The Kingston Daily Freeman Kingston, New York Wednesday, January 29, 1964 - Page 9
I wonder how many of the folks who attended the chess exhibition at the Woodstock school, Sunday, June 29, 1958, remember how hot it was that day. Samuel Reshevsky, internationally famous chess master defeated 46 opponents in a simultaneous exhibition. This presentation was sponsored jointly by the Woodstock Chess Club and the Kings Knight Chess Club of Kingston. It took about three hours to complete the matches. I think the Kings Knight Chess club meets weekly at the Elks Club in Kingston. I would like to see them play sometime.
I watched that Sammy Reshevsky, (of Spring Valley, N.Y.) exhibition in Woodstock. There are many who play well, and many who would like to play chess, as I notice lately in newspaper advertisements or on TV commercials fine chess sets are often shown, or met of culture are playing the game. It plays on a checker board, but the chess man are of various shapes and sizes, and have different moves, which makes it more exciting. At the exhibition Mr. Reshevsky walked from board to board. They players sat in a ring all around him, facing him. When he approached then they made their move, and it took him only a few seconds at the most to make his.
During intermission I had a chance to talk to him, for a few seconds and asked for his autograph, which surprised him, it seemed. Now, some five years later, young Bobby Fischer, a 20 year old from Brooklyn, who is making his living at chess, defended his United States championship and won. Sammy Reshevsky, is now called, a veteran, also played in the match, according to the New York Times, Sunday, Dec. 29, 1963 report by Al Horowitz. I witnessed Mr. Reshevsky play and win 46 opponents at one time, so I can imagine the performance young Bobby Fischer exhibited at the U.S. championship.
