ANew York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, September 15, 1957
Fischer Gains 2-1 Lead
Bobby Fischer, 14-year-old United States open champion, resumed play yesterday in his eight-game match with Rodolfo Cardoso of Manila. The Brooklyn lad defeated Cardoso in the fourth game after forty-six moves at the Manhattan Chess Club.
Fischer increased his advantage to 3-1 last night by winning the adjourned first-round game in fifty-two moves.
With Fischer playing the white side in the afternoon encounter, the Sicilian defense was adopted for the fourth time. Fischer, aiming to establish a passed pawn on the queen's side of the board, succeeded. Holding back the retarded black queen's pawn, he brought his king to a commanding post in the center.
Cardoso parted with two pawns in vain. After all major forces had been exchanged, Fischer wound up with a neat sacrifice of a bishop, thereby paving the way for one of his passed pawns to reach the eighth rank.
