60 years ago: 14-year old Bobby Fischer wins US Championship

by Johannes Fischer
1/9/2018 – 60 years ago this week, on January 7, 1958, to be precise, the tenth U.S. Championship came to an end with a sensation: the 14-year old Bobby Fischer won with 10½ / 13 ahead of a strong field. With this win Fischer qualified for the Interzonal tournament in Portoroz 1958, and won the first of his eight U.S. titles. | Pictured: Bobby Fischer in 1959 | Source: unknown (via D. Griffin)

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No other World Champion was more infamous both inside and outside the chess world than Bobby Fischer. On this DVD, a team of experts shows you the winning techniques and strategies employed by the 11th World Champion.

Grandmaster Dorian Rogozenco delves into Fischer’s openings, and retraces the development of his repertoire. What variations did Fischer play, and what sources did he use to arm himself against the best Soviet players? Mihail Marin explains Fischer’s particular style and his special strategic talent in annotated games against Spassky, Taimanov and other greats. Karsten Müller is not just a leading international endgame expert, but also a true Fischer connoisseur.

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When a 14-year-old was young

Robert James Fischer won every U.S. Championship in which he took part during his career — eight times all in all — and today is considered as one of the best players of all time. 60 years later, his result in 1958 might not seem as spectacular as it was back then. Today many 14-year old talents have grandmaster strength (or are already grandmasters). But consider that in 1958 this was virtually unheard of.

Back then Fischer's win was a sensation. Obviously he was highly talented, but Fischer still seemed to lack experience. Before the U.S. Championship 1957/1958 he had played only 110 official tournament games, and only one really strong tournament, the Lessing Rosenwald Memorial 1956. In this tournament he had played the "Game of the Century" against Donald Byrne but still had to learn the hard way and with 4½ / 11 he finally shared only eighth to tenth place. Okay, in 1957 Fischer had won both the U.S. Junior Championship and the U.S. Open Championship but both tournaments were not nearly as strong as the U.S. Championship 1957/1958.

The Championship attracted a number of strong players because the first two places automatically qualified for the Interzonal Tournament — part of the World Championship cycle — and thanks to a group of wealthy sponsors who wanted to support chess in the USA the prizes were also attractive. Pre-tournament favourite was Samuel Reshevsky, who at that time was considered to be the strongest player in the US.

Samuel Reshevsky Candidates tournament 1968 and Bobby Fischer in 1957

(Left) Samuel Reshevsky at the Candidates 1968 | Photo: By Kroon, Ron / Anefo CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, via Wikimedia Commons | (Right) Bobby Fischer in 1957 | Photo: Robert Walker, New York Times

Reshevsky, who was born on November 26, 1911, no longer was a wunderkind but still one of the strongest players in the world. At the World Championship Tournament 1948 in Moscow and The Hague, he shared third to fourth place with Paul Keres, behind tournament winner Mikhail Botvinnik and Vasily Smyslov, and at the Candidates Tournament in Zurich 1953 Reshevsky had shared second to fourth place with David Bronstein and Keres, behind Smyslov, who won the tournament.

Apart from Reshevsky, young talents such as reigning World Junior Champion William Lombardy or Larry Evans were given chances to win the title. Defending champion was Arthur Bisguier and before the tournament he predicted that Fischer would score a bit more than 50 percent. (see Andy Soltis, The United States Chess Championship, 1845-2011, McFarland 2012, p. 90.)

But right from the start the 14-year old Fischer showed that he wanted to win the title. His chess was surprisingly mature and universal. He was well versed in current opening theory, and impressed onlookers with attacking and positional skills as well as his ability to defend difficult positions.

Fischer attacks

 
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1.e4       c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3?! 3.d3 3...Nf6 3...d5 4.exd5 4.d3 dxe4 5.dxe4 Qxd1+ 4...exd5 5.d4 Nc6 6.Bg2 Bd6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.0-0 Nge7= 4.d3 d5 5.Nbd2 Be7 6.Bg2 0-0 7.0-0 Nc6 8.Re1 Qc7 8...b5 9.e5 Ne8 10.Nf1 Bb7 11.d4 Rc8 12.c3 a5 13.h4 b4 Bouwmeester-Matanovic/ Beverwijk/1958 9.Qe2 9.e5 Nd7 10.Qe2 Re8 10...f6 11.exf6 Nxf6 12.c4 12.c3 Bd7 13.Nb3 Bd6 14.d4 c4 15.Nbd2 Ng4 16.Nf1 e5 17.Ng5 Nf6 18.Qc2 e4 19.f3 exf3 20.Bxf3 Qa5 Sutter,O-Graf,J/Geneva II (05)/1990/0.5 (21) 12...Bd7 13.Nb3 Bd6 14.d4 cxd4 15.c5 Be7 16.Bf4 Qc8 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.Bxe5 d3 19.Qxd3 Ng4 20.Bd4 Bf6 21.f4 a5 22.Bxf6 Nxf6 23.Rac1 Re8 24.Nd4± Nesterov,J-Kaczorowski,P/Warsaw op (08)/1993/1-0 (50) 10...Rd8 11.h4 b5 12.Nf1 Nd4 13.Nxd4 cxd4 14.Bf4 Bb7 15.Nh2 Rac8 16.Rac1 b4 17.Qg4 Qa5 18.Nf3 Qxa2 19.Bh6 Bf8 20.h5 g6 21.Bg5 Re8 22.hxg6 hxg6 23.Bf6 Bg7 24.Qh4 Stock,C-Cladouras,P/Munich op9192 (01)/1992/1-0 (31) 10...b5 11.h4 a5 12.Nf1 Nd4 13.Nxd4 cxd4 14.Bf4 Ra6 15.Nh2 Rc6 16.Rac1 Ba6 17.Bxd5 exd5 18.e6 Qd8 19.exd7 Re6 20.Qg4 f5 21.Qh5 Qxd7 22.Nf3 g6 23.Qh6 Bf6 24.Rxe6 Qxe6 25.Be5 Bxe5 26.Re1 f4 27.Rxe5 Qd7 28.h5 fxg3 29.hxg6 gxf2+ 30.Kxf2 hxg6 31.Qxg6+ Kh8 32.Rh5+ 1-0 Fischer,R-Geller,U/Nathania 1968 11.Nf1 11.h4 Nf8 12.Nf1 Bd7 13.c3 b5 14.h5 h6 15.N1h2 f5 16.exf6 Bxf6 17.Ng4 Qd8 18.Nfe5 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Rc8 20.Qg4 Bxe5 21.Rxe5 Qf6 22.Bf4 Kh7 23.Rae1 g5 24.Bd2± Reyes,J-Galiana/Palma op (09)/1992/1-0 (32) 11...a6 11...b5 12.h4 a5 13.N1h2 a4 14.a3 Ba6 15.h5 Nd4 16.Nxd4 cxd4 17.Nf3 Qb6 18.Bd2 Rec8 19.Bb4 Bxb4 20.axb4 Ra7 21.h6 Rac7 22.Rac1 g6 23.Qd2 Bb7 Granda Zuniga,J-Braga,F/Leon (11)/1990/0.5 (24) 11...b6 12.Bf4 Bb7 13.h4 Rac8 14.c3 Nf8 15.h5 b5 16.N1h2 d4 17.Ng4 dxc3 18.bxc3 Rcd8 19.Nf6+ gxf6 20.exf6 Bd6 21.Bxd6 Rxd6 22.Qe3 e5 23.Qh6 Rxf6 24.Qxf6± Lau,R-Mobarak, A/Thessaloniki olm (1)/1988/1-0 (41) 11...f5 12.Bf4 Nf8 13.h4 Bd7 14.h5 Qd8 15.Qd2 Rc8 16.N1h2 g6 17.g4 fxg4 18.Nxg4 gxh5 19.Nh6+ Kg7 20.Ng5 Ng6 21.Ngf7 Qb6 22.Bg5 Rf8 23.Bxe7 Ncxe7 24.Nd6 Skegina,K-Karakas/ Budapest/1969/1-0 (35) 12.Bf4 Nf8 13.h4 Ng6 14.Bc1 f6 15.exf6 Bxf6 16.h5 Nge5 17.Bf4 Nxf3+ 18.Qxf3 Qd8 19.c3 Kh8 20.h6 gxh6 21.Bc7 Qe7 22.Bd6 Qxd6 23.Qxf6+ Kg8 24.Ne3 Chomet,P-Veysseyre,D/Uzes op(5)/1989/1-0 (31) 9...Rd8 9...dxe4 9...Bd7 10.e5 Ne8 11.c3 f6 10.e5 Ne8 11.c3 11.Nf1 Nd4! 12.Qd1 12.Nxd4 cxd4 12...Bd7 13.c3 Nxf3+ 14.Qxf3 Bc6 Euwe 14...b5= Euwe 11...b5 11...d4 12.c4!± [+] 12.Nf1 b4 13.Bf4 Qa5? 13...bxc3 14.bxc3 Rb8 Euwe 14.c4! Nc7 14...dxc4 15.dxc4 Rb8 16.Ng5 Nd4 17.Qh5 Bxg5 18.Bxg5 / \Be4 Euwe 15.h4! Qb6 16.h5 b3 16...h6 17.g4 Euwe 17.a3 dxc4 18.dxc4 Ba6 19.N1h2 Rac8 19...Nd5 20.Bg5 Bxg5 21.Nxg5 h6 22.Nxf7 Kxf7 23.Qf3+ Kg8 24.cxd5 exd5 25.e6+- Euwe Qb7 26.Rad1 Ne7 27.Qf4 PS 20.h6 g6 21.Bg5 Nd4 21...Bxg5 22.Nxg5 Nd4 23.Qe3 Bxc4 23...Nc2 24.Qf4 Rf8 25.Ng4 Nxe1 26.Nf6+ Kh8 27.Nfxh7 f5 28.Nxf8 Rxf8 29.Rxe1 Qa5 30.Rd1+- 24.Qf4 Rd7 25.Ng4 Ne8 26.Ne4 22.Qe3‼ ≤22.Nxd4 Bxg5 23.Nc6 22...Bxg5 22...Nc2 23.Qf4 Nxe1 24.Rxe1 -> 23.Qxg5 Ne8 23...Nc2 24.Ng4 Nxa1 25.Qe7± /\Nf6, Qf7, Qg7# 24.Ng4 Nf5 25.Rac1 Qc7 26.Nd2! Rd4 27.Nxb3 27.Ne4 Qd8 28.Ngf6+ Nxf6 29.Nxf6+ Kh8 30.g4 Ne7∞ Euwe 27...Rxc4 28.Rcd1! Ra4 28...Rb8!? 29.Nd2 Rd4 30.Nf3 Rd5 31.Rxd5 exd5 32.e6 fxe6 33.Rxe6 Bb7 34.Nfe5± 28...Rc2 29.Be4+- Euwe 28...Qe7 29.Qxe7 Nxe7 30.Ne3 Ra4 31.Rd7+- Euwe 29.Re4 Bb5 29...Rxe4 30.Bxe4 Qe7 31.Qxe7 Nxe7 32.Rd7 Rc7? 32...Nf5 33.Rxa7± PS 32...Be2 33.Rxe7 Bxg4 34.Rxa7± PS 33.Nf6++- Euwe 30.Rc1 Qb6 30...c4 31.Nd4 Nxd4 32.Rxd4 / \Nf6+- Euwe Qc5 33.Rcd1 33.Nf6+ Nxf6 34.Qxf6 Qf8 35.Rcd1 Re8 33...c3 34.Nf6+ Nxf6 35.Qxf6 Qf8 36.Rd8 Rxd8 37.Rxd8 Be8 38.Rxe8 cxb2 39.Qg7# PS 31.Nd2 /\Ra4, Ne4 Rxe4 31...Qd8 32.Qxd8 Rxd8 33.Rxa4 Bxa4 34.Ne4± winning a pawn Euwe Rd1+ 35.Rxd1 Bxd1∞ PS 32.Nxe4 Bd3 32...Qd8 33.Qxd8 Rxd8 34.Rxc5+- K Euwe 33.Ngf6+ Kh8?? 33...Nxf6 34.Nxf6+ Kh8 35.g4! 35.Nd7 Qd8 35...Qxb2 36.g4+- 36.Qxd8+ Rxd8 37.Nxc5± 35...Nd4 36.Nd7! 36.Ne4 Qd8 37.Rxc5+- Euwe 36...Qd8 37.Rxc5+- and White wins - Black cannot take the queen on g5 and has no square for his rook on c8. And after Nc6 38.Rxc6 Ra8 39.Qf4 White has a huge material advantage - and a winning attack. 34.g4! 34.Nxe8! Rxe8 35.Qf6+ Kg8 36.Nd6 Rf8 36...Nxh6 37.Nxe8 Nf5 38.b4+- 37.Nxf5+- 34...Bxe4 35.Bxe4 Nd4 36.Nxe8 Qd8 37.Qxd8 Rxd8 38.Nd6 Ne2+ 39.Kf1 Nxc1 40.Nxf7+ Kg8 41.Nxd8 Nb3 42.Ke2 Nd4+ 43.Kd3 Kf8 44.Nc6 1–0
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Fischer,R-Feuerstein,A-1–01957C00USA-ch (Rosenwald 4th)1

Fischer defends

 
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Bernstein,S-Fischer,R-0–11957B99USA-ch (Rosenwald 4th)4

After the penultimate round Fischer led with 10.0 /12, half a point ahead of Reshevsky who had 9½/12. In the final round Fischer played an 18-move short and unspectacular draw against Abe Turner, hoping that his friend and training partner William Lombardy, who had to play with Black against Reshevsky in the final round, would not lose.

Bobby Fischer vs Abe Turnier, US-Meisterschaft 1957/1958

Bobby Fischer (right, with White) against Abe Turner | Photo: Chess Review 1958)

Lombardy indeed — as he would later do so often — turned out to be of great help and support to Fischer. He won against Reshevsky by playing one of the best games of his life and helped Fischer to win the tournament and his first U.S. title.

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0-0 6.Nf3 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bd2 g5 13.Rc1 Ng6 14.Nb5 a6 15.Na3 Nf6 16.c5 g4 17.cxd6 cxd6 18.Nc4 g3 19.h3 Bxh3! 20.gxh3 Qd7 21.Nf2 gxf2+ 22.Kh2 Qe7 23.Rxf2 Nh5 White could fend off Black's first attacking wave but now Black brings new forces into the attack - and White finds no defense. 24.Bb4 Rad8 25.Qd3 Nh4 26.Rg1 Ng3 27.Bf1 Rf6 28.Rc2 Rg6 29.Be1 Bh6 30.Nb6 Kh8 31.Bg2 Rdg8 32.Rc8 Bf8 33.Rc2 Qg7 34.Na8 Qh6 35.Bf1 Nxf1+ 36.Rxf1 Qg7 37.Qe2 Rg2+ 38.Qxg2 Nxg2 39.Rg1 Nxe1 40.Rxg7 Bxg7 0–1
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Reshevsky,S-Lombardy,W-0–11957E99USA-ch13

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Berliner,H-Fischer,R-½–½1957E88USA-ch6
Berliner,H-Seidman,H-½–½1957E30USA-ch8
Berliner,H-Mednis,E-½–½1957E81USA-ch2
Berliner,H-Bernstein,S-1–01957D50USA-ch10
Berliner,H-Di Camillo,A-1–01957E94USA-ch4
Berliner,H-Sherwin,J-½–½1957D86USA-ch13
Bernstein,S-Fischer,R-0–11957B99USA-ch4
Bernstein,S-Sherwin,J-0–11957B40USA-ch11
Bernstein,S-Bisguier,A-0–11957C55USA-ch9
Bernstein,S-Seidman,H-1–01957B51USA-ch6
Bernstein,S-Mednis,E-0–11957B30USA-ch13
Bernstein,S-Di Camillo,A-1–01957C47USA-ch2
Bisguier,A-Kramer,G-1–01957B05USA-ch13
Bisguier,A-Denker,A-0–11957E50USA-ch4
Bisguier,A-Reshevsky,S-0–11957B46USA-ch8
Bisguier,A-Lombardy,W-1–01957D05USA-ch2
Bisguier,A-Feuerstein,A-1–01957E70USA-ch6
Bisguier,A-Berliner,H-0–11957A48USA-ch11
Denker,A-Kramer,G-1–01957A48USA-ch7
Denker,A-Berliner,H-1–01957A48USA-ch5
Denker,A-Lombardy,W-½–½1957E22USA-ch9
Denker,A-Bernstein,S-0–11957A30USA-ch3
Denker,A-Fischer,R-½–½1957E60USA-ch12
Denker,A-Seidman,H-½–½1957E42USA-ch1
Denker,A-Turner,A-1–01957D05USA-ch11
Di Camillo,A-Sherwin,J-0–11957B68USA-ch5
Di Camillo,A-Mednis,E-½–½1957B71USA-ch7
Di Camillo,A-Reshevsky,S-0–11957B72USA-ch1
Di Camillo,A-Feuerstein,A-½–½1957A05USA-ch12
Di Camillo,A-Turner,A-0–11957C98USA-ch9
Di Camillo,A-Denker,A-1–01957A34USA-ch10
Di Camillo,A-Bisguier,A-½–½1957B39USA-ch3
Feuerstein,A-Kramer,G-½–½1957C00USA-ch9
Feuerstein,A-Seidman,H-1–01957A05USA-ch3
Feuerstein,A-Berliner,H-1–01957E94USA-ch7
Feuerstein,A-Bernstein,S-0–11957A05USA-ch5
Feuerstein,A-Lombardy,W-½–½1957E60USA-ch11
Feuerstein,A-Denker,A-1–01957E46USA-ch13
Fischer,R-Mednis,E-1–01957B07USA-ch9
Fischer,R-Sherwin,J-1–01957B87USA-ch7
Fischer,R-Di Camillo,A-1–01957E02USA-ch11
Fischer,R-Turner,A-½–½1957A07USA-ch13
Fischer,R-Bisguier,A-1–01957C16USA-ch5
Fischer,R-Reshevsky,S-½–½1957B41USA-ch3
Fischer,R-Feuerstein,A-1–01957C00USA-ch1
Kramer,G-Bernstein,S-1–01957E70USA-ch12
Kramer,G-Seidman,H-1–01957E48USA-ch10
Kramer,G-Fischer,R-0–11957A05USA-ch8
Kramer,G-Berliner,H-0–11957B33USA-ch1
Kramer,G-Di Camillo,A-0–11957A65USA-ch6
Kramer,G-Mednis,E-0–11957C04USA-ch4
Kramer,G-Turner,A-½–½1957C30USA-ch3
Lombardy,W-Fischer,R-0–11957E60USA-ch10
Lombardy,W-Berliner,H-½–½1957E70USA-ch3
Lombardy,W-Bernstein,S-1–01957E91USA-ch1
Lombardy,W-Seidman,H-0–11957A39USA-ch12
Lombardy,W-Turner,A-1–01957B11USA-ch7
Lombardy,W-Kramer,G-1–01957E01USA-ch5
Lombardy,W-Di Camillo,A-1–01957A71USA-ch8
Mednis,E-Reshevsky,S-½–½1957B73USA-ch12
Mednis,E-Bisguier,A-½–½1957C59USA-ch1
Mednis,E-Feuerstein,A-½–½1957A36USA-ch10
Mednis,E-Sherwin,J-½–½1957B65USA-ch3
Mednis,E-Turner,A-1–01957C77USA-ch5
Mednis,E-Lombardy,W-½–½1957C53USA-ch6
Mednis,E-Denker,A-0–11957B84USA-ch8
Reshevsky,S-Denker,A-1–01957A13USA-ch2
Reshevsky,S-Bernstein,S-½–½1957D71USA-ch7
Reshevsky,S-Kramer,G-1–01957E40USA-ch11
Reshevsky,S-Feuerstein,A-1–01957A49USA-ch4
Reshevsky,S-Berliner,H-1–01957D48USA-ch9
Reshevsky,S-Lombardy,W-0–11957E99USA-ch13
Seidman,H-Bisguier,A-1–01957C45USA-ch7
Seidman,H-Mednis,E-1–01957A04USA-ch11
Seidman,H-Di Camillo,A-0–11957C45USA-ch13
Seidman,H-Sherwin,J-½–½1957B97USA-ch9
Seidman,H-Fischer,R-½–½1957B98USA-ch2
Seidman,H-Reshevsky,S-0–11957A08USA-ch5
Sherwin,J-Denker,A-1–01957E30USA-ch6
Sherwin,J-Bisguier,A-1–01957C74USA-ch12
Sherwin,J-Reshevsky,S-1–01957E87USA-ch10
Sherwin,J-Lombardy,W-½–½1957C53USA-ch4
Sherwin,J-Feuerstein,A-0–11957B41USA-ch8
Sherwin,J-Turner,A-1–01957C97USA-ch1
Sherwin,J-Kramer,G-1–01957C78USA-ch2
Turner,A-Reshevsky,S-0–11957E66USA-ch6
Turner,A-Seidman,H-0–11957E18USA-ch4
Turner,A-Feuerstein,A-½–½1957E68USA-ch2
Turner,A-Berliner,H-½–½1957D31USA-ch12
Turner,A-Bisguier,A-1–01957E55USA-ch10
Turner,A-Bernstein,S-½–½1957A34USA-ch8

Final standings

Rk. Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts.
1 Robert James Fischer   ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 10.5
2 Samuel Herman Reshevsky ½   0 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 9.5
3 James T Sherwin 0 1   ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 9.0
4 William James Lombardy 0 1 ½   ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 1 1 7.5
5 Hans Jack Berliner ½ 0 ½ ½   ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 7.0
6 Edmar John Mednis 0 ½ ½ ½ ½   0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 6.5
7 Arnold Sheldon Denker ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1   0 ½ 1 0 0 1 1 6.5
8 Arthur William Feuerstein 0 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1   1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 6.5
9 Herbert Seidman ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0   1 0 0 1 0 6.0
10 Arthur Bernard Bisguier 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 1 0   1 ½ 0 1 5.0
11 Sidney Norman Bernstein 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0   1 ½ 0 5.0
12 Attilio Di Camillo 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0   0 1 4.5
13 Abe Turner ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1   ½ 4.5
14 George Mortimer Kramer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 1 0 ½   3.0

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Johannes Fischer was born in 1963 in Hamburg and studied English and German literature in Frankfurt. He now lives as a writer and translator in Nürnberg. He is a FIDE-Master and regularly writes for KARL, a German chess magazine focusing on the links between culture and chess. On his own blog he regularly publishes notes on "Film, Literature and Chess".

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