Tal and Fischer Draw At Zurich

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New York Times, New York, New York, Monday, June 08, 1959

Tal and Fischer Draw At Zurich
Russian Clinches at Least Tie for Chess Honors—Gligoric in Contention
Zurich, Switzerland, June 7 (AP)—Bobby Fischer of New York and Mikhail Tal of the Soviet Union played to a draw in the fifteenth and last round of the international chess tournament tonight.
Tal, who led for most of the tournament, finished with 11½ points. Fischer, 16-year-old United States champion, wound up with 10½. Earlier, Dieter Keller of Switzerland beat Fischer in fifty-eight moves in an adjourned match.
Yugoslavia's Svetoza. Gligoric, with 10½ points, did not finish his game with Josef Kupper of Switzerland.
If he beats Kupper tomorrow, when adjourned games will be completed, he will share first place with Tal. If he loses he will share second place with Fischer. A draw will give him second place, undisputed.
Fischer's loss to Keller had been foreseen, according to a report received from Zurich Sunday night. Keller was two pawns ahead of his Brooklyn rival when the fourteenth-round contest was adjourned. He soon made that distinct advantage tell.
Gligoric won his fourteenth-round game with Edwin Bhend of Switzerland, without resuming play, in forty-two moves.