The San Francisco Examiner San Francisco, California Friday, July 29, 1966 - Page 49
Russian, American Resume Chess Play
Santa Monica—(AP)— Russia's Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer of New York resume an adjourned game today that could put Spassky in the lead in the Piatigorsky Cup international chess tournament.
Spassky, with a 4½-2&half record, kept the American youngster on the defensive throughout last night's match, and play adjourned with Fischer in a somewhat inferior position.
Denmark's Bent Larsen, who is 5-3, drew with Sam Reshevsky of New York and is challenging for the lead.
Larsen aggressively offered a pawn advantage for the attack, but couldn't press through for the point, and the match ended in 19 moves.
Other Game
In the only other game played to a conclusion, Jan Donner of Holland and Yugoslavia's Borislav Ivkov drew in 28 moves. Ivkov took the better position, but once all rooks were off the board, he didn't have enough pieces to win.
World champion Tigran Petrosian of Russia and Argentina's Miguel Najdorf adjourned a 43-move contest, with Petrosian a pawn up.
He had bishop, rook and three pawns against Najdorf's knight and rook and two pawns, all on king's side. The Soviet was pressing to win in a position believed to be a potential draw.
42 Moves
Lajos Portisch of Hungary and Wolfgang Unzicker of Germany adjourned after 42 moves when each had four pawns and a position were two white bishops for Portisch were set against Unzicker's king and bishop.
Standings in the eighth of 18 rounds: