ANew York Times, New York, New York, Thursday, December 04, 1958
Reshevsky In Chess: Fischer Also in U.S. Tourney Starting Here on Dec. 18
The first of eleven rounds in the tournament for the United States championship and the Lessing J. Rosenwald Trophy will get under way on Thursday evening, Dec. 18, at the Manhattan Chess Club.
Invitations were sent to all parts of the country by the joint committee of the U.S. Chess Federation and the American Chess Foundation.
Acceptances by twelve masters from the Eastern seaboard resulted. They included last year's winner, Bobby Fischer, a 15-year-old Brooklyn student, and Samuel Reshevsky, an international grandmaster.
The following pairings for the first round were released yesterday:
