St. Louis Post-Dispatch St. Louis, Missouri Tuesday, July 19, 1966 - Page 34
Argentine Takes Lead in Chess Tournament
SANTA MONICA, Calif., July 19 (AP) — Miguel Najdorf of Argentina has taken the lead in the second round of the Piatigorsky Cup international chess tournament by beating Borislav Ivkov of Yugoslavia.
Najdorf won in 26 moves last night. The other four matches were scheduled to be played off today.
The contest between world champion Tigran Petrosian of Russia and United States star Sam Reshevsky went 40 moves in five hours. Also adjourned were the contests between Boris Spassky of Russia and Wolfgang Unzicker of Germany; Bent Larsen of Denmark and Jan Donner of Holland and Bobby Fischer of the U.S. and Lajos Portisch of Hungary.