ATampa Bay Times St. Petersburg, Florida Sunday, September 12, 1965 - Page 9
Chess Champ Faces Uphill Fight
U.S. chess champion Bobby Fischer has an uphill fight on his hands when he resumes a crucial match today with Yugoslav chess master Borislav Ivkov.
Ivkov was in a stronger position than Fischer when their match in the Havana - based Capablanca Memorial Chess Tournament was postponed and then adjourned Friday after 41 moves were played.
The postponement came when Hurricane Betsy knocked out communications between Havana and New York, where Fischer is playing via cable. The U.S. State Department refused to let him go to Communist Cuba for the tournament.
Whoever wins the match will gain undisputed possession of first place in the tourney at the half-way mark. If it ends in a draw, Fischer would be in a first-place tie with Ivkov and Vassily Smyslov of the Soviet Union.
