ANew York Times, New York, New York, Monday, September 11, 1961 - Page 30
Fischer, Petrosian Tie For Chess Lead
Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn and Tigran Petrosian, the Soviet champion, tied for first place yesterday with scores of 3½-1½ in the international chess masters tournament at Bled, Yugoslavia.
Each has won two games and drawn three, according to a report received here.
Paired with J. Parma of Yugoslavia, Fischer drew after thirty-eight moves. Petrosian defeated J. Germek of Yugoslavia in thirty-nine moves.
Miguel Najdorf of Argentina and Dr. Petar Trifunovic, the Yugoslav champion, drew in eleven moves.
Arthur B. Bisguier of New York, a former national champion, resigned after forty moves against Svetozar Gligoric of Yugoslavia.
