AThe Daily Herald, Provo, Utah, Sunday, August 18, 1957
14-Year-Old Cops U.S. Chess Title
Cleveland, Ohio (UP) — Robert Fischer, 14, of Brooklyn N.Y. won the championship title of the 58th annual National Open Chess Tournament Friday night, besting any number of older players before tying tournament veteran Arthur Bisguier of New York City.
At first, young Bobby was declared the loser, and called his mother in Brooklyn to make the sad admission that he had not gained the international chess crown.
He and Bisguier, an IBM problemist, had tied at 10 points.
Then, two mathematicians refigured the highly complicated system of computing honors. After consulting the Encyclopedia of chess, the experts named the teenage lad champion.
That called for a second phone call to mother.
