Chess Life America's Chess Newspaper November 5, 1957

For sale isChess Life, November 5, 1957: Bobby Fischer, weeks after winning the U.S. Open at 14This is the issue where American chess is still absorbing what a 14-year-old from Brooklyn just did. Fischer had taken the U.S. Open in Cleveland that summer, and this Chess Life has him in three places. There's a report on his match win over Lt. Rodolfo Cardoso of the Philippines (4½–1½), and John Collins's annotations to his Caro-Kann win over William Addison from that Open. There's also an editorial praising him for keeping his word to play Hastings even though it cost him a shot at the U.S. Championship that December.Around that, it's a good snapshot of the moment. Pal Benko has just arrived in the States after seeking asylum in Iceland at the student team event. William Lombardy annotates two of his own games from his perfect 11–0 World Junior win. Reshevsky writes about time pressure, using his match with Bisguier. And Dallas announces its 1957 international, with Gligoric, Larsen, Olafsson, Reshevsky, Stahlberg, Szabo and Yanofsky.If you like reading a moment as it was reported, before anyone knew how it would turn out, this is that.Original newspaper format, 15 cents new. Very Good: normal age-toning, intact, kept in a clear sleeve.

Condition: Very Good.

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