AThe Times Munster, Indiana Sunday, January 19, 1964 - Page 49
Wizard Would Play 50 Simultaneously
Milton I. Kaplan, Hammond lawyer, was elected president of the Hammond Chess Club at the club's last meeting in the Hammond Civic Center.
Kaplan announced in his acceptance speech he will try to arrange for an appearance of Bobby Fischer, 20-year-old New Yorker, who is presently U.S. chess champion, to the Calumet Region.
“I'm trying to arrange to get Fischer here for a simultaneous match with 50 local players,” Kaplan said.
FISCHER, who became a chess master at 15, is considered by many to be the greatest American player of the century.
“If arrangements are made” Kaplan said, “I'm sure Fischer's appearance in Hammond will attract many players from adjoining states to watch him play.”
Kaplan, a member of the U.S. Chess Federation, invited local chess players to join the club, which meets Thursday nights in the Hammond Civic Center.
