AThe Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Tuesday, August 01, 1961 - Page 25
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 portion of the series last Thursday at the Beverly Hilton, was ended at the Herman Steiner Chess Club, 8801 Cashio St. The sixth game, which started after the fifth but ended before it, was played at the club Sunday. It ended in a draw after 25 moves.
The score now is two wins for Fischer, one for Reshevsky, and three draws.
The seventh game will be played at the club today at 6:30 p.m.
The first four games of the series were played in New York.
