AThe 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 continue on their terms after a disagreement as to the hour of starting the re-scheduled 12th game of the 16-game match. The suit will be based, according to Fischer, “on the unwarranted appropriation of $4,500, as the match stood even, 5½-5½.”
Both players were given $1,500 for living and traveling expenses at the beginning of the match, with the balance of the $8,000 collected to be divided on a ratio of two and one between winner and loser. Apparently Fischer received nothing, beyond the $1,500 for expenses.
The dates for the current USA Championship at New York are December 17 to January 7. Both Fischer and Reshevsky are expected to compete.
In the international at Bled, Yugoslavia, Fischer placed second to ex-world champion Mikhail Tal, but defeated him in their individual game brilliantly.
