Two Games in Chess Series End in Draws

The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Tuesday, August 08, 1961 - Page 40

Two Games in Chess Series End in Draws
The eighth and ninth games of a 16-game championship chess series between the nation's two top players ended in draws Monday night.
The closely contested tournament, being staged at the Herman Steiner Chess Club, 8801 Cashio St., will be resumed today at 6:30 p.m. as U.S. champion Bobby Fischer, 18, faces former national champion Sam Reshevsky, 49, in the 10th game.
The eighth game, started last Thursday, had been adjourned until Saturday, when both men played four hours without finishing the contest. Monday night's continuation of the game lasted only 40 min.
The ninth game started Sunday and ended Monday night after 52 moves.
The score now is two wins each for Fischer and Reshevsky and five draws.
The last Los Angeles game will be played here Sunday at the chess club, after which the tournament will return to New York for the final four games in the series for a $6,000 grand prize.