New York Times, New York, New York, Saturday, October 29, 1960
U.S. Team Has Edge In Chess At Leipzig
The finals of the chess Olympics at Leipzig got under way yesterday, according to a report from East Germany.
The United States team, which topped Group 4 in the preliminaries, adjourned all four of its games with Bulgaria.
Bobby Fischer, playing the top board for the United States, had the white side of a Sicilian defense with Ghitescu. The latter yielded a pawn, but the middle-game struggle was complicated. After forty-two moves an adjournment was taken in a rook-and-pawn ending.
At the No. 2 board, William Lombardy was pitted against Radiovici in a Sicilian defense. The game was adjourned after forty moves with the American an exchange ahead and holding a good chance of winning.
Robert Byrne faced Mititelu in a Nimzo-Indian defense that went to forty moves. Although the American had won a piece and kept pressing, the position was still difficult at the end of the session.
A Ruy Lopez opening, exchange variation, was contested at the fourth table between Arthur B. Bisguier and J. Szabo. Bisguier made an unsound sacrifice of a knight, but Szabo's inaccurate handling forced the return of the piece and the probabilities are that the players will divide the point. Forty-nine moves were recorded.
The Soviet squad defeated Bulgaria, 3—0, with one game adjourned, Mikhail Tal, the world champion won from Padevsky. Mikhail Botvinnik defeated Neikirch and Victor Korchnoi scored against Minev. Vassily Smyslov adjourned his game with Milev.
