ANew York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, September 20, 1959
Fischer, Smyslov Play In Deadlock
American and Russian Draw in 7th-Round Adjourned Game of Chess Event
Bobby Fischer, United States chess champion, played to a draw with Vassily Smyslov of the Soviet Union in their seventh-round adjourned game in the challengers' tournament at Bled yesterday.
The 16-year-old Brooklyn student was cheered by his success in scoring half a point against a former world champion, with whom he is now in a quadruple tie for fifth place.
It was an uphill struggle for the American inasmuch as the position, upon resumption, appeared to be favorable to the Russian. Fischer held his own in an ending that called for the most exacting calculation.
Results of other pending adjourned games brought about important changes among the leaders. Tigran Petrosian, Soviet Union, until then the sole undefeated contestant, lost both of his unfinished games.
He resigned after fifty-seven moves to Svetozar Gligoric, Yugoslavia, in the seventh and was then defeated by Fridrik Olafsson, Iceland, in the eighth round after sixty moves.
Consequently, Paul Keres and Mikhail Tal, both of the Soviet Union, shared first place with scores of 5½-2½. Petrosian, at 4½-3½, dropped to a tie with Gligoric for third place. Gligoric also won in the eighth round from Paul Benko, Hungarian refugee from New York, in fifty-three moves.
