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Sunday Gazette-Mail, Charleston, West Virginia, Sunday, February 21, 1960
The current issue of Chess Life, publication of the U.S. Chess Federation, carries, without notes, 15 games of the recently completed U.S. championship tournament. Chess Life intends to publish the remaining matches, too.
THIS PUBLICATION, in hailing Bobby Fischer's third straight U.S. championship, also pointed out that Samuel Reshevsky had won four in a row and, later his fifth American title. But he only finished second in 1951, 1957 - 58 and 1958-59. He dropped to third in the 1959-60 tournament. Oddly enough, Sammy lost two games, but to Seidman in seventh place and to Denker in 11th (next to last) place.
This is not exactly recent news, but Pal Benko won the U.S. rapid transit championship in a tourney conducted by the Log Cabin Chess Club. Benko scored 9½ to ½. Other scorers were Bisguier, 8 to 2; and Fischer, 7 to 3.
