ANew York Times, New York, New York, Saturday, July 6, 1957
Fischer Defeats Elo In 49 Moves; Evans and Byrne Also Notch Second-Round Victories in Western Title Chess
Milwaukee, July 5—Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, the United States open junior champion, and Larry Evans of New York, former champion of the United States, won again in the second round of the Western chess championship at the Hotel Astor today.
Fischer was paired with Arpad Elo, highest ranking chess master in Milwaukee. Elo offered stout opposition, but lost a piece in the ending of a Sicilian defense. The 14-year-old Fischer scored in forty-nine moves.
Evans outmaneuvered Jakstas of Chicago in a King's Indian defense lasting thirty-eight moves.
A second victory was also gained by Donald Byrne, formerly of Brooklyn and now tutoring at the University of Michigan. Byrne, who took the national open title in 1953, defeated Mark Surgies of Chicago in a close ending with knight and four pawns opposed to knight and three pawns.
Other second-round winners who were tied at 2—0 with Fischer, Evans and Byrne were Lajos Szedlacsek, Budapest; Atillio Di Camillo, Philadelphia; Hans Berliner, Washington; Samuel Popel, Detroit; Norman T. Whitaker, Shadyside, Md.; William Addison of Compton, Calif.; Poviland Tautvaisas, Chicago; Ivan Theodorovitch, Toronto; Dr. Bruno Schmidt, Homer, N.Y.; Dr. Erich W. Marchand, Rochester, N.Y.; Herman Hesse, Bethlehem, Pa.; Ronald Rosen, Madison, Wis.; Jerome Kravitsky, Milwaukee; Jack O'Keefe, Ann Arbor, Mich., and Allen Kalheimer, Evanston, Ill.
