The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, September 29, 1963 - Page 94
Fischer On Chess
U.S. Champion Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn has been writing a monthly article in Chess Life, the official publication of the U.S. Chess Federation.
At times his language is as forceful as some of his great chess combinations. In the current September issue he discusses the Western Open Tournament which he won recently.
Says Fischer, “The players at the Open were surprisingly strong. I was expecting 20-move crushers but it didn't happen. In fact, the opposition was keen enough that I consider five or six out of eight of my games played there to be superior to any games played in the Piatigorsky Tournament with the exception of Najdorf's win against Keres.”
Fischer then annotates the following two games to prove his point. Our readers can make their own comparison since we have published many of the Piatigorsky Cup games.
We must assume Fischer was smiling when he made the following comment after White's 10th move in the game against Reinhard: “Nine of of 10 grandmasters, including Petrosian, Botvinnik, Keres and Smyslov, would have played this move, yet it loses by force.”
Actually the move 10 P-K5 does not look at all tempting, either at first glance or after some analysis. Fischer punishes it convincingly enough, to be sure. Whether this qualifies him for the world championship is another matter.