AThe Shreveport Journal Shreveport, Louisiana Tuesday, September 02, 1958
Fischer Among Chess Tourney Favorites
Portoroz, Yugoslavia—(AP)—Bobby Fischer, 15-year-old United States chess champion from New York, Monday joined the group of favorites at the Interzonal Chess Tournament played in the framework of world chess championship.
Fischer defeated international master James Sherwin of New York in the twice adjourned match from the 14th round. After three hours play and after 90 moves Fischer came through with the victory.
With nine points out of 16 matches Fischer joined the “Grand Master's Group” and is at present sharing the fifth place with such prominent grand masters as David Bronstein of Russia and Svetozar Gligoric of Yugoslavia.
