New York Times, New York, New York, Saturday, July 06, 1963 - Page 12
15 Lead Western Open
Bay City, Mich., July 5—The third round of the Western Open chess championship ended today with only 15 of the 161 players undefeated and untied.
They were Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, Robert Byrne of Indianapolis, Hans Berliner of Bethesda, Md.; Allan Reiter of Madison, Wis.; Dr. S.A. Popel of Fargo, N.D.; Thomas Wozney of Parma, Ohio; David Daniels of Brooklyn, Dr. Mark Pence of Adrian, Mich.; Richard Verber and Edward Formanek of Chicago, R.B. Johnson of Mercer, Pa; Theodore Tehnec of Elkhart, Ind.; Kazys Skema and Ronald Finegold of Detroit, and Dr. Paul Poschel of Ann Arbor, Mich.
In the tournament's first major upset, Donald Byrne of State College, Pa., was held to a draw by K.A. Czerniecki of Chicago, and Arthur Bisguier of Queens, was held to a draw by Edward T. McCormick of East Orange, N.J. Play will continue through Sunday.