in the Bled International Chess Tournament with a total of 12 points. Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, N.Y., had 11 points. Fischer could tie Tal by winning a match Read More
September 30 1961
New York Times, New York, New York, Saturday, September 30, 1961 — Fischer, Najdorf Play Chess Draw: American Drops to Third at Bled—Tal Takes Lead — Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Sept. 29 (AP)—Bobby Fischer of the United States and Miguel Najdorf of Argentina played to a draw tonight in the Bled chess tournament. Earlier, Fischer had adjourned a Read More
The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Canada Saturday, September 30, 1961 — Fischer Ahead At Bled — Undefeated after 12 rounds of play in the strong international at Bled, Yugoslavia, Bobby Fischer, American champion, holds the lead with 9-3 points, ahead of ex-world champion, Mikhail Tal, USSR, 8½-3½ pts. Fischer was victor in their Read More
Asbury Park Press Asbury Park, New Jersey Saturday, September 30, 1961 — Fischer Still Is Threat in Chess — Bobby Fischer of the United States and Miguel Najdorf of Argentina played to a draw in last night's match in the Bled Chess Tournament. Fischer, in third place with 11.5 points, still is considered the top threat to the leaders, Read More
October 01 1961
The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, October 01, 1961 — Fischer, Tal Tied In Bled Tourney — United States chess champion Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn and former world champion Mikhail Tal of Latvia were tied for first place after 15 rounds of the international masters tournament at Bled, Yugoslavia, according to a report Read More
Sunday Gazette-Mail Charleston, West Virginia Sunday, October 01, 1961 — Bobby Fischer sets blazing pace in Bled, Yugoslavia — The United States champion, Bobby Fischer, continues to set a blazing pace in the Bled, Yugoslavia, international tournament. After 15 of the 19 rounds had been completed, Fischer was tied with ex-world champion Read More
The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Sunday, October 01, 1961 — Bobby Fischer Holds Half Point Lead Over Mikhail Tal — With two-thirds of the playing scheduled gone by Bobby Fischer held a half point lead over Mikhail Tal, former world champion. Fischer was 9-3 and Tal 8-3 at the top of a star-studded field. Bisguier was doing middling well. Read More
The Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky Sunday, October 01, 1961 — Tal Forges Into Lead In Masters — Former World Champion Mikhail Tal of Latvia has taken the lead with a score of 12-4 in the International Chess Masters Tournament at Bled, Yugoslavia. I have learned through the New York Times News Service that Tal forged ahead Friday night Read More
October 02 1961
New York Times, New York, New York, Monday, October 02, 1961 — Fischer And Keres Draw Chess Game — Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn drew with Paul Keres of Estonia in the international grand masters' chess tournament today and moved within a half point of the leader, Mikhail Tal of Latvia. Tal has 13½ points, Fischer 13. Fischer, the United Read More
The Daily Telegram Eau Claire, Wisconsin Monday, October 02, 1961 — How old was Bobby Fischer when he first became the U.S. chess champion? — Q. How old was Bobby Fischer when he first became the U.S. chess champion? A. Bobby Fischer, of Brooklyn, N.Y., was 14 years old when he won the U.S. championship on January 7, Read More
The Warren County Observer Warren, Pennsylvania Monday, October 02, 1961 — Fischer Gains Top Spot Tie — Bobby Fischer, United States champion, in a fighting finish in the international chess masters tournament at Bled, gained a notable triumphs over Tigran Petrosian, Soviet Champion in the 18th and semi-final round. He again Read More
October 03 1961
New York Times, New York, New York, Tuesday, October 03, 1961 — Peace March Is Due At Moscow Today — Thirty peace marchers from the West demonstrated in front of a Soviet Air Force barracks outside Moscow today and had their first brush with regulations against taking photographs of military installations. Later, the marchers, Read More
New York Times, New York, New York, Tuesday, October 03, 1961 — Tal Captures Lead In Masters Chess — Eighteen rounds were completed in the international chess masters tournament at Bled with the playing of ten adjourned games from the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth rounds, according to a report from Yugoslavia yesterday. The Read More
The Minneapolis Star Minneapolis, Minnesota Tuesday, October 03, 1961 — Pacifists End March in Moscow — Thirty western pacifists, including 15 Americans, today staged a “silent vigil” in Moscow's Red square. The hour-long demonstration in front of the Stalin-Lenin mausoleum was for six of the pacifists the climax of a 10-month peace march Read More
The Akron Beacon Journal Akron, Ohio Tuesday, October 03, 1961 — Soviets Forbid Speeches By U.S. 'Peace Marchers' — Among those who marched all the way were Mrs. Regina Fischer, mother of American chess champion Bobby Fischer.
Philadelphia Daily News Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Tuesday, October 03, 1961 — Peace Marchers Greeted In Moscow, but Silenced — Among those who marched all the way was Mrs. Regina Fischer, mother of American chess champion Bobby Fischer.
October 04 1961
New York Times, New York, New York, Wednesday, October 04, 1961 — Fischer, Ivkov Adjourn: Chess Game at Bled Halted—Tal, Najdorf Adjourn — Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn and Mikhail Tal of the Soviet Union adjourned their matches in the chess tournament at Bled today. Tal is in first place with 13½ points to 13 for Fischer. Fischer played Read More
Courier-Post Camden, New Jersey Wednesday, October 04, 1961 — International Masters' Tournament at Bled, Yugoslavia: Mikhail Tal — Mikhail Tal, recent world's champion, looked like the winner of the international masters' tournament at Bled, Yugoslavia, as it went into its final round. The tournament was a close one all the way Read More
Chicago Tribune Chicago, Illinois Wednesday, October 04, 1961 — Chess Play Adjourns; Russ Leads Fischer — Both Bobby Fischer, Brooklyn teen-ager, and Russia's Mikhail Tal adjourned their matches in the Bled chess tournament today. Tal was in first place with 13.5 points to 13 for Fischer.
October 05 1961
New York Times, New York, New York, Thursday, October 05, 1961 — 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 — Mikhail Tal of Latvia, a former world champion, won the international chess masters tournament at Bled, according Read More
St. Louis Post-Dispatch St. Louis, Missouri Thursday, October 05, 1961 — Tal Wins Chess Tourney, Fischer Comes in Second — Mikhail Tal of Latvia, former world champion, won the last game of his schedule in the nineteenth and final round of the international chess masters tournament at Bled, according to a report from Yugoslavia yesterday. He Read More
Great Bend Tribune Great Bend, Kansas Thursday, October 05, 1961 — Mrs. Khruschchev Says Russia Isn't Building Bomb Shelters — Mrs. Nikita Khrushchev told a group of Western “peace marchers” today that the Soviet Union was making no effort to build air raid shelters. “There is no defense in a nuclear war,” said Nina Khrushchev, the wife of Read More
October 06 1961
Christian Science Monitor, New England Edition, October 07, 1961
Associated Press Wirephoto via radio from Moscow
Mrs. Khrushchev and Western Peace Marchers in Moscow
Mrs. Nikita S. Khrushchev, wife of the Soviet Premier, is shown with Western peace marchers in Moscow. Front from left are Yvette Naal, France; Mrs. Regina Fischer, New York; Franziska Mentzel of West Berlin, partly hidden by Mrs. Khrushchev; Mrs. Khrushchev; Lyn Marsh, London; Millie Gilbertsen, New York; and Bea Herrick, Chicago. The man in the background is Gerad Daeschel of Toronto. Mrs. Khrushchev told the marchers that the Soviet Union is making no effort to construct air-raid shelters to house the population in event nuclear bombs or missiles rain down on the country. ★
October 08 1961
The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, October 08, 1961 — Tal Wins At Bled, Fischer Second — Mikhail Tal of Latvia, until recently world chess champion, won a decisive victory in the international masters tournament at Bled, Yugoslavia, according to a New York Times report. Tal put on the pressure in the last week, scoring three wins Read More
New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, October 08, 1961 — Fischer, Chess Ace, In Yugoslav Hospital — Bobby Fischer, United States chess grand master, today was taken to a hospital here with suspected appendicitis. Fischer, the 18-year-old Brooklyn youth, was on his way to play in a chess match at Ljubdovija after winning second Read More
Lansing State Journal Lansing, Michigan Sunday, October 08, 1961 — Appendicitis Hits Chess Champion — American chess grand master Bobby Fischer, 18, was taken to a hospital Saturday with appendicitis, the Tanjug news agency reported. Fischer, of Brooklyn, N.Y., was stricken while traveling near Banja Luka, Yugoslavia, for a chess Read More
The Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky Sunday, October 08, 1961 — Fischer Is 2d As Tal Wins In International — Bobby Fischer, the 18-year-old American chess genius and grandmasters, has finished second to former World Champion Mikhail of Latvia in the International Masters Tournament at Bled, according to a report from Yugoslavia. Read More
Daily News New York, New York Sunday, October 08, 1961 — Boy Chess Champ Felled — Bobby Fischer, 17, of Brooklyn, American chess champion and international grandmaster, was hospitalized with appendicitis tonight in Banjaluka Central Yugoslavia. He was en route to Ljuboviya for a simultaneous match when stricken. He recently Read More
October 09 1961
The Pittsburgh Press Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Monday, October 09, 1961 — Bobby Fischer, 18, Released from Hospital in Yugoslavia — Bobby Fischer, 18, American chess grand master, has recovered enough from an appendicitis attack in Belgrade to be released from the hospital later today or tomorrow, the Tanjug News Agency reported. Young Read More
The Dispatch Moline, Illinois Monday, October 09, 1961 — Junior Chess Players To Compete In Quad-City Championship Event — Illowa Chess Club is sponsoring the junior title tourney in order to stimulate the already fast-growing interest in chess among younger players and the national accent on “Youth in Chess,” best exemplified by the Read More
The Minneapolis Star Minneapolis, Minnesota Monday, October 09, 1961 — Bobby Fischer, Recovering From Appendicitis — American chess grand master, Bobby Fischer, 18, has recovered enough from an appendicitis attack to be released from a hospital in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Fischer, of Brooklyn, N.Y., was stricken Saturday but an appendectomy Read More
The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Monday, October 09, 1961 — Bobby Fischer to Leave Hospital — Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, U.S. chess grand master, is expected to leave a hospital here today or Tuesday after treatment for suspected appendicitis, hospital officials said Sunday.
October 10 1961
New York Times, New York, New York, Tuesday, October 10, 1961 — Fischer Leaves Hospital — Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Oct. 9 (AP)—Bobby Fischer, the United States chess champion, left Banja Luka Hospital today for Zagreb. Fischer was hospitalized last week-end for treatment of his appendix and canceled a tour of Bosnia-Hercegovina.
The Times Record Troy, New York Tuesday, October 10, 1961 — Quits Hospital — Belgrade, Yugoslavia (AP)—Bobby Fischer, U.S. chess champion left Banja Luke Hospital yesterday for Zagreb. After a sudden irritation of his appendix, Fischer was hospitalized last week-end for treatment and cancelled a tour of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
The Atlanta Constitution Atlanta, Georgia Tuesday, October 10, 1961 — Leaves Hospital — The official Yugoslavian news agency Tanjug said U.S. chess champion Bobby Fischer was released Monday from a hospital in Banjaluka. He had been confined for three days for treatment after an appendicitis attack but no surgery was necessary, Tanjug said.
October 15 1961
New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, October 15, 1961 — Chess Gains Made By White Pieces: 106½ Points Scored in Play at Bled to 83½ for Black — Statistics of the recent international masters tournament, held in Bled, Yugoslavia, disclose that the players with the white chess pieces scored 106½ points against 83½ for those Read More
The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Sunday, October 15, 1961 — Mikhail Tal and Bobby Fischer Share Top Together and Separately at Bled, Yugoslavia — Well, Mikhail Tal, who was described as Leonard Barden as “very much an ex-champion at Oberhausen,” looked like very much a champion in winning the big one at Bled, Yugoslavia. Tal Read More
October 22 1961
Sunday Gazette-Mail Charleston, West Virginia Sunday, October 22, 1961 — Fischer Shows Gain In Strength Compared With World's Best Grand Masters — A summary of wins with the white and black pieces at the recent international tournament in Bled, Yugoslavia, appeared in last Sunday's New York Times. It showed the white pieces scoring Read More
The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, October 22, 1961 — Amsterdam To Host Interzonal Chess — The interzonal tournament, next stage in the selection of a world championship contender, will take place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, starting Jan. 27. With nine zonal tournaments completed, 22 players from all sections of the Read More
Fort Lauderdale News Fort Lauderdale, Florida Sunday, October 22, 1961 — Fischer Flashes — The youthful U.S. champion has been proving his mettle in the Bled, Yugoslavia grandmaster tournament. At the end of the 12th round, he led the distinguished field of 20 grandmasters by 9-3. Bobby defeated M. Tal, former world champion, in Read More
October 25 1961
Courier-Post Camden, New Jersey Wednesday, October 25, 1961 — International Masters' Tournament Bled, Yugoslavia Outcome — Mikhail Tal of Latvia, who held the world's championship for one year until Mikhail Botvinnik regained it from him this year, was the winner of the international masters' tournament at Bled, Yugoslavia. Tal's Read More
October 28 1961
The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Canada Saturday, October 28, 1961 — Bled Tournament — Mikhail Tal, in his game with young Fischer in the 2nd round at Bled (which we published a few weeks ago, played the opening like a tyro and had a hopeless situation in a dozen moves. “Chess” Magazine gives the explanation: “Tal thought precisely 55 Read More
October 29 1961
The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Sunday, October 29, 1961 — Unofficial Reports of A Second Fischer-Reshevsky Match Persist — Harold Dondis has been assigned to trail and capture Bobby Fischer. If Dondis is successful it will mark the first professional appearance by the young four-time chess champion of the United States in Boston. Read More
November 11 1961
The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Canada Saturday, November 11, 1961 — Action On All Fronts — Bobby Fischer's mother, who has played a vigorous part in the advancement of her son's chess career, was among the “peace marchers” recently at Moscow. And, according to “British Chess Magazine,” Fischer is suing Sammy Reshevsky, Read More
November 12 1961
The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, November 12, 1961 — Fischer Vs. Reshevsky — Last week we published part of a report which was sent to Morris J. Kasper, treasurer of the American Chess Foundation, two days after U.S. champion Bobby Fischer was forfeited in the 12th game of his match with Samuel Read More
Fort Lauderdale News Fort Lauderdale, Florida Sunday, November 12, 1961 — Tal Triumphs — Mikhail Tal of Russia, former world champion, bounced back to life recently by capturing first place in the grandmaster tournament at Bled, Yugoslavia. He scored 14½-4½, with eleven wins, seven draws and one loss to Bobby Fischer. Fischer scored Read More
Express and News San Antonio, Texas Sunday, November 12, 1961 — Fischer Triumphs — Bobby Fischer of the United States scored his greatest victory in the Masters' Tournament at Bled. Yugoslavia, in placing second to Mikhail Tahl of Russia. Tahl totaled 14½-4½. Fischer 13½-5½. However, Fischer had the distinction of (1) beating Read More
November 19 1961
The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Sunday, November 19, 1961 — Bobby Fischer and Women In Chess — Dragoslav Andric says, “Keres, permanent pretender to the chess throne, famous for his coolness, played against Fischer as nervously as a girl.” Tal once called Fischer a “a living chess library.” Tal again (this time in astonishment): Read More
November 26 1961
New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, November 26, 1961 — U.S. Title Chess To Start Dec. 17: 12 Masters Get Invitations—Two Trophies at Stake — The Lessing J. Rosenwald tournament for the United States chess championship and the Frank J. Marshall Trophy will be held at the Prince George Hotel, 14 East Twenty-Eighth Street, Read More
Tampa Bay Times St. Petersburg, Florida Sunday, November 26, 1961 — Fischer To Defend U.S. Chess Crown — The Lessing J. Rosenwald Tournament for the United States Chess Championship and the Frank J. Marshall Trophy will be held at the Prince George Hotel, 14 E. 28th Street, New York, beginning Dec. 17 and continuing through 11 Read More
November 29 1961
Courier-Post Camden, New Jersey Wednesday, November 29, 1961 — U.S. Championship — The U.S. championship will be held at the Prince George Hotel, New York, starting Dec. 17. It will run through Jan. 4 with $3,000 in prize money to be shared by the 12 invited players. Bobby Fischer, our champion who is now 18 years old, will defend Read More
December 03 1961
The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Sunday, December 03, 1961 — United States Chess Championship Committee — Maurice Kasper, chairman of the United States chess championship committee, has announced the schedule for the next title tourney. Eleven rounds have been slated starting Sunday, Dec. 17 and continuing through Read More
The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, December 03, 1961 — U.S. Title Tourney — The United States chess championship tournament, to which 12 of the leading masters have been invited, will be held from Dec. 17 to Jan. 4 at the Prince George Hotel in New York City. Champion Bobby Fischer, the brilliant 18-year-old Read More
The Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky Sunday, December 03, 1961 — Tourney Set To Decide U.S. Championship — Going to New York during the holidays? If so, you can have a royal time kibitzing the royal game. And playing will be the kingpins of American chess. The occasion will be the Lessing J. Rosenwald Tournament for the United States Read More
December 11 1961
The Baltimore Sun Baltimore, Maryland Monday, December 11, 1961 — Chess Meet Scheduled — New York, Dec. 10 (AP)—Bobby Fischer, the 18-year-old grandmaster from Brooklyn, will defend his United States chess championship when the event opens here December 17.
December 16 1961
The Ottawa Journal Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Saturday, December 16, 1961 — Order In Court — Bobby Fischer, 18-year-old USA champion, is going to sue Samuel Reshevsky, his opponent in the recent match fiasco. Reshevsky was awarded the match by forfeiture, and the $4,500 prize fund, by the organizing committee, when Fischer refused to Read More
December 17 1961
New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, December 17, 1961 — U.S. Title Chess Opens Here Today — A field of twelve top players will compete in the Lessing J. Rosenwald round-robin chess tournament which opens today at the Prince George Hotel, 14 East Twenty-eighth Street. The United States championship and the Frank J. Read More
The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, December 17, 1961 — Fischer, Reshevsky, Out of U.S. Title Chess — The United States chess championship tournament will start this afternoon at the Prince George Hotel in New York City. Missing from the entry list, with no stated reason, are champion Bobby Fischer and former champion Read More
The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Sunday, December 17, 1961 — U.S.A. Interzonal Tournament — Harold Dondis has abandoned all hope of luring Bobby Fischer to Boston for a simul on Feb. 22. Instead, he is on the track of Raymond Weinstein (a relative of Fischer). Weinstein, along with Fischer and William Lombardy, will Read More
December 18 1961
Nanaimo Daily News Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada Monday, December 18, 1961 — Chess Champ Won't Compete In U.S. Play — Competition for the U.S. chess championship began Sunday with four-time champion, 18-year-old Bobby Fischer, not defending his title—and refusing to say why. Fred Cramer, president of the U.S. Read More
The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Monday, December 18, 1961 — Champ Silent On Reason: Chess Tourney Opens, Bobby Fischer Absent — Competition for the U.S. chess championship began Sunday with four-time champion, 18-year-old Bobby Fischer, not defending his title — and refusing to say why. Only one first-round match Read More
The Times-News Twin Falls, Idaho Monday, December 18, 1961 — Chess Tourney Opens Sunday — The U.S. chess championship opened yesterday but there was only one winner in first round play. Edmar Mednis of New York beat Herbert Seidman, New York. Other first round matches saw Donald Byrne, University Park, Pa., play to a Read More
The Times Shreveport, Louisiana Monday, December 18, 1961 — First Round Opens in U.S. Chess Event — The first round of the U.S. Chess Championship opened here today with one win, two draws and three adjournments. National Champion Bobby Fischer, the 18-year-old prodigy from Brooklyn, is staking his title on the play against Read More
The Evening Sun Baltimore, Maryland Monday, December 18, 1961 — Chess Play Canceled — An official of the Dutch Chess Federation today announced cancellation of the Interzonal Chess Tournament originally scheduled to start here January 27. Bobby Fischer, of Brooklyn, was among the entries.
Poughkeepsie Journal Poughkeepsie, New York Monday, December 18, 1961 — U.S. Chess Play Resumes Wednesday — Competition for the U.S. Chess championship is set to resume Wednesday, with 18-year-old Bobby Fischer, the four-time champion, still refusing to say whey he won't defend his title. Only one first round match was Read More
December 19 1961
The Times-News Twin Falls, Idaho Tuesday, December 19, 1961 — Upsets Mark Chess Battle At New York — Two upsets last night marked the second round of the U.S. chess championship. Donald Byrne, a U.S. senior master from University Park, Pa., defeated Raymond Weinstein, an international master from Brooklyn; and Sidney Bernstein, a Read More
December 23 1961
The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Canada Saturday, December 23, 1961 — Fischer Out — Neither R. Fischer or S. Reshevsky are taking part in the current USA championship at N.Y. W. Lombardy who placed second last year, is another absentee. The favored entries are P. Benko, L. Evans and R. Weinstein. A four-time winner Fischer may have decided to Read More
December 24 1961
The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Sunday, December 24, 1961 — 1962 United States championship tournament — The 1962 United States championship tournament opened last Sunday at the Prince George Hotel in New York. Samuel Reshevsky, five-time winner and all-time threat was not present. But most of the top players of Read More
The Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky Sunday, December 24, 1961 — Larry Evans Leads In U.S. Title Fight — Larry Evans of New York City appeared to be the man to beat as the first phase of the United States Championship Chess Tournament ended in his home town. The former U.S. Open champion upped his score to 3-0 as three Read More
December 31 1961
The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, December 31, 1961 — Interzonal Tourney In Doubt; Help Needed — The United States has qualified three players, champion Bobby Fischer, William Lombardy and Raymond Weinstein. The total entrance fees needed are $1,125. The American Chess Foundation has agreed to pay the traveling Read More
Sunday Gazette-Mail Charleston, West Virginia Sunday, December 31, 1961 — The United States Championship in New York City — The United States Chess Championships continue in New York City with a field of 12, but minus defending champion Bobby Fischer and his arch-rival, Samuel Reshevsky. With the tournament nearing the halfway mark, Read More
