Russian Chess Supremacy

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The Guardian London, Greater London, England Thursday, May 07, 1959

Russian Chess Supremacy
The Russians seem to specialize in administering severe defeats to any promising young players appearing in the West. Masters like Gligoric, Unzicker, Ivkov, and Larsen have all suffered in this way, and the only ones who have done constantly well against the Russians are the American champion, Fischer, and Olafsson of Iceland.
Portisch, the Hungarian champion, who is only 22, was recently second at Hastings and ahead of Szabo in Budapest. Immediately after these successes, he represented Budapest in a match against Leningrad, and the result was the following debacle.