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Sunday Gazette-Mail Charleston, West Virginia Sunday, October 09, 1960
Speaking Of Chess by Edward M. Foy
“It seems that I was in error when I stated that the United States would not be represented in the forthcoming international chess team championship tournament at Leipzig, East Germany Oct. 16 to Nov. 9.
It looks now as though we will have a team there. Bobby Fischer will play first board, but the only other player I have seen mentioned recently in this connection is Isaac Kashdan. He is reported as available.
Certainly our team should include Sammy Reshevsky, and probably Pal Benko and Larry Evans should be strongly considered too.
Bill Lombardy, of course, is no longer taking part in these affairs. His sterling performance in the international team matches was his swan song. And what a swan song. A first board record of 11 wins and two draws, with a victory over Boris Spassky of the USSR.”
