AFort Lauderdale News Fort Lauderdale, Florida Sunday, March 04, 1956
Bob Fischer, 15 Year Old Whiz of Log Cabin Chess Club 04 Mar 1956, Sun Fort Lauderdale News (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) Newspapers.com
Let's Play Chess: Visit from Log Cabin Chess Club of New Jersey — Today is the second day of the South Florida Championship Tournament. The last day will be March 11th. On Thursday we were pleased to have a visit from the Log Cabin Chess Club of New Jersey. Here is the result of a match we played with this well known and much traveled team. What happened to the Greater Miami Club earlier in the week? Fred Borges played with the Log Cabin Club as he still holds a membership. What happened to the Log Cabin Club in St. Petersburg Feb. 21st? You can't win them all! It seems that a Pan American Chess League is about to be established in Hollywood in the Intramura Building. They are taking memberships now, and expect in excess of 100 members, including those from Cuba. The quarters will probably not be occupied till this summer. As soon as any definite information is received it will be printed.
The Log Cabin Chess Club has had quite a tour, coming to use from Fairbanks, Alaska. They report that the Alaska Highway is dusty with lots of gravel and sharp stones. They played teams in California and Montana, and Tijuana, Mexico, and from Ft. Lauderdale went on to Cuba.
Bob Fischer, the 15-year-old whiz of the Log Cabin Chess Club, played some eight or more of our players simultaneously, winning all but one game, which was a draw. Some additional games were not completed.
