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St. Louis Post-Dispatch St. Louis, Missouri Saturday, April 16, 1960
Fischer Trails Spassky After 14 Rounds of Chess
New York, April 16—After the fourteenth and semifinal round of the international chess tournament at Mar del Plata, Argentina, yesterday, the two leaders, both of whom were again winners, were still half a point apart. Boris Spassky of Russia, still undefeated, remained in first place with a score of 13 and 1, while Bobby Fischer, 17-year-old United States champion, was second with 12½ and 1½.
According to a report reaching New York last night, Spassky defeated Osvaldo Bazan of Argentina in a Sicilian defense after 25 moves. Fischer, on the black side of a queen's pawn opening, outplayed Rene Letelier of Chile in 36 moves.
