AExpress and News, San Antonio, Texas, Sunday, January 25, 1959
Championship Chess by Blake Stevens, Texas State Champion
Bobby Fischer has added another feather to his cap, winning the U.S. national chess championship a full point ahead of Reshevsky and scoring six wins and five draws.
He turned in fine games against Reshevsky, Bisguier, and Mednis. This moves us to predict that young Fischer will tie for fourth place in the forthcoming Candidate's Tournament, and this will be a tremendous feat. Remember the stellar lineup includes Tahl, Petrosian, Smyslov, Keres, Gligoric, Olafsson and Benko.
The whole chess world knows that Fischer employs the Sicilian Defense almost exclusively. Will the Russians prepare traps in this opening? Undoubtedly.
The following game presents a deep pitfall in which black stumbles headlong. Fischer confronted with the possibility of making the same error that Black does in this game, would probably neatly sidestep the danger. The queen sacrifice offered by White is piquant and fantastically clever, unleashing a flood of tactics.
