New York Times, New York, New York, Friday, October 28, 1960
U.S. and Soviet Union Squads Reach Finals in Olympic Chess
The United States team finished in first place in Section 4 of the preliminaries of the chess Olympics at Leipzig, according to a report yesterday from East Germany. The Americans had a score of 29—7.
The Soviet Union took the honors in Section 2 with a 32-4 record. Bulgaria headed Section 1 and Czechoslovakia and England topped Section 3.
These five teams and seven others, for a total of three from each section, advanced to the finals. The others to gain the round-robin stage among the forty nations competing were Yugoslavia and East Germany in the first group, Argentina and the Netherlands in Group 2, Hungary in the third group and West Germany and Rumania in the fourth.
In the final round of Section 4 the United States defeated West Germany by 2½—1½. Bobby Fischer, the United States champion, won from Wolfgang Unzicker at the top board. Fischer tried to gain an advantage in the early session, but Unzicker's counterplay held the position even. After forty-two moves of a Ruy Lopez an adjournment was taken.
Upon resumption, Fischer carried out a fine attack, finishing with a brilliant queen sacrifice. The German resigned after fifty-five moves.
William Lombardy, Robert Byrne and Arthur B. Bisguier drew their games.
Bulgaria blanked Albania, 4—0, Yugoslavia played a 2-2 tie with Israel and East Germany won from France by 3—1 in the first section.
The Soviet squad defeated Portugal, 3½—½, and the Netherlands won from Italy by the same score. Austria set back Argentina, 2½—1½.
In the third group, Czechoslovakia took 3½ points from Greece, England defeated Mongolia, 3—1, and Hungary took a match from Sweden, 3—1.
