ANew York Times, New York, New York, Monday, October 02, 1961
Fischer And Keres Draw Chess Game
Belgrade, Oct. 1 (AP)—Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn drew with Paul Keres of Estonia in the international grand masters' chess tournament today and moved within a half point of the leader, Mikhail Tal of Latvia.
Tal has 13½ points, Fischer 13.
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Fischer, the United States champion, beat Tigran Petrosian, the Soviet champion, in the eighteenth and semi-final round according to a report from Yugoslavia Sunday.
Other eighteenth-round matches:
Klaus Darga, West Germany, 1 Mario Bertok, Yugoslavia, 0, Sicilian Defense, 43 moves; Ewfim Geller, Soviet Union, 1, J. Germek, Yugoslavia, 0, King's Indian Defense, 34 moves; Boris Ivkov, Yugoslavia, 1, Miguel Najdorf, Argentina, 0, King's Indian Defense, 38 moves; Ludek Pachman, Czechoslovakia, ½, Fridrik Olafsson, Iceland, ½, King's Indian Defense, 17 moves; Bruno Parma, Yugoslavia, ½, Dr. Peter Trifunovic, Yugoslaiva, ½, Petroff Defense, 24 moves; Arthur B. Bisguier, United States, vs. Alexander Matanovic, Yugoslavia, King's Indian defense, adjourned, 41 moves; J. H. Donner, the Netherlands, vs. Mijo Udovic, Yugoslavia, Ruy Lopez, adjourned, 42 moves.
