When Chess Prodigy Vanished from New York Street
Hi everyone,
We found this amazing feature on the New York Observer by Sarah Weinman.
The Mysterious Disappearance of Peter Winston
How does one of the world’s top chess prodigies just vanish from a New York street?
It should have been a cakewalk. On a Saturday afternoon in 1972 in a seedy hotel conference room in Midtown Manhattan, two men faced off across a chessboard. Well, one of them was a man—Walter Browne, a six-time United States champion regarded as perhaps the best American player not named Bobby Fischer. Facing him was a 14-year-old kid only a few years removed from his very first game. Dark, curly hair curtained his eyes. He was slight and a little over medium height, with a notable lack of physical coordination that belied a singular concentration. He was good, sometimes very good, and many observers considered him a future star. But he wasn’t Walter Browne.
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