AThe Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, Sunday, November 17, 1957
Bisguier, Reshevsky On U.S. Championship List
The entry list has been completed for the United States championship tournament, which will be contested at the Manhattan Chess Club in New York from Dec. 17 to Jan. 8.
Arthur B. Bisguier, present champion, will defend his title, with stiffest competition expected from Samuel Reshevsky, five-time holder of the title, and Bobby Fischer, 14-year-old Open champion of the U.S. Chess Federation.
The other players on the list of 14 are Robert Byrne, Arnold S. Denker, Larry Evans, Arthur Feuerstein, George Kramer, William Lombardy, Edmar Mednis, Herbert Seidman, James T. Sherwin and Abe Turner, all of New York, and Hans Berliner of Washington, D. C.
Fischer evidently changed his mind, after having chosen to play in Hastings, Eng., rather than the U.S. tourney. Your editor was invited, but could not accept. There were no Westerners on the final list, at least partly due to the fact that the tournament committee made no provision for players' expenses.
