The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Monday, July 18, 1966 - Page 19
Draw Marks Chess Play Start
BY ISAAC KASHDAN
Times Chess Editor
Caption: ‘IT'S YOUR MOVE’—World chess champion Tigran Petrosian of Russia eyes opponent, Boris Spassky,
also of U.S.S.R., at opening of second Piatigorsky Cup tournament in Santa Monica's Miramar Hotel.
Times photo by Bill Murphy
World's chess champion Tigran Petrosian of the U.S.S.R. drew with his compatriot, Boris Spassky, in the first round of the Piatigorsky Cup International Chess Tournament.
The game lasted 29 moves and was the first to finish in the Sunday afternoon session at the Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica.
Also drawn after 42 moves was the encounter between U.S. champion Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn and former U.S. champion Samuel Reshevsky of Spring Valley, N.Y.
Reshevsky took considerably more time than Fischer in the early stages and barely made the required number of moves in his allotted time.
The other players also seemed peacefully inclined, judging by the results. Draws were recorded by Lajos Portisch of Hungary and Miguel Najdorf of Argentina in 33 moves, and by Jan Donner of Holland versus Wolfgang Unzicker of West Germany in 43 moves.
The only game not completed in the 5-hour session was between Borislav Ivkov of Yugoslavia and Bent Larsen of Denmark.
Ivkov is expected to win when his game is resumed Tuesday morning. He had the advantage of rook for knight, which he obtained by forceful play just before adjournment.
The second round will start at 6:30 p.m. today at the Miramar. The pairings are Spassky versus Unzicker, Larsen versus Donner, Najdorf versus Ivkov, Fischer versus Portisch and Petrosian versus Reshevsky.
The tournament was officially opened by Jerry Spann of Oklahoma City, vice president of the International Chess Federation.
Sponsoring the event is the Piatigorsky Foundation, organized by world renowned cellist Gregor Piatigorsky and his wife Jacqueline. It is the second competition for the Piatigorsky Cup, the first having been held here in July, 1963.
