The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, February 07, 1965 - Page 82
New Ratings By Chess Federation
The January issue of Chess Life, official monthly magazine published by the U.S. Chess Federation, has the annual rating list of the organization.
This list has the names and comparative standing of all players who are members of the USCF and who participated in tournaments and matches that were submitted for rating during the year.
U.S. champion Bobby Fischer heads the list by a wide margin with 2734 points. This is the highest ever achieved by any American master. It is due in part to his phenomenal feat of winning the 1963-64 U.S. championship with a score of 11-0.
How much further Fischer might have gone last year we will never know. He stayed out of competition practically all year, missing such important events as the Interzonal Tournament in Amsterdam and the Chess Olympics in Tel Aviv.
As a result Fischer lost the opportunity to compete in the of matches to select a challenger for world champion Tigran Petrosian of the USSR. He must now wait for the next cycle, which is three years later.
