ANew York Times, New York, New York, Monday, December 28, 1959
Fischer Sets Back Seidman in Chess; Reshevsky Scores
Bobby Fischer and Samuel Reshevsky, the favorites in the United States championship, won seventh-round games last night at the Marshall Chess Club.
Fischer, the defending champion, defeated Herbert Seidman in seventeen moves and retained the leadership with a score of 5½—1½.
Reshevsky's game went to the end of the five-hour session. After forty-one moves, Raymond Weinstein of Brooklyn resigned to him.
Vigorous tactics by Edmar Mednis against a Sicilian defense earned a victory in forty moves over Robin Ault. Arthur B. Bisguier drew a French defense adopted by Robert Byrne in twenty-six moves.
James T. Sherwin made good headway against the irregular opening adopted by Sidney Bernstein and played for forty moves until adjournment. Pal Benko was the exchange ahead with Arnold S. Denker, who had played the queen's Indian defense.
In adjourned sixth-round games, Seidman and Bisguier drew in fifty-six moves and Reshevsky and Byrne drew in twenty-two moves.
