ANew York Times, New York, New York, Tuesday, September 03, 1957
Fischer, 14, Takes Jersey Open Chess
East Orange, N.J., Sept. 2—With the defeat of James T. Sherwin of New York, whereby he attained a score of 6½—½, Bobby Fischer, 14-year-old expert from Brooklyn, the United States open champion, emerged tonight as winner of the open championship of the New Jersey State Chess Federation.
Anthony F. Saidy of Douglaston, L.I., was the runner-up with a score of 6—1 after winning from Matthew Green of Sussex, N.J. Arthur Feuerstein of New York and Robert Sobel of Philadelphia, with scores of 5½—1½, shared the third and fourth prizes.
Green, Sherwin, Mitchel Saltzberg and Leonard Birns of New York and LeRoy Dubeck of South Orange tied at 5—2.
