Absence Of Fischer Puts Off Chess Game

New York Times, New York, New York, Wednesday, August 16, 1961 - Page 25

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 champion, telephoned Morris J. Kasper, the treasurer of the American Chess Federation, and said he would not arrive until tomorrow. Fischer was in Los Angeles, where part of the series had been played.
Fischer forfeited the twelfth game when he had objected to a rescheduling by the officials. They had shifted the game from Saturday night to Sunday morning at the request of Reshevsky.
Fischer said that if the New York officials upheld the Los Angeles decision on the forfeit he would not continue.
Reshevsky leads the series, 6½-5½. Reshevsky's total includes the point credited for the forfeit.

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