Frank Ross Anderson, 1948

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The Windsor Star, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, Monday, April 05, 1948

Chess Champ In U.S. Open
Toronto Boy Learned To Play in Hospital
Toronto—Frank R. Anderson, 19-year-old chess champion of Ontario, said yesterday he was preparing to enter United States open championships at Milwaukee shortly. This is the last year Anderson is qualified for junior as well as senior play.
Anderson won the Ontario title here last week and Noel Williams, London, Ont., placed second, after each had won five and lost one match. R. B. Hayes, Kitchener, president of Ontario Chess Federation, and R. Drummond, Hamilton, tied for third with scores of 4½-1½. Hayes was leading going into the final round when he was beaten by Anderson.
Young Anderson, who learned chess while confined to a hospital bed for years with crippling arthritis, reached the final round of the Canadian championship at Toronto two years ago.

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