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New York Times, New York, New York, Friday, September 22, 1961
Fischer Has Edge In Twelfth Game
Adjourns With Trifunovic, in Winning Position
Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, the leader in the international grand masters chess tournament at Bled, adjourned his twelfth-round game, according to a report from Yugoslavia yesterday.
The United States champion, undefeated and in first place with a score of 8—3, had the white forces in a Ruy Lopez against Dr. Petar Trifunovic of Yugoslavia. After five hours, Fischer was a pawn ahead and had a winning position.
Tigran Petrosian, the Soviet champion, second in the race with 8—4, was content to draw a king's Indian defense with Ewfim Geller, Soviet Union, in sixteen moves.
Mikhail Tal of Latvia and Paul Keres of Estonia, 7½—3½, bracketed for third place, adjourned their games.
Tal set up a king's Indian defense against J.H. Donner of the Netherlands. When play ceased after forty-one moves, the Latvian was the exchange ahead.
Keres, pitted against Alexander Matanovic of Yugoslavia, had a positional advantage in a Ruy Lopez, which was unfinished after forty-three moves.
Svetozar Gligoric of Yugoslavia, in fourth place with 7—4, drew on the white side of a Gruenfeld defense with Fridrik Olafsson of Iceland in twenty-two moves.
