Fischer Adjourns 9th-Round Match: He Holds Slight Edge Over Barcza After 42 Moves in Zurich Chess

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New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, May 31, 1959

Fischer Adjourns 9th-Round Match
He Holds Slight Edge Over Barcza After 42 Moves in Zurich Chess
Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, the United States chess champion, adjourned his ninth-round match in the jubilee international tournament in Zurich, according to a report reaching here last night through Swiss news sources.
His opponent in an English opening was Gedeon Barcza of Hungary, who had a slightly inferior position when the session ended after forty-two moves.
The positions of Fischer and Mikhail Tal of the Soviet Union, tied for the lead at 6½—1½, remained unchanged. Tal adjourned his game with Fridrik Olafsson of Iceland in a queen-and-rook ending after forty-one moves.
Likewise, Svetozar Gligoric of Yugoslavia and Paul Keres of Russia continued in a tie for third place at 6—2. Both adjourned their ninth-round games.
Wolfgang Unzicker of West Germany defeated Dr. Erwin Nievergelt of Switzerland in twenty-nine moves and moved up to fifth place.