New York Times, New York, New York, Wednesday, October 04, 1961
Fischer, Ivkov Adjourn
Chess Game at Bled Halted—Tal, Najdorf Adjourn
Belgrade, Oct. 3 (AP)—Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn and Mikhail Tal of the Soviet Union adjourned their matches in the chess tournament at Bled today. Tal is in first place with 13½ points to 13 for Fischer.
Fischer played the black pieces against Bora Ivkov of Yugoslavia and pressed the attack from the beginning. When the match was adjourned he was in a good position.
Tal also was in a good position when his match against Miguel Najdorf of Argentina was adjourned. He said he was confident he would win.