New York Times, New York, New York, Monday, October 02, 1961 - Page 40
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: