AEdmonton Journal Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Monday, September 10, 1956
New Chess Champion Declares Concentration Is Main Need
“Good chess is mostly a knack,” he says. Contrary to popular belief among non-players, the game does not involve a profound knowledge of higher mathematics.
“There are some schoolboys in their teens and even pre-teens who can provide tough opposition for older, more-experienced chess experts. A good example is Bobby Fischer, at 13 one of the stronger players in North America.”
Fischer, from Brooklyn, N.Y., won the U.S. junior title at Philadelphia this year and finished in a fourth-place tie in the Canadian open tourney here, bracketed with such chess experts as Dan (Abe) Yanofsky of Winnipeg and Frank Anderson of Toronto.”
