ABerwyn Life Berwyn, Illinois Wednesday, May 20, 1964 - Page 4
Chess Champ Faces 50 in Exhibition
Fifty localites will do battle with a champion tonight. The battlefield — a chess board. The champion — 20-year-old grand master and six-time U.S. chess titlist Bobby Fischer.
At 7 p.m. in Western Electric's Albright Gym, 4954 Cermak rd., Fischer will play 50 chess games simultaneously. Sponsored by the Hawthorne Chess club, the event is open to Hawthorne Works employees and members of the Chicago Industrial Chess League.
Fischer learned to play chess at the age of six. At 13 he became the youngest player ever to win the National Junior Championship. He won the U.S. Open Chess Championship at 14, the youngest U.S. champion in the history of the game.
He is editorial consultant to the American Chess Quarterly and has written many articles for Chess Life magazine and other publications.
Among Hawthorne Works chess players to play tonight are George Bandik, 5525 W. 23rd st.; Tony Vikrikas. 3220 S. 54th ave.; Karl Dobr, 4938 W. 23rd pl.; Jerry Fajkus, 5546 Cermak rd., and Herb Wetterster, 3126 Grove ave.
The public is invited to view the matches.
