Lansing State Journal Lansing, Michigan Saturday, July 06, 1963 - Page 10
4-Way Deadlock In Chess Tourney
Bay City (AP) Four players shared the lead at the halfway point in the Western Open chess meet here.
After four rounds of play, Robert Byrne of Indianapolis; Hans Berliner of Bethesda, Md.; Allan Reiter, Madison, Wis., and Martin Pence of Adrian, Mich., had four points each. A decision is worth one point and a draw is a half-point in match play.
Defending champion Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, trailed the leaders by a half-point. Fischer was held to a draw last night by Dr. Paul Poschel of Ann Arbor.
Two round are scheduled today and the last two rounds of play will be held Sunday.