ANew York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, May 01, 1960
Argentine Seeks Chess Standouts
Tourney Opening on June 10 Has Top Prize of $1,000
—Fischer Gets Bid
The Government of Argentina has made a grant equivalent to $10,000 to the Argentine Chess Federation for the purpose of staging an international tournament as a part of the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the revolution that made that country a republic.
None of the grandees of the chess world will be missing from the invitation list. The first prize will be $1,000.
Of course, when this influential South American organization issues invitations, they are accompanied by guarantees of transportation and hotel expenses. This attractive event, scheduled to begin on June 10, will focus the attention of the chess-playing world on Buenos Aires for nearly three weeks.
Leading Players Listed
According to the latest reports, the Argentine Federation has sent invitations to the leading players of nine countries, including the Soviet Union and the United States. The Soviet stars invited were Mikhail Tal, Mikhail Botvinnik, Tigran Petrosian and Vassily Smyslov. Other bids went to Bobby Fischer and William Lombardy of the United States; Svetozar Gligoric of Yugoslavia; Bent Larsen of Denmark; Laszlo Szabo of Hungary; Wolfgang Unzicker of East Germany; Wolfgang Uhlmann of West Germany; Fridrik Olafsson of Iceland, and Ludek Pachman of Czechoslovakia.
