Reshevsky

One of the great what-ifs of American chess was the 1961 16-game stakes match between Sammy Reshevsky, 49, and 18-year-old Bobby Fischer for national supremacy, abandoned over a nasty scheduling dispute with the score tied as 5½-5½.

But he was skilled enough to hold the great Sammy Reshevsky to a draw in a 1956 simultaneous exhibition in Los Angeles, a year before the actor´s death.

Reshevsky employs the classic simul tactic of a sharp opening to flummox his lower-rated opponent, but Bogart handles things relatively well despite coming out a pawn down.

Samuel Reshevsky, his American archrival, had tied for first with Viktor Korchnoi.

Reshevsky nervously paced the stage, once again waiting for the absent Bobby to arrive, this time to play the disputed thirteenth game.