ANew York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, July 22, 1956
Sherwin Upsets Fuster In Chess
New Yorker and Steinmeyer Take Fifth-Round Games in Open to Share Lead
Special to The New York Times
Oklahoma City, July 21—James T. Sherwin of New York and Robert Steinmeyer of St. Louis were in a tie for first place with 5-0 scores in the open championship of the United States Chess Federation when the fifth round was completed today.
Sherwin upset Geza Fuster of Toronto, displaced Hungarian master, in twenty-four moves. The New Yorker was white in a Queen's Gambit. Steinmeyer defeated Ray Martin of Santa Monica, California.
Anthony F. Saidy, Fordham University, continued undefeated as he vanquished J. Theodorovitch of Toronto in a King's Indian defense lasting thirty-seven moves. Saidy, with 4½-½, is third in the standing.
The United States champion, Arthur B. Bisguier of New York, made short work of C. C. Crittenden of Raleigh, N.C. An irregular variation in the Queen's Gambit declined was demolished by Bisguier in twenty moves.
Bisguier is tied at 4-1 with A. DiCamillo of Philadelphia. Daniel A. Fischheimer of Chicago, Fuster, Jack O'Keefe, Ann Arbor, Mich., and Ivan Romanenko, Washington.
Bobby Fischer, 13-year-old from Brooklyn, drew with the black pieces against Brian Owens of Great Neck, L. I., a fellow member of the Manhattan Chess Club, to attain a score of 3½-1½.
That group includes Jeremiah F. Donovan, Brooklyn, Edmar Mednis of New York and Anthony E. Santasiere of the Bronx.
Others were scores of 3½-1½ are Derwin Kerr of Cranford, N. J., Ray Martin of Santa Monica, Calif., S. Popel, Detroit, Orest Popovych of Lakewood, N. J., and Steven Shaw of Gainesville, Fla.
Col. Joaquim Araiza of Mexico City and Kamalakar Raut, Bombay, India, are in a triple tie, at 3-2, with Paul Brandts of New York.
Details of a victory over Bisguier by Fischheimer, who sacrificed his queen brilliantly for two pieces and forced his way to an exceptional triumph, are shown in the following score.
