New York Times, New York, New York, Thursday, August 10, 1961
Reshevsky Stays Tied With Fischer
Chess Rivals Draw in 10th Game After 40 Moves
The sixth draw in the sixteen-game match between Samuel Reshevsky and Bobby Fischer was recorded at the Herman Steiner Chess Club in Los Angeles Tuesday night. The series thus remained tied, 5—5.
Fischer had the white pieces in the tenth game and employed a Sicilian defense. Queens were exchanged at the nineteenth move. It turned into a rook-and-pawn ending, with Reshevsky yielding pawn to obtain a better range for his king.
Reshevsky later recovered the pawn, and each had a rook and two passed pawns when they agreed to halve the point after forty moves.
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The score of the eighth game, another Sicilian defense, shows that though Fischer was a pawn ahead in a rook-and-pawn ending, he was unable to take advantage.
He had a chance on the forty-fifth move. Instead of 45 B-K4, he should have continued with 45 R-B7ch, R-B2; 46 RxRch, KxR; 47 B-Kt5. With the knight stalemated, the extra pawn moves right on to queen.
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Bobby Fischer, 18, U.S. chess champion, and former champion Samuel Reshevsky, 47, tied in the 10th game of their 16-game series. The game was called after 40 moves…
