ADaily News New York, New York Sunday, September 14, 1958
Dough Checks Chess Whiz, 15
Bobby Fischer, who at 15 is the youngest person to achieve the title of an international chess grand master by placing among the first six in the recent tournament in Portoroz, Yugoslavia, may get stranded there without money, according to word received yesterday by his mother.
Mrs. Regina Fischer, of 560 Lincoln Place, Brooklyn, said she had received a cable from him saying that he was unable to get a plane for home until October 4. He had only $10 or $15, she said, adding that funds to replace his stolen travelers checks had not reached him when last she spoke to him on the phone.
Bobby, who has won the U.S. chess championship and the U.S. open chess tournament, tied for fifth place in the international tournament Thursday. He was to have started his junior year at Erasmus High School Sept. 8 but now will miss the first three weeks.
