AStar Tribune Minneapolis, Minnesota Tuesday, September 28, 1965 - Page 3
Bobby Fischer Is 2nd to Russian in Chess Tourney
Havana, Cuba (Reuters) Russian Grand Master Vassily Smyslov won the international Capablanca chess tournament by a mere half point over Bobby Fischer of the United States and two other masters.
Fischer, refused U.S. permission to go to Havana for the tournament, played by wire from New York. He tied for second place with Borislav Ivkov of Yugoslavia, who led throughout most of the tournament, and with Ewfim Geller of Russia.
Ivkov's hopes of victory went down in a last-match loss to Karl Robatsch of Austria.
Smyslov ended with 15½ points to 15 for Fischer, Ivkov and Geller. Final placings and point totals: Smyslov 15½; Fischer, Ivkov and Geller 15; Russia's Jolmov 14½; Czechoslovakia's Pachmann 13; Holland's Donner 12½; Robatch 12; Hungary's Bilke 11½; Yugoslavia's Parma 11; East Germany's Pietzsch and Hungary's Szabo 10½.
Belgium's O'Kelly and Bulgaria's Tringov 10; Cuba's Jimenez 9½; Romania's Ciocaltea 9; Poland's Doda 8; Britain's Wade and West Germany's Lehmann 7½; Cuba's Cobo 5½; Cuba's Garcia and Perez 4.
