New York Times, New York, New York, Wednesday, May 27, 1959
Keres, Tal Draw In Zurich Chess
Soviet Union Players Stay in Lead—Fischer and Larsen Adjourn Game
Bobby Fischer, the 16-year-old United States chess champion, played to an adjournment in forty-two moves with Bent Larsen of Denmark in the jubilee tournament at Zurich, Switzerland, yesterday.
Paul Keres and Mikhail Tal, the two Soviet Union grandmasters, who had been tied with the Brooklyn student for first-place, met in another match and drew in twenty-two moves.
As each of the two Soviet Union players gained half a point, they remained at the top of the standing with 4½—1½ scores. Fischer, at 4—1, is tied with Gedeon Barcza of Hungary.
Fischer, who played white against the Sicilian defense, emerged with two bishops opposed to a couple of knights. when they adjourned, the prospects of a draw loomed.
Barcza had the black side of a Reti opening with Fridrik Olafsson of Iceland who, after forty-one moves, had a slightly favorable position.
Keres played the English opening against, Tal, and they agreed to divide a point after twenty-two moves.
The two sixth-round winners were Wolfgang Unzicker of West Germany, who sacrificed a knight to get the upper hand, and Andreas Duckstein of Austria, whose French defense yielded him two pawns.
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Fischer Baffles Rivals
The scores of two games won by Fischer at Zurich were received yesterday. Against Josef Kupper of Switzerland, the Brooklyn youth offered the sacrifice of a bishop for a pawn to gain access to the king, forcing Kupper to resign. Against Olafsson he advanced a couple of connected passed pawns to capture a knight. Pressed for time, Olafsson resigned.
