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The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Canada Saturday, October 01, 1960
Reshevsky Defeats Benko
Veteran grandmaster Samuel Reshevsky scored a close victory over Paul Benko, Hungarian freedom fighter now resident in the U.S.A. in their ten game match at New York, scoring 5½ points to 4½. Benko started off well winning the first in good style but Reshevsky came back to take the 2nd, 5th and 7th games. He conceded the final 10th game at adjournment times when he was a P down as the match had already been won. The five other games were drawn. Reshevsky was awarded the George P. Edgar Trophy and $1,000, while Benko received $500. The match was sponsored by the American Chess Foundation. Reshevsky remains undefeated in match play having scored against Horowitz, Kashdan, Najdorf (2), Gligoric, Byrne, Bisguier and Lombardy over the years. But can he defeat young Bobby Fischer, who has thrice wrested the national crown from him in tourney play?
