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New York Times, New York, New York, Tuesday, September 19, 1961
Fischer Leader in Chess At Bled
U.S. Champion Tops Bertok — Tal, Keres, Runners-Up
The tie for first place in the international chess masters tournament at Bled was broken in the tenth round yesterday according to a report from Yugoslavia.
Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, the 18-year-old United States champion, took the lead, alone with a score of 7½—2½. He beat Mario Bertok of Yugoslavia in forty-four moves. Mikhail Tal of Latvia fell half a point behind when he drew with Tigran Petrosian, the Soviet champion, in seventeen moves.
Tal, a former world champion, dropped to a tie for second with Paul Keres of Estonia, at 7-3. Petrosian, 6½—3½, is next.
Keres defeated Fridrik Olafsson of Iceland in forty-one moves. Svetozar Gligoric of Yugoslavia won from Boris Ivkov of Yugoslavia in forty-two moves.
Playing to draws were Dr. Peter Trifunovic and Alexander Matanovic, both of Yugoslavia, and Klaus Darga of West Germany and Ludek Pachman of Czechoslovakia.
Adjourning games were Mijo Udovic of Yugoslavia and Ewfim Geller of the Soviet Union, J.H. Donner of the Netherlands and Miguel Najdorf of Argentina, Bruno Parma of Yugoslavia and Lajos Portisch of Hungary, and Arthur B. Bisguier of the United States and J. Germek of Yugoslavia.
In the resumption of adjourned ninth-round games, Pachman and Parma drew and Matanovic beat Bertok.
