Sioux Cityan Rules Correspondence Chess World - International Matches On

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Sioux City Journal Sioux City, Iowa Sunday, March 23, 1958

Sioux Cityan Rules Correspondence Chess World — International Matches On
Among the face-to-face players, Bobby Fischer of New York city, 14, is the present American champion, the youngest in the history of the game. The person-to-person or face-to-face play is called “over the board” chess. Bobby will represent the United States at the world championship tournament in Europe this summer, and may get a chance to play V. Smyslov, a Russian, the present titleholder.