Bobby Fischer and Stephen Sholomson in a Tie

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The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, Sunday, July 14, 1957

Three Juniors Tied In Title Tourney
The United States Junior Chess Championship attracted 33 boys from eight states to the auditorium of the Speckles-Russell Dairy Co. in San Francisco.
After three rounds Stephen Sholomson, only Los Angeles entrant, was tied at 3-0 with Defending Champion Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, N.Y., and William Haines of Sacramento. Gilbert Ramirez of San Francisco, California Junior champion, scored 2½-½. He drew in the first round with Richard Owen of Salt Lake City, Utah.