AAsbury Park Press Asbury Park, New Jersey Tuesday, June 09, 1959
Russian Wins Chess Crown
Zurich, Switzerland (AP)—Russia's grand master Mikhail Tal became the winner of the International Chess Tournament yesterday 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 over-all 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.
