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The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, December 03, 1961
U.S. Title Tourney
The United States chess championship tournament, to which 12 of the leading masters have been invited, will be held from Dec. 17 to Jan. 4 at the Prince George Hotel in New York City.
Champion Bobby Fischer, the brilliant 18-year-old Brooklyn prodigy, will be ready to defend the title he has won four times in succession. He will be heavily favored, based on the form he showed in the recent tournament in Bled, Yugoslavia.
Former champion Samuel Reshevsky of Spring Valley, N.Y., Fischer's main rival in the current American chess scene, is expected to be on hand for their first meeting since the inconclusive match last summer.
The tournament is sponsored by the U.S. Chess Federation and the American Chess Federation. The well-known philanthropist Lessing J. Rosenwald is donating $3,000 for the prize fund. The winner will receive custody of the Frank J. Marshall Trophy.
