New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, January 05, 1958
Fischer Adjourns Di Camillo Game
Leader in U.S. Chess Has Edge in 11th-Round Test—Sherwin Is Victor
Although he outplayed his eleventh-round opponent, Atillio Di Camillo of Philadelphia, in the United States championship tournament for the Lessing J. Rosenwald Trophy at the Manhattan Chess Club last night, Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, the 14-year-old national open champion, was forced to adjourn after forty moves, sealing his forty-first move.
He then had a bishop, knight and four pawns against a rook and four pawns. In actual fighting force the youth had the upper hand, but victory was by no means certain.
Fischer, with white, started with the Reti opening, which Di Camillo defended with the Tschigorin variation. Bobby castled on the fifth move, but Di Camillo waited until the nineteenth. In the mid-game complications the youngster kept his head and saw more clearly than his older adversary.
Pawn Advantage is Lost
Di Camillo emerged with a pawn to the good, but this, too, fell before Fischer's accurate play. His leading score of 8½-1½ remained the same. Samuel Reshevsky, second with 8-1, postponed his game until a later session.
James T. Sherwin moved into third place with 6½-3½ when, on the black side of a Sicilian defense, he defeated Sidney Bernstein in forty-one moves. William Lombardy, placed fourth with 6½-4½, drew a King's Indian defense with Arthur Feuerstein lasting thirty-two moves.
The upset of the round was the loss of United States champion, Arthur B. Bisguier, to Hans Berliner, Washington, in a King's Indian defense in forty moves. Another winner was Herbert Seidman, who required only thirty moves to demolish the Sicilian defense set up by Edmar Mednis. Arnold S. Denker and Abe Turner adjourned a stonewall Queen's Pawn opening after forty moves.
Di Camillo resigned his ninth-round game with Turner without resuming play.
Kramer Sixth Round Loser
Admitted late as a reserve in the tournament, Di Camillo was further hindered by adjournments. Until yesterday he had won only one game, from George Kramer in the sixth round. Then, in the tenth round, he beat Denker, national champion in 1944, after sixty moves.
In his second-round game, the Philadelphian lost to Bernstein, champion of the Marshall Chess Club.
A notable tenth-round victory was scored by Turner over Bisguier, who lost his queen through an oversight.
Among the following scores are the moves made by Fischer and Di Camillo up to the time of adjournment:
