Tal Wins Chess Tourney, Fischer Comes in Second

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch St. Louis, Missouri Thursday, October 05, 1961

Tal Wins Chess Tourney, Fischer Comes in Second
New York, Oct. 5—Mikhail Tal of Latvia, former world champion, won the last game of his schedule in the nineteenth and final round of the international chess masters tournament at Bled, according to a report from Yugoslavia yesterday. He was declared the winner with totals of 14½ to 4½, one full point ahead of Bobby Fischer, United States champion, runner-up with 13½ to 5½.
The score of the 25-year-old Latvian grandmaster included 11 victories, seven draws and one loss. The reversal, in the second round, was at the hands of Fischer. Fischer, held to a number of draws, was never defeated in the tournament.