ANew York Times, New York, New York, Monday, September 15, 1958
Boy Chess Ace Due At Idlewild Today
Bobby Fischer, Brooklyn's 15-year-old international chess champion, is due in New York by air this morning. He left Brussels, Belgium, last night on a flight scheduled to arrive at New York International Airport, Idlewild, Queens, at 7:30 A.M.
Bobby tied for fifth place last week in a world chess tournament at Portoroz, Yugoslavia, and became the youngest person ever to qualify as an international grand master.
His mother, Mrs. Regina Fischer of 560 Lincoln Place, Brooklyn, had feared he was stranded in Yugoslavia without funds when she was advised he could not get a flight home until Oct. 4.
An official of the Yugoslav Chess Federation said in Belgrade yesterday, however, that Bobby had received over $400 in prize money on Friday. He took a train to Munich, Germany, and then flew to Brussels to make the New York flight.
