New York Times, New York, New York, Saturday, July 21, 1956
Steinmeyer Wins Fischheimer Test
Chicago Player Defeated in Fourth Round of National Chess at Oklahoma City
Special to The New York Times.
Oklahoma City, July 20—Daniel A. Fischheimer of Chicago, who beat Arthur B. Bisguier of New York yesterday, was defeated today in the foruth round of the open championship of the United States Chess Federation.
Robert Steinmeyer of St. Louis, one-time champion of the old Western Chess Association, halted Fischheimer and, with a score of 4-0, is tired for first place with Geza Fuster of Toronto. The Chicago player had the black pieces and was kept constantly on the defensive.
Fuster conducted the white pieces against Derwin Kerr of Cranford, N.J., who suffered his first defeat. Fuster, a displaced person, went to Canada from Hungary, where he ranked among the masters.
Anthony F. Saidy of Fordham University was tied at 3½-½ with Ray Martin of Santa Monica, Calif., after winning from Dr. Steven J. Shaw of Gainesville, Fla. Martin scored at the expense of Orest Popovych of Lakewood, N.J.
James T. Sherwin of New York, 3—0, adjourned his match with Jack Shaw of Albuquerque, N.M. Bisguier, the United States champion, is in a tie at 3—1 with Edmar Mednis of New York, Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn and six others.
Bisguier defeated C.F. Tears, Dallas; Fischer beat Dr. Peter Lapiken, Los Angeles, and Mednis drew with Jeremiah P. Donovan of Brooklyn.
The others in the group are Col. Joaquim Araiza of Mexico, Atillio DiCamillo of Philadelphia, Fischheimer, Kerr, Ivan Romanenko of Washington, and Jack O'Keefe, Ann Arbor, Mich.
