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U.S. Team Needs Funds 13 Nov 1960, Sun Sunday Gazette-Mail (Charleston, West Virginia) Newspapers.com
U.S. Team Needs Funds
By Edward M. Foy
As was expected, the Russians won the world team chess championship in the recently completed tournament at Leipzig, East Germany. Their score based on game not match results was 34 to (illegible 10?). The United States finished second with 29 to 15. Yugoslavia came next with a 27 to 17 record.
The Americans made a good record, even though they did not top the USSR. Our team was as follows: Isaac Kashdan (non-playing captain). Bobby Fischer, William Lombardy, Robert Byrne, Nicholas Rossolimo, Arthur Bisguier and Raymond Weinstein.
They did their best for their compatriots back in the USA. However, we can do something for them. There is still a need of funds to cover the financing of sending out team to Europe. Here is how we can help. Send at least $1 (more if possible to the U.S. Chess Federation, on East 11th St. New York, 3 NY Make check payable to the U.S. Chess Federation and mark it simply “Leipzig”
AS USUAL, there were some good American players who did not play on the United States team. Reshevsky would certainly have been useful to say the least. Another would have been Paul Benko: but Benko simply could not take the risk of going back behind the Iron Curtain once more after already escaping from Communist Hungary. But probably, even with these two players (and Evans) the Russian team would still have won.
