Fischer 1956

Back in 1921 little Sammy Reshevsky, who hadn't yet Americanized "Rzeschewski," was the darling of the chess media with his exploits covered monthly.

In 1956, the media gave 13 year old Bobby Fischer that same attention.

Here are some images of Fischer throughout that year, culminating in December with coverage of his "Game of the Century."

another 1956 photo

other coverage of the Game of the Century.

likes the photographs here👍

good find

Great history as always batgirl, cheers. Just read up on Pomar who was referenced for defeating Saemisch and drawing Alekhine as a boy as I had never heard of him. Sounds like he was an absolute prodigy but suffered 2 nervous breakdowns in the 60's, another sad story of a chess player struggling with life :-(

great stuff Batgirl, my online chess historian of choice, for sure. You rock and bless you for including a game to consider! Had some difficulty reconstructing it because the old notation is/seems a little confusing. Thanks

Would love to see you collate all the wonderful materials you have been collecting in a book, batgirl. I understand of course that this would be a very time-consuming project and that you would wish to find a publisher fairly early on if you ever were to go ahead with this.

Here is 14 year old Arturo Pomar at his very first International Tournament in London, January 1946.  Herman Steiner won the tournament, but Pomar came in 6th-7th place.

Pomar was raised on a medieval country.