ANew York Times, New York, New York, Tuesday, September 22, 1959
Petrosian Beats Fischer In Chess
Defeats American Champion in 32 Moves—Gligoric and Tal Play Draw
Ninth-round results in the challengers' chess tournament at Bled yesterday included another setback for the United States champion, Bobby Fischer, according to a report received through Yugoslav news sources last night.
Tigran Petrosian of the Soviet Union, who had won from the 16-year-old Brooklyn student in the second round, outplayed him again and scored in thirty-two moves.
Fischer, who has not won since the fourth-round, had the black pieces. Anxious to make headway, he attempted to gain the initiative, but his opening, a Nimzo-Indian defense, was unsatisfactory. His queen's bishop had no outlet and he lost two pawns on the queen's side of the board.
Petrosian moved back into third place, ahead of Svetozar Gligoric, Yugoslavia, who drew in twenty-seven moves of a Ruy Lopez with Mikhail Tal of the Soviet Union. Tal leads with a score of 6—3.
Paul Keres, Soviet Union, also played the Ruy Lopez against Vassily Smyslov, his countryman, and adjourned after forty-one moves.
Another adjourned game, in forty-two moves, was a Sicilian defense played by Fridrik Olafsson, Iceland, against Paul Benko of New York. The Icelander, pressed for time, lost two of his pawns. However, the experts believe he still has a chance to win or draw.
Following is the score of the important game which was won by Gligoric from Smyslov:
