Fischer Wins Chess Opener

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Asbury Park Press, Asbury Park, New Jersey, Thursday, March 31, 1960

Fischer Wins Chess Opener
Mar Del Plata, Argentina (AP)—Bobby Fischer, U.S. champion from New York and three other foreign grand masters won their opening matches in the Mar Del Plata international chess tournament Tuesday night.
Fischer beat Argentine Bernardo Wexler in 40 moves. David Bronstein, Russia, defeated Argentine Alberto Fogelman in 44 moves. Boris Spassky, Russia, won over Argentine Carlos Bielicki in 40 moves, and Frederick Olafsson, Iceland, beat Argentine Carlos Incutto in 37 moves.