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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 exploits of 18-year-old Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, N.Y., who won the U.S. championship four years ago at 14 and has successfully defended it against players of all ages each year since.
