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New York Times, New York, New York, Thursday, September 28, 1961
Fischer Winner In 48-Move Game
Tal Requires 61 to Defeat Bisguier in 15th Round
Eleven games that had been adjourned from the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth rounds of the international grand masters chess tournament were played off, according to a report from Yugoslavia yesterday.
The standing of the leaders was not affected by the results. Bobby Fischer, the United States champion, and Mikhail Tal of Latvia remained tied for first place at 11—4. Both won their unfinished fifteenth-round games.
Fischer scored a point at the expense of Lajos Portisch of Hungary in forty-eight moves. Tal defeated Arthur B. Bisguier, United States, after sixty-one moves.
Svetozar Gligoric of Yugoslavia, half a point behind the leaders with 10½—4½, won his adjourned fourteenth-round game with Alexander Matanovic of Yugoslavia in sixty-six moves.
Adding 1½ points to his score, Tigran Petrosian, Soviet champion, tied Paul Keres of Estonia for fourth place. They have scores of 10—5. The Soviet grand master drew his unfinished thirteenth-round game with Matanovic without resuming play. Then he defeated Mario Bertok of Yugoslavia in sixty-two moves in their game adjourned from the fourteenth round.
Keres' thirteenth-round game with Mario Bertok of Yugoslavia resulted in a draw after forty-five moves.
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