1956 “Bobby Fischer Chess” Articles
March 1956
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) The Tampa Times, Tampa, Florida, Friday, March 02, 1956 - Page 2, “Bobby Is Wonder at Chess But Loses Game to Tampan”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) The Evening Times, Sayre, Pennsylvania, Friday, March 23, 1956 - Page 7, “Bobby Fischer, 13, of Brooklyn, N.Y. ponders a chess move”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) Getty Images, Bettmann, March 31, 1956, “Corner of the Battlefield, Bobby Fischer, 13-year-old”
- (Unrelated) Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Florida, Sunday, March 04, 1956 - Page 72
- (Unrelated) The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, Tuesday, March 06, 1956 - Page 24
- (Unrelated) The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, Wednesday, March 07, 1956 - Page 30
- (Unrelated) The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, Monday, March 19, 1956 - Page 20
- (Unrelated) Casper Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyoming, Tuesday, March 27, 1956 - Page 10
- (Unrelated) The Times, San Mateo, California, Tuesday, March 27, 1956 - Page 21
April 1956
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) The Sentinel, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Thursday, April 05, 1956 - Page 13, “Bobby Fischer, 13, of Brooklyn ponders a chess move”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) Fort Lauderdale News, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Sunday, April 29, 1956 - Page 19, “Bobby Fischer and Log Cabin Chess Club”
- (Unrelated) Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Florida, Sunday, April 08, 1956 - Page 16
- (Unrelated) Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Florida, Sunday, April 08, 1956 - Page 34
- (Unrelated) The Independent Record, Helena, Montana, Sunday, April 08, 1956 - Page 12
- (Unrelated) Marshfield News-Herald, Marshfield, Wisconsin, Thursday, April 12, 1956 - Page 16
- (Unrelated) The Oshkosh Northwestern, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Thursday, April 12, 1956 - Page 35
- (Unrelated) Stevens Point Journal, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, Thursday, April 12, 1956 - Page 6
- (Unrelated) The Jackson Sun, Jackson, Tennessee, Thursday, April 12, 1956 - Page 10
- (Unrelated) The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky. Friday, April 13, 1956 - Page 47
- (Unrelated) The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, Saturday, April 14, 1956 - Page 25
- (Unrelated) The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, Thursday, April 19, 1956 - Page 40
- (Unrelated) Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Mississippi, Sunday, April 22, 1956 - Page 8
- (Unrelated) The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, Monday, April 23, 1956 - Page 20
- (Unrelated) The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, Wednesday, April 25, 1956 - Page 29
May 1956
- (Bobby Fischer 1957 Blog) (★) (Image) Gettys Images, Bettmann, Date Taken Unknown, 1956, “Bobby Fischer with Hands on his Face While Concentrating”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) Asbury Park Press, Asbury Park, New Jersey, Monday, May 28, 1956 - Page 16, “Lt. Hudson Wins Amateur Chess Tourney”
- (Unrelated) The Daily Republican, Monongahela, Pennsylvania, Friday, May 04, 1956 - Page 8
June 1956
- (Unrelated) The Daily Journal, Vineland, New Jersey, Friday, June 08, 1956 - Page 16
- (Unrelated) The Courier News, Blytheville, Arkansas, Friday, June 08, 1956 - Page 5
- (Unrelated) The Courier News, Blytheville, Arkansas, Friday, June 08, 1956 - Page 19
- (Unrelated) Anderson Daily Bulletin, Anderson, Indiana, Saturday, June 09, 1956 - Page 12
- (Unrelated) Anderson Herald, Anderson, Indiana, Saturday, June 09, 1956 - Page 6
- (Unrelated) The Palm Beach Post, West Palm Beach, Florida, Sunday, June 10, 1956 - Page 21
- (Unrelated) The Palm Beach Post, West Palm Beach, Florida, Sunday, June 10, 1956 - Page 22
- (Unrelated) The Bristol Daily Courier, Bristol, Pennsylvania, Thursday, June 21, 1956 - Page 24
July 1956
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Monday, July 5, 1956 - Page 33, “Feuerstein Takes Title: New Yorker Triumphs in U.S. Junior Speed Chess Play”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Saturday, July 7, 1956 - Page 16, “Fischer in Chess Lead: Brooklynite, 13, Posts 7½-1½ Mark in U.S. Junior Event”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sunday, July 08, 1956 - Page 38, “Boy, 13, Captures Chess Laurels”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) Courier-Post, Camden, New Jersey, Thursday, July 12, 1956 - Page 7, “Bobby Fischer, 13, is New Junior Champion of the U.S.”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) Statesman Journal, Salem, Oregon, Monday, July 16, 1956 - Page 2, “Young Chess Champ to Vie With Veterans”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) The Lawton Constitution, Lawton, Oklahoma, Monday, July 16, 1956 - Page 3, “Boy, 13, Challenges Chess Champions”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Tuesday, July 17, 1956 - Page 28, “Entrant in U.S. Open Championship”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Wednesday, July 18, 1956 - Page 33, “7 New Yorkers Win In U.S. Open Chess”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Thursday, July 19, 1956 - Page 33, “Oklahoma City”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Friday, July 20, 1956 - Page 12, “Scores in Tournament”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Saturday, July 21, 1956 - Page 12, “Fischer in Tie with Bisguier and Beats Lapiken”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, Sunday, July 22, 1956 - Page 51, “Chess by Isaac Kashdan”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, July 22, 1956 - Page 150, “Bobby Fischer vs. Brian Owens of Great Neck, L.I.”
- (Bobby Fischer 1960 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Tuesday, July 24, 1956 - Page 32, “Sixth Round: Bobby Fischer”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Thursday, July 26, 1956 - Page 29, “Leading Scores, Eighth Round”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Friday, July 27, 1956 - Page 15, “Bobby Fischer, Still Undefeated in Eight Way Tie”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Saturday, July 28, 1956 - Page 14, “13-year-old Bobby Fischer Won in 57 Moves Against King's Indian Defense of Orest Popovych”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) (Image) The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, Sunday, July 29, 1956 - Page 47, “Steinmeyer Leads In U.S. Open Tourney”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, July 29, 1956, Page 7, “Bisguier Annexes Open Chess Title; Tie With Sherwin at 9½-2½ Broken by Median System —Steinmeyer Third”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) News-Press, Fort Myers, Florida, Monday, July 30, 1956 - Page 8, “Bisguier Awarded Chess Championship”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) The Times, Shreveport, Louisiana, Monday, July 30, 1956 - Page 2, “Bobby Fischer, 13-year-old Brooklyn, N.Y. schoolboy and the U.S. junior champion finished in a tie with four others”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) Statesman Journal, Salem, Oregon, Monday, July 30, 1956 - Page 2, “U.S. Open Chess Meet Ends in Draw”
- (Unrelated) The Kingston Daily Freeman, Kingston, New York, Monday, July 02, 1956 - Page 19
- (Unrelated) Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Thursday, July 05, 1956 - Page 12
- (Unrelated) The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, Saturday, July 14, 1956 - Page 19
- (Unrelated) Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, Monday, July 23, 1956 - Page 60
August 1956
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) Courier-Post, Camden, New Jersey, Thursday, August 02, 1956 - Page 46, “Sensational 13 Year Old Bobby Fischer, National Junior Champion”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Friday, August 03, 1956 - Page 3, “13-Year Old Boy is Junior Chess Champion”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, Sunday, August 05, 1956 - Page 45, “Chess by Isaac Kashdan”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) Hartford Courant, Hartford, Connecticut, Sunday, August 05, 1956 - Page 45, “A 13-year old Brooklyn player, Bobby Fischer, with four others, was tied for fourth place”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) Hartford Courant, Hartford, Connecticut, Sunday, August 12, 1956 - Page 76, “U.S. Junior Championship”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) The Times Recorder, Zanesville, Ohio, Monday, August 13, 1956 - Page 23, “Bobby Fischer Lost in World of Chess Stategy”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) Naugatuck Daily News, Naugatuck, Connecticut, Monday, August 13, 1956 - Page 6, “Television in Review”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) Fort Lauderdale News, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Sunday, August 19, 1956 - Page 11, “Bobby Fischer, Chess Whiz Kid”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, August 26, 1956 - Page 238, “Evans and Compadres in Canadian Event”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Monday, August 27, 1956 - Page 24, “Experience Tells in Match Between Bobby Fischer and Robert Sobel”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Tuesday, August 28, 1956 - Page 24, “Eight in Tie at Montreal”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Wednesday, August 29, 1956 - Page 48, “Out-Maneuvered”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) Courier-Post, Camden, New Jersey, Thursday, August 30, 1956 - Page 9, “Championship Tournament Play Holds Chess Student Interest”
- (Unrelated) The Winona Daily News, Winona, Minnesota, Monday, August 06, 1956 - Page 3
September 1956
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Monday, September 3, 1956 - Page 19, “Russians Pressed In Moscow Chess”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, Sunday, September 09, 1956 - Page 43, “Triple Pawns Win”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) The Racine Journal-Times Sunday Bulletin, Racine, Wisconsin, Sunday, September 16, 1956 - Page 42, “David and Goliath: Bobby Fischer vs. Chess Professionals”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) The Journal Times, Racine, Wisconsin, Sunday, September 16, 1956 - Page 42, “David and Goliath: Bobby Fischer, 13, who recently became the youngest player to win the U.S. Amateur”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) Nanaimo Daily News, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, Monday, September 24, 1956 - Page 14, “Chief Chess Need Is Concentration”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, Sunday, September 30, 1956 - Page 46, “New Teen-Age Star Vaults Into Limelight”
- (Unrelated) The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, Sunday, September 23, 1956 - Page 104
- (Unrelated) The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, Tuesday, September 25, 1956 - Page 26
October 1956
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Thursday, October 11, 1956 - Page 70, “Fischer Cleverly Extricates Himself: King's Indian Defense”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Friday, October 12, 1956 - Page 40, “Rosenwald Event”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Saturday, October 13, 1956 - Page 22, “Fischer, 13, Gains Draw In 66 Moves; Youngest Player in Chess Tourney Here Deadlocks With Bernstein, Oldest ”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, Sunday, October 14, 1956 - Page 102, “Reshevsky Upset In Rosenwald Tourney”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Tuesday, October 16, 1956 - Page 57, “Reshevsky Beats Fischer In Chess; Takes Undisputed Lead in Tourney When Rival, 13, Oversteps Time Limit”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Thursday, October 18, 1956 - Page 44, “Bobby Fischer Defeats Donald Byrne, Adopting the Gruenfeld Defense. Byrne Resigns.”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) Courier-Post, Camden, New Jersey, Thursday, October 18, 1956 - Page 56, “A strong field topped by Grand Master Samuel Reshevsky”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) The Journal News, White Plains, New York, Friday, October 19, 1956 - Page 3, “Reshevsky Leads In Chess Tourney”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, October 21, 1956 - Page 217, “Fischer Sets Back Seidman In Chess”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, Sunday, October 21, 1956 - Page 85, “Reshevsky in Tie With Feuerstein”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Monday, October 22, 1956 - Page 48, “Fischer, Pavey Draw”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Thursday, October 25, 1956 - Page 44, “Bobby Fischer vs. Eliot Hearst”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Friday, October 26, 1956 - Page 49, “Seidman Moves into Deadlock with Bobby Fischer for 8th Place”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, Sunday, October 28, 1956, “Chess by Isaac Kashdan”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, California, Sunday, October 28, 1956 - Page 37, “Chess Chats”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) Hartford Courant, Hartford, Connecticut, Sunday, October 28, 1956 - Page 93, “Bobby Fischer's Brilliant Play is Shown”
- (Unrelated) Hartford Courant, Hartford, Connecticut, Sunday, October 28, 1956 - Page 99
- (Unrelated) The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, Sunday, October 21, 1956 - Page 51
- (Unrelated) Journal and Courier, Lafayette, Indiana, Thursday, October 18, 1956 - Page 54
- (Unrelated) The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, Tuesday, October 09, 1956 - Page 26
November 1956
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) Courier-Post, Camden, New Jersey, Thursday, November 01, 1956 - Page 47, “Bobby Fischer Makes Creditable Showing”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, California, Sunday, November 04, 1956 - Page 40, “Chess Chats”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) The Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Corpus Christi, Texas, Sunday, November 11, 1956 - Page 47, “Chess Chats”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) Courier-Post, Camden, New Jersey, Thursday, November 15, 1956 - Page 7, “Game of the Century: Brilliancy Prize Bobby Fischer”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (★) (★) (Image) The Journal Times, Racine, Wisconsin, Sunday, November 18, 1956 - Page 42, “Young Bobby Fischer, now 14 years old, finished 8th in a field of 12”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) The Journal Times, Racine, Wisconsin, Sunday, November 25, 1956 - Page 39, “Byrne-Fischer at Rosenwald Memorial Tournament”
- (Unrelated) Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California, Friday, November 02, 1956 - Page 27
- (Unrelated) The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, Monday, November 19, 1956 - Page 15
December 1956
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, December 23, 1956 - Page 90, “Champions Who Retained or Won Individual and Team Honors During 1956; Competitors Who Distinguished Themselves in Various Fields of Sports During the Year”
- (Bobby Fischer 1956 Blog) (★) (Image) The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, Sunday, December 30, 1956 - Page 16, “Chess by Isaac Kashdan”
- (Unrelated) The Times and Democrat, Orangeburg, South Carolina, Sunday, December 02, 1956 - Page 7
- (Unrelated) The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, Friday, December 07, 1956 - Page 57
- (Unrelated) The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, Saturday, December 08, 1956 - Page 2
- (Unrelated) The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, Sunday, December 09, 1956 - Page 116
- (Unrelated) The Sheboygan Press, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, Thursday, December 20, 1956 - Page 42
- (Unrelated) Star-Gazette, Elmira, New York, Sunday, December 23, 1956 - Page 9
- (Unrelated) Port Angeles Evening News, Port Angeles, Washington, Monday, December 24, 1956 - Page 4
- (Unrelated) Port Angeles Evening News, Port Angeles, Washington, Monday, December 24, 1956
- (Unrelated) The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, Monday, December 31, 1956 - Page 17
January 1956
- (Unrelated) The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, Tuesday, January 03, 1956 - Page 23
- (Unrelated) The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, Monday, January 09, 1956 - Page 18
- (Unrelated) The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, Tuesday, January 10, 1956 - Page 30
- (Unrelated) The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, Thursday, January 12, 1956 - Page 37
- (Unrelated) The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, Thursday, January 12, 1956 - Page 36
- (Unrelated) The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, Tuesday, January 24, 1956 - Page 26
February 1956
- (Unrelated) The Times and Democrat, Orangeburg, South Carolina, Sunday, February 05, 1956 - Page 2
- (Unrelated) St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri, Saturday, February 11, 1956 - Page 6
- (Unrelated) Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Florida, Sunday, February 12, 1956 - Page 43
- (Unrelated) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Wednesday, February 15, 1956 - Page 25
- (Unrelated) The Record-Argus, Greenville, Pennsylvania, Tuesday, February 21, 1956 - Page 6