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Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Arizona, Wednesday, January 06, 1960
Bobby Fischer Wins Chess Tournament
NEW YORK (UPI) — Young Bobby Fischer, of Brooklyn, has won the national chess tournament for the third year in a row.
The tournament, co-sponsored by the U.S. Chess Federation and the American Chess Foundation, was held over the weekend at the Manhattan Chess Club.
Robert Byrne, of the University of Indianapolis, was second.
Brooklyn Youth Wins Chess Championship 06 Jan 1960, Wed The Tribune (San Luis Obispo, California) Newspapers.com
Brooklyn Youth Wins Chess Championship
NEW YORK, Jan. 6 (UPI)—Young Bobby Fischer, of Brooklyn, has won the national chess tournament for the third year in a row.
The tournament, co-sponsored by the U.S. Chess Federation and the American Chess Foundation, was held over the weekend at the Manhattan Chess Club.
Robert Byrne, of the University of Indianapolis, was second. Samuel Reshevsky, five-time winner of the U.S. title, finished third. Pal Benko, a Hungarian refugee who holds the western open title and the greater New York championship, took fourth place followed by Arthur B. Bisguier, and Raymond Weinstein, of Brooklyn.
