St. Louis Post-Dispatch St. Louis, Missouri Sunday, July 24, 1966 - Page 23
Spassky In Draw, Keeps Share In Chess Lead
Santa Monica, Calif., July 23 (AP)—A match in the fourth round of the Piatigorsky Cup International Chess Tournament ended after eight hours of play last night with Russia's Boris Spassky tying with Denmark's Bent Larsen.
The draw, giving each a half point, kept the Russian in a four-way tie yesterday for first place with Bobby Fischer of the United States, Miguel Najdorf of Argentina, and Lajos Portisch of Hungary. Each has 2½ games to his credit against 1½ in the lass column.
Other standings were: America's Samuel Reshevsky and Jan Donner of Holland, 2-2; world chess champ Tigran Petrosian of Russia, Borislav lvkov of Yugoslavia, Wolfgang Unzicker of West Germany and Larsen, 1½-2½.