AJuly 29 1951
The Morning Call, Allentown, Pennsylvania, Sunday, July 29, 1951
Philadelphian Jr. Chess King
PHILADELPHIA, (AP) — Saul Wachs, 19-year-old West Philadelphia youth, won the U. S. Junior Chess Championship yesterday.
Wachs won out in the 5½ day tournament over 44 entrants from 15 states and Canada. The tournament was held under sponsorship of the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce and the Philadelphia Chess Association.
Saul was awarded the title when his final opponent Irving Bizar, 19, of New York City, agreed to a draw after sitting at the chess table for two hours and 45 minutes. Saul's score was six wins and four draws. Each of the contestants played 10 games.
The tall, slim Saul, who has been playing chess since he was five years old, now is a junior at Temple University. He said the “most crucial time in the tournament came when I played Ross Siemms the other day. The pressure was too terrific.”
Siemms, 15, of Toronto, Canada, was named winner of two trophies for coming in first in the contest for boys under 16 years of age. Saul was only 11-years-old when he won the West Philadelphia Junior Chess Championship, and in 1949, he went to Cleveland finished second in the Masters Reserves contest. This year he won the Philadelphia title.
