ANew York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, October 15, 1961
Chess Gains Made By White Pieces
106½ Points Scored in Play at Bled to 83½ for Black
Statistics of the recent international masters tournament, held in Bled, Yugoslavia, disclose that the players with the white chess pieces scored 106½ points against 83½ for those with the black pieces.
Mikhail Tal of Latvia, the victor, won 7½ with white and 7 with black. Bobby Fischer, the United States champion, almost equaled that record with 7½ white and 6 black.
Svetozar Gligoric of Yugoslavia via tallied 6½ and 6, Paul Keres of Estonia, 7 and 5½, and Tigran Petrosian, the Soviet champion, 7½ and 5.
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Another selection of games from the Bled tournament includes Tal's victory over Miguel Najdorf of Argentina in the final round, Petrosian's defeat of Ludek Pachman of Czechoslovakia, and Fischer matches with Najdorf and Boris Ivkov of Yugoslavia, which ended in draws:
