The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Saturday, July 30, 1966 - Page 34
2 Russians Win Games in Chess Tournament
The two Russian grand masters scored impressive victories Friday in games adjourned from the eighth round of the Piatigorsky Cup International Chess Tournament at the Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica.
World chess champion Tigran Petrosian of Moscow notched his first victory of the event at the expense of Miguel Najdorf of Argentina in a game which lasted 86 moves.
Petrosian gained the advantage of a pawn in the first session Thursday night. Although the resulting position was considered a theoretical draw, Petrosian kept improving until he had to capture a knight, when Najdorf resigned.
Boris Spassky of Leningrad played superbly in a difficult ending to defeat U.S. champion Bobby Fischer in 50 moves.
With most of the pieces exchanged, Spassky had a bishop and three pawns against Fischer's knight and three pawns.
Spassky's king was able to advance and capture one of Fischer's pawns, to earn the point.
Two other games were drawn in this session, between Lajos Portisch of Hungary and Wolfgang Unzicker of West Germany in 59 moves, and a marathon between Borislav Ivkov of Yugoslavia and Samuel Reshevsky of Spring Valley, N.Y. which went to 94 moves.
The ninth round of the tournament will be played from 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the Miramar.
