ANew York Times, New York, New York, Thursday, September 17, 1959
Olafsson Downs Fischer In Chess
Icelander Defeats Brooklyn Boy in 45 Moves—Benko Draws With Petrosian
Bobby Fischer, the United States chess champion, lost his fifth-round adjourned game to Fridrik Olafsson of Iceland yesterday in the challengers' tournament at Bled, according to a report from Yugoslavia.
Fischer, on the black side of a Sicilian defense, incorrectly sacrificed the exchange for a pawn. However, the 16-year-old Brooklyn youth was left with a chance to draw, had he not missed his way.
The play drifted into a winning end for Olafsson, who scored in forty-five moves. It was his first victory.
Fischer, who earlier had lost to Tigran Petrosian and Mikhail Tal, both of the Soviet Union, dropped back into a triple tie at 2½—3½ with Vassily Smyslov of the Soviet Union and Svetozar Gligoric of Yugoslavia.
Three other adjourned games were drawn. Paul Keres of the Soviet Union and Gligoric fought out their sixth round match for sixty-six moves. Olafsson gained a half-point at the expense of Smyslov in sixty-seven moves.
Petrosian, still leading with a score of 4½—1½, was held to a draw by Paul Benko, Hungarian refugee from New York, who has lost only one game—to Keres. Of all the eight competitors, Petrosian alone remains undefeated. He has won three games outright and drawn three.
