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New York Times, New York, New York, Saturday, September 16, 1961
Lead In Chess Goes To Petrosian, Keres
With Bobby Fischer, the United States champion, and Mikhail Tal of Latvia adjourning their eighth-round matches in the international chess masters tournament at Bled, Yugoslavia, yesterday, Tigran Petrosian of the Soviet Union and Paul Keres of Estonia are deadlocked for first place.
Petrosian and Keres have scores of 5½—2½ each, according to a report received here. Fischer and Tal are tied for second place at 5—2.
Petrosian was paired with Miguel Najdorf of Argentina in a King's Indian defense set up by the latter. The South American resigned after forty moves. The loss was his first, dropping him into a tie with Dr. Petar Trifunovic of Yugoslavia at 5—3.
Keres conducted the white pieces in a Ruy Lopez against Boris Ivkov of Yugoslavia. The Estonian won in thirty-three moves when Ivkov passed the time limit.
Fischer adopted the Ruy Lopez against Alexander Matanovic of Yugoslavia, the game being adjourned after forty-one moves. Tal adjourned a Benoni Counter Gambit with Mijo Udovic of Yugoslavia after forty moves. Bruno Parma of Yugoslavia defeated his countryman, J. Germek, in a Center Counter Gambit, in thirty-five moves.
Playing to draws were Dr. Trifunovic and Fridrik Olafsson of Iceland; Svetozar Gligoric of Yugoslavia and Lajos Portisch of Hungary, and J.B. Donner of the Netherlands and Ludek Pachman of Czechoslovakia.
