AThe Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, October 22, 1961
Amsterdam To Host Interzonal Chess
The interzonal tournament, next stage in the selection of a world championship contender, will take place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, starting Jan. 27. With nine zonal tournaments completed, 22 players from all sections of the world have been qualified.
The United States, entitled to three places, will be represented by Bobby Fischer, William Lombardy and Raymond Weinstein, top prize winners in last year's chess championship tournament.
Their chief opposition will undoubtedly be from the Soviet Union, which has qualified Tigran Petrosian, Victor Korchnoi, Leonard Stein and Ewfim Geller.
The six leaders of the interzonal will advance to the Candidates Tournament, in which they will be joined by former world champion Mikhail Tal of Latvia and Paul Keres of Estonia, who was second to Tal in the previous Candidates Tournament in 1959.
Following is the list of zonal winners. There is still the possibility of a change in Zone 2, which got involved in cold war politics.
