AThe Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, November 03, 1957
Fischer To Hastings
Bobby Fischer, 14-year-old champion chess player, had a vexing problem. As a result of his winning the open tournament of the U.S. Chess Federation, he was invited to the Rosenwald Tournament this December, which will decide the U.S. championship.
The problem? Earlier this year Bobby had accepted an invitation to play in Hastings, England, a tournament scheduled during the same period. Here he would meet some of the finest players in Europe, in an event of great prestige. But in his native New York was the prospect of acquiring the American title, and a chance at the world championship.
Unlike most of his chess problems, which he solves himself with uncanny wizardry for his age, Bobby took this one to his mother, Mrs. Regina Fischer. She resolved it on the simple basis that he had given his word to England, and there he was to go. He will be much the youngest participant in Hastings, as he has been in a number of tournaments at home.
