Fischer Assumes Chess Advantage

New York Times, New York, New York, Saturday, July 29, 1961 - Page 13

Fischer Assumes Chess Advantage
Reshevsky a Pawn Down as 42-Move Game Is Put Off
Special to The New York Times
Los Angeles, July 28—Bobby Fischer and Samuel Reshevsky adjourned the fifth contest of their sixteen-game chess series after forty-two moves last night in a queen's gambit declined.
Reshevsky had won the first game and Fischer the second. Two have been drawn.
It was Reshevsky's turn to play the white pieces last night and he outplayed his youthful rival in the opening stages. Tactical complications developed, however, and there was an exchange for two pawns.
Reshevsky returned the exchange, but erred in a rook ending. Fischer then gained the upper hand and at the end of the five-hour session was a pawn ahead in a rook-and-pawn ending.