The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Tuesday, July 26, 1966 - Page 46
Ex-U.S. Chess Champ Wins in Tourney
Former U.S. chess champion Samuel Reshevsky of Spring Valley, N.Y., played brilliantly Monday to defeat Jan Donner of Holland in 36 moves in the 6th round of the Piatigorsky Cup International Chess Tournament at the Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica.
Reshevsky started by giving up a pawn to open a key diagonal bearing on Donner's king. He then sacrificed a bishop to draw the king into the open. The finale was the offer of a rook which forced a checkmate whether Donner took it or not.
It was Reshevsky's first win of the tournament and the first loss for Donner, who had drawn five games in succession.
Fischer Resigns
U.S. champion Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn fared much worse at the hands of Bent Larsen of Denmark, resigning after 30 moves.
Fischer had come out of the opening with two strong bishops and what appeared to be good attacking chances. A couple of inconsistent moves gave Larsen an opportunity.
The Dane captured a pawn, and when Fischer's attack was halted, there was no way to prevent the pawn advancing to queen without the loss of at least a piece.
World chess champion Tigran Petrosian of the U.S.S.R., who has still to win a game in the tournament, drew in 37 moves with Wolfgang Unzicker of West Germany.
Also evenly matched were Boris Spassky of the U.S.S.R. and Miguel Najdorf of Argentina, who drew their game after 36 moves.
Game Adjourned
Lajos Portisch of Hungary and Borislav Ivkov of Yugoslavia adjourned their game in 42 moves after 5 hours of play.
Spassky is in the lead with a score of 3½-2½ but he may be overtaken when the adjourned games are completed. Other totals are: Najdorf, Portisch and Reshevsky, 3-2; Larsen and Fischer 2½-2½; Donner and Petrosian, 2½-3½; Unzicker, 2-3, and Ivkov, 1½-2½.
Adjourned games from the 5th and 6th rounds will be continued at 11 a.m. today at the Miramar.