ARichmond Times-Dispatch Richmond, Virginia Tuesday, June 09, 1959
Russian Is Victor In Chess Tourney
Zurich, Switzerland, June 9—(AP)—Russia's grandmaster Mikhail Tal became the winner of the international chess tournament Monday when Yugoslavia's Svetozar Gligoric failed to win his final game.
Gligoric tied with Swiss Josef Kupper after 55 moves in an adjourned game. This left him with only 11 points in the overall final standings compared with Tal's 11½.
Bobby Fischer of New York and Russia's Paul Keres tied for third place with 10½ points each.
Fischer, twice American champion will meet Tal, Gligoric and Keres again in Yugoslavia later this year. The winner of that tournament will be entitled to challenge Russia's world champion, Mikhail Botvinnik, in 1960.
Tal won the interzonal tournament in Portoroz, Yugoslavia, within the world chess champions last year with Gligoric second.
Fischer, who earned the title of a grand master of chess of the international chess federation in Portoroz when he was not yet 16 years old, was hampered by fatigue during the later stages of the Zurich tourney.
For most of the competition he had to finish adjourned games in the morning before starting in the next round the same afternoon. He complained he did not get enough sleep.
