AThe Times-News Twin Falls, Idaho Tuesday, December 19, 1961
Upsets Mark Chess Battle At New York
New York, Dec. 19 (UPI)—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 U.S. master from Brooklyn, upset international grandmaster Pal Benko, of New York.
Byrne's brother, Robert, drew with Herbert Seidman of Brooklyn, and another draw was declared in a match between Edmar Mednis of New York and Abe Turner of Mouth Vernon, N.Y.
In other matches last night, Larry Evens of New York defeated Eliot Hearst of Arlington, Va., and James T. Sherwin of New York beat George Kramer of Berkeley Heights, N.J.
The tournament winner will succeed national champion Bobby Fischer, 18, of Brooklyn, who did not defend his title. The match ends Jan. 4
