AThe Lincoln Star Lincoln, Nebraska Sunday, October 10, 1971 - Page 13
Result of the Fischer-Petrosian Chess Match
What was the result of the Bobby Fischer-Tigran Petrosian chess match? - Bart Lewis, Lincoln.
ACTION LINE: This column is a pawn for the public interest, someone says.
Up to their break Friday, the score was 1½ points each for Fischer from the U.S. and Petrosian from the U.S.S.R. Play resumes Tuesday in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in the 12-game match which began Sept. 30 and continues through October.
Fischer, 28, who recently astonished the chess world with several 6-0 wins over chess masters around the world, played his first national chess tournament in Lincoln in 1955. He did not win and, according to chess experts, did very badly.
ACTION LINE learned the writer of the above inquiry defeated Fischer in that U.S. Junior Chess Championship. Fischer was 12 years old at the time.
See, “Junior Chess Enthusiasts Begin National Play Here”. The person mentioned is listed as “Barton Lewis,” age 20.
Barton Lewis/Robert Fischer (Unlisted).
