U.S., Russia Tied In Argentina Chess

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Tampa Bay Times St. Petersburg, Florida Wednesday, July 27, 1960

U.S., Russia Tied In Argentina Chess
Buenos Aires (AP) — With only one more round left to play, Samuel Reshevsky of New York and Victor Korchnoi of Russia are tied for first place in the Argentina international chess tourney with 12½ points each.
Reshevsky has been leading since the outset but was held to a draw Tuesday night by Wolfgang Unzicker of Germany in 17 moves. Meanwhile, Korchnoi defeated Bernardo Wexler of Argentina in 39.
In other matches Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, defeated Robert Wade of England in 45 moves; Paul Benko of New York, and Laszlo Szabo of Hungary, drew in 12 and Larry Evans, also of New York, defeated Wolfgang Uhlmann of East Germany, in 69 moves.