Fischer In Front In Chess Tourney

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New York Times, New York, New York, Monday, December 29, 1958

Fischer In Front In Chess Tourney
Defender Has 5-2 Score in U.S. Event—Reshevsky Winner Over Evans
With eight games pending from earlier rounds of the United States chess championship for the Lessing J. Rosenwald Trophy, the 15-year-old defender, Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, had a score of 5—2 last night to lead the field of twelve at the Marshall Chess Club.
Fischer drew with Donald Byrne of Valparaiso, Ind., former national open champion, in forty-eight moves. Fischer has won three games outright, including his victory over Samuel Reshevsky, whom he succeeded as titleholder. The youngster's four drawn games account for the 2 points in the lost column.
Reshevsky, in turn, defeated Larry Evans, former champion. These two and Arthur B. Bisguier, ex-champion, were in a triple, tie for second place, each with 4½—2½.
James T. Sherwin, New York attorney, stood fifth with 4—3, followed by William Lombardy, City College and world junior champion, and Donald Byrne, each with 3½—2½.
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After a draw with Donald Byrne in the seventh round on Saturday, Fischer had a score of 4½-1½ in the United States chess championship. Evans whose seventh-round game with Reshevsky was postponed, was Fischer's chief rival with a 4-1 score.