Tucson Daily Citizen Tucson, Arizona Tuesday, July 26, 1966 - Page 15
Reshevsky Conquers His Foe In 36 Moves
Santa Monica, Calif. New York's one-time child prodigy of chess, Samuel Reshevsky, turned in one of the most brilliant games of the Piatigorsky Cup International Chess Tournament when he beat Holland's Jan Donner in 36 moves.
Reshevsky, strong from the opening, moved in on his opponent forcefully and displayed excellent strategy before Donner was forced to resign last night.
The Reshevsky-Donner encounter was but one of the exciting matches in a round that produced five interesting games. The other American in the tournament, Bobby Fischer of New York, lost his game in 29 moves to Bent Larsen of Denmark as he tried desperately to save himself after falling into a poor position.
Two other games — between Russia's Boris Spassky and Argentina's Miguel Najdorf, and Russian world champion Tigran Petrosian and West Germany's Wolfgang Unzicker — ended in draws.
Petrosian played below his usual form, and the game was ended at 38 moves. Spassky drew in 31 moves with Najdorf in a king's Indian defense after both sides were without enough material to win.
The game between Lajos Portisch of Hungary and Borislav Ivkov of Yugoslavia was adjourned, with Ivkov slightly ahead. Their forces were so reduced the game probably will end in a draw.
The standings: Spassky 3½-2½; Reshevsky, Portisch and Najdorf 3-2; Larsen and Fischer 2½-2½; Petrosian and Donner 2½-3½; Unzicker 2-3, and Ivkov 1½-2½.