The Vancouver Sun Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Friday, July 29, 1966 - Page 19
Chess Cup: Dane Goes Into Lead
Santa Monica, Calif. (CP) — Denmark's Bent Larsen took over first place in the Piatigorsky Cup international chess tournament Thursday night when he drew with Samuel Reshevsky of the United States in 19 moves.
Larsen has five out of a possible eight points after eight rounds of play in the 10-man, 18-round, double round-robin tournament.
Russia's Boris Spassky kept Bobby Fischer of the U.S. on the defensive throughout their match and play was adjourned with Fischer in a somewhat inferior position. Spassky is second with 4½ points.
In the only other game decided, Jan Donner of The Netherlands and Yugoslavia's Borislav Ivkov drew in 28 moves.
World champion Tigran Petrosian of Russia and Argentina's Miguel Najdorf adjourned a 43-move contest, with Petrosian a pawn up.