The Vancouver Sun Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Saturday, July 16, 1966 - Page 2
Chess World Giants Meet For Matches
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — The man who is at the summit of the chess world is a Russian named Tigran Petrosian.
Petrosian, who arrived here Friday night to compete in the second bi-annual Piatigorsky Cup international chess tournament, has already won top position for the first round Sunday.
Positions were determined by a draw for places. Petrosian, who won the first Piatigorsky Cup in 1963, leads off against his fellow countryman, Boris Spassky, whom he recently defeated in a tournament in Moscow for the world title.
The tournament here is sponsored by the Piatigorsky Foundation, founded by Mrs. Gregor Piatigorsky, wife of the famed cellist. The five weeks of play end with the presentation of more than $15,000 in prize money.
To the competition with Petrosian and Spassky will be two famous U.S. grand masters, Samuel Reshevksy and Bobby Fischer. Also, there are Miguel Najdorf of Argentina, Lajos Portisch of Hungary, Borislav Ivkov of Yugoslavia, Bent Larsen of Denmark, Jan Donner of Holland and Wolfgang Unzicker of West Germany.