Boris Spassky vs Bobby Fischer - One Point Trailing

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Sunday Gazette-Mail Charleston, West Virginia Sunday, April 10, 1960

“HE NOW TRAILS his younger opponent by only one point and there are still fourteen games left to play, unless one player gains 12½ points first.
Another young Soviet master, Boris Spassky, is setting a blazing pace in the tournament at Mar del Plata, Argentina, with six straight wins. But Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, who is even younger, is just a point behind at 5-1. Fischer is three-time U.S. champion.
Fridrik Olafsson of Iceland and Rene Letelier of Chile are tied at 4½-1½—a half point ahead of Osvaldo Bazan of Argentina and David Bronstein, the other Russian competitor in this event.”