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The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, July 31, 1960
Korchnoi Wins Final, Ties With Reshevsky
Samuel Reshevsky of Spring Valley, N.Y., losing the slight lead he had maintained most of the way, finished in a tie for first place with Victor Korchnoi of Russia in the International Masters' tournament at Buenos Aires, according to a report from the New York Times.
In the final round Korchnoi, who recently won the championship of the Soviet Union, defeated Wolfgang Uhlmann of East Germany to bring his score up to 13-6. Korchnoi won nine games, drew eight and lost to Hector Rosetto of Argentina and Richard Wade of New Zealand.
Reshevsky could only draw in his last two games against Wolfgang Unzicker of West Germany and Fridrik Olafsson of Iceland, to equal the top score of 13-6. After losing in the first round to Larry Evans of New York, Reshevsky won eight times and drew 10.
Third place was taken by Laszlo Szabo of Hungary with a final tally of 12-7. He lost twice, to Uhlmann and Carlos Guimard of Argentina, won seven games and drew 10. Evens finished in a tie at 11-8 with Guimard, Rosetto and Mark Taimanov of Russia.
U.S. Champion Bobby Fischer, who was in the second division throughout, won only three games, against five losses and 11 draws. He lost in the final round to Paul Benko, former Hungarian refugee now residing in the U.S. This put Fischer in last place in the American contingent, an amazing reversal of his previous form.
Following are the final standings of the players, and a selection of games from the tournament.
