ANew York Times, New York, New York, Tuesday, July 24, 1956
Steinmeyer Trips Sherwin In Chess
Beats New Yorker for Sixth Straight to Pace National Open—Saidy Triumphs
Special to The New York Times
Oklahoma City, July 23—Robert Steinmeyer of St. Louis, tied at the top with James T. Sherwin at the end of the fifth round, defeated the New Yorker today to take the undisputed lead in the national open chess championship.
Steinmeyer turned in a clean-cut performance for his sixth consecutive victory.
Sherwin was drawn to play the black pieces in the sixth-round game. He started confidently, but really never got going. Steinmeyer played an overpowering game as Sherwin was driven back upon his defenses.
Sherwin, 5-1, dropped to a tie for third place with Daniel A. Fischheimer of Chicago.
Steinmeyer is a former champion of the Western Chess Association, which merged with the American Chess Federation, which in turn affiliated with the older National Chess Federation to form the present United States Chess Federation.
Sherwin, who was graduated from Columbia University, is a former New York State champion.
Anthony F. Saidy of Douglaston, Queens, a student at Fordham University, also was an outstanding performer in the sixth round. Playing black, he defeated Jeremiah F. Donovan of Brooklyn, a former varsity star at Brooklyn College, to press the leader with a score of 5½-½.
Arthur B. Bisguier of New York, the United States champion, was held to a draw by Atillio Di Camillo of Philadelphia to tie at 4½-1½ with Herbert Avram, Hyattsbille, Md.; Derwin Kerr, Cranford, N. J., Ray Martin, Santa Monica, Calif., Di Camllio and J. Theodorovitch of Toronto.
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