ASunday Gazette-Mail, Charleston, West Virginia, Sunday, January 10, 1960
The Final Round meeting of Bobby Fischer and Samuel Reshevsky in the U.S. chess championship tournament was something of an anti-climax as young Fischer had already clinched his third straight national chess title. For the record, their game was a draw but it dropped Reshevsky to third position when Byrne won his final round contest. Also for the third straight year, Bobby was undefeated. He won 7 and drew 4. Reshevsky won 6, drew 3 but lost 2 (Seidman and Denker). U.S. junior champion Ault was sadly out of his depth losing all eleven games.
The tournament committee should be very careful in the future about including “talented youngsters” in this important event. After all, teen-age players in Bobby Fischer's class are few and very far between.
The 12 contestants in the U.S. championship event finished in the following order: (surprisingly enough, no two had the same score) Fischer, 9 to 2; Byrne, 8 to 3; Reshevsky, 7½ to 3½; Benko, 7 to 4; Bisguier 6½ to 4½; Weinstein, 6 to 5; Seidman, 5½ to 5½; Sherwin 5 to 6; Mednis, 4½ to ½ Bernstein 4 to 7; Denker, 3 to 8; Ault, 0 to 11.
