ANew York Times, New York, New York, Friday, August 23, 1957
Reshevsky Winner As Byrne Defaults
Donald Byrne of Ann Arbor, Mich., the recent winner of the Western chess championship, failed to appear at the Manhattan Chess Club last night for the fourth game of his ten-game match with Samuel Reshevsky, the international grandmaster, and lost it by default.
Reshevsky was on hand at the appointed hour and his opponent's clock was set in motion, in accordance with the rules governing the contest. After the lapse of an hour, Hans Kmoch, the referee, declared Reshevsky the winner. The latter then led by the score of 2-1, with one game, the third, adjourned and scheduled to be finished Monday. The fifth game is listed for Sunday.
Maurice Kasper, the president of the club, said Byrne had told him yesterday afternoon that he would not attend in the evening. Byrne reportedly was dissatisfied with a decision by the tournament committee that reversed an earlier decision by the referee against Reshevsky. The committee called the second game a draw.
Byrne is one of the three guests to be feted tonight at a reception at the Manhattan Chess Club. The others are William Lombardy, who won the world junior championship at Toronto a week ago, and Bobby Fischer, 14, the United States junior champion.
