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Chess 05 Jul 1959, Sun Corpus Christi Caller-Times (Corpus Christi, Texas) Newspapers.com
The present champion of the United States is Bobby Fischer, who won the title at the tender age of 14 and has repeated it against this year. As yet, he is too young to have had many stories written about him, but it is known that as recently as two or three years ago, whenever he would lose a game, he would retire to a corner of the room and cry. He now has better control over his feelings and much more confidence in his ability, so much so that when he was queried before hand as to what he thought of his chances against the Russian players in the Challengers' Tournament, he shrugged his shoulders and replied, “They're good too.”
