AThe Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, Sunday, April 05, 1959
Fischer Turns Up In Mar Del Plata
A week ago there was a report that the brilliant American chess champion, 15-year-old Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, had mysteriously disappeared. He turned up calmly playing in the international master tournament at Mar del Plata, Argentina.
Bobby started off poorly. He drew his first two games against Emma of Argentina and L. Sanchez of Colombia. He was then set back by Ludek Pachman of Czechoslovakia. In the fourth round Fischer scored his first full point at the expense of Mendez of Brazil.
Pachman won his first three games to take the lead in the early stages. Others in the tournament are B. Ivkov of Yugoslavia, Letelier of Chile and an Argentine delegation including M. Najdorf, H. Pilnik, H. Rosetto and R. Sanguinetti.
