ANew York Times, New York, New York, Monday, July 08, 1957
Byrne Takes Milwaukee Chess After Tie With Evans Is Broken
Special to The New York Times.
Milwaukee, July 7—Donald Byrne of Ann Arbor, Mich., triumphed in the Western chess tournament tonight.
He finished in a deadlock at 7-1 with Larry Evans of New York, but won with a mark of .402 to Evans' .357 under the Sonnenborn-Berger tie-breaking system. Under this system, victories scored against opponents who finish high in the standings count most heavily.
Hans Berliner of Washington was third at 6½-1½ and .322. Samuel Popel of Detroit finished fourth at 6½-1½ and .310. Povilas Tautvaisis of Chicago took fifth with 6½-1½ and .300. Bobby Fischer, 14-year-old Brooklyn player, was seventh at 6—2 and .287.
Byrne defeated Tibor Weinberger of West Allis, Wis., in a Gruenfeld defense lasting forty-seven moves in the eighth and final round. Weinberger, an engineer, fled Hungary during the revolt last winter. He has been in the United States only a few months.
Evans lost his chance to post an uncontested victory when he was held to a draw in the eighth round by Berliner. The game was a thirty-move King's Indian defense, in which Berliner sacrificed a pawn and the exchange.
Byrne, formerly of Brooklyn and now an instructor in philosophy at the University of Michigan, and Evans, a former United States champion, were undefeated. Each was held to two draws.
