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Chess 18 Aug 1957, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com
Byrne And Fischer Tied In Semifinal
With one round remaining to be played in the Open Championship of the U.S. Chess Federation at the Manger Hotel in Cleveland, Donald Byrne of Ann Arbor, Mich., is tied for first place with Junior Champion Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, according to a report from the New York Times.
Each player won his 11th-round game and has a 9½-1½ score. Donald Byrne defeated his older brother Robert of Indianapolis. They have been rivals since they played chess together at Yale. Fischer, a 14-year-old student of Erasmus Hall High School, outmaneuvered William G. Addison of San Francisco.
Donald Byrne had led the tournament for eight rounds but met his first setback in the ninth round at the hands of Fischer, who then took the lead by half a point. In the following game Fischer drew with Robert Byrne to drop back level with Donald.
U.S. Champion Arthur B. Bisguier of New York is in third place with 9-2, one-half point behind the leaders. Bisguier lost to Addison in the sixth round in a noteworthy game.
Walter J. Shipman of New York is fourth with a score of 8½-2½. Robert Byrne, at 8-3, is bracketed with Edmar Mednis, Anthony E. Santasiere and Morton Siegel of New York; Hans Berliner of Washington, D. C. and Orest Popovych of Lakewood, N. J.
Following this group, with totals of 7½-3½, are Paul Brandts, Jack W. Collins, Victor Guala and Anthony F. Saidy of New York, William G. Addison of San Francisco, Dr. E. W. Marchand of Rochester, N. Y., and J. Theodorovitch of Toronto, Canada.
