ADayton Daily News Dayton, Ohio Monday, January 13, 1964 - Page 16
Special Lesson
It was like pitching a no-hitter against the Yankees, firing a hole-in-one on the 17th green at Pebble Beach, or kicking a 52-yard field goal against the wind. The best describes Bobby Fischer's winning of the U.S. chess championship.
In gaining the title, the Brooklyn youth defeated the best dozen players in the country with remarkable strategy and skill. By not surrendering a match, his accomplishment will be written in gold in the record books.
But the Fischer story is more than victory of a queen over a king on a black and white chess board. Here's a young man who set a goal for himself in his teens to become the best chess player in the world. He is working hard at it—he is well on his way.
It is this man-versus-goal lesson that gives Bobby Fischer such distinction. It far overshadows the lessons he gives an opponent on the effective use of pawns and knights, rooks and bishops.
