ANew York Times, New York, New York, Saturday, December 28, 1957
Samuel Reshevsky took the lead in the United States chess championship tournament for the Lessing J. Rosenwald Trophy at the Manhattan Chess Club yesterday when he won his adjourned fifth-round game with Herbert Seidman in sixty-one moves.
The international grand master had a favorable position when play was resumed and gradually exploited his advantage until Seidman's resignation was forced.
Reshevsky, who has one more unfinished game to play, with Bobby Fischer, paces the field with a score of 4—0.
Fischer, a fourteen-year-old Brooklyn boy who holds the national open chess championship, drew an adjourned sixth-round game with Hans Berliner of Washington last night in fifty-seven moves. Fischer, with a score of 4—1, tied James T. Sherwin for second place.
The seventh round is scheduled for 2 o'clock this afternoon.
