ANew York Times, New York, New York, Tuesday, October 25, 1960
U.S. Defeats Spain In Chess At Leipzig
The United States won, 2½—1½, against Spain in the seventh round of the preliminaries of the chess Olympics in Leipzig, according to a report received from East Germany yesterday.
The American quartet, with a total of 22½—5½, heads Section 4. West Germany beat Lebanon, 4—0, and trails the United States by a half point.
Bobby Fischer played Perez at the top board. The United States champion obtained two rooks and a knight for a queen in a Sicilian defense and scored in fifty-two moves.
At the second table, Robert Byrne drew with Arturo Pomar in a Slav defense. Pomar had two knights and Byrne two bishops and point was split after thirty moves.
Arthur B. Bisguier and Roman Toran were well matched in a Nimzo-Indian defense of twenty-nine moves. A well-known line of play was followed correctly by both sides in a level rook and pawn ending for a draw. Another rook and pawn ending in a Benoni Counter Grambit halved the point between Nicholas Rossolimo and Del Corral in forty-five moves.
In Section 2, the Soviet Union defeated Argentina, 3½—½. The Russians lead, 25—3. Mikhail Tal, the world champion, drew with Miguel Najdorf, but Mikhail Botvinnik, Paul Keres and Vassily Smyslov won from Erich Eliskases, Bernardo Wexler and M. Schwerber, respectively.
Yugoslavia heads Section 1 with 22—6 and Hungary, Czechoslovakia and England, 21—7 each, are setting the pace in Section 3.
