ANew York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, September 26, 1971 - Page 228
Chess: Fischer Adds One More to His Score by Al Horowitz
A CHESS fest at the Manhattan Chess Club a few Sundays ago consisted of a double-round, 12-man round robin of five-minute chess games. The players in this battle royal were all high echelon competitors, representing metropolitan's best in chess. The event, to celebrate Fischer's ascent to the world title in the qualifying matches, added another victory to his already invincible score.
Fischer finally posted 21½-½, followed in order by Andrew Soltis, a many-time champion of the Marshall Chess Club; 18-4; Robert Byrne, 17½-4½; Arthur Feuerstein, present champion of the Manhattan Chess Club, 11-11; Edmar Mednis, 10½-11½; Walter Shipman, 10½-11½; Louis Levy, 8½-13½; George Kramer, 8½-13½; Neil McKelvie, 7½-14½; Alex Kevitz, a club champion in the 20's, 30's, 40's and 50's, 7-15; James Gore, 6-16; and Paul Brandts, a former New York State champion 5½-16½.
Fischer drew only one game with Walter Shipman of Bayshore, Long Island. The game appeared in a Monday edition at that time.
In the Fischer vs. Shipman, Ruy Lopez below, Fischer essayed a line recommended by one-time world champion, Wilhelm Steinitz in his Modern Chess Instructor in 1889. This debut was included under the Cozio Defense in the year 1490.
Here, Black's first error was 11. … P-B4. Instead 11. … B-R4 was correct. Later 12. … Q-B2 makes the loss imminent.
Robert James Fischer vs Walter Shipman
Manhattan blitz (1971) (blitz), New York, NY USA, rd 1, Aug-08
Spanish Game: Cozio Defense. General (C60) 1-0
11. Nb3
