The Indianapolis News Indianapolis, Indiana Friday, May 22, 1964 - Page 21
Chess Player Leans Into Work
Bobby Fischer (leaning on table) ponders a move in his 50-game match in which he lost one game and drew another. The match was held at headquarters of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 1504, 6501 Massachusetts. Fischer, 21, who has a reputation as a temperamental player, gave evidence of nervousness only while pictures were being taken. — The NEWS Photo, Nick Longworth
The Indianapolis News Indianapolis, Indiana Friday, May 22, 1964 - Page 21 (★) (★)
Fischer Beats 48, Hardly Winded
Forty-eight Indianapolis players folded their boards and packed their chess pieces last night after being beaten by the wizard of U.S. chess, champion Bobby Fischer.
Two players in the match in which Fischer played 50 games simultaneously managed to outwit the 21-year-old master. Stases Makutenas, 1727 N. Talbot, won his match and Joe Couperous, East Raymond Street, came off with a draw.
Fischer was hardly winded at the end of 2½ hours of pacing around the auditorium of the headquarters of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 1504, 6501 Massachusetts. He alternately smiled and seemed to glare at the various players.
Each player moved a piece and Fischer would make a move, sometimes quick as a flash and sometimes after a few seconds' thought. Then the chess champion would move on to the next board and so on, in turn, until each player, except Makutenas and Couperous, had been defeated.
He left today for New York and a match against 100 players.
The match, which attracted about 200 spectators, was sponsored by the Western Electric Chess Club.
Fischer, a sandy-haired, lanky young man, expressed an interest in the 500-Mile Race and was driven past the Speedway by his hosts, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Soforic, 222 N. Fenton Ave., after his arrival here yesterday afternoon.
He remarked that the race reminded him of an accident he had witnessed at a Grand Prix in Paris.
His conversation, however, almost exclusively turns around chess. And he answers most questions with a drawling “yeah,” which sounds almost Beatleish.
