As the old tattered rope said, "I'm a frayed knot."

This was the round four game of an eight-round swiss with 161 players, played July 4-7 1963. It was also the only game which Fischer didn't win.

Here are Fischer's games in chronological order from this tournament: Round one : Fischer vs J Fuller, 1963

Round two: A Reinhard vs Fischer, 1963

Round three: Fischer vs N Leopoldi, 1963

Round four: Fischer vs. Poschel [here]

Round five: Fischer vs R Finegold, 1963

Round six: Bisguier vs Fischer, 1963

Round seven: Fischer vs D Byrne, 1963

Round eight: Berliner vs Fischer, 1963

"The players at the Open were surprisingly strong. I was expecting twenty move-crushers, but it didn't happen. In fact, the opposition was keen enough that I consider 5 or 6 of 8 of my games played there to be superior to any games played in the Piatigorsky Tournament with the exception of Najdorf's win over Keres."

See: Najdorf vs Keres, 1963

This should be taken with the same grain of salt as "The King's Gambit is busted..."