New York Times, New York, NY, Monday, October 03, 1955
Gets Park Chess Prize
Eastman Wins at Washington Sq.—Boy, 12, Near Top
Charles Eastman won first prize of a $100 savings bond yesterday afternoon in the final chess tournament of the season in Washington Square Park. But he had to share the limelight with 12-year-old Bobby Fischer, who had weather the month-long contest and thirty-two eliminations before being beaten.
Mr. Eastman, who lives at 128 West Eleventh Street, defeated Joe Livingston of 111 East Twenty-eighth Street in forty-five minutes. Mr. Livingston received a $50 bond. Charles Becker of 105-15 Sixty-sixth Road, Forest Hills, Queens, received a $25 bond for third place.
But many in the crowd of 400 onlookers seemed to think the best show was given by Bobby Fischer. Despite competition from his more mature and experienced adversaries, he was unbeaten until yesterday, when he came within fifteen players of the championship. He lives at 560 Lincoln Place, Brooklyn.
The contest, played under Swiss rules, involved sixty-six persons. Thirty-three were eliminated.