Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Florida, Tuesday, December 30, 1958
Chess Whiz Whizzes On
New York, (AP)—Bobby Fischer, Brooklyn's teen-age whiz kid, moved into first place in the National Chess Championships last night when he drew with Don Byrne of Valparaiso, Ind., in 48 moves.
The half-point he gained enabled him to inch ahead of Larry Evans of New York. Bobby now has 4½ points to 4 for Evans. They will go on to the title.
There were two other draws in the night's action. Charles Kalme of Philadelphia and William Lombardi of New York finished in a deadlock in 38 moves and Ray Weinstein of Brooklyn and Arthur Bisguier of New York finished even in 56 moves.