ASunday Gazette-Mail Charleston, West Virginia Sunday, November 27, 1960
“Belatedly we report that an American, Anthony Saidy, won the Canadian Open championship with a record of 8 to 2. Saidy had previously scored 9 to 3 in the U.S. Open at St. Louis and shortly before that he played on the victorious U.S. team in the world championship student team matches in Leningrad. It goes without saying that Anthony Saidy is one of the better American younger players.
We have not yet seen the lineup of players for the forthcoming U.S. championship tournament but we can expect to see Bobby Fischer, Samuel Reshevsky, Robert Byrne and Pal Benko among those invited. William Lombardy is strong enough but probably would be unable to compete. Larry Evans and Arthur Bisguier are distinct possibilities. Personally, we are against the idea of inviting the current U.S. junior champion each year — unless he happens to be someone like young Fischer.
WE HAVE NOT seen this book but it sounds interesting. The Unknown Tal, by Valdemars Zemitis, 96 pages and about 300 diagrams. Published by Civil and Industrial Advertising, 210 California Street, San Francisco. The author now lives in California; he preceded Tal as Latvian junior chess champion. This collection of the present world chess champion's games includes some losses, too, a rarity in any collection of an individual's games.”
