Old Fischer photo
SPRAGGETT ON CHESS
You can find out much more about this historic tournament here and here George Koltanovsky was the TD. A total of 33 participants took part. As well, you can find an eye-witness account here The tournament was held at the Spreckels-Russell Dairy auditorium at 14th and Mission:
I came across this photo of 14 year old Bobby Fischer playing in the 4th round of the 1957 US Junior in San Francisco, which he won with a 8.5 point score out of 9 games. Here his opponent is J.Bennett. Bobby is considering his 9th move (he castled).
Bennett,J
Bobby Fischer
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You can find out much more about this historic tournament here and here George Koltanovsky was the TD. A total of 33 participants took part. As well, you can find an eye-witness account here The tournament was held at the Spreckels-Russell Dairy auditorium at 14th and Mission:
