New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, December 18, 1960
Fischer Defends Chess Title Today
11 Other Ranking Players to Compete for U.S. Crown at Empire Hotel Here
Twelve ranking players, all sponsored by the American Chess Foundation and the United States Chess Federation, will begin play today in the Lessing J. Rosenwald tournament for the national championship in the Crystal Room of the Empire Hotel. Five international grandmasters are among the entrants who will compete for the Frank J. Marshall Trophy.
Bobby Fischer, at 17 years of age the youngest American grandmaster in history, is the defending champion. He is expected to encounter powerful opposition for the most coveted chess prize to be gained on this side of the Atlantic. Fischer will open with Raymond Weinstein, a fellow New Yorker, as his opponent.
The other entrants are: Pal Benko, New York; Hans Berliner, Littleton, Colo.; Arthur B. Bisguier, New York; Robert Byrne, Valparaiso, Ind.; Charles Kalme, Philadelphia; William Lombardy, New York; Samuel Reshevsky, Spring Valley, N.Y.; Anthony F. Saidy, Douglaston, Queens, and Herbert Seidman, New York.
Following is the schedule for the five rounds this week, with the first named in each pairing playing the white pieces:
Today—First round, 2-7 P.M.: Kalme vs. Berliner; Reshevsky vs. Lombardy; Fischer vs. Weinstein; Seidman vs. Bisguier; Byrne vs. Benko, and Sherwin vs. Saidy.
Tomorrow—Second round, 6-11 P.M.: Berliner vs. Saidy; Benko vs. Sherwin; Bisguier vs. Byrne; Weinstein vs. Seidman; Lombardy vs. Fischer, and Kalme vs. Reshevsky.
Tuesday—Third round, 6-11 P.M.: Reshevsky vs. Berliner; Fischer vs. Kalme; Seidman vs. Lombardy; Byrne vs. Weinstein; Sherwin vs. Bisguier, and Saidy vs. Benko.
Thursday—Fourth round, 6-11 P.M.: Berliner vs. Benko; Bisguier vs. Saidy; Weinstein vs. Sherwin; Lombardy vs. Byrne; Kalme vs. Seidman, and Reshevsky vs. Fischer.
Friday—Fifth round, 6-11 P.M.: Fischer vs. Berliner; Seidman vs. Reshevsky; Byrne vs. Kalme; Sherwin vs. Lombardy; Saidy vs. Weinstein, and Benko vs. Bisguier.
Adjourned games will be played off on Wednesday and Saturday.
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The following games played in the recent Olympiad at Leipzig demonstrates the victories gained by Mikhail Botvinnik, Svetozar Gligoric, Robert Byrne, Arthur B. Bisguier and Lodewijk Prins:
