AThe Evening Sun Baltimore, Maryland Monday, August 09, 1971 - Page 4
Fischer Opens Club With 21 Chess Wins
New York (AP) — Chess genius Bobby Fischer drubbed 11 grandmasters and masters in a rapid-fire tournament as he helped dedicate the Manhattan Chess Club's new quarters.
Fischer, who started playing at the club when he was 10, won 21 matches and drew 1 in four hours of play Sunday. Under rapid-fire rules, each player has a total of five minutes to make all his moves.
“It's just going through the motions,” said Louis Levy, one of Fischer's earliest victims. “His mind is the closest thing to a machine you'll ever see.”
Fischer, 28, has won 19 straight games in top international competition and faces Tigran Petrosian of the Soviet Union in the semi-finals of the World Chess Tournament next month.
