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January 10, 1960 Los Angeles Times Chess by Isaac Kashdan

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Chess by Isaac KashdanChess by Isaac Kashdan 10 Jan 1960, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Fischer Wins Again In U.S. Title Chess
For the third year in succession Brooklyn schoolboy Bobby Fischer walked off with the Lessing J. Rosenwald challenge trophy, emblematic of the United States Chess Championship, according to a report from the New York Times.
Winning seven games and allowing four draws, Fischer registered a score of 9-2, a full point ahead of his nearest competitor. Not once has he tasted defeat in any of the three annual events. Considering that he started the streak at the age of 14, this is perhaps the most sensational result in the long history of chess.
Fischer improved his position steadily throughout the tournament and seemed to be playing most forcefully in the later rounds. He made certain of the title in the semifinal round when he defeated Paul Benko, former Hungarian refugee now residing in New York.
When Fischer faced former U.S. champion Samuel Reshevsky on the final day, he was already 1½ points ahead and the anticipated drama of the big game was gone. Reshevsky, with the white pieces, made an earnest effort to win, but the champion defended easily to draw in 40 moves.
Reshevsky's downfall was due largely to a loss in an adjourned eighth-round game to Arnold S. Denker, U.S. champion in 1944 who had been in poor form in this event. Denker built up a king side attack and though the heavy pieces were exchanged he retained an end-game advantage to win in 55 moves.
Coming up from nowhere, second place was clinched in the last round by Robert Byrne, a faculty member of the University of Indianapolis. Byrne was the only other undefeated player besides Fischer, winning five times and drawing six. After winning only twice in the first eight rounds, Byrne took his last three games for a rapid ascent.
Reshevsky, who had previously lost to Herbert Seidman and drawn four games, wound up in third place with 7½-3½. This was the lowest position in some years for the man who had dominated American chess in the pre-Fischer era. Benko, who won his last-round game against Sidney Bernstein, finished fourth with 7½-3½.
Following are details of the later rounds and games from the tournament. A complete score table appears below.

Arnold Denker vs Robert James Fischer
US Championship (1959/60), New York, NY USA, rd 4, Dec-22
Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense (D38) 0-1

Robert James Fischer vs Robin Ault
US Championship (1959/60), New York, NY USA, rd 5, Dec-23
Pirc Defense: Byrne Variation (B07) 1-0

Raymond Weinstein vs Sidney Norman Bernstein
US Championship (1959/60), New York, NY USA, rd 4, Dec-22
Dutch Defense: Nimzo-Dutch Variation (A90) 1-0

Herbert Seidman vs Samuel Reshevsky
US Championship (1959/60), New York, NY USA, rd 4, Dec-22
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Amsterdam Variation (B93) 1-0

Samuel Reshevsky vs Arthur Bisguier
US Championship (1959/60), New York, NY USA, rd 5, Dec-23
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Reshevsky Variation (E46) 1-0

'til the world understands why Robert J. Fischer criticised the U.S./British and Russian military industry imperial alliance and their own Israeli Apartheid. Sarah Wilkinson explains:

Bobby Fischer, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech
What a sad story Fischer was,” typed a racist, pro-imperialist colonial troll who supports mega-corporation entities over human rights, police state policies & white supremacy.
To which I replied: “Really? I think he [Bob Fischer] stood up to the broken system of corruption and raised awareness! Whether on the Palestinian/Israel-British-U.S. Imperial Apartheid scam, the Bush wars of ‘7 countries in 5 years,’ illegally, unconstitutionally which constituted mass xenocide or his run in with police brutality in Pasadena, California-- right here in the U.S., police run rampant over the Constitution of the U.S., on oath they swore to uphold, but when Americans don't know the law, and the cops either don't know or worse, “don't care” -- then I think that's pretty darn “sad”. I think Mr. Fischer held out and fought the good fight, steadfast til the day he died, and may he Rest In Peace.
Educate yourself about U.S./State Laws --
https://www.youtube.com/@AuditTheAudit/videos
After which the troll posted a string of profanities, confirming there was never any genuine sentiment of “compassion” for Mr. Fischer, rather an intent to inflict further defamatory remarks.

This ongoing work is a tribute to the life and accomplishments of Robert “Bobby” Fischer who passionately loved and studied chess history. May his life continue to inspire many other future generations of chess enthusiasts and kibitzers, alike.

Robert J. Fischer, Kid Chess Wizard 1956March 9, 1943 - January 17, 2008

The photograph of Bobby Fischer (above) from the March 02, 1956 The Tampa Times was discovered by Sharon Mooney (Bobby Fischer Newspaper Archive editor) on February 01, 2018 while gathering research materials for this ongoing newspaper archive project. Along with lost games now being translated into Algebraic notation and extractions from over two centuries of newspapers, it is but one of the many lost treasures to be found in the pages of old newspapers since our social media presence was first established November 11, 2017.

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