The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Tuesday, October 25, 1960
U.S. Defeats Spain in Chess Olympics Play
By Isaac Kashdan, Times Chess Editor
Leipzig—The United States scored 2½ to 1½ over a strong Spanish team Monday for its seventh straight victory in the Chess Olympics being held in this East German city.
Bobby Fischer, 17-year-old champion who had been in poor form, outplayed Spain's Perez and won a piece after complicated maneuvering.
Other games drawn in the American-Spanish contest were Byrne vs. Pomar, Bisguier vs. Toran and Rossolimo vs. Del Corral. Rossolimo missed his winning chance after gaining a pawn.
U.S. Leads Section
With two rounds left in the preliminaries, the United States leads its Section 4 with 22½ points. West Germany is close at our heels with 22 points, followed by Spain, 19½, Chile, 18½, and Rumania, 18. The top three qualify for the championship finals.
Eighth round pairings pit the United States against Chile. The same round has Germany against Spain and Rumania against Lebanon.
Russia gained a wide margin in Section 2, defeating her closest contender, Argentina, by 8½ to ½. World champion Tal drew 12 moves with Najdorf.
Disappointing a large crowd which expected an exciting series of battles, the other Russians, Botvinnik, Keres and Smyslov, won from Eliskases, Wexler and Schweber.
Section 2 Totals
Totals for Section 2 are: Russia, 25 points; Argentina, 20½; Poland, 18, and Holland, 16.
Section 1 seeded teams that are reasonably sure to qualify include Yugoslavia, 22; Bulgaria, 20½, and East Germany, 20. Other leaders are Norway, 16½, and Israel, 15½.
In Section 3, Czechoslovakia, England and Hungary are tied with 21 points each, while Sweden follows with 17½.
In the earlier sixth round, the United States won an easy 4-0 victory over last-place Lebanon. Lombardy, Byrne, Bisguier and Weinstein triumphed over Gabriel, Galeb, Tarazi and Allam. Russia also won 4-0 over Italy.
