ANew York Times, New York, New York, Saturday, October 24, 1959
Keres Downs Tal In 79-Move Game
Estonian Trims Margin of Chess Leader in Belgrade—Fischer Plays Draw
Paul Keres beat Mikhail Tal, the leader, last night for the third time in the world chess challengers' tournament, according to a report from Yugoslavia. Both are from the Soviet Union.
The Belgrade game, adjourned from the twenty-fourth round, lasted seventy-nine moves. Keres, an Estonian, had won two pawns before adjournment in a Tarrasch defense to the queen's gambit declined. However, he needed accurate play before beating Tal, a Latvian.
Svetozar Gligoric of Yugoslavia drew in fifty-seven moves of a Sicilian defense with Bobby Fischer, the 16-year-old United States champion from Brooklyn.
Gligoric lost another game, bowing to Fridrik Olafsson of Iceland after seventy moves. Gligoric passed up a chance to draw by repetition but subsequently lost a rook under time pressure.
Keres is the only player in the eight-man tournament with a winning record against Tal. He trimmed Tal's lead to 1½ points with three rounds to play.
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In gaining the lead, Tal beat Fischer three times.
He won the two games at Bled in the sixth and thirteenth rounds and again in the twentieth at Zagreb. Their fourth encounter is scheduled for Monday.
The score of the third game shows the Russian's aggressiveness at its best. He sacrificed a knight at the twenty-third move, but emerged from the combination with the advantage of the exchange and won in thirty-four moves.
