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Courier-Post Camden, New Jersey Wednesday, October 05, 1960
Chess Champ Kin On Hunger Strike
New York (UPI)—Mrs. Regina Fischer went on a hunger strike today in an effort to get the American Chess Foundation to finance a U.S. team to participate in the 1960 Chess Olympics that begin next week in Leipzig, East Germany.
Mrs. Fischer, mother of U.S. chess champion Bobby Fischer, 17 of Brooklyn, has been picketing the foundation for the past week.
“I hope this action will enable the foundation to raise the necessary funds to send a team,” she said.
The State Department has indicated it would not preclude a U.S. entry although the games will be held behind the Iron Curtain. The games start Oct. 14.
Bobby Fischer, three-time U.S. champion, would head the U.S. team. He currently is playing in a tournament in Iceland.
