Battle Creek Enquirer Battle Creek, Michigan Thursday, July 11, 1963 - Page 5
Brooklynite, 20, Wins Chess Crown
Bay City (AP)—Open chess champion Bobby Fischer, 20, of Brooklyn, N.Y., won the Western Open chess tournament here, amassing an almost perfect score in competition with 160 players.
Fischer finished in front of a strong field including defending champion Robert Byrne, of Indianapolis. Fischer's score in the meet was 7.5425 of a possible eight.
For his winning play, Fischer was awarded $750. Fischer was held to a draw in second round play by Dr. Paul Poschel, of Ann Arbor.
The winner of the women's Western Open championship was Adelle Goddard, of Miami Fla.