Bobby Fischer
Tournaments
The 1955 US Amateur Championship was the first tournament organized by the US Chess Federation in which Fischer entered. Before this tournament, he had played in the Brooklyn Chess Club Championships, in some tournaments organized by the Brooklyn YMCA Chess and Checker Club, and in a correspondence chess tournament organized by Chess Review.

Bobby Fischer

Section Title: Tournaments
Table Section Text: The 1955 US Amateur Championship was the first tournament organized by the US Chess Federation in which Fischer entered. Before this tournament, he had played in the Brooklyn Chess Club Championships, in some tournaments organized by the Brooklyn YMCA Chess and Checker Club, and in a correspondence chess tournament organized by Chess Review.

Year	Tournament	Location	Wins	Draws	Losses	Points	Games	Ranking	Players	Percentage

1955	US Amateur Championship	Mohegan Lake, New York	unknown (6 games)	≤ 3	6	below 32nd	75	≤ 50%

1955	US Junior Championship	Lincoln, Nebraska	2	6	2	5	10	20th (on tie-break)	25	50%

1955	Washington Square Park	New York	unknown (8 games)	5	8	15th	60	56%

1956	Greater New York City Open	Manhattan	5	0	2	5	7	5th–7th	52	71%

1956	Manhattan Chess Club Championship 'A'-Reserves	New York	unknown (10 games)	7½	10	1st–2nd	11	75%

1956	Metropolitan League (team event)	New York	4	1	0	4½	5	Manhattan 'A'-Reserves Team top scorer	90%

1956	US Amateur Championship	Asbury Park, New Jersey	3	2	1	4	6	21st	88	67%

1956	US Junior Championship	Philadelphia	8	1	1	8½	10	1st	28	85%

1956	US Open	Oklahoma City	5	7	0	8½	12	4th–8th	102	71%

1956	Canadian Open	Montreal	6	2	2	7	10	8th–12th	88	70%

1956	Rosenwald Trophy	New York	2	5	4	4½	11	8th–10th	12	41%

1956	Eastern States Open	Washington, D.C.	4	3	0	5½	7	2nd–5th	56	79%

1956	Manhattan Chess Club Championship semifinals	New York	2	1	2	2½	5	4th	6	50%

1957	Log Cabin Open	West Orange, New Jersey	4	0	2	4	6	6th–14th	61	67%

1957	Log Cabin 50–50	West Orange	3	2	0	4	5	unknown	80%

1957	Metropolitan League (team event)	New York	5	0	0	5	5	Manhattan team, Fischer played at board 7.	100%

1957	New Western Open	Milwaukee	5	2	1	6	8	6th–12th	122	75%

1957	US Junior Championship	San Francisco	8	1	0	8½	9	1st	33	94%

1957	US Open	Cleveland	7/ 8	4	0	9/ 10	11/ 12	1st (on tie-break)	176	82%/ 83%

1957	New Jersey State Open	East Orange	6	1	0	6½	7	1st	81	93%

1957	North Central Open	Milwaukee	4	2	1	5	7	5th–11th	93	71%

1957	US Championship	New York	8	5	0	10½	13	1st	14	81%

1958	Interzonal	Portorož	6	12	2	12	20	5th–6th	21	60%

1958	US Championship	New York	6	5	0	8½	11	1st	12	77%

1959	Mar del Plata International	Mar del Plata	8	4	1	10	13	3rd–4th	14	71%

1959	International	Santiago	7	1	4	7½	12	4th–7th	13	63%

1959	Zürich International	Zürich	8	5	2	10½	15	3rd–4th	16	70%

1959	Candidates	Bled, Zagreb & Belgrade	8	9	11	12½	28	5th–6th	8	45%

1959	US Championship	New York	7	4	0	9	11	1st	12	82%

1960	Mar del Plata International	Mar del Plata	13	1	1	13½	15	1st–2nd	16	90%

1960	Buenos Aires International	Buenos Aires	3	11	5	8½	19	13th–16th	20	45%

1960	3-player double round-robin	Reykjavík	3	1	0	3½	4	1st	3	88%

1960	US Championship	New York	7	4	0	9	11	1st	12	82%

1961	"Tournament of the century"	Bled	8	11	0	15	19	2nd	20	71%

1962	Interzonal	Stockholm	13	9	0	17½	22	1st	23	80%

1962	Candidates	Curaçao	8	12	7	14	27	4th	8	52%

1962	US Championship	New York	6	4	1	8	11	1st	12	73%

1963	Western Open	Bay City, Michigan	7	1	0	7½	8	1st	161	94%

1963	New York State Open	Poughkeepsie	7	0	0	7	7	1st	57	100%

1963	US Championship	New York	11	0	0	11	11	1st	12	100%

1965	Capablanca Memorial	Havana	12	6	3	15	21	2nd–4th	22	71%

1965	US Championship	New York	8	1	2	8½	11	1st	12	77%

1966	Piatigorsky Cup	Santa Monica	7	8	3	11	18	2nd	10	61%

1966	US Championship	New York	8	3	0	9½	11	1st	12	86%

1967	Monaco International	Monte Carlo	6	2	1	7	9	1st	10	78%

1967	International	Skopje	12	3	2	13½	17	1st	18	79%

1967	Interzonal	Sousse	7	3	0	8½	10	withdrew	22	85%

1968	International	Netanya	10	3	0	10½	13	1st	14	88%

1968	International	Vinkovci	9	4	0	11	13	1st	14	85%

1968	Metropolitan League (team event)	New York	1	0	0	1	1	Manhattan team, Fischer played only one game.	100%

1970	Blitz (5-minute games)	Herceg Novi	17	4	1	19	22	1st	12	86%

1970	Tournament of peace	Rovinj & Zagreb	10	6	1	13	17	1st	18	76%

1970	Buenos Aires International	Buenos Aires	13	4	0	15	17	1st	18	88%

1970	Interzonal	Palma de Mallorca	15	7	1	18½	23	1st	24	80%

1971	Manhattan CC Blitz	New York	21	1	0	21½	22	1st	12	98%

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Fischer withdrew from the Sousse Interzonal.

final_sentence: Fischer withdrew from the Sousse Interzonal.