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The Guardian London, Greater London, England Thursday, April 30, 1959
Last-Round Jitters
The last round of a big chess tournament puts an extra strain on possible prize-winners, and the number of players who can keep a cool head are few. At the Bognor tournament the Southern Counties championship was decided when Green, in a winning position left a rook en prise against Pritchard; and an equally interesting case occurred at Mar del Plata recently. The two leaders, the experienced grandmasters Pachman and Najdorf, drew their game decorously in 17 moves: but the two youngsters Ivkov and Fischer, who were half a point behind, both made strenuous efforts to beat each other. Ivkov had a winning position, but ruined it, and then Fischer in turn missed chance after chance and finally to be content to draw.
However the United States champion's play is continuing to progress. Here is one of his wins from Mar del Plata, which illustrates the modern way of attack with the Ruy Lopez.
