Fischer Wins First Match In Argentine Tourney

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The Tennessean, Nashville, Tennessee, Thursday, March 31, 1960

Fischer Wins First Match In Argentine Tourney
Mar Del Plata, Argentina—(AP)—Bobby Fischer, U.S. champion from New York and other foreign grand masters won their opening matches in the Mar Del Plata international chess tournament Tuesday.
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 Carolos Incutto in 37 moves.