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Chess 19 Nov 1960, Sat Liverpool Daily Post (Merseyside ed.) (Liverpool, Merseyside, England) Newspapers.com
The Come-Back of Sammy Reshevsky
Harry Golombek's Chess Column
For some years before the Second World War the American grandmaster, Reshevsky, was generally reckoned as one of the principal contenders for world championship honours. And for quite a time after the war he was still regarded as Botvinnik's chief rival outside the Soviet Union. But, as time went on, his appearances in the international arena became rare and, though still obviously a strong grandmaster, he allowed his great qualities to be rusted over with disuse. He even lost the leading position in the U.S.A., to one very much his junior in years, Bobby Fischer. When he did make a venture into the international field, as for example in the Munich International Team Tournament in 1958, his performance was nothing to write home about.
Nevertheless, those of us who knew Reshevsky's play well still had much confidence in him as one of the great figures in the game. Some time or other he was bound to make a come-back. He did this in no uncertain way at the great international tournament at Buenos Aires this year where he came equal first with Soviet champion, Korchnoi.
Here once again Reshevsky produced games full of an intriguing mixture of vigor and subtlety such as no other master in the world can provide. A typical example is the following fine game from the tournament.
